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List of NFL players who have posted a perfect passer rating

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In the National Football League (NFL), the highest official passer rating that a player can achieve is 158.3, which is called a "perfect passer rating".[1] To qualify, during a single game a player must attempt at least 10 passes, have no interceptions, have a minimum completion percentage of 77.5%, have a minimum of 11.875% of their passes score touchdowns, and have a minimum of 12.5 yards on average per attempt. The passer rating was developed in 1971.[2][3]

As of the 2024 season, there have been 80 instances of a perfect passer rating in the regular season among 66 players. Seven players have achieved the feat more than once: Ben Roethlisberger and Lamar Jackson four times each; Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Kurt Warner three times each; and Craig Morton and Ken O'Brien twice each.

Four players have posted a perfect passer rating in a postseason game: Terry Bradshaw, Dave Krieg, Peyton Manning, and Don Meredith. Krieg and Manning are the only players to have a perfect passer rating during the regular season and the postseason. No player has posted multiple perfect passer ratings in the postseason.

Roethlisberger (2007) and Jackson (2019) are the only quarterbacks with multiple perfect ratings in a single regular season. Three teams have had two different quarterbacks achieve a perfect rating in the same season: The 1954 Cleveland Browns with Otto Graham and George Ratterman, the 1973 Atlanta Falcons with Dick Shiner and Bob Lee, and the 1989 San Francisco 49ers with Steve Young and Joe Montana. Peyton Manning had a perfect rating in the 2003 regular season followed by one in the 2003 postseason.

Drew Bledsoe, Robert Griffin III, and Marcus Mariota are the only players to achieve a perfect passer rating in their rookie seasons, with Mariota being the only quarterback to post one in his NFL debut.[4]

Five of these performances were in a losing cause, though Chad Pennington was the only quarterback to play from start to finish and record both a loss and a perfect rating. Fourteen players have had a game in which they earned a perfect 158.3 passer rating and another game in which they earned a 0.0, the lowest possible passer rating, during their career. Geno Smith had a perfect rating and a zero rating in the same season (2014).[5]

