most passing yards by a falcons rookie quarterback in nfl history

Matt Ryan has the most passing yards for the Falcons in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 3,440 yards in 2008.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,440	2008	ATL	16	265	434	61.1	7.9	215.0	16	11	87.7	3.7	2.5	17	104
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,795	1966	ATL	14	129	295	43.7	6.1	128.2	12	21	47.8	4.1	7.1
3	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	1,662	1975	ATL	11	115	255	45.1	6.5	151.1	13	15	59.3	5.1	5.9	19	197
4	Michael Vick M. Vick	785	2001	ATL	8	50	113	44.2	6.9	98.1	2	3	62.7	1.8	2.7	21	113
5	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	775	2024	ATL	5	61	105	58.1	7.4	155.0	3	3	78.9	2.9	2.9	4	14
6	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	708	2022	ATL	4	73	115	63.5	6.2	177.0	2	0	86.4	1.7	0.0	10	33
7	Erik Kramer E. Kramer	559	1987	ATL	3	45	92	48.9	6.1	186.3	4	5	60.0	4.3	5.4	10	82
8	Chris Miller C. Miller	552	1987	ATL	3	39	92	42.4	6.0	184.0	1	9	26.4	1.1	9.8	5	37
9	Doug Johnson D. Johnson	406	2000	ATL	4	36	67	53.7	6.1	101.5	2	3	63.4	3.0	4.5	13	75
10	Kurt Kittner K. Kittner	391	2003	ATL	7	44	114	38.6	3.4	55.9	2	6	32.5	1.8	5.3	5	30
11	Kim McQuilken K. McQuilken	373	1974	ATL	5	34	79	43.0	4.7	74.6	0	9	18.0	0.0	11.4	9	113
12	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	330	2004	ATL	6	33	70	47.1	4.7	55.0	1	4	42.0	1.4	5.7	4	14
13	David Archer D. Archer	181	1984	ATL	2	11	18	61.1	10.1	90.5	1	1	90.3	5.6	5.6	7	45
14	Jeff Van Raaphorst J. Van Raaphorst	174	1987	ATL	2	18	34	52.9	5.1	87.0	1	2	52.8	2.9	5.9	3	19
15	Mike Moroski M. Moroski	97	1979	ATL	2	8	15	53.3	6.5	48.5	0	0	73.5	0.0	0.0	2	12
16	Steve Sloan S. Sloan	96	1966	ATL	3	6	13	46.2	7.4	32.0	0	2	31.7	0.0	15.4
17	Jack Strand J. Strand	59	2026	ATL	1	8	15	53.3	3.9	59.0	0	1	35.1	0.0	6.7	2	13
18	Pat Sullivan P. Sullivan	44	1972	ATL	14	3	19	15.8	2.3	3.1	0	3	0.0	0.0	15.8	2	28
19	Tony Graziani T. Graziani	41	1997	ATL	3	7	23	30.4	1.8	13.7	0	2	3.7	0.0	8.7	1	7
20	Bruce Lemmerman B. Lemmerman	40	1968	ATL	4	3	15	20.0	2.7	10.0	0	1	11.8	0.0	6.7
21	Dominique Davis D. Davis	34	2013	ATL	1	5	7	71.4	4.9	34.0	0	0	81.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Sean Renfree S. Renfree	11	2015	ATL	2	3	7	42.9	1.6	5.5	0	1	10.7	0.0	14.3	2	17

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PASS

1,157

Penix

RUSH

704

Robinson

REC

616

London

Team Rankings

PPG

24.4

10th

OPP PPG

24.7

20th

RUSH YDS/G

139.9

6th

PASS YDS/G

211.3

24th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Panthers	3	3	.500
Falcons	3	4	.429
Saints	2	5	.286
Buccaneers	2	5	.286

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	ATL	@	TB	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	CIN	@	ATL	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/29	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM

Last Game

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6 - 1

Final

Falcons

3 - 4

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,989

Stafford

1,958

Love

1,877

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

704

Robinson

701

Walker

627

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

867

Smith-Njigba

651

Lamb

636

Olave

Pass TD Leaders

16

Cousins

15

Purdy

15

Burrow

Rush TD Leaders

8

Williams

8

Taylor

8

Allen

Rec TD Leaders

8

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Lamb

QB Rating Leaders

112.5

Goff

110.4

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.0

Young

6.0

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

30.7

28.1

27.2

27.0

26.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.3

17.2

17.3

17.9

19.7

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

399.1

397.3

390.7

387.7

381.3

380.5

Rush Yards Rankings

154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

141.5

139.9

Pass Yards Rankings

298.0

293.2

286.0

279.7

276.9

275.5

Sack Leaders

21.0

20.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

139

Gibbs

129.7

Walker

120.7

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

138.2

Smith-Njigba

102.5

Lamb

95.5

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

71.5

Likely

71.2

McBride

70.5

Kittle

Fantasy K Rankings

89

Shrader

81

Reichard

77

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Worst Record ATS

0-5-1

1-6

1-4-1

2-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	4	0	.429
Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000