most passing yards per game by a bengals rookie all-time

Joe Burrow has averaged the most passing yards per game by a rookie for the Bengals, with 268.8 per game in 2020.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
268.8
2020
10
264
404
65.3
2,688
6.7
13
5
89.8
3.2
1.2
32
231
2Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
222.8
2004
13
263
432
60.9
2,897
6.7
18
18
77.3
4.2
4.2
25
178
3Jake Browning
J. Browning
215.1
2023
9
171
243
70.4
1,936
8.0
12
7
98.4
4.9
2.9
24
169
4Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
212.4
2011
16
300
516
58.1
3,398
6.6
20
13
80.4
3.9
2.5
24
160
5Greg Cook
G. Cook
168.5
1969
11
106
197
53.8
1,854
9.4
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
6Sam Wyche
S. Wyche
164.7
1968
3
35
55
63.6
494
9.0
2
2
89.5
3.6
3.6
7Ryan Finley
R. Finley
158.0
2019
3
41
87
47.1
474
5.4
2
2
62.1
2.3
2.3
11
93
8David Klingler
D. Klingler
132.5
1992
4
47
98
48.0
530
5.4
3
2
66.3
3.1
2.0
18
146
9AJ McCarron
AJ McCarron
122.0
2015
7
79
119
66.4
854
7.2
6
2
97.1
5.0
1.7
12
63
10Akili Smith
A. Smith
115.0
1999
7
80
153
52.3
805
5.3
2
6
55.6
1.3
3.9
19
110
11Jeff Driskel
J. Driskel
111.4
2018
9
105
176
59.7
1,003
5.7
6
2
82.2
3.4
1.1
16
122
12Eric Kresser
E. Kresser
82.0
1998
2
10
21
47.6
164
7.8
1
2
50.6
4.8
9.5
0
0
13Dewey Warren
D. Warren
72.3
1968
7
47
80
58.8
506
6.3
1
4
60.7
1.3
5.0
14Erik Wilhelm
E. Wilhelm
70.8
1989
6
30
56
53.6
425
7.6
4
2
87.3
7.1
3.6
3
17
15Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
70.6
1971
11
72
131
55.0
777
5.9
5
4
72.6
3.8
3.1
23
159
16Jack Thompson
J. Thompson
53.4
1979
9
39
87
44.8
481
5.5
1
5
42.4
1.1
5.7
16
178
17Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
53.0
1984
10
51
102
50.0
530
5.2
3
3
62.9
2.9
2.9
5
52
18Turk Schonert
T. Schonert
41.5
1981
4
10
19
52.6
166
8.7
0
0
82.3
0.0
0.0
3
4
19Donald Hollas
D. Hollas
38.8
1991
8
32
55
58.2
310
5.6
1
4
49.8
1.8
7.3
7
57
20Dave Walter
D. Walter
37.7
1987
3
10
21
47.6
113
5.4
0
0
64.2
0.0
0.0
2
15
21Doug Gaynor
D. Gaynor
30.0
1986
1
3
3
100.0
30
10.0
0
0
108.3
0.0
0.0
1
5
22Ben Bennett
B. Bennett
25.0
1987
1
2
6
33.3
25
4.2
0
1
7.6
0.0
16.7
0
0
23Jordan Palmer
J. Palmer
13.7
2008
3
7
12
58.3
41
3.4
0
2
25.3
0.0
16.7
2
11
24Mohamed Sanu
M. Sanu
8.1
2012
9
1
1
100.0
73
73.0
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
25Scott Covington
S. Covington
7.7
1999
3
4
5
80.0
23
4.6
0
0
85.8
0.0
0.0
0
0

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