most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in nfl history bengals

Andy Dalton has the most passing yards for the Bengals in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 3,398 yards in 2011.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	3,398	2011	CIN	16	300	516	58.1	6.6	212.4	20	13	80.4	3.9	2.5	24	160
2	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	2,897	2004	CIN	13	263	432	60.9	6.7	222.8	18	18	77.3	4.2	4.2	25	178
3	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	2,688	2020	CIN	10	264	404	65.3	6.7	268.8	13	5	89.8	3.2	1.2	32	231
4	Jake Browning J. Browning	1,936	2023	CIN	9	171	243	70.4	8.0	215.1	12	7	98.4	4.9	2.9	24	169
5	Greg Cook G. Cook	1,854	1969	CIN	11	106	197	53.8	9.4	168.5	15	11	88.3	7.6	5.6	29	195
6	Jeff Driskel J. Driskel	1,003	2018	CIN	9	105	176	59.7	5.7	111.4	6	2	82.2	3.4	1.1	16	122
7	AJ McCarron	854	2015	CIN	7	79	119	66.4	7.2	122.0	6	2	97.1	5.0	1.7	12	63
8	Akili Smith A. Smith	805	1999	CIN	7	80	153	52.3	5.3	115.0	2	6	55.6	1.3	3.9	19	110
9	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	777	1971	CIN	11	72	131	55.0	5.9	70.6	5	4	72.6	3.8	3.1	23	159
10	David Klingler D. Klingler	530	1992	CIN	4	47	98	48.0	5.4	132.5	3	2	66.3	3.1	2.0	18	146
11	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	530	1984	CIN	10	51	102	50.0	5.2	53.0	3	3	62.9	2.9	2.9	5	52
12	Dewey Warren D. Warren	506	1968	CIN	7	47	80	58.8	6.3	72.3	1	4	60.7	1.3	5.0
13	Sam Wyche S. Wyche	494	1968	CIN	3	35	55	63.6	9.0	164.7	2	2	89.5	3.6	3.6
14	Jack Thompson J. Thompson	481	1979	CIN	9	39	87	44.8	5.5	53.4	1	5	42.4	1.1	5.7	16	178
15	Ryan Finley R. Finley	474	2019	CIN	3	41	87	47.1	5.4	158.0	2	2	62.1	2.3	2.3	11	93
16	Erik Wilhelm E. Wilhelm	425	1989	CIN	6	30	56	53.6	7.6	70.8	4	2	87.3	7.1	3.6	3	17
17	Donald Hollas D. Hollas	310	1991	CIN	8	32	55	58.2	5.6	38.8	1	4	49.8	1.8	7.3	7	57
18	Turk Schonert T. Schonert	166	1981	CIN	4	10	19	52.6	8.7	41.5	0	0	82.3	0.0	0.0	3	4
19	Eric Kresser E. Kresser	164	1998	CIN	2	10	21	47.6	7.8	82.0	1	2	50.6	4.8	9.5	0	0
20	Dave Walter D. Walter	113	1987	CIN	3	10	21	47.6	5.4	37.7	0	0	64.2	0.0	0.0	2	15
21	Jordan Palmer J. Palmer	41	2008	CIN	3	7	12	58.3	3.4	13.7	0	2	25.3	0.0	16.7	2	11
22	Doug Gaynor D. Gaynor	30	1986	CIN	1	3	3	100.0	10.0	30.0	0	0	108.3	0.0	0.0	1	5
23	Ben Bennett B. Bennett	25	1987	CIN	1	2	6	33.3	4.2	25.0	0	1	7.6	0.0	16.7	0	0
24	Scott Covington S. Covington	23	1999	CIN	3	4	5	80.0	4.6	7.7	0	0	85.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Adrian Breen A. Breen	9	1987	CIN	2	3	8	37.5	1.1	4.5	1	0	85.4	12.5	0.0	3	18

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Team Leaders

PASS

743

Burrow

RUSH

197

Brown

REC

244

Higgins

Team Rankings

PPG

26.7

12th

OPP PPG

21.0

12th

RUSH YDS/G

91.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

247.7

14th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Browns	3	1	.750
Bengals	2	1	.667
Ravens	2	1	.667
Steelers	2	2	.500

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	JAX	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CIN	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	CIN	@	BAL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	TEN	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	CIN	@	ATL	9:30 AM

Last Game

Bengals

2 - 1

Final

Steelers

2 - 1

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

999

Rodgers

939

Young

917

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.5

Watt

4.0

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Fannin

Fantasy K Rankings

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

38

Shrader

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-0-1

3-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	IND	@	WAS	9:30 AM
Sun 10/4	ARI	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	NE	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Andy Dalton has the most passing yards for the Bengals in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 3,398 yards in 2011.

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127.3

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NFL 2026 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2026

80.3

69.9

68.2

77.1

52.8

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35.4

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42

39

38

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