most rookie passing yards per game average all-time

Justin Herbert has gained the most passing yards per game by a rookie, with 289.1 per game in 2020.

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	289.1	2020	LAC	15	396	595	66.6	4,336	7.3	31	10	98.3	5.2	1.7	32	218
2	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	284.6	2018	SF	8	176	274	64.2	2,277	8.3	13	10	90.8	4.7	3.6	17	127
3	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	284.0	2017	KC	1	22	35	62.9	284	8.1	0	1	76.4	0.0	2.9	2	15
4	C.J. Stroud	273.9	2023	HOU	15	319	499	63.9	4,108	8.2	23	5	100.8	4.6	1.0	38	331
5	Andrew Luck A. Luck	273.4	2012	IND	16	339	627	54.1	4,374	7.0	23	18	76.5	3.7	2.9	41	246
6	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	268.8	2020	CIN	10	264	404	65.3	2,688	6.7	13	5	89.8	3.2	1.2	32	231
7	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	266.1	2018	CLE	14	310	486	63.8	3,725	7.7	27	14	93.7	5.6	2.9	25	173
8	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	260.9	2002	STL	7	138	214	64.5	1,826	8.5	14	6	101.5	6.5	2.8	12	102
9	Jake Delhomme J. Delhomme	260.5	1999	NO	2	42	76	55.3	521	6.9	3	5	62.4	3.9	6.6	6	42
10	Kellen Moore K. Moore	259.7	2015	DAL	3	61	104	58.7	779	7.5	4	6	71.0	3.8	5.8	5	23
11	Cam Newton C. Newton	253.2	2011	CAR	16	310	517	60.0	4,051	7.8	21	17	84.5	4.1	3.3	35	260
12	Jameis Winston J. Winston	252.6	2015	TB	16	312	535	58.3	4,042	7.6	22	15	84.2	4.1	2.8	27	190
13	Todd Marinovich T. Marinovich	243.0	1991	RAI	1	23	40	57.5	243	6.1	3	0	100.3	7.5	0.0	0	0
14	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	242.7	2017	HOU	7	126	204	61.8	1,699	8.3	19	8	103.0	9.3	3.9	19	116
15	Nick Foles N. Foles	242.7	2012	PHI	7	161	265	60.8	1,699	6.4	6	5	79.1	2.3	1.9	20	131
16	Joe Milton III J. Milton III	241.0	2024	NE	1	22	29	75.9	241	8.3	1	0	111.4	3.4	0.0	0	0
17	Scott Tolzien S. Tolzien	239.0	2013	GB	3	55	90	61.1	717	8.0	1	5	66.8	1.1	5.6	3	26
18	Mike White M. White	238.3	2021	NYJ	4	88	132	66.7	953	7.2	5	8	75.1	3.8	6.1	4	18
19	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	236.4	2016	PHI	16	379	607	62.4	3,782	6.2	16	14	79.3	2.6	2.3	33	213
20	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	234.8	2015	TEN	12	230	370	62.2	2,818	7.6	19	10	91.5	5.1	2.7	38	258
21	Peyton Manning P. Manning	233.7	1998	IND	16	326	575	56.7	3,739	6.5	26	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
22	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	233.6	2019	JAX	14	285	470	60.6	3,271	7.0	21	6	91.2	4.5	1.3	33	184
23	Daniel Jones D. Jones	232.8	2019	NYG	13	284	459	61.9	3,027	6.6	24	12	87.7	5.2	2.6	38	295
24	Kyler Murray K. Murray	232.6	2019	ARI	16	349	542	64.4	3,722	6.9	20	12	87.4	3.7	2.2	48	309
25	John Wolford J. Wolford	231.0	2020	LAR	1	22	38	57.9	231	6.1	0	1	64.7	0.0	2.6	2	8

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Broncos	13	3	.813
Chargers	11	5	.688
Chiefs	6	10	.375
Raiders	2	14	.125

Schedule

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Sun 1/4	LAC	@	DEN	4:25 PM

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11 - 5

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4,482

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4,448

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4,233

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1,606

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1,559

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1,793

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1,639

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1,420

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42

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Rush TD Leaders

18

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112.9

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398.6

394.6

375.8

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157.8

156.4

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles - y	11	5	0	.688
Cowboys - e	7	8	1	.469
Commanders - e	4	12	0	.250
Giants - e	3	13	0	.188
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears - y	11	5	0	.688
Packers - w	9	6	1	.594
Vikings - e	8	8	0	.500
Lions - e	8	8	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	8	9	0	.471
Panthers	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	7	9	0	.438
Saints - e	6	10	0	.375
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Rams - w	11	5	0	.688
Cardinals - e	3	13	0	.188

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots - y	13	3	0	.813
Bills - w	11	5	0	.688
Dolphins - e	7	9	0	.438
Jets - e	3	13	0	.188
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	9	7	0	.563
Ravens	8	8	0	.500
Bengals - e	6	10	0	.375
Browns - e	4	12	0	.250
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - x	12	4	0	.750
Texans - x	11	5	0	.688
Colts - e	8	8	0	.500
Titans - e	3	13	0	.188
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - y	13	3	0	.813
Chargers - w	11	5	0	.688
Chiefs - e	6	10	0	.375
Raiders - e	2	14	0	.125

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/27	IND	@	LAR	20-27
Sat 9/27	CHI	@	LV	25-24
Sat 9/27	BAL	@	KC	20-37
Sat 9/27	GB	@	DAL	40-40
Sun 9/28	NYJ	@	MIA	21-27

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 1/4	TEN	@	JAX	1:00 PM
Sun 1/4	IND	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sun 1/4	CLE	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 1/4	NO	@	ATL	1:00 PM
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