Patrick Mahomes 2025 Season in Review

Patrick Mahomes in 2025 — let's set the table. He finished as the number 11 quarterback in total PPR scoring, but the number 4 quarterback on a per-game basis. That gap tells the whole story before we open the box: Mahomes was a high-end weekly producer on a team that fell apart around him. The Chiefs went 6 and 11, missed the playoffs for the first time in the Mahomes era, and he suited up for just 14 games. When he played, top-five fantasy arm. When the operation needed him to drag a broken roster, the math caught up — and the real-football efficiency numbers underneath were rough.

Now let's dig into the numbers, because this is where it gets interesting. Mahomes averaged 20.4 PPR points per game on a boom-or-bust profile, and a huge chunk came from his legs: 422 rushing yards on 64 carries — 6.6 a pop — plus 5 rushing touchdowns. That rushing floor is what locked in the top-five per-game finish. The passing efficiency got muffed. His completion percentage over expected was minus 2.9, 31st among qualified passers — bottom of the league. Adjusted net yards per attempt of 6.2 ranked 19th. He threw 22 touchdowns against 11 interceptions and took 34 sacks behind protection that graded in the 41st percentile. On consistency, six games of 23 PPR or better — including a 31.5 against Detroit and back-to-back four-touchdown games against Baltimore and Dallas. But four games under 14 points, bottoming out at 6.3 against Houston in a three-interception clunker. Elite ceiling, real floor games mixed in, especially down the stretch when Kansas City lost eight of their last nine.

The defining play wasn't a touchdown — it was the third-quarter pick-six in Jacksonville. Tied 14-14, second and three at the Jaguars' three-yard line, Mahomes throws short middle for Juju Smith-Schuster, Devin Lloyd jumps it and takes it 99 yards the other way. Expected points on that snap: minus 12.7. A 14-point swing in a game the Chiefs lost by three. That's the season in miniature — Mahomes in scoring position, red-zone touchdown rate sitting in the bottom quarter of the league, one disastrous decision flipping the result. The arm talent and the rushing upside kept him fantasy-relevant every week. The accuracy and the turnovers are why the Chiefs are watching January at home.