most interceptions rookie qb season

Peyton Manning has thrown the most intercepted passes by a rookie quarterback, with 28 interceptions in 1998.

Interpreted as:
most passing interceptions rookie qb season
NAMEINTSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
28
1998
IND IND
16
326
575
56.7
3,739
6.5
233.7
26
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
2Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
27
1976
SEA SEA
14
208
439
47.4
2,571
5.9
183.6
12
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
3Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
24
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
30.4
2.8
11.0
25
242
4John Hadl
J. Hadl
24
1962
SD SD
14
107
260
41.2
1,632
6.3
116.6
15
43.3
5.8
9.2
5Tobin Rote
T. Rote
24
1950
GB GB
12
83
224
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
26.7
3.1
10.7
6Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
23
1979
DET DET
16
183
368
49.7
2,238
6.1
139.9
11
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
7DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
22
2017
CLE CLE
15
255
476
53.6
2,894
6.1
192.9
11
60.5
2.3
4.6
38
226
8Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
22
1978
SF SF
12
137
302
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
40.0
2.6
7.3
17
156
9Norm Snead
N. Snead
22
1961
WAS WAS
14
172
375
45.9
2,337
6.2
166.9
11
51.6
2.9
5.9
10Lamar McHan
L. McHan
22
1954
CHC CHC
12
105
255
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
32.4
2.4
8.6
11Geno Smith
G. Smith
21
2013
NYJ NYJ
16
247
443
55.8
3,046
6.9
190.4
12
66.5
2.7
4.7
43
315
12Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
21
1971
HOU HOU
14
127
270
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
13Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
21
1966
ATL ATL
14
129
295
43.7
1,795
6.1
128.2
12
47.8
4.1
7.1
14Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
20
2009
NYJ NYJ
15
196
364
53.8
2,444
6.7
162.9
12
63.0
3.3
5.5
26
195
15Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
20
2009
DET DET
10
201
377
53.3
2,267
6.0
226.7
13
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
16Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
20
1970
BUF BUF
14
178
321
55.5
2,507
7.8
179.1
10
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
17Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
20
1947
DET DET
9
94
175
53.7
1,384
7.9
153.8
13
65.0
7.4
11.4
18Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
19
2001
CAR CAR
15
293
540
54.3
2,931
5.4
195.4
11
62.0
2.0
3.5
26
177
19Kerry Collins
K. Collins
19
1995
CAR CAR
15
214
433
49.4
2,717
6.3
181.1
14
61.9
3.2
4.4
24
150
20Kent Nix
K. Nix
19
1967
PIT PIT
12
136
268
50.7
1,587
5.9
132.3
8
49.5
3.0
7.1
21George Shaw
G. Shaw
19
1955
BAL BAL
12
119
237
50.2
1,586
6.7
132.2
10
52.5
4.2
8.0
22Andrew Luck
A. Luck
18
2012
IND IND
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
23
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
23Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
18
2009
TB TB
10
158
290
54.5
1,855
6.4
185.5
10
59.8
3.4
6.2
20
102
24Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
18
2004
CIN CIN
13
263
432
60.9
2,897
6.7
222.8
18
77.3
4.2
4.2
25
178
25Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
18
1989
DAL DAL
11
155
293
52.9
1,749
6.0
159.0
9
55.7
3.1
6.1
19
155
StatMuse has season-level data for intercepted passes going back to the 1932 season.

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