most passing touchdowns through first season

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

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a player through first season
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
31
15
396
595
66.6
4,336
7.3
289.1
10
98.3
5.2
1.7
32
218
2Bo Nix
B. Nix
29
17
376
567
66.3
3,775
6.7
222.1
12
93.3
5.1
2.1
24
198
3Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
27
14
310
486
63.8
3,725
7.7
266.1
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
4Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
26
16
252
393
64.1
3,118
7.9
194.9
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
5Peyton Manning
P. Manning
26
16
326
575
56.7
3,739
6.5
233.7
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
6Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
25
17
331
480
69.0
3,568
7.4
209.9
9
100.1
5.2
1.9
47
238
7Daniel Jones
D. Jones
24
13
284
459
61.9
3,027
6.6
232.8
12
87.7
5.2
2.6
38
295
8C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
23
15
319
499
63.9
4,108
8.2
273.9
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
9Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
23
16
311
459
67.8
3,667
8.0
229.2
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
10Andrew Luck
A. Luck
23
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
11Mac Jones
M. Jones
22
17
352
521
67.6
3,801
7.3
223.6
13
92.5
4.2
2.5
28
241
12Jameis Winston
J. Winston
22
16
312
535
58.3
4,042
7.6
252.6
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
13Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
22
16
285
480
59.4
3,593
7.5
224.6
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
14Butch Songin
B. Songin
22
14
187
392
47.7
2,476
6.3
176.9
15
70.9
5.6
3.8
15George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
22
12
140
294
47.6
2,251
7.7
187.6
24
64.6
7.5
8.2
16Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
22
12
162
299
54.2
2,175
7.3
181.3
13
84.0
7.4
4.3
17Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
21
14
285
470
60.6
3,271
7.0
233.6
6
91.2
4.5
1.3
33
184
18Derek Carr
D. Carr
21
16
348
599
58.1
3,270
5.5
204.4
12
76.6
3.5
2.0
24
149
19Cam Newton
C. Newton
21
16
310
517
60.0
4,051
7.8
253.2
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
20Caleb Williams
C. Williams
20
17
351
562
62.5
3,541
6.3
208.3
6
87.8
3.6
1.1
68
466
21Kyler Murray
K. Murray
20
16
349
542
64.4
3,722
6.9
232.6
12
87.4
3.7
2.2
48
309
22Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
20
15
258
393
65.6
3,200
8.1
213.3
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
23Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
20
16
300
516
58.1
3,398
6.6
212.4
13
80.4
3.9
2.5
24
160
24Dan Marino
D. Marino
20
11
173
296
58.4
2,210
7.5
200.9
6
96.0
6.8
2.0
10
80
25Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
19
7
126
204
61.8
1,699
8.3
242.7
8
103.0
9.3
3.9
19
116
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
5
12
0
.294
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13
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8
9
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
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6
11
0
.353
3
14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176