most passing tds by 49er rookie player in a season

Brock Purdy and Nick Mullens are tied for the most passing touchdowns by a rookie for the 49ers in a season, with 13 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	13	2022	SF	9	114	170	67.1	1,374	8.1	152.7	4	107.3	7.6	2.4	11	84
2	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	13	2018	SF	8	176	274	64.2	2,277	8.3	284.6	10	90.8	4.7	3.6	17	127
3	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	11	1999	SF	13	225	375	60.0	2,544	6.8	195.7	11	77.9	2.9	2.9	15	104
4	Tom Owen T. Owen	10	1974	SF	10	88	184	47.8	1,327	7.2	132.7	15	56.1	5.4	8.2	25	202
5	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	8	1978	SF	12	137	302	45.4	1,570	5.2	130.8	22	40.0	2.6	7.3	17	156
6	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	6	2004	SF	8	123	226	54.4	1,231	5.4	153.9	9	62.4	2.7	4.0	13	94
7	Trey Lance T. Lance	5	2021	SF	6	41	71	57.7	603	8.5	100.5	2	97.3	7.0	2.8	4	15
8	C.J. Beathard	4	2017	SF	7	123	224	54.9	1,430	6.4	204.3	6	69.2	1.8	2.7	19	141
9	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	2	1994	SF	11	35	50	70.0	393	7.9	35.7	1	98.2	4.0	2.0	4	36
10	Scott Bull S. Bull	2	1976	SF	14	21	48	43.8	252	5.3	18.0	4	39.6	4.2	8.3	5	44
11	George Mira G. Mira	2	1964	SF	7	23	53	43.4	331	6.2	47.3	5	37.5	3.8	9.4
12	John Brodie J. Brodie	2	1957	SF	5	11	21	52.4	160	7.6	32.0	3	69.6	9.5	14.3
13	Alex Smith A. Smith	1	2005	SF	9	84	165	50.9	875	5.3	97.2	11	40.8	0.6	6.7	29	185
14	Jim Druckenmiller J. Druckenmiller	1	1997	SF	4	21	52	40.4	239	4.6	59.8	4	29.2	1.9	7.7	4	32
15	Jeff Brohm J. Brohm	1	1996	SF	3	21	34	61.8	189	5.6	63.0	0	86.5	2.9	0.0	2	10
16	Bill Musgrave B. Musgrave	1	1991	SF	1	4	5	80.0	33	6.6	33.0	0	133.8	20.0	0.0	0	0
17	Mark Stevens M. Stevens	1	1987	SF	2	2	4	50.0	52	13.0	26.0	0	135.4	25.0	0.0	0	0
18	Harry Sydney H. Sydney	1	1987	SF	14	1	1	100.0	50	50.0	3.6	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
19	Joe Montana J. Montana	1	1979	SF	16	13	23	56.5	96	4.2	6.0	0	81.1	4.3	0.0	0	0
20	Dennis Morrison D. Morrison	1	1974	SF	3	21	51	41.2	227	4.5	75.7	5	21.9	2.0	9.8	0	0
21	Don Lisbon D. Lisbon	1	1963	SF	14	1	2	50.0	45	22.5	3.2	0	135.4	50.0	0.0
22	Bob Waters B. Waters	1	1960	SF	8	2	2	100.0	61	30.5	7.6	0	158.3	50.0	0.0
23	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	1	1956	SF	12	38	78	48.7	621	8.0	51.8	6	48.1	1.3	7.7
24	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	1	1954	SF	12	1	2	50.0	10	5.0	0.8	0	104.2	50.0	0.0

StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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Cardinals	1	1	.500
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Sun 9/27	ARI	@	SF	4:05 PM
Sun 10/4	DEN	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 10/11	SF	@	SEA	4:25 PM
Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
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Pass Yards Rankings

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	1	1	0	.500
Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Rams	1	1	0	.500
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	2	0	0	1.000
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000