most passing touchdowns by a player falcons in a rookie season

Matt Ryan has the most passing touchdowns by a Falcons rookie, with 16 touchdowns in 2008.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
16
2008
16
265
434
61.1
3,440
7.9
215.0
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
2Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
13
1975
11
115
255
45.1
1,662
6.5
151.1
15
59.3
5.1
5.9
19
197
3Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
12
1966
14
129
295
43.7
1,795
6.1
128.2
21
47.8
4.1
7.1
4Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
4
1987
3
45
92
48.9
559
6.1
186.3
5
60.0
4.3
5.4
10
82
5Michael Penix Jr.
M. Penix Jr.
3
2024
5
61
105
58.1
775
7.4
155.0
3
78.9
2.9
2.9
4
14
6Desmond Ridder
D. Ridder
2
2022
4
73
115
63.5
708
6.2
177.0
0
86.4
1.7
0.0
10
33
7Kurt Kittner
K. Kittner
2
2003
7
44
114
38.6
391
3.4
55.9
6
32.5
1.8
5.3
5
30
8Michael Vick
M. Vick
2
2001
8
50
113
44.2
785
6.9
98.1
3
62.7
1.8
2.7
21
113
9Doug Johnson
D. Johnson
2
2000
4
36
67
53.7
406
6.1
101.5
3
63.4
3.0
4.5
13
75
10Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
1
2004
6
33
70
47.1
330
4.7
55.0
4
42.0
1.4
5.7
4
14
11Chris Miller
C. Miller
1
1987
3
39
92
42.4
552
6.0
184.0
9
26.4
1.1
9.8
5
37
12Jeff Van Raaphorst
J. Van Raaphorst
1
1987
2
18
34
52.9
174
5.1
87.0
2
52.8
2.9
5.9
3
19
13David Archer
D. Archer
1
1984
2
11
18
61.1
181
10.1
90.5
1
90.3
5.6
5.6
7
45
14Bubba Bean
B. Bean
1
1976
14
1
1
100.0
49
49.0
3.5
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,250

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

854

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.5

26th

OPP PPG

24.0

21st

RUSH YDS/G

124.7

7th

PASS YDS/G

226.5

19th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
Falcons Falcons
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

6 - 9

26

Final

19

ARI Cardinals

3 - 12

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
8
8
0
.500
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
4
0
.733
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
14-31
Sat
9/20
@
22-9
Sun
9/21
@
38-30
Wed
9/24
@
23-20
Sat
9/27
@
21-24

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM