most passing yards per game started by a rookie since 2019

Since 2019, Justin Herbert has gained the most passing yards per game by a rookie, with 289.1 per game in 2020.

NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
289.1
2020
15
396
595
66.6
4,336
7.3
31
10
98.3
5.2
1.7
32
218
2C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
273.9
2023
15
319
499
63.9
4,108
8.2
23
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
3Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
268.8
2020
10
264
404
65.3
2,688
6.7
13
5
89.8
3.2
1.2
32
231
4Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
241.0
2024
1
22
29
75.9
241
8.3
1
0
111.4
3.4
0.0
0
0
5Mike White
M. White
238.3
2021
4
88
132
66.7
953
7.2
5
8
75.1
3.8
6.1
4
18
6Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
233.6
2019
14
285
470
60.6
3,271
7.0
21
6
91.2
4.5
1.3
33
184
7Daniel Jones
D. Jones
232.8
2019
13
284
459
61.9
3,027
6.6
24
12
87.7
5.2
2.6
38
295
8Kyler Murray
K. Murray
232.6
2019
16
349
542
64.4
3,722
6.9
20
12
87.4
3.7
2.2
48
309
9John Wolford
J. Wolford
231.0
2020
1
22
38
57.9
231
6.1
0
1
64.7
0.0
2.6
2
8
10Mac Jones
M. Jones
223.6
2021
17
352
521
67.6
3,801
7.3
22
13
92.5
4.2
2.5
28
241
11Bo Nix
B. Nix
222.1
2024
17
376
567
66.3
3,775
6.7
29
12
93.3
5.1
2.1
24
198
12Tyler Shough
T. Shough
216.7
2025
11
221
327
67.6
2,384
7.3
10
6
91.3
3.1
1.8
31
195
13Jake Browning
J. Browning
215.1
2023
9
171
243
70.4
1,936
8.0
12
7
98.4
4.9
2.9
24
169
14Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
214.2
2021
17
359
602
59.6
3,641
6.0
12
17
71.9
2.0
2.8
32
238
15Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
209.9
2024
17
331
480
69.0
3,568
7.4
25
9
100.1
5.2
1.9
47
238
16Caleb Williams
C. Williams
208.3
2024
17
351
562
62.5
3,541
6.3
20
6
87.8
3.6
1.1
68
466
17Jake Luton
J. Luton
208.0
2020
3
60
110
54.5
624
5.7
2
6
54.5
1.8
5.5
7
52
18Davis Mills
D. Mills
204.9
2021
13
263
394
66.8
2,664
6.8
16
10
88.8
4.1
2.5
31
206
19Drew Lock
D. Lock
204.0
2019
5
100
156
64.1
1,020
6.5
7
3
89.7
4.5
1.9
5
26
20Aidan O'Connell
A. O'Connell
201.6
2023
11
213
343
62.1
2,218
6.5
12
7
83.9
3.5
2.0
24
173
21Will Levis
W. Levis
200.9
2023
9
149
255
58.4
1,808
7.1
8
4
84.2
3.1
1.6
28
185
22David Blough
D. Blough
196.8
2019
5
94
174
54.0
984
5.7
4
6
64.0
2.3
3.4
14
104
23Bailey Zappe
B. Zappe
195.3
2022
4
65
92
70.7
781
8.5
5
3
100.9
5.4
3.3
6
40
24Spencer Rattler
S. Rattler
188.1
2024
7
130
228
57.0
1,317
5.8
4
5
70.4
1.8
2.2
22
136
25Cam Ward
C. Ward
186.4
2025
17
323
540
59.8
3,169
5.9
15
7
80.2
2.8
1.3
55
410
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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.353
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.176
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14
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.824
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12
5
0
.706
7
10
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.412
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3
14
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.176
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10
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.588
8
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.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
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13
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.765
12
5
0
.706
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14
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.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
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14
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