most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in nfl history 49ers

Jeff Garcia has the most passing yards for the 49ers in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 2,544 yards in 1999.

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Regular season

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	2,544	1999	SF	13	225	375	60.0	6.8	195.7	11	11	77.9	2.9	2.9	15	104
2	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	2,277	2018	SF	8	176	274	64.2	8.3	284.6	13	10	90.8	4.7	3.6	17	127
3	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	1,570	1978	SF	12	137	302	45.4	5.2	130.8	8	22	40.0	2.6	7.3	17	156
4	C.J. Beathard	1,430	2017	SF	7	123	224	54.9	6.4	204.3	4	6	69.2	1.8	2.7	19	141
5	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	1,374	2022	SF	9	114	170	67.1	8.1	152.7	13	4	107.3	7.6	2.4	11	84
6	Tom Owen T. Owen	1,327	1974	SF	10	88	184	47.8	7.2	132.7	10	15	56.1	5.4	8.2	25	202
7	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	1,231	2004	SF	8	123	226	54.4	5.4	153.9	6	9	62.4	2.7	4.0	13	94
8	Alex Smith A. Smith	875	2005	SF	9	84	165	50.9	5.3	97.2	1	11	40.8	0.6	6.7	29	185
9	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	621	1956	SF	12	38	78	48.7	8.0	51.8	1	6	48.1	1.3	7.7
10	Trey Lance T. Lance	603	2021	SF	6	41	71	57.7	8.5	100.5	5	2	97.3	7.0	2.8	4	15
11	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	393	1994	SF	11	35	50	70.0	7.9	35.7	2	1	98.2	4.0	2.0	4	36
12	George Mira G. Mira	331	1964	SF	7	23	53	43.4	6.2	47.3	2	5	37.5	3.8	9.4
13	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	286	1961	SF	11	19	34	55.9	8.4	26.0	0	4	44.1	0.0	11.8
14	Scott Bull S. Bull	252	1976	SF	14	21	48	43.8	5.3	18.0	2	4	39.6	4.2	8.3	5	44
15	Jim Druckenmiller J. Druckenmiller	239	1997	SF	4	21	52	40.4	4.6	59.8	1	4	29.2	1.9	7.7	4	32
16	Dennis Morrison D. Morrison	227	1974	SF	3	21	51	41.2	4.5	75.7	1	5	21.9	2.0	9.8	0	0
17	Jeff Brohm J. Brohm	189	1996	SF	3	21	34	61.8	5.6	63.0	1	0	86.5	2.9	0.0	2	10
18	John Brodie J. Brodie	160	1957	SF	5	11	21	52.4	7.6	32.0	2	3	69.6	9.5	14.3
19	Joe Montana J. Montana	96	1979	SF	16	13	23	56.5	4.2	6.0	1	0	81.1	4.3	0.0	0	0
20	Maury Duncan M. Duncan	82	1954	SF	6	4	14	28.6	5.9	13.7	0	2	11.9	0.0	14.3
21	Bob Waters B. Waters	61	1960	SF	8	2	2	100.0	30.5	7.6	1	0	158.3	50.0	0.0
22	Cody Pickett C. Pickett	55	2004	SF	1	4	10	40.0	5.5	55.0	0	2	18.8	0.0	20.0	2	14
23	Mark Stevens M. Stevens	52	1987	SF	2	2	4	50.0	13.0	26.0	1	0	135.4	25.0	0.0	0	0
24	Colin Kaepernick C. Kaepernick	35	2011	SF	3	3	5	60.0	7.0	11.7	0	0	81.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Bill Musgrave B. Musgrave	33	1991	SF	1	4	5	80.0	6.6	33.0	1	0	133.8	20.0	0.0	0	0

StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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More 49ers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,196

Purdy

RUSH

286

McCaffrey

REC

326

Evans

Team Rankings

PPG

30.8

3rd

OPP PPG

18.6

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

128.6

8th

PASS YDS/G

239.2

16th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
49ers	5	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	3	.500
Rams	2	3	.400
Cardinals	1	4	.200

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
Sun 10/25	SF	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	LV	@	SF	4:05 PM
Sun 11/15	SF	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 11/22	MIN	@	SF	8:20 PM

Last Game

49ers

5 - 0

Final

Seahawks

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

717

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

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

115.9

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

60

Myers

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-1-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4-1

1-4

1-3-1

1-3-2

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	3	0	.500
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	4	2	0	.667
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000