most passing touchdowns by a rookie between 2000 to 2010

Between the 2000 and 2010 seasons, Sam Bradford and Carson Palmer were tied for the most passing touchdowns by a rookie, with 18 touchdowns.

NAME TD SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
18
2010
STL STL
16
354
590
60.0
3,512
6.0
219.5
15
76.5
3.1
2.5
34
244
2 Carson 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
3 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
17
2004
PIT PIT
14
196
295
66.4
2,621
8.9
187.2
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
4 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
16
2008
ATL ATL
16
265
434
61.1
3,440
7.9
215.0
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
5 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
14
2008
BAL BAL
16
257
428
60.0
2,971
6.9
185.7
12
80.3
3.3
2.8
32
276
6 Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
14
2003
JAX JAX
15
239
418
57.2
2,819
6.7
187.9
16
73.0
3.3
3.8
19
90
7 Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
14
2002
STL STL
7
138
214
64.5
1,826
8.5
260.9
6
101.5
6.5
2.8
12
102
8 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
13
2009
DET DET
10
201
377
53.3
2,267
6.0
226.7
20
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
9 Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
12
2009
NYJ NYJ
15
196
364
53.8
2,444
6.7
162.9
20
63.0
3.3
5.5
26
195
10 Vince Young
V. Young
12
2006
TEN TEN
15
184
357
51.5
2,199
6.2
146.6
13
66.7
3.4
3.6
25
129
11 Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
12
2002
DET DET
14
215
429
50.1
2,294
5.3
163.9
16
59.9
2.8
3.7
8
75
12 Matt Leinart
M. Leinart
11
2006
ARI ARI
12
214
377
56.8
2,547
6.8
212.3
12
74.0
2.9
3.2
21
158
13 Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
11
2001
CAR CAR
15
293
540
54.3
2,931
5.4
195.4
19
62.0
2.0
3.5
26
177
14 Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
10
2009
TB TB
10
158
290
54.5
1,855
6.4
185.5
18
59.8
3.4
6.2
20
102
15 Jason Campbell
J. Campbell
10
2006
WAS WAS
7
110
207
53.1
1,297
6.3
185.3
6
76.5
4.8
2.9
7
55
16 Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
9
2006
DEN DEN
5
81
137
59.1
1,001
7.3
200.2
5
88.5
6.6
3.6
13
85
17 Bruce Gradkowski
B. Gradkowski
9
2006
TB TB
13
177
328
54.0
1,661
5.1
127.8
9
65.9
2.7
2.7
25
146
18 Kyle Orton
K. Orton
9
2005
CHI CHI
15
190
368
51.6
1,869
5.1
124.6
13
59.7
2.4
3.5
30
190
19 David Carr
D. Carr
9
2002
HOU HOU
16
233
444
52.5
2,592
5.8
162.0
15
62.8
2.0
3.4
76
411
20 Patrick Ramsey
P. Ramsey
9
2002
WAS WAS
9
117
227
51.5
1,539
6.8
171.0
8
71.8
4.0
3.5
18
132
21 Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
9
2000
NO NO
8
113
194
58.2
1,514
7.8
189.3
6
85.7
4.6
3.1
15
94
22 Todd Bouman
T. Bouman
8
2001
MIN MIN
5
51
89
57.3
795
8.9
159.0
4
98.3
9.0
4.5
4
27
23 Trent Edwards
T. Edwards
7
2007
BUF BUF
10
151
269
56.1
1,630
6.1
163.0
8
70.4
2.6
3.0
12
105
24 Kyle Boller
K. Boller
7
2003
BAL BAL
11
116
224
51.8
1,260
5.6
114.5
9
62.4
3.1
4.0
17
92
25 Chad Hutchinson
C. Hutchinson
7
2002
DAL DAL
9
127
250
50.8
1,555
6.2
172.8
8
66.3
2.8
3.2
34
265
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SF 49ers

4 - 1 - 0

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Commanders Commanders
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.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
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1
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.800
Packers Packers
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1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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1
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.800
Falcons Falcons
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2
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.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
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1
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.800
Seahawks Seahawks
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2
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.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
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1
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.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
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.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
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.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
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1
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.800
Jaguars Jaguars
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1
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.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
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2
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Broncos Broncos
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2
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
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Sat
9/6
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10/12
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10/12
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IND IND
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Sun
10/12
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BAL BAL
1:00 PM