Mr. Irrelevant to Mr. Efficient: How Brock Purdy became NFL's all-time passer rating king

A former seventh-round draft pick is now the greatest per-throw passer in league history There is a new all-time passer rating leader in the NFL. A mere five years ago, nobody would have expected his name to be Brock Purdy. The San Francisco 49ers quarterback was one pick away from going undrafted in 2022, and now he stands atop the career leaderboard for the ultimate signal-caller efficiency metric. Purdy threw his 1,500th pass in Monday's 23-17 win, which made him eligible for inclusion in the career passer rating standings and earned him a spot ahead of active surefire Hall of Famers like Lamar Jackson and Aaron Rodgers. He is also the all-time standard-bearer for success rate and adjusted yards per attempt.

Also in the Week 6 victory over the Washington Commanders, Purdy joined elite company with the third-most games with a 110 passer rating or better over the first five seasons of a career. Only Russell Wilson and Patrick Mahomes accumulated more, per Next Gen Stats. Purdy, a two-time QBR leader, is far from the most physically gifted quarterback in the NFL. But he leads all players in touchdown passes this year with 14 and accounted for the longest completion of the season thus far with an 82-yarder. He might be on his way to the MVP award. He has