most passing touchdowns for a rookie qb 1985 to 1995

Between the 1985 and 1995 seasons, Jim Kelly had the most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback, with 22 touchdowns in 1986.

NAME TD SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
22
1986
BUF BUF
16
285
480
59.4
3,593
7.5
224.6
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
2 Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
18
1988
WAS WAS
9
114
208
54.8
1,730
8.3
192.2
13
85.2
8.7
6.3
14
115
3 Jeff George
J. George
16
1990
IND IND
13
181
334
54.2
2,152
6.4
165.5
13
73.8
4.8
3.9
37
320
4 Dieter Brock
D. Brock
16
1985
RAM RAM
15
218
365
59.7
2,658
7.3
177.2
13
82.0
4.4
3.6
51
351
5 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
15
1993
NE NE
13
214
429
49.9
2,494
5.8
191.8
15
65.0
3.5
3.5
16
99
6 Kerry Collins
K. Collins
14
1995
CAR CAR
15
214
433
49.4
2,717
6.3
181.1
19
61.9
3.2
4.4
24
150
7 Rick Mirer
R. Mirer
12
1993
SEA SEA
16
274
486
56.4
2,833
5.8
177.1
17
67.0
2.5
3.5
47
235
8 Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
11
1991
PIT PIT
12
156
286
54.5
1,963
6.9
163.6
7
78.8
3.8
2.4
30
214
9 Heath Shuler
H. Shuler
10
1994
WAS WAS
11
120
265
45.3
1,658
6.3
150.7
12
59.6
3.8
4.5
12
83
10 Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
9
1989
DAL DAL
11
155
293
52.9
1,749
6.0
159.0
18
55.7
3.1
6.1
19
155
11 T.J. Rubley
T.J. Rubley
8
1993
RAM RAM
9
108
189
57.1
1,338
7.1
148.7
6
80.1
4.2
3.2
13
106
12 Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
8
1988
RAI RAI
10
105
238
44.1
1,643
6.9
164.3
7
66.6
3.4
2.9
26
215
13 Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
8
1988
IND IND
15
129
233
55.4
1,619
6.9
107.9
12
67.2
3.4
5.2
18
128
14 Jim Everett
J. Everett
8
1986
RAM RAM
6
73
147
49.7
1,018
6.9
169.7
8
67.8
5.4
5.4
8
50
15 Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
8
1986
IND IND
12
204
417
48.9
2,225
5.3
185.4
18
53.5
1.9
4.3
29
213
16 Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
8
1985
CLE CLE
12
124
248
50.0
1,578
6.4
131.5
7
69.3
3.2
2.8
19
121
17 Billy Joe Hobert
B. Joe Hobert
6
1995
OAK OAK
4
44
80
55.0
540
6.8
135.0
4
80.2
7.5
5.0
3
11
18 Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
5
1994
WAS WAS
4
46
100
46.0
600
6.0
150.0
5
61.3
5.0
5.0
3
18
19 Tommy Maddox
T. Maddox
5
1992
DEN DEN
13
66
121
54.5
757
6.3
58.2
9
56.4
4.1
7.4
10
60
20 Rodney Peete
R. Peete
5
1989
DET DET
8
103
195
52.8
1,479
7.6
184.9
9
67.0
2.6
4.6
27
164
21 Billy Joe Tolliver
B. Joe Tolliver
5
1989
SD SD
5
89
185
48.1
1,097
5.9
219.4
8
57.9
2.7
4.3
9
75
22 Steve Walsh
S. Walsh
5
1989
DAL DAL
8
110
219
50.2
1,371
6.3
171.4
9
60.5
2.3
4.1
11
84
23 Todd Hons
T. Hons
5
1987
DET DET
3
43
92
46.7
552
6.0
184.0
5
61.5
5.4
5.4
9
67
24 Ken Karcher
K. Karcher
5
1987
DEN DEN
3
56
102
54.9
628
6.2
209.3
4
73.5
4.9
3.9
5
45
25 Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
5
1987
GB GB
7
55
127
43.3
875
6.9
125.0
3
70.2
3.9
2.4
10
77
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2
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3
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7
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7
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