most passing yards by a rookie qb for the steelers

Ben Roethlisberger has the most passing yards for the Steelers in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 2,621 yards in 2004.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	2,621	2004	PIT	14	196	295	66.4	8.9	187.2	17	11	98.1	5.8	3.7	30	213
2	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	2,404	2022	PIT	13	245	389	63.0	6.2	184.9	7	9	76.7	1.8	2.3	27	182
3	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	1,963	1991	PIT	12	156	286	54.5	6.9	163.6	11	7	78.8	3.8	2.4	30	214
4	Mason Rudolph M. Rudolph	1,765	2019	PIT	10	176	283	62.2	6.2	176.5	13	9	82.0	4.6	3.2	15	124
5	Kent Nix K. Nix	1,587	1967	PIT	12	136	268	50.7	5.9	132.3	8	19	49.5	3.0	7.1
6	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	1,410	1970	PIT	13	83	218	38.1	6.5	108.5	6	24	30.4	2.8	11.0	25	242
7	Devlin Hodges D. Hodges	1,063	2019	PIT	8	100	160	62.5	6.6	132.9	5	8	71.4	3.1	5.0	15	102
8	Mike Kruczek M. Kruczek	758	1976	PIT	10	51	85	60.0	8.9	75.8	0	3	74.5	0.0	3.5	11	105
9	Terry Hanratty T. Hanratty	716	1969	PIT	8	52	126	41.3	5.7	89.5	8	13	41.7	6.3	10.3	20	168
10	Landry Jones L. Jones	513	2015	PIT	7	32	55	58.2	9.3	73.3	3	4	77.3	5.5	7.3	2	17
11	Cliff Stoudt C. Stoudt	493	1980	PIT	6	32	60	53.3	8.2	82.2	2	2	78.0	3.3	3.3	4	19
12	Jim Miller J. Miller	397	1995	PIT	3	32	56	57.1	7.1	132.3	2	5	53.9	3.6	8.9	2	8
13	Paul Held P. Held	305	1954	PIT	8	24	73	32.9	4.2	38.1	1	6	17.2	1.4	8.2
14	Bubby Brister B. Brister	291	1986	PIT	2	21	60	35.0	4.9	145.5	0	2	37.6	0.0	3.3	6	57
15	Scott Campbell S. Campbell	109	1984	PIT	5	8	15	53.3	7.3	21.8	1	1	71.3	6.7	6.7	0	0
16	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	88	1957	PIT	4	8	18	44.4	4.9	22.0	0	2	19.9	0.0	11.1
17	Terry Nofsinger T. Nofsinger	78	1961	PIT	5	7	11	63.6	7.1	15.6	0	0	84.7	0.0	0.0
18	Ted Marchibroda T. Marchibroda	66	1953	PIT	4	9	22	40.9	3.0	16.5	1	2	25.9	4.5	9.1
19	Ron Meyer R. Meyer	59	1966	PIT	4	7	19	36.8	3.1	14.8	0	1	23.8	0.0	5.3
20	Joe Gilliam J. Gilliam	48	1972	PIT	2	7	11	63.6	4.4	24.0	0	0	73.3	0.0	0.0	2	8
21	Joshua Dobbs J. Dobbs	43	2018	PIT	5	6	12	50.0	3.6	8.6	0	1	24.0	0.0	8.3	0	0
22	Len Dawson L. Dawson	25	1957	PIT	3	2	4	50.0	6.3	8.3	0	0	69.8	0.0	0.0
23	Bob Leahy B. Leahy	18	1971	PIT	1	3	11	27.3	1.6	18.0	0	1	1.7	0.0	9.1	1	3
24	Mike Quinn M. Quinn	10	1997	PIT	1	1	2	50.0	5.0	10.0	0	0	64.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Pete Gonzalez P. Gonzalez	8	1999	PIT	1	1	1	100.0	8.0	8.0	0	0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,234

Rodgers

RUSH

410

Warren

REC

230

Warren

Team Rankings

PPG

22.2

18th

OPP PPG

21.8

10th

RUSH YDS/G

101.2

19th

PASS YDS/G

246.8

13th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Ravens	4	1	.800
Steelers	3	2	.600
Browns	3	2	.600
Bengals	3	2	.600

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	PIT	@	TB	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	PIT	@	NO	9:30 AM
Sun 11/1	CLE	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	PIT	@	CIN	8:20 PM
Sun 11/22	PIT	@	PHI	4:25 PM

Last Game

Colts

2 - 3

Final

Steelers

3 - 2

Sun 11 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,572

Stafford

1,485

Goff

1,408

Love

Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

537

Walker

532

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

583

Smith-Njigba

537

Olave

507

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

13

Purdy

12

Goff

12

Cousins

Rush TD Leaders

8

Allen

7

Gibbs

7

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

119.6

Jackson

119.3

Purdy

111.3

Goff

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

29.2

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

14.0

18.6

18.8

19.2

Total Yards Rankings

424.4

412.0

405.8

396.2

394.2

393.8

Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

158.0

139.6

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

297.0

281.6

280.4

276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

16.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

Smith-Njigba

83.4

Watson

76.1

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

52.4

Likely

50.8

Kittle

49.6

LaPorta

Fantasy K Rankings

75

Shrader

68

Reichard

54

Loop

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-1-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4-1

1-4

1-3-1

2-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	5	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000