Justin Herbert has accounted for the most touchdowns by a rookie quarterback, with 36 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns in 2020.

most total touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in a season
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most passing total touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in a season
2020 Herbert 2011 Newton 2012 Wilson 2016 Prescott 2015 Winston 2012 Luck 2018 Mayfield 2012 Griffin 2023 Stroud 2019 Jones 1998 Manning 2019 Murray 1960 Songin 1961 Tarkenton 2021 Jones 2015 Mariota 1986 Kelly 1983 Marino 2019 Minshew 2017 Watson 2014 Carr 2011 Dalton 2013 Glennon 2010 Bradford 2006 Young 2004 Palmer 1988 Rypien 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 36 35 30 29 28 28 27 27 26 26 26 24 24 23 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 19 19 19 19 19
NAME SEASON TM GP TOTALTD CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% SCK SCKY RATE
Justin Herbert Justin Herbert 2020
LAC LAC
15 36 396 595 66.6 4,336 7.3 289.1 31 5.2 10 1.7 32 218 98.3
Cam Newton Cam Newton 2011
CAR CAR
16 35 310 517 60.0 4,051 7.8 253.2 21 4.1 17 3.3 35 260 84.5
Russell Wilson Russell Wilson 2012
SEA SEA
16 30 252 393 64.1 3,118 7.9 194.9 26 6.6 10 2.5 33 203 100.0
Dak Prescott Dak Prescott 2016
DAL DAL
16 29 311 459 67.8 3,667 8.0 229.2 23 5.0 4 0.9 25 143 104.9
Jameis Winston Jameis Winston 2015
TB TB
16 28 312 535 58.3 4,042 7.6 252.6 22 4.1 15 2.8 27 190 84.2
Andrew Luck Andrew Luck 2012
IND IND
16 28 339 627 54.1 4,374 7.0 273.4 23 3.7 18 2.9 41 246 76.5
Baker Mayfield Baker Mayfield 2018
CLE CLE
14 27 310 486 63.8 3,725 7.7 266.1 27 5.6 14 2.9 25 173 93.7
Robert Griffin III Robert Griffin III 2012
WAS WAS
15 27 258 393 65.6 3,200 8.1 213.3 20 5.1 5 1.3 30 217 102.4
C.J. Stroud C.J. Stroud 2023
HOU HOU
15 26 319 499 63.9 4,108 8.2 273.9 23 4.6 5 1.0 38 331 100.8
Daniel Jones Daniel Jones 2019
NYG NYG
13 26 284 459 61.9 3,027 6.6 232.8 24 5.2 12 2.6 38 295 87.7
Peyton Manning Peyton Manning 1998
IND IND
16 26 326 575 56.7 3,739 6.5 233.7 26 4.5 28 4.9 22 109 71.2
Kyler Murray Kyler Murray 2019
ARI ARI
16 24 349 542 64.4 3,722 6.9 232.6 20 3.7 12 2.2 48 309 87.4
Butch Songin Butch Songin 1960
BOS BOS
14 24 187 392 47.7 2,476 6.3 176.9 22 5.6 15 3.8 70.9
Fran Tarkenton Fran Tarkenton 1961
MIN MIN
14 23 157 280 56.1 1,997 7.1 142.6 18 6.4 17 6.1 74.7
Mac Jones Mac Jones 2021
NE NE
17 22 352 521 67.6 3,801 7.3 223.6 22 4.2 13 2.5 28 241 92.5
Marcus Mariota Marcus Mariota 2015
TEN TEN
12 22 230 370 62.2 2,818 7.6 234.8 19 5.1 10 2.7 38 258 91.5
Jim Kelly Jim Kelly 1986
BUF BUF
16 22 285 480 59.4 3,593 7.5 224.6 22 4.6 17 3.5 43 330 83.3
Dan Marino Dan Marino 1983
MIA MIA
11 22 173 296 58.4 2,210 7.5 200.9 20 6.8 6 2.0 10 80 96.0
Gardner Minshew Gardner Minshew 2019
JAX JAX
14 21 285 470 60.6 3,271 7.0 233.6 21 4.5 6 1.3 33 184 91.2
Deshaun Watson Deshaun Watson 2017
HOU HOU
7 21 126 204 61.8 1,699 8.3 242.7 19 9.3 8 3.9 19 116 103.0
Derek Carr Derek Carr 2014
OAK OAK
16 21 348 599 58.1 3,270 5.5 204.4 21 3.5 12 2.0 24 149 76.6
Andy Dalton Andy Dalton 2011
CIN CIN
16 21 300 516 58.1 3,398 6.6 212.4 20 3.9 13 2.5 24 160 80.4
Mike Glennon Mike Glennon 2013
TB TB
13 19 247 416 59.4 2,608 6.3 200.6 19 4.6 9 2.2 40 314 83.9
Sam Bradford Sam Bradford 2010
STL STL
16 19 354 590 60.0 3,512 6.0 219.5 18 3.1 15 2.5 34 244 76.5
Vince Young Vince Young 2006
TEN TEN
15 19 184 357 51.5 2,199 6.2 146.6 12 3.4 13 3.6 25 129 66.7
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