most passing touchdowns in first season as starter

Justin Herbert had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback as a starter in his first season, with 31 touchdowns in his rookie season in 2020.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	31	2020	LAC	15	396	595	66.6	4,336	7.3	289.1	10	98.3	5.2	1.7	32	218
2	Bo Nix B. Nix	29	2024	DEN	17	376	567	66.3	3,775	6.7	222.1	12	93.3	5.1	2.1	24	198
3	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	27	2018	CLE	13	293	463	63.3	3,524	7.6	271.1	14	93.4	5.8	3.0	24	165
4	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	26	2012	SEA	16	252	393	64.1	3,118	7.9	194.9	10	100.0	6.6	2.5	33	203
5	Peyton Manning P. Manning	26	1998	IND	16	326	575	56.7	3,739	6.5	233.7	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
6	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	25	2024	WAS	17	331	480	69.0	3,568	7.4	209.9	9	100.1	5.2	1.9	47	238
7	Daniel Jones D. Jones	24	2019	NYG	12	281	455	61.8	3,010	6.6	250.8	12	87.7	5.3	2.6	38	295
8	C.J. Stroud	23	2023	HOU	15	319	499	63.9	4,108	8.2	273.9	5	100.8	4.6	1.0	38	331
9	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	23	2016	DAL	16	311	459	67.8	3,667	8.0	229.2	4	104.9	5.0	0.9	25	143
10	Andrew Luck A. Luck	23	2012	IND	16	339	627	54.1	4,374	7.0	273.4	18	76.5	3.7	2.9	41	246
11	Mac Jones M. Jones	22	2021	NE	17	352	521	67.6	3,801	7.3	223.6	13	92.5	4.2	2.5	28	241
12	Jameis Winston J. Winston	22	2015	TB	16	312	535	58.3	4,042	7.6	252.6	15	84.2	4.1	2.8	27	190
13	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	22	1986	BUF	16	285	480	59.4	3,593	7.5	224.6	17	83.3	4.6	3.5	43	330
14	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	22	1950	NYY	12	140	294	47.6	2,251	7.7	187.6	24	64.6	7.5	8.2
15	Derek Carr D. Carr	21	2014	OAK	16	348	599	58.1	3,270	5.5	204.4	12	76.6	3.5	2.0	24	149
16	Cam Newton C. Newton	21	2011	CAR	16	310	517	60.0	4,051	7.8	253.2	17	84.5	4.1	3.3	35	260
17	Caleb Williams C. Williams	20	2024	CHI	17	351	562	62.5	3,541	6.3	208.3	6	87.8	3.6	1.1	68	466
18	Kyler Murray K. Murray	20	2019	ARI	16	349	542	64.4	3,722	6.9	232.6	12	87.4	3.7	2.2	48	309
19	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	20	2012	WAS	15	258	393	65.6	3,200	8.1	213.3	5	102.4	5.1	1.3	30	217
20	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	20	2011	CIN	16	300	516	58.1	3,398	6.6	212.4	13	80.4	3.9	2.5	24	160
21	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	19	2015	TEN	12	230	370	62.2	2,818	7.6	234.8	10	91.5	5.1	2.7	38	258
22	Mike Glennon M. Glennon	19	2013	TB	13	247	416	59.4	2,608	6.3	200.6	9	83.9	4.6	2.2	40	314
23	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	19	1971	NE	14	158	328	48.2	2,158	6.6	154.1	16	68.6	5.8	4.9
24	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	18	2019	JAX	12	247	418	59.1	2,849	6.8	237.4	4	90.1	4.3	1.0	30	157
25	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	18	2017	HOU	6	114	181	63.0	1,597	8.8	266.2	7	108.4	9.9	3.9	15	95

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