most yards per game rookie qb minimum 10 games ever

Justin Herbert has gained the most passing yards per game in his rookie season by a quarterback when playing 10+ games, with 289.1 per game in 2020.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDS/GGPSEASONTMCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
289.1
15
2020
396
595
66.6
4,336
7.3
31
10
98.3
5.2
1.7
32
218
2C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
273.9
15
2023
319
499
63.9
4,108
8.2
23
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
3Andrew Luck
A. Luck
273.4
16
2012
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
23
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
4Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
268.8
10
2020
264
404
65.3
2,688
6.7
13
5
89.8
3.2
1.2
32
231
5Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
266.1
14
2018
310
486
63.8
3,725
7.7
27
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
253.2
16
2011
310
517
60.0
4,051
7.8
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
7Jameis Winston
J. Winston
252.6
16
2015
312
535
58.3
4,042
7.6
22
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
8Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
236.4
16
2016
379
607
62.4
3,782
6.2
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
9Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
234.8
12
2015
230
370
62.2
2,818
7.6
19
10
91.5
5.1
2.7
38
258
10Peyton Manning
P. Manning
233.7
16
1998
326
575
56.7
3,739
6.5
26
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
11Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
233.6
14
2019
285
470
60.6
3,271
7.0
21
6
91.2
4.5
1.3
33
184
12Daniel Jones
D. Jones
232.8
13
2019
284
459
61.9
3,027
6.6
24
12
87.7
5.2
2.6
38
295
13Kyler Murray
K. Murray
232.6
16
2019
349
542
64.4
3,722
6.9
20
12
87.4
3.7
2.2
48
309
14Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
229.2
16
2016
311
459
67.8
3,667
8.0
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
15Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
226.7
10
2009
201
377
53.3
2,267
6.0
13
20
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
16Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
225.7
15
2012
297
517
57.4
3,385
6.5
14
17
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
17Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
224.6
16
1986
285
480
59.4
3,593
7.5
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
18Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
224.5
13
2014
259
402
64.4
2,919
7.3
14
12
85.2
3.5
3.0
39
249
19Mac Jones
M. Jones
223.6
17
2021
352
521
67.6
3,801
7.3
22
13
92.5
4.2
2.5
28
241
20Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
222.8
13
2004
263
432
60.9
2,897
6.7
18
18
77.3
4.2
4.2
25
178
21Bo Nix
B. Nix
222.1
17
2024
376
567
66.3
3,775
6.7
29
12
93.3
5.1
2.1
24
198
22Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
220.4
13
2018
239
414
57.7
2,865
6.9
17
15
77.6
4.1
3.6
30
204
23Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
220.3
10
1997
157
296
53.0
2,203
7.4
15
15
73.1
5.1
5.1
52
291
24Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
219.5
16
2010
354
590
60.0
3,512
6.0
18
15
76.5
3.1
2.5
34
244
25Tyler Shough
T. Shough
216.7
11
2025
221
327
67.6
2,384
7.3
10
6
91.3
3.1
1.8
31
195

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TEAMWLTPCT
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2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
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5
2
1
.688
4
5
0
.444
2
5
1
.313
2
7
0
.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
6
3
0
.667
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3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
3
6
0
.333
3
6
0
.333
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7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
5
4
0
.556
3
6
0
.333
AFC EastWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
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7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
0
8
0
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9/9
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