Catchable Throw Rate Leaders
Catchable Throw Rate — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Oct 13, 2026. Geno Smith (NYJ) led the league in catchable throw rate at 81.5%, ahead of 30 other qualifying players. Based on verified play-level charting from FTN Data via nflverse, regular season only. Through Week 5 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 | Δ WK | G | Catchable% | Catchable | Att | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geno Smith | No change | 5 | 81.5% | 119 | 146 | Read |
| 2 | Sam Darnold | Up 1 place, from 3 | 5 | 79.6% | 78 | 98 | Read |
| 3 | Lamar Jackson | Up 2 places, from 5 | 5 | 77.7% | 73 | 94 | Read |
| 4 | Joe Burrow | No change | 5 | 77.2% | 146 | 189 | Read |
| 5 | Dak Prescott | Up 1 place, from 6 | 5 | 76.0% | 146 | 192 | Read |
| 6 | Kyler Murray | Up 9 places, from 15 | 5 | 76.0% | 76 | 100 | Read |
| 7 | Trevor Lawrence | Down 5 places, from 2 | 5 | 75.4% | 107 | 142 | Read |
| 8 | Brock Purdy | Down 1 place, from 7 | 5 | 74.5% | 105 | 141 | Read |
| 9 | Kirk Cousins | No change | 5 | 74.0% | 125 | 169 | Read |
| 10 | Jacoby Brissett | No change | 5 | 73.1% | 144 | 197 | Read |
| 11 | Deshaun Watson | Down 3 places, from 8 | 5 | 72.3% | 107 | 148 | Read |
| 12 | Jared Goff | Down 1 place, from 11 | 5 | 72.3% | 138 | 191 | Read |
| 13 | Tyler Shough | Down 1 place, from 12 | 5 | 72.1% | 147 | 204 | Read |
| 14 | Patrick Mahomes | No change; did not play this week | 4 | 71.9% | 92 | 128 | Read |
| 15 | Jordan Love | Up 4 places, from 19 | 5 | 71.4% | 132 | 185 | Read |
| 16 | Michael Penix Jr. | First appearance on this board | 5 | 71.4% | 55 | 77 | Read |
| 17 | Cam Ward | No change | 5 | 71.0% | 110 | 155 | Read |
| 18 | Baker Mayfield | Down 2 places, from 16 | 5 | 70.8% | 68 | 96 | Read |
| 19 | Daniel Jones | Down 1 place, from 18 | 5 | 70.5% | 124 | 176 | Read |
| 20 | C.J. Stroud | Up 2 places, from 22 | 5 | 69.1% | 125 | 181 | Read |
| 21 | Drake Maye | Up 2 places, from 23 | 5 | 68.9% | 104 | 151 | Read |
| 22 | Aaron Rodgers | Up 3 places, from 25 | 5 | 68.3% | 125 | 183 | Read |
| 23 | Justin Herbert | Down 3 places, from 20 | 5 | 68.3% | 97 | 142 | Read |
| 24 | Jameis Winston | Up 4 places, from 28 | 5 | 66.7% | 88 | 132 | |
| 25 | Jayden Daniels | First appearance on this board | 5 | 65.8% | 50 | 76 | Read |
| 26 | Bryce Young | No change; did not play this week | 4 | 64.6% | 104 | 161 | Read |
| 27 | Bo Nix | Down 3 places, from 24 | 5 | 64.2% | 104 | 162 | Read |
| 28 | Josh Allen | Down 15 places, from 13 | 5 | 63.0% | 87 | 138 | Read |
| 29 | Jalen Hurts | Down 2 places, from 27 | 5 | 61.7% | 95 | 154 | Read |
| 30 | Malik Willis | Down 1 place, from 29 | 5 | 60.5% | 78 | 129 | Read |
| 31 | Matthew Stafford | Down 10 places, from 21 | 5 | 50.2% | 107 | 213 | Read |
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