most yards per attempt for a rookie qb all-time

Greg Cook has the most passing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback, with 9.4 yards in 1969.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game per attempt for a rookie qb all-time
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Greg Cook
G. Cook
9.4
1969
11
106
197
53.8
1,854
168.5
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
2Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9.4
1945
10
89
171
52.0
1,609
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
3Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.9
2004
14
196
295
66.4
2,621
187.2
17
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
4Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
8.3
2018
8
176
274
64.2
2,277
284.6
13
10
90.8
4.7
3.6
17
127
5C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
8.2
2023
15
319
499
63.9
4,108
273.9
23
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
6Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
8.1
2012
15
258
393
65.6
3,200
213.3
20
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
7Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
8.0
2016
16
311
459
67.8
3,667
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
8Jake Browning
J. Browning
8.0
2023
9
171
243
70.4
1,936
215.1
12
7
98.4
4.9
2.9
24
169
9Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.9
2012
16
252
393
64.1
3,118
194.9
26
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
10Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.9
2008
16
265
434
61.1
3,440
215.0
16
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
11Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
7.9
1947
9
94
175
53.7
1,384
153.8
13
20
65.0
7.4
11.4
12Cam Newton
C. Newton
7.8
2011
16
310
517
60.0
4,051
253.2
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
13Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
7.8
1970
14
178
321
55.5
2,507
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
14Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7.7
2018
14
310
486
63.8
3,725
266.1
27
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
15Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.6
2015
12
230
370
62.2
2,818
234.8
19
10
91.5
5.1
2.7
38
258
16Mickey Slaughter
M. Slaughter
7.6
1963
13
112
223
50.2
1,689
129.9
12
14
67.3
5.4
6.3
17Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
7.6
1956
12
110
198
55.6
1,498
124.8
9
10
74.0
4.5
5.1
18Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.6
2015
16
312
535
58.3
4,042
252.6
22
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
19Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
7.6
1951
11
102
238
42.9
1,797
163.4
12
15
59.8
5.0
6.3
20Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
7.5
1986
16
285
480
59.4
3,593
224.6
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
21Dan Marino
D. Marino
7.5
1983
11
173
296
58.4
2,210
200.9
20
6
96.0
6.8
2.0
10
80
22Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
7.4
1997
10
157
296
53.0
2,203
220.3
15
15
73.1
5.1
5.1
52
291
23Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
7.4
2024
17
331
480
69.0
3,568
209.9
25
9
100.1
5.2
1.9
47
238
24Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.4
1984
16
259
450
57.6
3,338
208.6
12
14
76.9
2.7
3.1
47
371
25Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
7.3
1952
12
96
194
49.5
1,420
118.3
14
15
65.7
7.2
7.7
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Bengals Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,809

Burrow

Joe Burrow

RUSH

1,019

Brown

Chase Brown

REC

1,412

Chase

Ja'Marr Chase
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PPG

24.4

12th

OPP PPG

28.9

30th

RUSH YDS/G

93.6

29th

PASS YDS/G

249.6

7th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
Bengals Bengals
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
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18

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176