atlanta falcons player most passing yards in a season by rookie

Matt Ryan has the most passing yards by a rookie for the Falcons, with 3,440 yards in 2008.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,440	2008	ATL	16	265	434	61.1	7.9	215.0	16	11	87.7	3.7	2.5	17	104
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,795	1966	ATL	14	129	295	43.7	6.1	128.2	12	21	47.8	4.1	7.1
3	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	1,662	1975	ATL	11	115	255	45.1	6.5	151.1	13	15	59.3	5.1	5.9	19	197
4	Michael Vick M. Vick	785	2001	ATL	8	50	113	44.2	6.9	98.1	2	3	62.7	1.8	2.7	21	113
5	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	775	2024	ATL	5	61	105	58.1	7.4	155.0	3	3	78.9	2.9	2.9	4	14
6	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	708	2022	ATL	4	73	115	63.5	6.2	177.0	2	0	86.4	1.7	0.0	10	33
7	Erik Kramer E. Kramer	559	1987	ATL	3	45	92	48.9	6.1	186.3	4	5	60.0	4.3	5.4	10	82
8	Chris Miller C. Miller	552	1987	ATL	3	39	92	42.4	6.0	184.0	1	9	26.4	1.1	9.8	5	37
9	Doug Johnson D. Johnson	406	2000	ATL	4	36	67	53.7	6.1	101.5	2	3	63.4	3.0	4.5	13	75
10	Kurt Kittner K. Kittner	391	2003	ATL	7	44	114	38.6	3.4	55.9	2	6	32.5	1.8	5.3	5	30
11	Kim McQuilken K. McQuilken	373	1974	ATL	5	34	79	43.0	4.7	74.6	0	9	18.0	0.0	11.4	9	113
12	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	330	2004	ATL	6	33	70	47.1	4.7	55.0	1	4	42.0	1.4	5.7	4	14
13	David Archer D. Archer	181	1984	ATL	2	11	18	61.1	10.1	90.5	1	1	90.3	5.6	5.6	7	45
14	Jeff Van Raaphorst J. Van Raaphorst	174	1987	ATL	2	18	34	52.9	5.1	87.0	1	2	52.8	2.9	5.9	3	19
15	Mike Moroski M. Moroski	97	1979	ATL	2	8	15	53.3	6.5	48.5	0	0	73.5	0.0	0.0	2	12
16	Steve Sloan S. Sloan	96	1966	ATL	3	6	13	46.2	7.4	32.0	0	2	31.7	0.0	15.4
17	Jack Strand J. Strand	59	2026	ATL	1	8	15	53.3	3.9	59.0	0	1	35.1	0.0	6.7	2	13
18	Bubba Bean B. Bean	49	1976	ATL	14	1	1	100.0	49.0	3.5	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
19	Pat Sullivan P. Sullivan	44	1972	ATL	14	3	19	15.8	2.3	3.1	0	3	0.0	0.0	15.8	2	28
20	Tony Graziani T. Graziani	41	1997	ATL	3	7	23	30.4	1.8	13.7	0	2	3.7	0.0	8.7	1	7
21	Bruce Lemmerman B. Lemmerman	40	1968	ATL	4	3	15	20.0	2.7	10.0	0	1	11.8	0.0	6.7
22	Dominique Davis D. Davis	34	2013	ATL	1	5	7	71.4	4.9	34.0	0	0	81.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
23	Ralph Giacomarro R. Giacomarro	23	1983	ATL	16	1	1	100.0	23.0	1.4	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
24	Tim Dwight T. Dwight	22	1998	ATL	12	1	2	50.0	11.0	1.8	0	0	89.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Harmon Wages H. Wages	21	1968	ATL	13	1	2	50.0	10.5	1.6	0	0	87.5	0.0	0.0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Panthers	3	4	.429
Falcons	3	5	.375
Buccaneers	3	5	.375
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Sun 11/8	CIN	@	ATL	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/29	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	ATL	@	CLE	1:00 PM

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726

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19

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Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

6

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6

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QB Rating Leaders

112.6

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Sack Leaders

7.5

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NFL 2026 Rankings

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29.4

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28.1

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Rush Yards Rankings

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150.8

148.4

134.8

134.1

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Pass Yards Rankings

302.1

281.1

280.8

280.6

273.1

269.9

Sack Leaders

26.0

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24.0

23.0

22.0

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Gibbs

138.1

Walker

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Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	5	0	.375
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	4	4	0	.500
Rams	4	4	0	.500
Cardinals	3	5	0	.375

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	6	0	.250
Dolphins	1	6	0	.143
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	5	2	0	.714
Browns	5	3	0	.625
Ravens	4	4	0	.500
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Jaguars	5	2	0	.714
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	6	0	.250
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Chiefs	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	4	4	0	.500
Chargers	0	7	0	.000