most total rookie qb passing yards in a season

Quarterbacks had their most passing yards in their rookie season in 2012, with 20,755 yards.

	POSITION	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Quarterback	20,755	2012	110	1,757	2,973	59.1	7.0	188.7	107	81	81.1	3.6	2.7	216	1,420
2	Quarterback	17,897	2019	100	1,669	2,755	60.6	6.5	179.0	106	75	81.1	3.8	2.7	240	1,647
3	Quarterback	16,652	2021	108	1,554	2,524	61.6	6.6	154.2	79	81	77.9	3.1	3.2	196	1,452
4	Quarterback	16,191	2023	106	1,511	2,426	62.3	6.7	152.7	81	50	84.3	3.3	2.1	243	1,729
5	Quarterback	15,878	2024	86	1,532	2,363	64.8	6.7	184.6	101	45	90.4	4.3	1.9	202	1,307
6	Quarterback	15,772	2018	97	1,343	2,284	58.8	6.9	162.6	92	72	80.1	4.0	3.2	178	1,235
7	Quarterback	13,984	2025	102	1,367	2,236	61.1	6.3	137.1	72	59	78.8	3.2	2.6	238	1,520
8	Quarterback	13,312	2014	80	1,240	2,062	60.1	6.5	166.4	68	61	77.8	3.3	3.0	182	1,176
9	Quarterback	13,167	2011	82	1,109	1,961	56.6	6.7	160.6	73	59	77.1	3.7	3.0	152	997
10	Quarterback	12,449	2013	66	1,061	1,865	56.9	6.7	188.6	62	66	73.6	3.3	3.5	148	1,126
11	Quarterback	12,158	2016	76	1,139	1,828	62.3	6.7	160.0	57	41	82.8	3.1	2.2	140	914
12	Quarterback	12,141	2006	87	1,073	1,967	54.6	6.2	139.6	63	74	68.3	3.2	3.8	163	993
13	Quarterback	11,967	1987	126	928	1,900	48.8	6.3	95.0	71	89	62.0	3.7	4.7	183	1,445
14	Quarterback	11,767	2020	87	1,103	1,749	63.1	6.7	135.3	67	41	85.7	3.8	2.3	120	818
15	Quarterback	10,573	2002	82	903	1,741	51.9	6.1	128.9	55	66	65.3	3.2	3.8	171	1,155
16	Quarterback	10,516	2004	94	921	1,638	56.2	6.4	111.9	61	75	69.0	3.7	4.6	139	1,011
17	Quarterback	9,817	1999	97	910	1,638	55.6	6.0	101.2	56	58	70.0	3.4	3.5	157	1,023
18	Quarterback	9,519	2010	84	912	1,622	56.2	5.9	113.3	37	53	67.4	2.3	3.3	137	895
19	Quarterback	9,147	2015	50	733	1,211	60.5	7.6	182.9	55	38	86.1	4.5	3.1	89	602
20	Quarterback	9,102	1998	73	785	1,464	53.6	6.2	124.7	48	62	66.0	3.3	4.2	98	574
21	Quarterback	8,933	2017	60	775	1,358	57.1	6.6	148.9	43	50	72.3	3.2	3.7	114	739
22	Quarterback	8,714	1985	95	684	1,292	52.9	6.7	91.7	40	47	69.5	3.1	3.6	149	1,098
23	Quarterback	8,303	1960	165	613	1,306	46.9	6.4	50.3	61	64	62.8	4.7	4.9
24	Quarterback	8,199	2009	69	738	1,371	53.8	6.0	118.8	42	80	57.8	3.1	5.8	102	658
25	Quarterback	7,868	1986	74	639	1,211	52.8	6.5	106.3	44	51	67.7	3.6	4.2	104	792

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