most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in nfl history vikings

Teddy Bridgewater has the most passing yards for the Vikings in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 2,919 yards in 2014.

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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	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	2,919	2014	MIN	13	259	402	64.4	7.3	224.5	14	12	85.2	3.5	3.0	39	249
2	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1,997	1961	MIN	14	157	280	56.1	7.1	142.6	18	17	74.7	6.4	6.1
3	Christian Ponder C. Ponder	1,853	2011	MIN	11	158	291	54.3	6.4	168.5	13	13	70.1	4.5	4.5	30	164
4	J.J. McCarthy	1,632	2025	MIN	10	140	243	57.6	6.7	163.2	11	12	72.6	4.5	4.9	27	149
5	Joe Kapp J. Kapp	1,386	1967	MIN	13	102	214	47.7	6.5	106.6	8	17	48.2	3.7	7.9
6	Todd Bouman T. Bouman	795	2001	MIN	5	51	89	57.3	8.9	159.0	8	4	98.3	9.0	4.5	4	27
7	Joe Webb J. Webb	477	2010	MIN	5	54	89	60.7	5.4	95.4	0	3	60.9	0.0	3.4	8	48
8	Tarvaris Jackson T. Jackson	475	2006	MIN	4	47	81	58.0	5.9	118.8	2	4	62.5	2.5	4.9	8	37
9	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	425	1977	MIN	6	30	57	52.6	7.5	70.8	5	4	77.0	8.8	7.0	6	45
10	Ron Vander Kelen R. Vander Kelen	376	1963	MIN	6	27	58	46.6	6.5	62.7	1	2	59.3	1.7	3.4
11	Max Brosmer M. Brosmer	328	2025	MIN	7	47	71	66.2	4.6	46.9	0	4	53.0	0.0	5.6	14	100
12	Jaren Hall J. Hall	168	2023	MIN	3	13	20	65.0	8.4	56.0	0	1	70.4	0.0	5.0	4	28
13	Brad Johnson B. Johnson	150	1994	MIN	4	22	37	59.5	4.1	37.5	0	0	68.5	0.0	0.0	1	5
14	Bob Lee B. Lee	79	1969	MIN	14	7	11	63.6	7.2	5.6	1	0	115.3	9.1	0.0	0	0
15	Bill Cappleman B. Cappleman	49	1970	MIN	1	4	7	57.1	7.0	49.0	0	0	78.9	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	Wade Wilson W. Wilson	48	1981	MIN	3	6	13	46.2	3.7	16.0	0	2	16.3	0.0	15.4	2	19
17	Jay Fiedler J. Fiedler	41	1998	MIN	5	3	7	42.9	5.9	8.2	0	1	22.6	0.0	14.3	0	0
18	Jay Walker J. Walker	31	1996	MIN	1	2	2	100.0	15.5	31.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
19	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	18	1987	MIN	4	2	6	33.3	3.0	4.5	0	1	2.8	0.0	16.7	0	0
20	Kellen Mond K. Mond	5	2021	MIN	1	2	3	66.7	1.7	5.0	0	0	70.1	0.0	0.0	0	0
21	Steve Bono S. Bono	5	1985	MIN	1	1	10	10.0	0.5	5.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	2	13
22	Larry Miller L. Miller	2	1987	MIN	2	1	6	16.7	0.3	1.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	16.7	1	10

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

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PASS

276

Wentz

RUSH

203

Jones

REC

179

Jefferson

Team Rankings

PPG

23.7

16th

OPP PPG

13.7

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

101.3

16th

PASS YDS/G

154.0

32nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	3	0	1.000
Bears	2	1	.667
Lions	2	1	.667
Packers	1	2	.333

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	MIA	@	MIN	4:05 PM
Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM

Last Game

Vikings

3 - 0

Final

Buccaneers

0 - 3

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

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Young

917

Shough

872

Stafford

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

4.0

Anderson

4.0

Graham

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

9.0

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

Johnson

Fantasy K Rankings

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

38

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NFL 2026 Betting

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3-0

2-0-1

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Worst Record ATS

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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
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
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