most total touchdowns by a rookie qb in a single game

10 quarterbacks are tied for the most touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in a game, with 5 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns. The first three are Jayden Daniels on December 22, 2024, C.J. Stroud on November 5, 2023 and Daniel Jones on December 22, 2019.

Interpreted as:
most passing total touchdowns by a rookie qb in a single regular-season game
NAMETOTALTDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
5
12/22/2024
vs
24
39
61.5
258
6.6
5
2
99.1
12.8
5.1
1
3
2C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
5
11/5/2023
vs
30
42
71.4
470
11.2
5
0
147.8
11.9
0.0
3
27
3Daniel Jones
D. Jones
5
12/22/2019
@
28
42
66.7
352
8.4
5
0
132.1
11.9
0.0
1
6
4Josh Allen
J. Allen
5
12/30/2018
vs
17
26
65.4
224
8.6
3
1
114.9
11.5
3.8
1
9
5Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
5
10/8/2017
vs
16
31
51.6
261
8.4
5
0
119.8
16.1
0.0
3
13
6Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
5
10/1/2017
vs
25
34
73.5
283
8.3
4
1
125.0
11.8
2.9
1
3
7Jameis Winston
J. Winston
5
11/22/2015
@
19
29
65.5
246
8.5
5
0
131.6
17.2
0.0
1
8
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5
11/22/2009
vs
26
43
60.5
422
9.8
5
2
112.7
11.6
4.7
2
6
9David Woodley
D. Woodley
5
11/9/1980
@
17
28
60.7
161
5.8
3
0
112.4
10.7
0.0
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
5
9/17/1961
vs
17
23
73.9
250
10.9
4
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
11Johnny Green
J. Green
5
10/23/1960
vs
14
32
43.8
243
7.6
4
2
83.7
12.5
6.3
12Shedeur Sanders
S. Sanders
4
12/7/2025
vs
23
42
54.8
364
8.7
3
1
97.7
7.1
2.4
2
13
13Jaxson Dart
J. Dart
4
10/19/2025
@
15
33
45.5
283
8.6
3
1
93.4
9.1
3.0
4
15
14Bo Nix
B. Nix
4
1/5/2025
vs
26
29
89.7
321
11.1
4
0
152.4
13.8
0.0
0
0
15Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
4
12/1/2024
vs
25
30
83.3
206
6.9
3
1
114.7
10.0
3.3
2
10
16Bo Nix
B. Nix
4
11/17/2024
vs
28
33
84.8
307
9.3
4
0
145.0
12.1
0.0
1
12
17Bo Nix
B. Nix
4
10/27/2024
vs
28
37
75.7
284
7.7
3
0
124.2
8.1
0.0
2
17
18Caleb Williams
C. Williams
4
10/13/2024
vs
23
29
79.3
226
7.8
4
1
124.4
13.8
3.4
3
5
19Aidan O'Connell
A. O'Connell
4
12/14/2023
vs
20
34
58.8
248
7.3
4
0
120.7
11.8
0.0
1
6
20Will Levis
W. Levis
4
10/29/2023
vs
19
29
65.5
238
8.2
4
0
130.5
13.8
0.0
2
12
21Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4
1/3/2021
@
22
31
71.0
302
9.7
3
0
134.1
9.7
0.0
3
21
22Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
4
12/20/2020
@
24
44
54.5
338
7.7
3
0
102.3
6.8
0.0
6
33
23Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4
10/25/2020
vs
35
47
74.5
406
8.6
3
1
112.5
6.4
2.1
4
35
24Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4
10/25/2020
vs
27
43
62.8
347
8.1
3
0
111.3
7.0
0.0
1
2
25Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4
10/12/2020
@
20
34
58.8
264
7.8
4
0
122.7
11.8
0.0
3
25
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for total touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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