most passing yards per game by a rookie quarterback in history

Justin Herbert has the most passing yards per game by a rookie quarterback, with 289.1 per game in 2020.

NAME YDS/G SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
289.1
2020
LAC LAC
15
396
595
66.6
4,336
7.3
31
10
98.3
5.2
1.7
32
218
2 Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
284.6
2018
SF SF
8
176
274
64.2
2,277
8.3
13
10
90.8
4.7
3.6
17
127
3 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
284.0
2017
KC KC
1
22
35
62.9
284
8.1
0
1
76.4
0.0
2.9
2
15
4 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
273.9
2023
HOU HOU
15
319
499
63.9
4,108
8.2
23
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
5 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
273.4
2012
IND IND
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
23
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
6 Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
268.8
2020
CIN CIN
10
264
404
65.3
2,688
6.7
13
5
89.8
3.2
1.2
32
231
7 Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
266.1
2018
CLE CLE
14
310
486
63.8
3,725
7.7
27
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
8 Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
260.9
2002
STL STL
7
138
214
64.5
1,826
8.5
14
6
101.5
6.5
2.8
12
102
9 Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
260.5
1999
NO NO
2
42
76
55.3
521
6.9
3
5
62.4
3.9
6.6
6
42
10 Kellen Moore
K. Moore
259.7
2015
DAL DAL
3
61
104
58.7
779
7.5
4
6
71.0
3.8
5.8
5
23
11 Cam Newton
C. Newton
253.2
2011
CAR CAR
16
310
517
60.0
4,051
7.8
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
12 Jameis Winston
J. Winston
252.6
2015
TB TB
16
312
535
58.3
4,042
7.6
22
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
13 Todd Marinovich
T. Marinovich
243.0
1991
RAI RAI
1
23
40
57.5
243
6.1
3
0
100.3
7.5
0.0
0
0
14 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
242.7
2017
HOU HOU
7
126
204
61.8
1,699
8.3
19
8
103.0
9.3
3.9
19
116
15 Nick Foles
N. Foles
242.7
2012
PHI PHI
7
161
265
60.8
1,699
6.4
6
5
79.1
2.3
1.9
20
131
16 Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
241.0
2024
NE NE
1
22
29
75.9
241
8.3
1
0
111.4
3.4
0.0
0
0
17 Scott Tolzien
S. Tolzien
239.0
2013
GB GB
3
55
90
61.1
717
8.0
1
5
66.8
1.1
5.6
3
26
18 Mike White
M. White
238.3
2021
NYJ NYJ
4
88
132
66.7
953
7.2
5
8
75.1
3.8
6.1
4
18
19 Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
236.4
2016
PHI PHI
16
379
607
62.4
3,782
6.2
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
20 Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
234.8
2015
TEN TEN
12
230
370
62.2
2,818
7.6
19
10
91.5
5.1
2.7
38
258
21 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
233.7
1998
IND IND
16
326
575
56.7
3,739
6.5
26
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
22 Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
233.6
2019
JAX JAX
14
285
470
60.6
3,271
7.0
21
6
91.2
4.5
1.3
33
184
23 Daniel Jones
D. Jones
232.8
2019
NYG NYG
13
284
459
61.9
3,027
6.6
24
12
87.7
5.2
2.6
38
295
24 Kyler Murray
K. Murray
232.6
2019
ARI ARI
16
349
542
64.4
3,722
6.9
20
12
87.4
3.7
2.2
48
309
25 John Wolford
J. Wolford
231.0
2020
LAR LAR
1
22
38
57.9
231
6.1
0
1
64.7
0.0
2.6
2
8
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15
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11
6
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647