most yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback in nfl history

Greg Cook has averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback, with 9.4 yards in 1969.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game per attempt by a rookie quarterback in NFL history
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Greg Cook
G. Cook
9.4
1969
CIN CIN
11
106
197
53.8
1,854
168.5
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
2 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9.4
1945
CLE CLE
10
89
171
52.0
1,609
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
3 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.9
2004
PIT PIT
14
196
295
66.4
2,621
187.2
17
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
4 Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
8.3
2018
SF SF
8
176
274
64.2
2,277
284.6
13
10
90.8
4.7
3.6
17
127
5 C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
8.2
2023
HOU HOU
15
319
499
63.9
4,108
273.9
23
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
6 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
8.1
2012
WAS WAS
15
258
393
65.6
3,200
213.3
20
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
7 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
8.0
2016
DAL DAL
16
311
459
67.8
3,667
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
8 Jake Browning
J. Browning
8.0
2023
CIN CIN
9
171
243
70.4
1,936
215.1
12
7
98.4
4.9
2.9
24
169
9 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.9
2012
SEA SEA
16
252
393
64.1
3,118
194.9
26
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
10 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.9
2008
ATL ATL
16
265
434
61.1
3,440
215.0
16
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
11 Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
7.9
1947
DET DET
9
94
175
53.7
1,384
153.8
13
20
65.0
7.4
11.4
12 Cam Newton
C. Newton
7.8
2011
CAR CAR
16
310
517
60.0
4,051
253.2
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
13 Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
7.8
1970
BUF BUF
14
178
321
55.5
2,507
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
14 Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7.7
2018
CLE CLE
14
310
486
63.8
3,725
266.1
27
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
15 Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.6
2015
TEN TEN
12
230
370
62.2
2,818
234.8
19
10
91.5
5.1
2.7
38
258
16 Mickey Slaughter
M. Slaughter
7.6
1963
DEN DEN
13
112
223
50.2
1,689
129.9
12
14
67.3
5.4
6.3
17 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
7.6
1956
BAL BAL
12
110
198
55.6
1,498
124.8
9
10
74.0
4.5
5.1
18 Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.6
2015
TB TB
16
312
535
58.3
4,042
252.6
22
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
19 Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
7.6
1951
NYY NYY
11
102
238
42.9
1,797
163.4
12
15
59.8
5.0
6.3
20 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
7.5
1986
BUF BUF
16
285
480
59.4
3,593
224.6
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
21 Dan Marino
D. Marino
7.5
1983
MIA MIA
11
173
296
58.4
2,210
200.9
20
6
96.0
6.8
2.0
10
80
22 Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
7.4
1997
ARI ARI
10
157
296
53.0
2,203
220.3
15
15
73.1
5.1
5.1
52
291
23 Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
7.4
2024
WAS WAS
17
331
480
69.0
3,568
209.9
25
9
100.1
5.2
1.9
47
238
24 Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.4
1984
HOU HOU
16
259
450
57.6
3,338
208.6
12
14
76.9
2.7
3.1
47
371
25 Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
7.3
1952
WAS WAS
12
96
194
49.5
1,420
118.3
14
15
65.7
7.2
7.7
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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7
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8
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647