most passing touchdowns by a rookie per game

7 players are tied for the most passing touchdowns by a rookie in a game with more than 0 games played, with 5 touchdowns. The first three are Jayden Daniels on December 22, 2024, C.J. Stroud on November 5, 2023 and Daniel Jones on December 22, 2019.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a rookie per regular-season game
NAMETDGPDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
5
1
12/22/2024
vs
24
39
61.5
258
6.6
2
99.1
12.8
5.1
1
3
2C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
5
1
11/5/2023
vs
30
42
71.4
470
11.2
0
147.8
11.9
0.0
3
27
3Daniel Jones
D. Jones
5
1
12/22/2019
@
28
42
66.7
352
8.4
0
132.1
11.9
0.0
1
6
4Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
5
1
10/8/2017
vs
16
31
51.6
261
8.4
0
119.8
16.1
0.0
3
13
5Jameis Winston
J. Winston
5
1
11/22/2015
@
19
29
65.5
246
8.5
0
131.6
17.2
0.0
1
8
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5
1
11/22/2009
vs
26
43
60.5
422
9.8
2
112.7
11.6
4.7
2
6
7Ray Buivid
R. Buivid
5
1
12/5/1937
@
12
23
52.2
164
7.1
1
96.7
21.7
4.3
8Bo Nix
B. Nix
4
1
1/5/2025
vs
26
29
89.7
321
11.1
0
152.4
13.8
0.0
0
0
9Bo Nix
B. Nix
4
1
11/17/2024
vs
28
33
84.8
307
9.3
0
145.0
12.1
0.0
1
12
10Caleb Williams
C. Williams
4
1
10/13/2024
vs
23
29
79.3
226
7.8
1
124.4
13.8
3.4
3
5
11Aidan O'Connell
A. O'Connell
4
1
12/14/2023
vs
20
34
58.8
248
7.3
0
120.7
11.8
0.0
1
6
12Will Levis
W. Levis
4
1
10/29/2023
vs
19
29
65.5
238
8.2
0
130.5
13.8
0.0
2
12
13Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4
1
10/12/2020
@
20
34
58.8
264
7.8
0
122.7
11.8
0.0
3
25
14Daniel Jones
D. Jones
4
1
11/10/2019
@
26
40
65.0
308
7.7
0
121.7
10.0
0.0
6
50
15Daniel Jones
D. Jones
4
1
10/27/2019
@
28
41
68.3
322
7.9
0
124.2
9.8
0.0
3
32
16Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
4
1
11/25/2018
@
19
26
73.1
258
9.9
0
143.9
15.4
0.0
0
0
17Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
4
1
10/29/2017
@
19
30
63.3
402
13.4
3
106.9
13.3
10.0
5
35
18Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
4
1
10/1/2017
vs
25
34
73.5
283
8.3
1
125.0
11.8
2.9
1
3
19Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
4
1
11/8/2015
@
28
39
71.8
371
9.5
0
135.7
10.3
0.0
0
0
20Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
4
1
9/13/2015
@
13
15
86.7
209
13.9
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
24
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
4
1
10/12/2014
vs
18
34
52.9
282
8.3
1
107.7
11.8
2.9
0
0
22Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
4
1
12/23/2012
vs
15
21
71.4
171
8.1
1
115.3
19.0
4.8
1
1
23Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4
1
12/2/2012
@
24
54
44.4
391
7.2
3
70.8
7.4
5.6
2
19
24Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
4
1
11/22/2012
@
19
27
70.4
304
11.3
1
131.8
14.8
3.7
3
16
25Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
4
1
11/18/2012
vs
14
15
93.3
200
13.3
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
8
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,600

Mariota

Marcus Mariota

RUSH

646

Croskey-Merritt

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

REC

604

Samuel

Deebo Samuel
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

26.8

26th

RUSH YDS/G

137.1

4th

PASS YDS/G

204.4

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
Commanders Commanders
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/20
@
5:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

4 - 10

29

Final

21

NYG Giants

2 - 12

Sun 14 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
Jets Jets - e
3
11
0
.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
0
.571
7
7
0
.500
4
10
0
.286
3
11
0
.214
AFC SouthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
5
0
.643
8
6
0
.571
2
12
0
.143
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
2
0
.857
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
2
12
0
.143
NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams - x
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
@
26-21
Sat
9/13
@
33-27
Sat
9/13
@
22-27
Sat
9/13
@
28-29
Sat
9/13
@
20-17

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
@
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM