Justin Herbert had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first season, with 31 touchdowns in his rookie season in 2020.

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2020 Herbert 2018 Mayfield 2012 Wilson 1998 Manning 2019 Jones 2023 Stroud 2016 Prescott 2012 Luck 2021 Jones 2015 Winston 1986 Kelly 1960 Songin 1950 Ratterman 2019 Minshew 2014 Carr 2011 Newton 1997 Stewart 2019 Murray 2012 Griffin 2011 Dalton 1983 Marino 1952 Finks 2017 Watson 2015 Mariota 2013 Glennon 1971 Plunkett 2010 Bradford 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 27 26 26 24 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 18
NAME SEASON TM GP TD CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD% INT INT% SCK SCKY RATE
Justin Herbert Justin Herbert 2020
LAC LAC
15 31 396 595 66.6 4,336 7.3 289.1 5.2 10 1.7 32 218 98.3
Baker Mayfield Baker Mayfield 2018
CLE CLE
14 27 310 486 63.8 3,725 7.7 266.1 5.6 14 2.9 25 173 93.7
Russell Wilson Russell Wilson 2012
SEA SEA
16 26 252 393 64.1 3,118 7.9 194.9 6.6 10 2.5 33 203 100.0
Peyton Manning Peyton Manning 1998
IND IND
16 26 326 575 56.7 3,739 6.5 233.7 4.5 28 4.9 22 109 71.2
Daniel Jones Daniel Jones 2019
NYG NYG
13 24 284 459 61.9 3,027 6.6 232.8 5.2 12 2.6 38 295 87.7
C.J. Stroud C.J. Stroud 2023
HOU HOU
15 23 319 499 63.9 4,108 8.2 273.9 4.6 5 1.0 38 331 100.8
Dak Prescott Dak Prescott 2016
DAL DAL
16 23 311 459 67.8 3,667 8.0 229.2 5.0 4 0.9 25 143 104.9
Andrew Luck Andrew Luck 2012
IND IND
16 23 339 627 54.1 4,374 7.0 273.4 3.7 18 2.9 41 246 76.5
Mac Jones Mac Jones 2021
NE NE
17 22 352 521 67.6 3,801 7.3 223.6 4.2 13 2.5 28 241 92.5
Jameis Winston Jameis Winston 2015
TB TB
16 22 312 535 58.3 4,042 7.6 252.6 4.1 15 2.8 27 190 84.2
Jim Kelly Jim Kelly 1986
BUF BUF
16 22 285 480 59.4 3,593 7.5 224.6 4.6 17 3.5 43 330 83.3
Butch Songin Butch Songin 1960
BOS BOS
14 22 187 392 47.7 2,476 6.3 176.9 5.6 15 3.8 70.9
George Ratterman George Ratterman 1950
NYY NYY
12 22 140 294 47.6 2,251 7.7 187.6 7.5 24 8.2 64.6
Gardner Minshew Gardner Minshew 2019
JAX JAX
14 21 285 470 60.6 3,271 7.0 233.6 4.5 6 1.3 33 184 91.2
Derek Carr Derek Carr 2014
OAK OAK
16 21 348 599 58.1 3,270 5.5 204.4 3.5 12 2.0 24 149 76.6
Cam Newton Cam Newton 2011
CAR CAR
16 21 310 517 60.0 4,051 7.8 253.2 4.1 17 3.3 35 260 84.5
Kordell Stewart Kordell Stewart 1997
PIT PIT
16 21 236 440 53.6 3,020 6.9 188.8 4.8 17 3.9 20 152 75.2
Kyler Murray Kyler Murray 2019
ARI ARI
16 20 349 542 64.4 3,722 6.9 232.6 3.7 12 2.2 48 309 87.4
Robert Griffin III Robert Griffin III 2012
WAS WAS
15 20 258 393 65.6 3,200 8.1 213.3 5.1 5 1.3 30 217 102.4
Andy Dalton Andy Dalton 2011
CIN CIN
16 20 300 516 58.1 3,398 6.6 212.4 3.9 13 2.5 24 160 80.4
Dan Marino Dan Marino 1983
MIA MIA
11 20 173 296 58.4 2,210 7.5 200.9 6.8 6 2.0 10 80 96.0
Jim Finks Jim Finks 1952
PIT PIT
12 20 158 336 47.0 2,307 6.9 192.3 6.0 19 5.7 66.2
Deshaun Watson Deshaun Watson 2017
HOU HOU
7 19 126 204 61.8 1,699 8.3 242.7 9.3 8 3.9 19 116 103.0
Marcus Mariota Marcus Mariota 2015
TEN TEN
12 19 230 370 62.2 2,818 7.6 234.8 5.1 10 2.7 38 258 91.5
Mike Glennon Mike Glennon 2013
TB TB
13 19 247 416 59.4 2,608 6.3 200.6 4.6 9 2.2 40 314 83.9
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