Pressure rate
Pressure rate is the share of dropbacks on which a quarterback was hurried, hit or sacked. The 2025 league rate was 29.8%; Shedeur Sanders of the Browns faced the most at 45.5%, Aaron Rodgers of the Steelers the least at 21.0%.
FTN charts every dropback for whether the passer was disrupted. Pressure rate is those plays divided by all dropbacks. A related figure, pressure-to-sack rate, asks what share of those pressures actually ended in a sack — which is far more about the quarterback than the line.
Updated Jul 26, 2026
Current leaders — 2025
| # | Player | DB | Press% | Prs→Sk% | EPA/DB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron RodgersQB · PIT | 539 | 21.0% | 25.7% | 0.08 |
| 2 | Matthew StaffordQB · LAR | 624 | 23.9% | 15.4% | 0.26 |
| 3 | Michael PenixQB · ATL | 303 | 24.1% | 17.8% | 0.08 |
| 4 | Tyler ShoughQB · NO | 376 | 26.1% | 31.6% | 0.08 |
| 5 | Bo NixQB · DEN | 674 | 26.6% | 12.3% | 0.14 |
| 6 | Josh AllenQB · BUF | 554 | 26.9% | 26.9% | 0.22 |
| 7 | Marcus MariotaQB · WAS | 262 | 27.5% | 22.2% | 0.08 |
| 8 | Daniel JonesQB · IND | 431 | 27.8% | 18.3% | 0.20 |
| 9 | Tua TagovailoaQB · MIA | 426 | 27.9% | 25.2% | 0.07 |
| 10 | Trevor LawrenceQB · JAX | 643 | 28.0% | 22.8% | 0.13 |
See the full quarterback pressure rate leaderboard — Aaron Rodgers leads.
Why it matters
Pressure is the largest single swing in passing production: league-wide in 2025, clean dropbacks produced +0.257 expected points added per play and pressured dropbacks -0.464. Splitting pressure rate from pressure-to-sack rate separates the protection from the passer — Brock Purdy of the 49ers turned the smallest share of pressures into sacks at 12.2%, while Geno Smith of the Raiders turned the largest at 31.8%. A passer who escapes pressure keeps his pass catchers in business behind a bad line.
Updated Jul 26, 2026
The counter
Charted pressure is a judgment call, and holding the ball longer creates some of it.
Updated Jul 26, 2026
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