List

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Regular season

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Overview of NFL quarterbacks with a perfect passer rating
# Player Date Team Opponent Result Comp. Att. Yards TDs
1 Ray Mallouf[6] October 17, 1948 Chicago Cardinals New York Giants W 63–35 14 18 252 4
2 Sammy Baugh[7] October 16, 1949 Washington Redskins New York Bulldogs W 38–14 16 20 254 4
3 Otto Graham[8] October 10, 1954 Cleveland Browns Chicago Cardinals W 31–7 14 18 266 3
4 George Ratterman[9] November 7, 1954 Cleveland Browns Washington Redskins W 62–3 10 11 208 3
5 Milt Plum[9] October 5, 1958 Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers W 45–12 13 14 197 2
6 M.C. Reynolds[10] December 6, 1959 Chicago Cardinals Detroit Lions L 45–21 8 10 170 2
7 Len Dawson[11] September 7, 1963 Kansas City Chiefs Denver Broncos W 59–7 12 15 278 4
8 Y.A. Tittle[12] November 10, 1963 New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles W 42–14 16 20 261 3
9 Frank Ryan[13] December 12, 1964 Cleveland Browns New York Giants W 52–20 12 13 202 5
10 Sonny Jurgensen[14] October 24, 1965 Washington Redskins St. Louis Cardinals W 24–20 12 14 195 3
11 Joe Namath[15] October 22, 1967 New York Jets Miami Dolphins W 33–14 13 15 199 2
12 Johnny Unitas[16] November 12, 1967 Baltimore Colts Atlanta Falcons W 49–7 17 20 370 4
13 Don Meredith[17] December 24, 1967 Dallas Cowboys Cleveland Browns W 52–14 10 12 212 2
13 Craig Morton[18] October 5, 1969 Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles W 38–7 14 18 261 3
14 Fran Tarkenton[19] October 25, 1970 New York Giants St. Louis Cardinals W 35–17 15 18 280 5
15 Daryle Lamonica[20] September 17, 1972 Oakland Raiders Pittsburgh Steelers L 34–28 8 10 172 2
16 Dick Shiner[21] September 16, 1973 Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints W 62–7 13 15 227 3
17 Bob Lee[22] October 14, 1973 Atlanta Falcons Chicago Bears W 46–6 11 13 181 2
18 James Harris[23] October 20, 1974 Los Angeles Rams San Francisco 49ers W 37–14 12 15 276 3
19 Ken Anderson[24] November 3, 1974 Cincinnati Bengals Baltimore Colts W 24–14 17 21 297 3
20 Jim Hart[25] November 23, 1975 St. Louis Cardinals New York Jets W 37–6 11 13 242 2
21 Dan Fouts[26] September 26, 1976 San Diego Chargers St. Louis Cardinals W 43–24 15 18 259 4
22 Scott Hunter[27] October 31, 1976 Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints W 23–20 10 11 138 2
23 Steve Grogan[28] October 29, 1978 New England Patriots New York Jets W 55–21 15 19 281 4
24 Brian Sipe[29] Cleveland Browns Buffalo Bills W 41–20 12 15 217 3
25 Bob Griese[30] December 18, 1978 Miami Dolphins New England Patriots W 23–3 12 13 171 2
26 Vince Evans[31] December 7, 1980 Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers W 61–7 18 22 316 3
27 Craig Morton (2)[32] September 27, 1981 Denver Broncos San Diego Chargers W 42–24 17 18 308 4
28 Steve Bartkowski[33] September 23, 1984 Atlanta Falcons Houston Oilers W 42–10 11 13 195 3
29 Ken O'Brien[34] November 2, 1986 New York Jets Seattle Seahawks W 38–7 26 32 431 4
30 Steve Young[35] October 22, 1989 San Francisco 49ers New England Patriots W 37–20 11 12 188 3
31 Joe Montana[36] November 12, 1989 San Francisco 49ers Atlanta Falcons W 45–3 16 19 270 3
32 Ken O'Brien (2)[37] December 23, 1990 New York Jets New England Patriots W 42–7 11 12 210 2
33 Rich Gannon[38] October 15, 1992 Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions W 31–14 8 10 146 2
34 Bobby Hebert[39] September 12, 1993 Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints L 34–31 14 18 243 3
35 Mike Buck[40] October 17, 1993 New Orleans Saints Pittsburgh Steelers L 37–14 10 11 164 2
36 Drew Bledsoe[41] December 26, 1993 New England Patriots Indianapolis Colts W 38–0 9 11 143 2
37 Craig Erickson[42] September 11, 1994 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Indianapolis Colts W 24–10 19 24 313 3
38 Dave Krieg[43] November 24, 1994 Detroit Lions Buffalo Bills W 35–21 20 25 351 3
39 Chris Chandler[44] September 25, 1995 Houston Oilers Cincinnati Bengals W 38–28 23 26 352 4
40 Jeff Blake[45] October 19, 1995 Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–9 18 22 275 3
41 Kurt Warner[46] October 3, 1999 St. Louis Rams Cincinnati Bengals W 38–10 17 21 310 3
42 Kurt Warner (2)[47] October 1, 2000 St. Louis Rams San Diego Chargers W 57–31 24 30 390 4
43 Peyton Manning[48] October 22, 2000 Indianapolis Colts New England Patriots W 30–23 16 20 268 3
44 Doug Flutie[49] December 24, 2000 Buffalo Bills Seattle Seahawks W 42–23 20 25 366 3
45 Peyton Manning (2)[50] November 10, 2002 Indianapolis Colts Philadelphia Eagles W 35–13 18 23 319 3
46 Kerry Collins[51] December 22, 2002 New York Giants Indianapolis Colts W 44–27 23 29 366 4
47 Peyton Manning (3)[52] September 28, 2003 Indianapolis Colts New Orleans Saints W 55–21 20 25 314 6
48 Chad Pennington[53] November 16, 2003 New York Jets Indianapolis Colts L 38–31 11 14 219 3
49 Trent Green[54] December 14, 2003 Kansas City Chiefs Detroit Lions W 45–17 20 25 341 3
50 Ben Roethlisberger[55] September 11, 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers Tennessee Titans W 34–7 9 11 218 2
51 Donovan McNabb[56] September 23, 2007 Philadelphia Eagles Detroit Lions W 56–21 21 26 381 4
52 Tom Brady[57] October 21, 2007 New England Patriots Miami Dolphins W 49–28 21 25 354 6
53 Ben Roethlisberger (2)[58] November 5, 2007 Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Ravens W 38–7 13 16 209 5
54 Ben Roethlisberger (3)[59] December 20, 2007 Pittsburgh Steelers St. Louis Rams W 41–24 16 20 261 3
55 Kurt Warner (3)[60] September 14, 2008 Arizona Cardinals Miami Dolphins W 31–10 19 24 361 3
56 Eli Manning[61] October 11, 2009 New York Giants Oakland Raiders W 44–7 8 10 173 2
57 Drew Brees[62] November 30, 2009 New Orleans Saints New England Patriots W 38–17 18 23 371 5
58 Tom Brady (2)[63] November 25, 2010 New England Patriots Detroit Lions W 45–24 21 27 341 4
59 Robert Griffin III[64] November 18, 2012 Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles W 31–6 14 15 200 4
60 Nick Foles[65] November 3, 2013 Philadelphia Eagles Oakland Raiders W 49–20 22 28 406 7
61 Alex Smith[66] December 15, 2013 Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders W 56–31 17 20 287 5
62 Geno Smith[67] December 28, 2014 New York Jets Miami Dolphins W 37–24 20 25 358 3
63 Marcus Mariota[68] September 13, 2015 Tennessee Titans Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 42–14 13 16 209 4
64 Ryan Tannehill[69] October 25, 2015 Miami Dolphins Houston Texans W 44–26 18 19 282 4
65 Kirk Cousins[70] November 15, 2015 Washington Redskins New Orleans Saints W 47–14 20 25 324 4
66 Jared Goff[71] September 27, 2018 Los Angeles Rams Minnesota Vikings W 38–31 26 33 465 5
67 Russell Wilson[72] October 28, 2018 Seattle Seahawks Detroit Lions W 28–14 14 17 248 3
68 Ben Roethlisberger (4)[73] November 8, 2018 Pittsburgh Steelers Carolina Panthers W 52–21 22 25 328 5
69 Lamar Jackson[74] September 8, 2019 Baltimore Ravens Miami Dolphins W 59–10 17 20 324 5
70 Dak Prescott[75] Dallas Cowboys New York Giants W 35–17 25 32 405 4
71 Deshaun Watson[76] October 6, 2019 Houston Texans Atlanta Falcons W 53–32 28 33 426 5
72 Aaron Rodgers[77] October 20, 2019 Green Bay Packers Oakland Raiders W 42–24 25 31 429 5
73 Lamar Jackson (2)[78] November 10, 2019 Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals W 49–13 15 17 223 3
74 Tom Brady (3)[79] December 26, 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Detroit Lions W 47–7 22 27 348 4
75 Josh Allen[80] October 1, 2023 Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins W 48–20 21 25 320 4
76 Brock Purdy[81] November 19, 2023 San Francisco 49ers Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 27–14 21 25 333 3
77 Baker Mayfield[82] December 17, 2023 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Green Bay Packers W 34–20 22 28 381 4
78 Lamar Jackson (3)[83] December 31, 2023 Baltimore Ravens Miami Dolphins W 56–19 18 21 321 5
79 Kyler Murray[84] September 15, 2024 Arizona Cardinals Los Angeles Rams W 41–10 17 21 266 3
80 Lamar Jackson (4)[85] November 3, 2024 Baltimore Ravens Denver Broncos W 41–10 16 19 280 3

