2022 season · Quarterbacks, 36+ deep attempts through Week 3, 33 qualifiers

Quarterback Deep Ball Leaders

Name: Quarterback Deep Ball — 2022 NFL Leaders
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Quarterback Deep Ball — 2022 NFL leaders, updated Sep 29, 2026. Tua Tagovailoa (MIA) led the league in deep-ball expected points added per attempt at 0.95, ahead of 32 other qualifying players. Based on verified 2022 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through the 2022 season.

Who led the NFL in deep ball EPA in 2022?Who led the NFL in deep attempt rate in 2022?Who led the NFL in deep completion percentage in 2022?

A deep ball is defined by where it was aimed, not by where it ended up: 20 or more air yards past the line of scrimmage, caught, dropped or overthrown. That is why the split is worth its own page. A completion rate near 50 percent down here is excellent where the same number on a full passing line would be alarming, and the expected-points column is the one that settles arguments, because a deep incompletion costs an offense almost nothing while a deep completion is often the whole drive. Read the rate column last: how often a quarterback goes deep is mostly his coordinator's decision, and it belongs next to how well it went rather than inside it.

Quarterback Deep Ball, 2022 NFL season
#	Player	Deep Att	Deep Cmp%	EPA/Att	Deep Yds	Deep Rate
1	Tua TagovailoaMIA	57	49.1%	0.95	964	14.2%
2	Patrick MahomesKC	58	43.1%	0.74	861	8.9%
3	Geno SmithSEA	55	49.1%	0.71	803	9.6%
4	Joe BurrowCIN	50	40.0%	0.69	692	8.2%
5	Matt RyanIND	25	44.0%	0.66	337	5.4%
6	Jalen HurtsPHI	55	40.0%	0.63	823	11.9%
7	Dak PrescottDAL	43	37.2%	0.62	536	10.9%
8	Josh AllenBUF	80	38.8%	0.56	1,113	14.1%
9	Baker MayfieldCAR	29	44.8%	0.55	431	8.6%
10	Kirk CousinsMIN	62	41.9%	0.55	928	9.6%
11	Daniel JonesNYG	28	35.7%	0.54	359	5.9%
12	Jared GoffDET	54	42.6%	0.54	739	9.2%
13	Russell WilsonDEN	80	36.2%	0.51	1,095	16.5%
14	Justin HerbertLAC	59	37.3%	0.48	749	8.4%
15	Davis MillsHOU	54	44.4%	0.48	773	11.2%
16	Taylor HeinickeWAS	30	33.3%	0.43	364	11.6%
17	Derek CarrLV	71	32.4%	0.42	819	14.1%
18	Trevor LawrenceJAX	61	34.4%	0.37	641	10.3%
19	Carson WentzWAS	38	34.2%	0.34	468	13.4%
20	Ryan TannehillTEN	33	39.4%	0.29	484	10.1%
21	Tom BradyTB	76	35.5%	0.27	825	10.3%
22	Aaron RodgersGB	80	33.8%	0.27	825	14.7%
23	Kenny PickettPIT	43	41.9%	0.24	487	11.0%
24	Mac JonesNE	66	37.9%	0.22	784	14.8%
25	Andy DaltonNO	36	27.8%	0.21	384	9.5%
26	Jacoby BrissettCLE	48	33.3%	0.17	551	12.9%
27	Justin FieldsCHI	49	30.6%	0.15	574	15.2%
28	Matthew StaffordLAR	32	31.2%	0.04	357	10.6%
29	Zach WilsonNYJ	31	29.0%	-0.01	326	12.8%
30	Jimmy GaroppoloSF	31	25.8%	-0.07	275	10.1%
31	Marcus MariotaATL	53	24.5%	-0.12	397	17.5%
32	Lamar JacksonBAL	41	29.3%	-0.17	374	12.5%
33	Kyler MurrayARI	49	24.5%	-0.52	311	12.4%

Sacks are excluded, because a sack has no air yards and is not an attempt. The deep rate divides by the passer's own attempts rather than by his dropbacks for the same reason.

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