most total touchdowns in a game by a rookie quarterback

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 in a regular-season game by a rookie quarterback
NAMETOTALTDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
5
12/22/2024
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
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
HOU HOU
vs
TB TB
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
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
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
BUF BUF
vs
MIA MIA
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
HOU HOU
vs
KC KC
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
HOU HOU
vs
TEN TEN
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
TB TB
@
PHI PHI
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
DET DET
vs
CLE CLE
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
MIA MIA
@
LA LA
17
28
60.7
161
5.8
3
0
112.4
10.7
0.0
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
5
9/17/1961
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
17
23
73.9
250
10.9
4
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
11Johnny Green
J. Green
5
10/23/1960
BUF BUF
vs
OAK OAK
14
32
43.8
243
7.6
4
2
83.7
12.5
6.3
12Shedeur Sanders
S. Sanders
4
12/7/2025
CLE CLE
vs
TEN TEN
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
NYG NYG
@
DEN DEN
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
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
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
WAS WAS
vs
TEN TEN
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
DEN DEN
vs
ATL ATL
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
DEN DEN
vs
CAR CAR
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
CHI CHI
vs
JAX JAX
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
LV LV
vs
LAC LAC
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
TEN TEN
vs
ATL ATL
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
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
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
PHI PHI
@
ARI ARI
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
CIN CIN
vs
CLE CLE
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
LAC LAC
vs
JAX JAX
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
LAC LAC
@
NO NO
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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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
3
10
0
.231
Giants Giants
2
11
0
.154
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
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3 - 10

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Final

31

MIN Vikings

5 - 8

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
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5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14
Sat
9/6
DET DET
@
GB GB
13-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM