what rookie threw for the most yards between 1920 to 1993

Between the 1920 and 1993 seasons, Jim Kelly had the most passing yards by a rookie, with 3,593 yards in 1986.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3,593
1986
16
285
480
59.4
7.5
224.6
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
2Warren Moon
W. Moon
3,338
1984
16
259
450
57.6
7.4
208.6
12
14
76.9
2.7
3.1
47
371
3Rick Mirer
R. Mirer
2,833
1993
16
274
486
56.4
5.8
177.1
12
17
67.0
2.5
3.5
47
235
4Dieter Brock
D. Brock
2,658
1985
15
218
365
59.7
7.3
177.2
16
13
82.0
4.4
3.6
51
351
5Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
2,571
1976
14
208
439
47.4
5.9
183.6
12
27
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
6Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
2,507
1970
14
178
321
55.5
7.8
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
7Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
2,494
1993
13
214
429
49.9
5.8
191.8
15
15
65.0
3.5
3.5
16
99
8Butch Songin
B. Songin
2,476
1960
14
187
392
47.7
6.3
176.9
22
15
70.9
5.6
3.8
9Norm Snead
N. Snead
2,337
1961
14
172
375
45.9
6.2
166.9
11
22
51.6
2.9
5.9
10Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
2,238
1979
16
183
368
49.7
6.1
139.9
11
23
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
11Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
2,225
1986
12
204
417
48.9
5.3
185.4
8
18
53.5
1.9
4.3
29
213
12Joe Namath
J. Namath
2,220
1965
13
164
340
48.2
6.5
170.8
18
15
68.8
5.3
4.4
13Dan Marino
D. Marino
2,210
1983
11
173
296
58.4
7.5
200.9
20
6
96.0
6.8
2.0
10
80
14Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
2,175
1948
12
162
299
54.2
7.3
181.3
22
13
84.0
7.4
4.3
15Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,158
1971
14
158
328
48.2
6.6
154.1
19
16
68.6
5.8
4.9
36
319
16Jeff George
J. George
2,152
1990
13
181
334
54.2
6.4
165.5
16
13
73.8
4.8
3.9
37
320
17Bob Griese
B. Griese
2,005
1967
12
166
331
50.2
6.1
167.1
15
18
61.6
4.5
5.4
18Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
1,997
1961
14
157
280
56.1
7.1
142.6
18
17
74.7
6.4
6.1
19Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
1,976
1975
13
139
274
50.7
7.2
152.0
11
18
60.4
4.0
6.6
22
207
20Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
1,963
1991
12
156
286
54.5
6.9
163.6
11
7
78.8
3.8
2.4
30
214
21Greg Cook
G. Cook
1,854
1969
11
106
197
53.8
9.4
168.5
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
22David Woodley
D. Woodley
1,850
1980
13
176
327
53.8
5.7
142.3
14
17
63.1
4.3
5.2
17
127
23Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
1,809
1966
10
157
309
50.8
5.9
180.9
4
14
54.3
1.3
4.5
24Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
1,797
1951
11
102
238
42.9
7.6
163.4
12
15
59.8
5.0
6.3
25Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
1,795
1966
14
129
295
43.7
6.1
128.2
12
21
47.8
4.1
7.1
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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