Postseason

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Overview of NFL quarterbacks with a perfect passer rating
# Player Date Team Opponent Result Comp. Att. Yards TDs
1 Don Meredith[86] December 24, 1967 Dallas Cowboys Cleveland Browns W 52–14 10 12 212 2
2 Terry Bradshaw[87] December 19, 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Colts W 40–14 14 18 264 3
3 Dave Krieg[88] December 24, 1983 Seattle Seahawks Denver Broncos W 31–7 12 13 200 3
4 Peyton Manning[89] January 4, 2004 Indianapolis Colts Denver Broncos W 41–10 22 26 377 5
# Player Date Team Opponent Result Comp. Att. Yards TDs

Statistics

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Only Nick Foles has accomplished a perfect passer rating with seven touchdowns thrown. Two players have accomplished a perfect passer rating with six touchdowns thrown: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Thirteen players have accomplished a perfect passer rating with only two touchdowns thrown: it is impossible to achieve a perfect passer rating with less than two touchdowns because of the 10 attempt minimum to qualify and the minimum 11.875% touchdown-to-attempted-pass ratio.

Six players have accomplished a perfect passer rating with 30 or more attempts: Jared Goff, Ken O'Brien, Dak Prescott, Aaron Rodgers, Kurt Warner, and Deshaun Watson.

Ryan Tannehill holds the record for highest completion rate in a perfect game, completing 18 of 19 passes (94.7%) in 2015. Chris Chandler has the best rate for a game with at least 20 pass attempts, completing 23 of 26 passes (88.5%)

Jared Goff has the most passing yards in a perfect game, with 465. Six other players – Nick Foles, Ken O'Brien, Dak Prescott, Aaron Rodgers, and Deshaun Watson – have each accomplished a perfect passer rating with more than 400 passing yards.

Scott Hunter has the fewest passing yards in a perfect game, with 138. Drew Bledsoe and Rich Gannon also achieved a perfect game with less than 150 yards. The lowest number of yards possible for a perfect game is 125, due to the 10 attempt minimum.

Ben Roethlisberger holds the record of accomplishing a perfect passer rating with most yards per pass attempt (19.8).

Three players have accomplished a perfect passer rating in their rookie season: Drew Bledsoe, Robert Griffin III, and Marcus Mariota. Mariota is the only player to do so in his professional debut. Two players have accomplished a perfect passer rating twice in the same season: Lamar Jackson and Ben Roethlisberger[90][91]

On two separate occasions, two players achieved a perfect passer rating on the same day. The first occurrence was on October 29, 1978, when Steve Grogan and Brian Sipe each achieved a perfect passer rating. The second occurrence was on September 8, 2019, when both Lamar Jackson and Dak Prescott accomplished the feat.

Tom Brady is the oldest player to have ever post a perfect passer rating, accomplishing the record feat at 43 years, 145 days old. Brady also holds the largest time span between first and last perfect ratings, with 13 years, 66 days.

See also

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