Cam Newton had the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in his first game, with 422 yards versus the Cardinals on September 11, 2011.
| NAME | YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Newton | 422 | 9/11/2011 |  CAR | @ |  ARI | 24 | 37 | 64.9 | 11.4 | 2 | 1 | 110.4 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 |  | E. Rubbert | 334 | 10/4/1987 |  WAS | vs |  STL | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 13.9 | 3 | 1 | 125.0 | 12.5 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | T. Lawrence | 332 | 9/12/2021 |  JAX | @ |  HOU | 28 | 51 | 54.9 | 6.5 | 3 | 3 | 70.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | | B. Waterfield | 329 | 11/22/1945 |  CLE | @ |  DET | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 15.7 | 2 | 3 | 93.9 | 9.5 | 14.3 | ||
| 5 | | R. Griffin III | 320 | 9/9/2012 | WAS | @ |  NO | 19 | 26 | 73.1 | 12.3 | 2 | 0 | 139.9 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | | C. LeForce | 317 | 11/16/1947 | DET | vs | WAS | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 13.2 | 3 | 2 | 111.1 | 12.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 7 |  | J. Herbert | 311 | 9/20/2020 |  LAC | vs |  KC | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 9.4 | 1 | 1 | 94.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 |  | R. Fitzpatrick | 310 | 11/27/2005 |  STL | @ | HOU | 19 | 30 | 63.3 | 10.3 | 3 | 1 | 117.4 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 |  | A. Luck | 309 | 9/9/2012 |  IND | @ |  CHI | 23 | 45 | 51.1 | 6.9 | 1 | 3 | 52.9 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 |  | K. Murray | 308 | 9/8/2019 | ARI | vs | DET | 29 | 54 | 53.7 | 5.7 | 2 | 1 | 75.2 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 5 | 33 |
| 11 | | J. Luton | 304 | 11/8/2020 | JAX | vs | HOU | 26 | 38 | 68.4 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 90.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | | M. Rypien | 303 | 9/25/1988 | WAS | @ |  PHX | 26 | 41 | 63.4 | 7.4 | 3 | 1 | 99.9 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 4 | 21 |
| 13 |  | P. Manning | 302 | 9/6/1998 | IND | vs |  MIA | 21 | 37 | 56.8 | 8.2 | 1 | 3 | 58.6 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 4 | 29 |
| 14 | | D. Wood | 294 | 9/23/1962 | SD | vs |  HOU | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 8.9 | 2 | 1 | 87.2 | 6.1 | 3.0 | ||
| 15 |  | J. Kelly | 292 | 9/7/1986 |  BUF | vs |  NYJ | 20 | 33 | 60.6 | 8.8 | 3 | 0 | 119.8 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | | J. Zorn | 292 | 9/12/1976 |  SEA | vs | STL | 17 | 37 | 45.9 | 7.9 | 2 | 2 | 68.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 17 |  | P. Mahomes | 284 | 12/31/2017 | KC | @ |  DEN | 22 | 35 | 62.9 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 76.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2 | 15 |
| 18 |  | M. Jones | 281 | 9/12/2021 |  NE | vs | MIA | 29 | 39 | 74.4 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 102.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 |
| 19 | | C. McCoy | 281 | 10/17/2010 |  CLE | @ |  PIT | 23 | 33 | 69.7 | 8.5 | 1 | 2 | 80.5 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 5 | 23 |
| 20 | | D. Blough | 280 | 11/28/2019 | DET | vs | CHI | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 7.4 | 2 | 1 | 87.6 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 2 | 21 |
| 21 | | S. Tolzien | 280 | 11/10/2013 |  GB | vs |  PHI | 24 | 39 | 61.5 | 7.2 | 1 | 2 | 70.5 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 1 | 8 |
| 22 |  | C. Wentz | 278 | 9/11/2016 | PHI | vs | CLE | 22 | 37 | 59.5 | 7.5 | 2 | 0 | 101.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 |
| 23 | | J. Delhomme | 278 | 12/24/1999 | NO | vs |  DAL | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 10.3 | 2 | 1 | 103.6 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 3 | 29 |
| 24 |  | G. Minshew | 275 | 9/8/2019 | JAX | vs | KC | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 122.5 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | | M. Sanchez | 272 | 9/13/2009 |  NYJ | @ | HOU | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 8.8 | 1 | 1 | 84.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.
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