most passing yards in a game by a rookie qb

C.J. Stroud has the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in a game, with 470 yards against the Buccaneers on November 5, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most passing yards in a regular-season game by a rookie qb

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	C.J. Stroud	470	11/5/2023	HOU	vs	TB	30	42	71.4	11.2	5	0	147.8	11.9	0.0	3	27
2	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	453	11/10/2002	STL	vs	SD	36	48	75.0	9.4	4	0	131.7	8.3	0.0	0	0
3	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	441	12/3/2000	NO	vs	DEN	30	48	62.5	9.2	2	2	89.0	4.2	4.2	3	16
4	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	437	12/5/1999	SF	@	CIN	33	49	67.3	8.9	3	1	107.3	6.1	2.0	0	0
5	Kellen Moore K. Moore	435	1/3/2016	DAL	vs	WAS	33	48	68.8	9.1	3	2	100.6	6.3	4.2	4	23
6	Andrew Luck A. Luck	433	11/4/2012	IND	vs	MIA	30	48	62.5	9.0	2	0	105.6	4.2	0.0	1	14
7	Cam Newton C. Newton	432	9/18/2011	CAR	vs	GB	28	46	60.9	9.4	1	3	72.0	2.2	6.5	4	28
8	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	431	9/30/2012	MIA	@	ARI	26	41	63.4	10.5	1	2	86.5	2.4	4.9	4	37
9	Cam Newton C. Newton	422	9/11/2011	CAR	@	ARI	24	37	64.9	11.4	2	1	110.4	5.4	2.7	4	19
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	422	11/22/2009	DET	vs	CLE	26	43	60.5	9.8	5	2	112.7	11.6	4.7	2	6
11	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	414	12/2/2018	SF	@	SEA	30	48	62.5	8.6	2	1	95.3	4.2	2.1	3	28
12	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	406	10/25/2020	CIN	vs	CLE	35	47	74.5	8.6	3	1	112.5	6.4	2.1	4	35
13	Mike White M. White	405	10/31/2021	NYJ	vs	CIN	37	45	82.2	9.0	3	2	107.9	6.7	4.4	2	8
14	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	405	11/26/2006	ARI	@	MIN	31	51	60.8	7.9	1	2	76.0	2.0	3.9	1	10
15	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	402	10/29/2017	HOU	@	SEA	19	30	63.3	13.4	4	3	106.9	13.3	10.0	5	35
16	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	397	12/2/2018	CLE	@	HOU	29	43	67.4	9.2	1	3	75.4	2.3	7.0	0	0
17	Andrew Luck A. Luck	391	12/2/2012	IND	@	DET	24	54	44.4	7.2	4	3	70.8	7.4	5.6	2	19
18	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	388	11/16/1997	ARI	@	NYG	22	33	66.7	11.8	1	2	91.5	3.0	6.1	8	38
19	C.J. Stroud	384	9/17/2023	HOU	vs	IND	30	47	63.8	8.2	2	0	103.5	4.3	0.0	6	47
20	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	382	12/5/2004	CIN	@	BAL	29	36	80.6	10.6	3	1	127.1	8.3	2.8	3	27
21	Nick Foles N. Foles	381	12/9/2012	PHI	@	TB	32	51	62.7	7.5	2	0	98.6	3.9	0.0	6	43
22	Christian Ponder C. Ponder	381	12/4/2011	MIN	vs	DEN	29	47	61.7	8.1	3	2	90.8	6.4	4.3	3	29
23	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	379	11/12/1989	DAL	@	PHX	21	40	52.5	9.5	2	2	81.1	5.0	5.0	1	12
24	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	376	12/30/2018	CLE	@	BAL	23	42	54.8	9.0	3	3	79.1	7.1	7.1	0	0
25	Austin Davis A. Davis	375	10/5/2014	STL	@	PHI	29	49	59.2	7.7	3	0	103.7	6.1	0.0	4	34

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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - z*	14	3	0	.824
Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears - y	11	6	0	.647
Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176