most touchdown passes player indianapolis colts in a rookie season

Peyton Manning has the most passing touchdowns by a Colts rookie, with 26 touchdowns in 1998.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
26
1998
16
326
575
56.7
3,739
6.5
233.7
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
2Andrew Luck
A. Luck
23
2012
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
3Jeff George
J. George
16
1990
13
181
334
54.2
2,152
6.4
165.5
13
73.8
4.8
3.9
37
320
4George Shaw
G. Shaw
10
1955
12
119
237
50.2
1,586
6.7
132.2
19
52.5
4.2
8.0
5Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
9
1956
12
110
198
55.6
1,498
7.6
124.8
10
74.0
4.5
5.1
6Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
8
1988
15
129
233
55.4
1,619
6.9
107.9
12
67.2
3.4
5.2
18
128
7Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
8
1986
12
204
417
48.9
2,225
5.3
185.4
18
53.5
1.9
4.3
29
213
8Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
5
1982
9
111
221
50.2
1,281
5.8
142.3
7
62.4
2.3
3.2
16
129
9Bert Jones
B. Jones
4
1973
8
43
108
39.8
539
5.0
67.4
12
28.8
3.7
11.1
14
126
10Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
3
2023
4
50
84
59.5
577
6.9
144.3
1
87.3
3.6
1.2
7
29
11Riley Leonard
R. Leonard
2
2025
5
39
67
58.2
415
6.2
83.0
3
67.7
3.0
4.5
2
17
12Jim Sorgi
J. Sorgi
2
2004
4
17
29
58.6
175
6.0
43.8
0
99.1
6.9
0.0
1
8
13Jim Ward
J. Ward
2
1967
6
9
16
56.3
115
7.2
19.2
1
92.4
12.5
6.3
14Ed Mioduszewski
E. Mioduszewski
2
1953
12
11
30
36.7
113
3.8
9.4
2
42.8
6.7
6.7
15Kelly Holcomb
K. Holcomb
1
1997
5
45
73
61.6
454
6.2
90.8
8
44.3
1.4
11.0
11
76
16Kerwin Bell
K. Bell
1
1996
1
5
5
100.0
75
15.0
75.0
0
158.3
20.0
0.0
0
0
17Mike Kirkland
M. Kirkland
1
1978
16
19
41
46.3
211
5.1
13.2
8
30.7
2.4
19.5
11
78
18Lenny Moore
L. Moore
1
1956
12
1
4
25.0
8
2.0
0.7
1
39.6
25.0
25.0
19Jack Del Bello
J. Del Bello
1
1953
5
27
61
44.3
229
3.8
45.8
5
25.9
1.6
8.2
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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PASS

3,101

Jones

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RUSH

1,585

Taylor

Jonathan Taylor

REC

1,003

Pierce

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PPG

27.4

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OPP PPG

24.2

21st

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118.1

17th

PASS YDS/G

240.3

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.765
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.176
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5
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10
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14
0
.176
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10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
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9
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12
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13
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6
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9
7
1
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8
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8
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9
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8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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3
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.824
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12
5
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.706
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5
0
.706
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14
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