most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in nfl history falcons

Matt Ryan has the most passing yards for the Falcons in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 3,440 yards in 2008.

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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	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,440	2008	ATL	16	265	434	61.1	7.9	215.0	16	11	87.7	3.7	2.5	17	104
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,795	1966	ATL	14	129	295	43.7	6.1	128.2	12	21	47.8	4.1	7.1
3	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	1,662	1975	ATL	11	115	255	45.1	6.5	151.1	13	15	59.3	5.1	5.9	19	197
4	Michael Vick M. Vick	785	2001	ATL	8	50	113	44.2	6.9	98.1	2	3	62.7	1.8	2.7	21	113
5	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	775	2024	ATL	5	61	105	58.1	7.4	155.0	3	3	78.9	2.9	2.9	4	14
6	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	708	2022	ATL	4	73	115	63.5	6.2	177.0	2	0	86.4	1.7	0.0	10	33
7	Erik Kramer E. Kramer	559	1987	ATL	3	45	92	48.9	6.1	186.3	4	5	60.0	4.3	5.4	10	82
8	Chris Miller C. Miller	552	1987	ATL	3	39	92	42.4	6.0	184.0	1	9	26.4	1.1	9.8	5	37
9	Doug Johnson D. Johnson	406	2000	ATL	4	36	67	53.7	6.1	101.5	2	3	63.4	3.0	4.5	13	75
10	Kurt Kittner K. Kittner	391	2003	ATL	7	44	114	38.6	3.4	55.9	2	6	32.5	1.8	5.3	5	30
11	Kim McQuilken K. McQuilken	373	1974	ATL	5	34	79	43.0	4.7	74.6	0	9	18.0	0.0	11.4	9	113
12	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	330	2004	ATL	6	33	70	47.1	4.7	55.0	1	4	42.0	1.4	5.7	4	14
13	David Archer D. Archer	181	1984	ATL	2	11	18	61.1	10.1	90.5	1	1	90.3	5.6	5.6	7	45
14	Jeff Van Raaphorst J. Van Raaphorst	174	1987	ATL	2	18	34	52.9	5.1	87.0	1	2	52.8	2.9	5.9	3	19
15	Mike Moroski M. Moroski	97	1979	ATL	2	8	15	53.3	6.5	48.5	0	0	73.5	0.0	0.0	2	12
16	Steve Sloan S. Sloan	96	1966	ATL	3	6	13	46.2	7.4	32.0	0	2	31.7	0.0	15.4
17	Jack Strand J. Strand	59	2026	ATL	1	8	15	53.3	3.9	59.0	0	1	35.1	0.0	6.7	2	13
18	Pat Sullivan P. Sullivan	44	1972	ATL	14	3	19	15.8	2.3	3.1	0	3	0.0	0.0	15.8	2	28
19	Tony Graziani T. Graziani	41	1997	ATL	3	7	23	30.4	1.8	13.7	0	2	3.7	0.0	8.7	1	7
20	Bruce Lemmerman B. Lemmerman	40	1968	ATL	4	3	15	20.0	2.7	10.0	0	1	11.8	0.0	6.7
21	Dominique Davis D. Davis	34	2013	ATL	1	5	7	71.4	4.9	34.0	0	0	81.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Sean Renfree S. Renfree	11	2015	ATL	2	3	7	42.9	1.6	5.5	0	1	10.7	0.0	14.3	2	17

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

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More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

719

Penix

RUSH

580

Robinson

REC

488

London

Team Rankings

PPG

23.8

13th

OPP PPG

24.4

21st

RUSH YDS/G

166.8

2nd

PASS YDS/G

208.2

22nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Panthers	2	2	.500
Falcons	2	3	.400
Saints	1	4	.200
Buccaneers	1	4	.200

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	SF	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	ATL	@	TB	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	CIN	@	ATL	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ravens

4 - 1

Final

Falcons

2 - 3

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

583

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

16.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

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

54

Loop

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-1-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4-1

1-4

1-3-1

2-3

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	2	0	.600
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	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000