Quarterback Deep Ball Leaders
Quarterback Deep Ball — 2024 NFL leaders, updated Nov 12, 2026. Jared Goff (DET) led the league in deep-ball expected points added per attempt at 0.98, ahead of 38 other qualifying players. Based on verified 2024 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through the 2024 season.
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.
| # | Player | Deep Att | Deep Cmp% | EPA/Att | Deep Yds | Deep Rate | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Goff | 43 | 41.9% | 0.98 | 672 | 8.0% | Read |
| 2 | Russell Wilson | 45 | 46.7% | 0.95 | 681 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Sam Darnold | 69 | 49.3% | 0.89 | 1,182 | 12.6% | Read |
| 4 | Jalen Hurts | 37 | 37.8% | 0.72 | 510 | 10.2% | Read |
| 5 | Will Levis | 42 | 35.7% | 0.69 | 565 | 13.9% | |
| 6 | Geno Smith | 68 | 42.6% | 0.65 | 860 | 11.7% | Read |
| 7 | Justin Herbert | 66 | 42.4% | 0.53 | 899 | 13.0% | Read |
| 8 | Jayden Daniels | 49 | 30.6% | 0.53 | 645 | 10.1% | Read |
| 9 | Brock Purdy | 49 | 40.8% | 0.52 | 730 | 10.7% | Read |
| 10 | Aaron Rodgers | 65 | 35.4% | 0.51 | 715 | 11.1% | Read |
| 11 | Joe Burrow | 52 | 38.5% | 0.49 | 729 | 8.0% | Read |
| 12 | Josh Allen | 75 | 34.7% | 0.48 | 828 | 15.5% | Read |
| 13 | Baker Mayfield | 56 | 39.3% | 0.48 | 620 | 9.8% | Read |
| 14 | Jordan Love | 68 | 36.8% | 0.45 | 947 | 15.9% | Read |
| 15 | Matthew Stafford | 50 | 42.0% | 0.45 | 670 | 9.6% | Read |
| 16 | Aidan O'Connell | 32 | 37.5% | 0.45 | 378 | 13.1% | |
| 17 | Kirk Cousins | 44 | 43.2% | 0.44 | 530 | 9.7% | Read |
| 18 | Lamar Jackson | 71 | 33.8% | 0.43 | 818 | 14.9% | Read |
| 19 | Drake Maye | 33 | 30.3% | 0.42 | 320 | 9.7% | Read |
| 20 | Mason Rudolph | 20 | 35.0% | 0.36 | 219 | 8.7% | |
| 21 | Bo Nix | 74 | 36.5% | 0.35 | 857 | 13.0% | Read |
| 22 | Dak Prescott | 31 | 38.7% | 0.35 | 356 | 10.8% | Read |
| 23 | Trevor Lawrence | 43 | 41.9% | 0.34 | 637 | 14.9% | Read |
| 24 | Bryce Young | 48 | 35.4% | 0.34 | 541 | 12.5% | Read |
| 25 | Tua Tagovailoa | 28 | 35.7% | 0.32 | 384 | 7.0% | Read |
| 26 | Derek Carr | 40 | 30.0% | 0.32 | 477 | 14.2% | |
| 27 | Daniel Jones | 33 | 27.3% | 0.29 | 294 | 9.5% | Read |
| 28 | Patrick Mahomes | 49 | 26.5% | 0.18 | 463 | 8.4% | Read |
| 29 | Kyler Murray | 55 | 36.4% | 0.10 | 553 | 10.2% | Read |
| 30 | Jameis Winston | 34 | 35.3% | 0.07 | 449 | 11.2% | |
| 31 | Joe Flacco | 31 | 35.5% | 0.06 | 379 | 12.4% | |
| 32 | Cooper Rush | 32 | 25.0% | 0.02 | 268 | 10.4% | |
| 33 | Gardner Minshew | 24 | 37.5% | -0.01 | 299 | 7.8% | |
| 34 | C.J. Stroud | 65 | 29.2% | -0.03 | 687 | 12.2% | Read |
| 35 | Anthony Richardson | 60 | 21.7% | -0.06 | 516 | 22.6% | |
| 36 | Caleb Williams | 80 | 27.5% | -0.06 | 655 | 14.0% | Read |
| 37 | Deshaun Watson | 19 | 21.1% | -0.15 | 98 | 8.8% | Read |
| 38 | Mac Jones | 28 | 21.4% | -0.34 | 201 | 10.6% | |
| 39 | Spencer Rattler | 31 | 16.1% | -0.57 | 162 | 13.5% |
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