Catchable Throw Rate Leaders
Catchable Throw Rate — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Oct 2, 2026. Geno Smith (NYJ) led the league in catchable throw rate at 86.1%, ahead of 31 other qualifying players. Based on verified play-level charting from FTN Data via nflverse, regular season only. Through Week 3 of the 2026 season.
Catchable throw rate is the share of a quarterback's pass attempts that FTN's charters judged catchable — a ball the intended receiver could reasonably have caught, whether or not he did. The base is attempts, not dropbacks, because a sack or a scramble has no ball to judge. Rank 1 is the highest rate; throwaways count as attempts and are never catchable, so a passer who throws the ball away often ranks lower than his accuracy alone would put him. In season every figure here is season to date, and before Week 4 it rests on two or three games — a gap of a few points between neighbours is noise until the sample grows.
| # | Player | G | Catchable% | Catchable | Att | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geno Smith | 3 | 86.1% | 87 | 101 | |
| 2 | Sam Darnold | 3 | 83.0% | 39 | 47 | |
| 3 | Brock Purdy | 3 | 79.5% | 66 | 83 | |
| 4 | Trevor Lawrence | 3 | 78.8% | 63 | 80 | |
| 5 | Joe Burrow | 3 | 78.6% | 81 | 103 | |
| 6 | Jacoby Brissett | 3 | 77.6% | 90 | 116 | |
| 7 | Dak Prescott | 3 | 77.1% | 81 | 105 | |
| 8 | Drew Lock | 3 | 77.1% | 37 | 48 | |
| 9 | Jared Goff | 3 | 77.1% | 84 | 109 | |
| 10 | Tyler Shough | 3 | 77.1% | 101 | 131 | |
| 11 | Lamar Jackson | 3 | 77.0% | 57 | 74 | |
| 12 | Marcus Mariota | 3 | 76.6% | 36 | 47 | |
| 13 | Deshaun Watson | 3 | 75.6% | 62 | 82 | |
| 14 | Kirk Cousins | 3 | 75.0% | 69 | 92 | |
| 15 | Patrick Mahomes | 3 | 74.5% | 73 | 98 | |
| 16 | Daniel Jones | 3 | 73.5% | 72 | 98 | |
| 17 | Caleb Williams | 3 | 72.7% | 40 | 55 | |
| 18 | Josh Allen | 3 | 72.1% | 62 | 86 | |
| 19 | Baker Mayfield | 3 | 70.8% | 68 | 96 | |
| 20 | Drake Maye | 3 | 70.0% | 56 | 80 | |
| 21 | Cam Ward | 3 | 68.2% | 60 | 88 | |
| 22 | Jalen Hurts | 3 | 67.8% | 59 | 87 | |
| 23 | Matthew Stafford | 3 | 67.6% | 73 | 108 | |
| 24 | Justin Herbert | 3 | 67.0% | 59 | 88 | |
| 25 | Aaron Rodgers | 3 | 66.1% | 74 | 112 | |
| 26 | Jayden Daniels | 3 | 64.7% | 33 | 51 | |
| 27 | Bo Nix | 3 | 64.5% | 60 | 93 | |
| 28 | C.J. Stroud | 3 | 63.6% | 75 | 118 | |
| 29 | Jordan Love | 3 | 62.9% | 78 | 124 | |
| 30 | Bryce Young | 3 | 61.7% | 74 | 120 | |
| 31 | Malik Willis | 3 | 61.6% | 53 | 86 | |
| 32 | Jameis Winston | 3 | 57.1% | 28 | 49 |
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