most interceptions rookie qb season last 30 years

Between February 10, 1996 and February 10, 2026, Peyton Manning has the most intercepted passes by a rookie quarterback, with 28 interceptions in 1998.

Interpreted as:
most passing interceptions rookie qb season last 30 years
NAMEINTSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
28
1998
16
326
575
56.7
3,739
6.5
233.7
26
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
2DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
22
2017
15
255
476
53.6
2,894
6.1
192.9
11
60.5
2.3
4.6
38
226
3Geno Smith
G. Smith
21
2013
16
247
443
55.8
3,046
6.9
190.4
12
66.5
2.7
4.7
43
315
4Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
20
2009
15
196
364
53.8
2,444
6.7
162.9
12
63.0
3.3
5.5
26
195
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
20
2009
10
201
377
53.3
2,267
6.0
226.7
13
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
6Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
19
2001
15
293
540
54.3
2,931
5.4
195.4
11
62.0
2.0
3.5
26
177
7Andrew Luck
A. Luck
18
2012
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
23
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
8Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
18
2009
10
158
290
54.5
1,855
6.4
185.5
10
59.8
3.4
6.2
20
102
9Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
18
2004
13
263
432
60.9
2,897
6.7
222.8
18
77.3
4.2
4.2
25
178
10Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
17
2021
17
359
602
59.6
3,641
6.0
214.2
12
71.9
2.0
2.8
32
238
11Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
17
2014
14
280
475
58.9
2,908
6.1
207.7
11
69.5
2.3
3.6
55
345
12Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
17
2012
15
297
517
57.4
3,385
6.5
225.7
14
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
13Cam Newton
C. Newton
17
2011
16
310
517
60.0
4,051
7.8
253.2
21
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
14Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
16
2003
15
239
418
57.2
2,819
6.7
187.9
14
73.0
3.3
3.8
19
90
15Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
16
2002
14
215
429
50.1
2,294
5.3
163.9
12
59.9
2.8
3.7
8
75
16Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
15
2018
13
239
414
57.7
2,865
6.9
220.4
17
77.6
4.1
3.6
30
204
17Jameis Winston
J. Winston
15
2015
16
312
535
58.3
4,042
7.6
252.6
22
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
18Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
15
2010
16
354
590
60.0
3,512
6.0
219.5
18
76.5
3.1
2.5
34
244
19David Carr
D. Carr
15
2002
16
233
444
52.5
2,592
5.8
162.0
9
62.8
2.0
3.4
76
411
20Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
15
1998
10
111
245
45.3
1,289
5.3
128.9
2
39.0
0.8
6.1
22
140
21Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
15
1997
10
157
296
53.0
2,203
7.4
220.3
15
73.1
5.1
5.1
52
291
22Tony Banks
T. Banks
15
1996
14
192
368
52.2
2,544
6.9
181.7
15
71.0
4.1
4.1
48
306
23Josh Rosen
J. Rosen
14
2018
14
217
393
55.2
2,278
5.8
162.7
11
66.7
2.8
3.6
45
320
24Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
14
2018
14
310
486
63.8
3,725
7.7
266.1
27
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
25Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
14
2016
16
379
607
62.4
3,782
6.2
236.4
16
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
StatMuse has game-level data for intercepted passes going back to the 1950 season.

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