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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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	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

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PASS

1,748

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RUSH

389

McCaffrey

REC

425

Kittle

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PPG

28.1

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OPP PPG

19.9

6th

RUSH YDS/G

127.4

8th

PASS YDS/G

249.7

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
49ers	6	1	.857
Seahawks	4	3	.571
Rams	3	4	.429
Cardinals	2	5	.286

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/8	LV	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 11/15	SF	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 11/22	MIN	@	SF	8:20 PM
Sun 11/29	SEA	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 12/6	SF	@	NYG	1:00 PM

Last Game

49ers

6 - 1

Final

Falcons

3 - 4

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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

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Shrader

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Reichard

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Worst Record ATS

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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