most interceptions thrown first season

Peyton Manning threw the most intercepted passes by a quarterback in his first season, with 28 interceptions in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
most interceptions thrown by a player first season
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
2Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
27
1976
14
208
439
47.4
2,571
5.9
183.6
12
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
3Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
27
1942
11
126
295
42.7
1,360
4.6
123.6
6
25.5
2.0
9.2
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
24
1970
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
30.4
2.8
11.0
25
242
5John Hadl
J. Hadl
24
1962
14
107
260
41.2
1,632
6.3
116.6
15
43.3
5.8
9.2
6George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
24
1950
12
140
294
47.6
2,251
7.7
187.6
22
64.6
7.5
8.2
7Tobin Rote
T. Rote
24
1950
12
83
224
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
26.7
3.1
10.7
8Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
23
1979
16
183
368
49.7
2,238
6.1
139.9
11
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
9Frankie Albert
F. Albert
23
1950
12
155
306
50.7
1,767
5.8
147.3
14
52.3
4.6
7.5
10DeShone 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
11Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
22
1978
12
137
302
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
40.0
2.6
7.3
17
156
12Norm Snead
N. Snead
22
1961
14
172
375
45.9
2,337
6.2
166.9
11
51.6
2.9
5.9
13Lamar McHan
L. McHan
22
1954
12
105
255
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
32.4
2.4
8.6
14Geno 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
15Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
21
1971
14
127
270
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
16Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
21
1966
14
129
295
43.7
1,795
6.1
128.2
12
47.8
4.1
7.1
17Ronnie Cahill
R. Cahill
21
1943
10
50
109
45.9
608
5.6
60.8
3
33.1
2.8
19.3
18Mark 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
19Matthew 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
20Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
20
1970
14
178
321
55.5
2,507
7.8
179.1
10
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
21Otto Graham
O. Graham
20
1950
12
137
253
54.2
1,943
7.7
161.9
14
64.7
5.5
7.9
22Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
20
1947
9
94
175
53.7
1,384
7.9
153.8
13
65.0
7.4
11.4
23Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
20
1943
10
50
126
39.7
699
5.5
69.9
7
37.2
5.6
15.9
24Johnny Gildea
J. Gildea
20
1935
12
28
105
26.7
529
5.0
44.1
2
14.8
1.9
19.0
25Chris 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
StatMuse has season-level data for intercepted passes going back to the 1932 season.

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