most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in nfl history saints

Tyler Shough has the most passing yards for the Saints in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 2,384 yards in 2025.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tyler Shough T. Shough	2,384	2025	NO	11	221	327	67.6	7.3	216.7	10	6	91.3	3.1	1.8	31	195
2	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	1,514	2000	NO	8	113	194	58.2	7.8	189.3	9	6	85.7	4.6	3.1	15	94
3	Spencer Rattler S. Rattler	1,317	2024	NO	7	130	228	57.0	5.8	188.1	4	5	70.4	1.8	2.2	22	136
4	Bobby Hebert B. Hebert	1,208	1985	NO	6	97	181	53.6	6.7	201.3	5	4	74.6	2.8	2.2	17	150
5	Archie Manning A. Manning	1,164	1971	NO	12	86	177	48.6	6.6	97.0	6	9	60.1	3.4	5.1	40	332
6	Dave Wilson D. Wilson	1,058	1981	NO	11	82	159	51.6	6.7	96.2	1	11	46.1	0.6	6.9	12	121
7	John Fourcade J. Fourcade	597	1987	NO	3	48	89	53.9	6.7	199.0	4	3	75.9	4.5	3.4	6	67
8	Jake Delhomme J. Delhomme	521	1999	NO	2	42	76	55.3	6.9	260.5	3	5	62.4	3.9	6.6	6	42
9	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	518	1997	NO	7	42	91	46.2	5.7	74.0	4	8	42.3	4.4	8.8	18	116
10	Edd Hargett E. Hargett	403	1969	NO	6	31	52	59.6	7.8	67.2	0	0	84.1	0.0	0.0	3	18
11	Doug Nussmeier D. Nussmeier	272	1996	NO	2	28	50	56.0	5.4	136.0	1	1	69.8	2.0	2.0	3	17
12	Bobby Scott B. Scott	245	1973	NO	6	18	54	33.3	4.5	40.8	1	3	31.8	1.9	5.6	4	29
13	Larry Cipa L. Cipa	242	1974	NO	4	20	55	36.4	4.4	60.5	0	0	50.7	0.0	0.0	4	36
14	Ian Book I. Book	135	2021	NO	1	12	20	60.0	6.8	135.0	0	2	40.6	0.0	10.0	8	54
15	Ronnie Lee South R. Lee South	129	1968	NO	4	14	38	36.8	3.4	32.3	1	3	22.8	2.6	7.9
16	Mike Buck M. Buck	61	1991	NO	2	1	2	50.0	30.5	30.5	0	1	56.3	0.0	50.0	0	0
17	Chase Daniel C. Daniel	16	2010	NO	13	2	3	66.7	5.3	1.2	0	0	79.9	0.0	0.0	1	10
18	Kevin Ingram K. Ingram	5	1987	NO	2	1	2	50.0	2.5	2.5	1	0	95.8	50.0	0.0	1	6

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

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More Saints Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

917

Shough

RUSH

128

Etienne

REC

375

Olave

Team Rankings

PPG

27.0

11th

OPP PPG

27.7

27th

RUSH YDS/G

101.3

16th

PASS YDS/G

305.7

2nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	1	2	.333
Saints	1	2	.333
Panthers	1	2	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NO	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	PIT	@	NO	9:30 AM
Sun 11/8	CLE	@	NO	1:00 PM

Last Game

Raiders

3 - 0

Final

Saints

1 - 2

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

999

Rodgers

939

Young

917

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

353

Taylor

349

Robinson

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Taylor

6

Allen

6

Henry

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

76.2

Taylor

69.9

Henry

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

54

Shrader

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-0-1

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
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	2	2	0	.500
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