most passing yards by a rookie quarterback 1965 to 2010

Between the 1965 and 2010 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback, with 3,739 yards in 1998.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
3,739
1998
16
326
575
56.7
6.5
233.7
26
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
2Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3,593
1986
16
285
480
59.4
7.5
224.6
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
3Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,512
2010
16
354
590
60.0
6.0
219.5
18
15
76.5
3.1
2.5
34
244
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
3,440
2008
16
265
434
61.1
7.9
215.0
16
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
5Warren Moon
W. Moon
3,338
1984
16
259
450
57.6
7.4
208.6
12
14
76.9
2.7
3.1
47
371
6Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
2,971
2008
16
257
428
60.0
6.9
185.7
14
12
80.3
3.3
2.8
32
276
7Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
2,931
2001
15
293
540
54.3
5.4
195.4
11
19
62.0
2.0
3.5
26
177
8Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
2,897
2004
13
263
432
60.9
6.7
222.8
18
18
77.3
4.2
4.2
25
178
9Rick Mirer
R. Mirer
2,833
1993
16
274
486
56.4
5.8
177.1
12
17
67.0
2.5
3.5
47
235
10Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
2,819
2003
15
239
418
57.2
6.7
187.9
14
16
73.0
3.3
3.8
19
90
11Kerry Collins
K. Collins
2,717
1995
15
214
433
49.4
6.3
181.1
14
19
61.9
3.2
4.4
24
150
12Dieter Brock
D. Brock
2,658
1985
15
218
365
59.7
7.3
177.2
16
13
82.0
4.4
3.6
51
351
13Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2,621
2004
14
196
295
66.4
8.9
187.2
17
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
14David Carr
D. Carr
2,592
2002
16
233
444
52.5
5.8
162.0
9
15
62.8
2.0
3.4
76
411
15Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
2,571
1976
14
208
439
47.4
5.9
183.6
12
27
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
16Matt Leinart
M. Leinart
2,547
2006
12
214
377
56.8
6.8
212.3
11
12
74.0
2.9
3.2
21
158
17Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
2,544
1999
13
225
375
60.0
6.8
195.7
11
11
77.9
2.9
2.9
15
104
18Tony Banks
T. Banks
2,544
1996
14
192
368
52.2
6.9
181.7
15
15
71.0
4.1
4.1
48
306
19Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
2,507
1970
14
178
321
55.5
7.8
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
20Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
2,494
1993
13
214
429
49.9
5.8
191.8
15
15
65.0
3.5
3.5
16
99
21Tim Couch
T. Couch
2,447
1999
15
223
399
55.9
6.1
163.1
15
13
73.2
3.8
3.3
56
359
22Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
2,444
2009
15
196
364
53.8
6.7
162.9
12
20
63.0
3.3
5.5
26
195
23Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
2,294
2002
14
215
429
50.1
5.3
163.9
12
16
59.9
2.8
3.7
8
75
24Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
2,267
2009
10
201
377
53.3
6.0
226.7
13
20
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
25Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
2,238
1979
16
183
368
49.7
6.1
139.9
11
23
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
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12
5
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7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
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.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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14
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11
6
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.647
6
11
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.353
3
14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
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