new york jets passing tds leaders rookie season

Joe Namath has the most passing touchdowns by a rookie for the Jets, with 18 touchdowns in 1965.

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	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Namath J. Namath	18	1965	NYJ	13	164	340	48.2	2,220	6.5	170.8	15	68.8	5.3	4.4
2	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	17	2018	NYJ	13	239	414	57.7	2,865	6.9	220.4	15	77.6	4.1	3.6	30	204
3	Geno Smith G. Smith	12	2013	NYJ	16	247	443	55.8	3,046	6.9	190.4	21	66.5	2.7	4.7	43	315
4	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	12	2009	NYJ	15	196	364	53.8	2,444	6.7	162.9	20	63.0	3.3	5.5	26	195
5	Zach Wilson Z. Wilson	9	2021	NYJ	13	213	383	55.6	2,334	6.1	179.5	11	69.7	2.3	2.9	44	360
6	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	6	1984	NYJ	10	116	203	57.1	1,402	6.9	140.2	7	74.0	3.0	3.4	22	168
7	Dick Jamieson D. Jamieson	6	1960	NYT	11	35	70	50.0	586	8.4	53.3	2	95.3	8.6	2.9
8	Mike White M. White	5	2021	NYJ	4	88	132	66.7	953	7.2	238.3	8	75.1	3.8	6.1	4	18
9	Bryce Petty B. Petty	3	2016	NYJ	6	75	133	56.4	809	6.1	134.8	7	60.0	2.3	5.3	13	79
10	Richard Todd R. Todd	3	1976	NYJ	13	65	162	40.1	870	5.4	66.9	12	33.2	1.9	7.4	29	233
11	Brady Cook B. Cook	2	2025	NYJ	5	88	153	57.5	739	4.8	147.8	7	55.4	1.3	4.6	19	125
12	Matt Robinson M. Robinson	2	1977	NYJ	4	20	54	37.0	310	5.7	77.5	8	29.6	3.7	14.8	7	57
13	Bill Demory B. Demory	2	1973	NYJ	6	12	39	30.8	159	4.1	26.5	8	22.2	5.1	20.5	8	73
14	Mike Taliaferro M. Taliaferro	2	1964	NYJ	14	23	73	31.5	341	4.7	24.4	5	28.4	2.7	6.8
15	Matt Simms M. Simms	1	2013	NYJ	3	16	31	51.6	156	5.0	52.0	1	63.4	3.2	3.2	4	23
16	Greg McElroy G. McElroy	1	2012	NYJ	2	19	31	61.3	214	6.9	107.0	1	79.2	3.2	3.2	11	71
17	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	1	2000	NYJ	1	2	5	40.0	67	13.4	67.0	0	127.1	20.0	0.0	1	4
18	Troy Taylor T. Taylor	1	1990	NYJ	2	7	10	70.0	49	4.9	24.5	0	114.2	10.0	0.0	2	3
19	David Norrie D. Norrie	1	1987	NYJ	2	35	68	51.5	376	5.5	188.0	4	48.4	1.5	5.9	15	72
20	John Jones J. Jones	1	1975	NYJ	7	16	57	28.1	181	3.2	25.9	5	9.6	1.8	8.8	7	64

StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,084

Smith

RUSH

236

Allen

REC

374

Wilson

Team Rankings

PPG

18.6

27th

OPP PPG

19.2

5th

RUSH YDS/G

94.0

22nd

PASS YDS/G

216.8

20th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	4	1	.800
Patriots	3	2	.600
Jets	2	3	.400
Dolphins	0	5	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	NYJ	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	MIA	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	LV	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	NYJ	@	KC	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	BUF	@	NYJ	1:00 PM

Last Game

Browns

3 - 2

Final

Jets

2 - 3

Sun 11 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,572

Stafford

1,485

Goff

1,408

Love

Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

537

Walker

532

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

583

Smith-Njigba

537

Olave

507

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

13

Purdy

12

Goff

12

Cousins

Rush TD Leaders

8

Allen

7

Gibbs

7

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

119.6

Jackson

119.3

Purdy

111.3

Goff

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

29.2

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

14.0

18.6

18.8

19.2

Total Yards Rankings

424.4

412.0

405.8

396.2

394.2

393.8

Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

158.0

139.6

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

297.0

281.6

280.4

276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

16.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

Smith-Njigba

83.4

Watson

76.1

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

52.4

Likely

50.8

Kittle

49.6

LaPorta

Fantasy K Rankings

75

Shrader

68

Reichard

54

Loop

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-1-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4-1

1-4

1-3-1

2-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	5	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	HOU	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	CAR	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	PIT	@	TB	1:00 PM

Joe Namath has the most passing touchdowns by a rookie for the Jets, with 18 touchdowns in 1965.

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119.3

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NFL Fantasy 2026

126.7

103.8

103.2

102.5

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76.1

52.4

50.8

49.6

75

68

54

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