Brock Purdy added another line to his growing resume on Monday night, and this one sits at the top of the NFL record book.
In San Francisco’s 23-17 win over the Washington Commanders on Monday Night Football, the 49ers quarterback became the highest-rated passer in NFL history. Purdy now owns the best career passer rating among quarterbacks with at least 1,500 pass attempts, landing at 105.6.
OFFICIAL: Brock Purdy just became the highest-rated passer in NFL history. He also now holds official #1 ranks across numerous QB stats.
Purdy has been on a Hall of Fame trajectory since Day 1. Purdy’s first start against Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Bucs was about 1,500 throws ago
Purdy went 21 of 29 against Washington as San Francisco stayed perfect at 6-0 to open the 2026 season. The performance pushed his career totals to 1,038 completions on 1,524 attempts, with 13,145 passing yards and 98 touchdown passes.
That 105.6 mark moves Purdy past Lamar Jackson, who had held the record at 102.7. Aaron Rodgers is next at 101.8, followed by Joe Burrow at 101.3 and Patrick Mahomes at 100.8.
The efficiency is even more striking when you stack it against Purdy’s path to the league. San Francisco took him with the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, No. 262 overall, which earned him the “Mr.
Irrelevant” label. Since then, he’s made that tag look absurdly outdated.
He helped guide the 49ers to the Super Bowl after the 2023 season, though San Francisco fell to the Chiefs in overtime.
Now the record-setting quarterback is driving a 6-0 team that keeps stacking wins while he keeps stacking numbers. Next up for the 49ers is a Week 7 meeting with the Atlanta Falcons, who enter at 2-4, before San Francisco heads into its Week 8 bye.
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