who has the most total tds in a game by a rookie qb

10 quarterbacks are tied for the most touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in a game, with 5 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns. The first three are Jayden Daniels on December 22, C.J. Stroud on November 5, 2023 and Daniel Jones on December 22, 2019.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most passing total tds in a regular-season game by a rookie qb?
NAMETOTALTDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
5
12/22/2024
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
24
39
61.5
258
6.6
5
2
99.1
12.8
5.1
1
3
2C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
5
11/5/2023
HOU HOU
vs
TB TB
30
42
71.4
470
11.2
5
0
147.8
11.9
0.0
3
27
3Daniel Jones
D. Jones
5
12/22/2019
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
28
42
66.7
352
8.4
5
0
132.1
11.9
0.0
1
6
4Josh Allen
J. Allen
5
12/30/2018
BUF BUF
vs
MIA MIA
17
26
65.4
224
8.6
3
1
114.9
11.5
3.8
1
9
5Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
5
10/8/2017
HOU HOU
vs
KC KC
16
31
51.6
261
8.4
5
0
119.8
16.1
0.0
3
13
6Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
5
10/1/2017
HOU HOU
vs
TEN TEN
25
34
73.5
283
8.3
4
1
125.0
11.8
2.9
1
3
7Jameis Winston
J. Winston
5
11/22/2015
TB TB
@
PHI PHI
19
29
65.5
246
8.5
5
0
131.6
17.2
0.0
1
8
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5
11/22/2009
DET DET
vs
CLE CLE
26
43
60.5
422
9.8
5
2
112.7
11.6
4.7
2
6
9David Woodley
D. Woodley
5
11/9/1980
MIA MIA
@
LA LA
17
28
60.7
161
5.8
3
0
112.4
10.7
0.0
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
5
9/17/1961
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
17
23
73.9
250
10.9
4
0
148.6
17.4
0.0
11Johnny Green
J. Green
5
10/23/1960
BUF BUF
vs
OAK OAK
14
32
43.8
243
7.6
4
2
83.7
12.5
6.3
12Jaxson Dart
J. Dart
4
10/19/2025
NYG NYG
@
DEN DEN
15
33
45.5
283
8.6
3
1
93.4
9.1
3.0
4
15
13Bo Nix
B. Nix
4
1/5/2025
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
26
29
89.7
321
11.1
4
0
152.4
13.8
0.0
0
0
14Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
4
12/1/2024
WAS WAS
vs
TEN TEN
25
30
83.3
206
6.9
3
1
114.7
10.0
3.3
2
10
15Bo Nix
B. Nix
4
11/17/2024
DEN DEN
vs
ATL ATL
28
33
84.8
307
9.3
4
0
145.0
12.1
0.0
1
12
16Bo Nix
B. Nix
4
10/27/2024
DEN DEN
vs
CAR CAR
28
37
75.7
284
7.7
3
0
124.2
8.1
0.0
2
17
17Caleb Williams
C. Williams
4
10/13/2024
CHI CHI
vs
JAX JAX
23
29
79.3
226
7.8
4
1
124.4
13.8
3.4
3
5
18Aidan O'Connell
A. O'Connell
4
12/14/2023
LV LV
vs
LAC LAC
20
34
58.8
248
7.3
4
0
120.7
11.8
0.0
1
6
19Will Levis
W. Levis
4
10/29/2023
TEN TEN
vs
ATL ATL
19
29
65.5
238
8.2
4
0
130.5
13.8
0.0
2
12
20Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4
1/3/2021
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
22
31
71.0
302
9.7
3
0
134.1
9.7
0.0
3
21
21Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
4
12/20/2020
PHI PHI
@
ARI ARI
24
44
54.5
338
7.7
3
0
102.3
6.8
0.0
6
33
22Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4
10/25/2020
CIN CIN
vs
CLE CLE
35
47
74.5
406
8.6
3
1
112.5
6.4
2.1
4
35
23Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4
10/25/2020
LAC LAC
vs
JAX JAX
27
43
62.8
347
8.1
3
0
111.3
7.0
0.0
1
2
24Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
4
10/12/2020
LAC LAC
@
NO NO
20
34
58.8
264
7.8
4
0
122.7
11.8
0.0
3
25
25Daniel Jones
D. Jones
4
11/10/2019
NYG NYG
@
NYJ NYJ
26
40
65.0
308
7.7
4
0
121.7
10.0
0.0
6
50
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for total touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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