most passing yards per game by a rookie quarterback in nfl history minimum 8 games

Justin Herbert has gained the most passing yards per game by a rookie quarterback with 8+ games played, with 289.1 per game in 2020.

	NAME	YDS/G	GP	SEASON	TM	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	289.1	15	2020	LAC	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	8	2018	SF	176	274	64.2	2,277	8.3	13	10	90.8	4.7	3.6	17	127
3	C.J. Stroud	273.9	15	2023	HOU	319	499	63.9	4,108	8.2	23	5	100.8	4.6	1.0	38	331
4	Andrew Luck A. Luck	273.4	16	2012	IND	339	627	54.1	4,374	7.0	23	18	76.5	3.7	2.9	41	246
5	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	268.8	10	2020	CIN	264	404	65.3	2,688	6.7	13	5	89.8	3.2	1.2	32	231
6	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	266.1	14	2018	CLE	310	486	63.8	3,725	7.7	27	14	93.7	5.6	2.9	25	173
7	Cam Newton C. Newton	253.2	16	2011	CAR	310	517	60.0	4,051	7.8	21	17	84.5	4.1	3.3	35	260
8	Jameis Winston J. Winston	252.6	16	2015	TB	312	535	58.3	4,042	7.6	22	15	84.2	4.1	2.8	27	190
9	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	236.4	16	2016	PHI	379	607	62.4	3,782	6.2	16	14	79.3	2.6	2.3	33	213
10	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	234.8	12	2015	TEN	230	370	62.2	2,818	7.6	19	10	91.5	5.1	2.7	38	258
11	Peyton Manning P. Manning	233.7	16	1998	IND	326	575	56.7	3,739	6.5	26	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
12	Gardner Minshew II G. Minshew II	233.6	14	2019	JAX	285	470	60.6	3,271	7.0	21	6	91.2	4.5	1.3	33	184
13	Daniel Jones D. Jones	232.8	13	2019	NYG	284	459	61.9	3,027	6.6	24	12	87.7	5.2	2.6	38	295
14	Kyler Murray K. Murray	232.6	16	2019	ARI	349	542	64.4	3,722	6.9	20	12	87.4	3.7	2.2	48	309
15	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	229.2	16	2016	DAL	311	459	67.8	3,667	8.0	23	4	104.9	5.0	0.9	25	143
16	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	226.7	10	2009	DET	201	377	53.3	2,267	6.0	13	20	61.0	3.4	5.3	24	169
17	Brandon Weeden B. Weeden	225.7	15	2012	CLE	297	517	57.4	3,385	6.5	14	17	72.6	2.7	3.3	28	186
18	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	224.6	16	1986	BUF	285	480	59.4	3,593	7.5	22	17	83.3	4.6	3.5	43	330
19	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	224.5	13	2014	MIN	259	402	64.4	2,919	7.3	14	12	85.2	3.5	3.0	39	249
20	Mac Jones M. Jones	223.6	17	2021	NE	352	521	67.6	3,801	7.3	22	13	92.5	4.2	2.5	28	241
21	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	222.8	13	2004	CIN	263	432	60.9	2,897	6.7	18	18	77.3	4.2	4.2	25	178
22	Bo Nix B. Nix	222.1	17	2024	DEN	376	567	66.3	3,775	6.7	29	12	93.3	5.1	2.1	24	198
23	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	220.4	13	2018	NYJ	239	414	57.7	2,865	6.9	17	15	77.6	4.1	3.6	30	204
24	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	220.3	10	1997	ARI	157	296	53.0	2,203	7.4	15	15	73.1	5.1	5.1	52	291
25	Case Keenum C. Keenum	220.0	8	2013	HOU	137	253	54.2	1,760	7.0	9	6	78.2	3.6	2.4	19	201

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