2024 season · Quarterbacks, 36+ deep attempts through Week 3, 39 qualifiers

Quarterback Deep Ball Leaders

Name: Quarterback Deep Ball — 2024 NFL Leaders
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Quarterback Deep Ball — 2024 NFL leaders, updated Sep 29, 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.

Who led the NFL in deep ball EPA in 2024?Who led the NFL in deep attempt rate in 2024?Who led the NFL in deep completion percentage in 2024?

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, 2024 NFL season
#	Player	Deep Att	Deep Cmp%	EPA/Att	Deep Yds	Deep Rate
1	Jared GoffDET	43	41.9%	0.98	672	8.0%
2	Russell WilsonPIT	45	46.7%	0.95	681	13.4%
3	Sam DarnoldMIN	69	49.3%	0.89	1,182	12.6%
4	Jalen HurtsPHI	37	37.8%	0.72	510	10.2%
5	Will LevisTEN	42	35.7%	0.69	565	13.9%
6	Geno SmithSEA	68	42.6%	0.65	860	11.7%
7	Justin HerbertLAC	66	42.4%	0.53	899	13.0%
8	Jayden DanielsWAS	49	30.6%	0.53	645	10.1%
9	Brock PurdySF	49	40.8%	0.52	730	10.7%
10	Aaron RodgersNYJ	65	35.4%	0.51	715	11.1%
11	Joe BurrowCIN	52	38.5%	0.49	729	8.0%
12	Josh AllenBUF	75	34.7%	0.48	828	15.5%
13	Baker MayfieldTB	56	39.3%	0.48	620	9.8%
14	Jordan LoveGB	68	36.8%	0.45	947	15.9%
15	Matthew StaffordLAR	50	42.0%	0.45	670	9.6%
16	Aidan O'ConnellLV	32	37.5%	0.45	378	13.1%
17	Kirk CousinsATL	44	43.2%	0.44	530	9.7%
18	Lamar JacksonBAL	71	33.8%	0.43	818	14.9%
19	Drake MayeNE	33	30.3%	0.42	320	9.7%
20	Mason RudolphTEN	20	35.0%	0.36	219	8.7%
21	Bo NixDEN	74	36.5%	0.35	857	13.0%
22	Dak PrescottDAL	31	38.7%	0.35	356	10.8%
23	Trevor LawrenceJAX	43	41.9%	0.34	637	14.9%
24	Bryce YoungCAR	48	35.4%	0.34	541	12.5%
25	Tua TagovailoaMIA	28	35.7%	0.32	384	7.0%
26	Derek CarrNO	40	30.0%	0.32	477	14.2%
27	Daniel JonesNYG	33	27.3%	0.29	294	9.5%
28	Patrick MahomesKC	49	26.5%	0.18	463	8.4%
29	Kyler MurrayARI	55	36.4%	0.10	553	10.2%
30	Jameis WinstonCLE	34	35.3%	0.07	449	11.2%
31	Joe FlaccoIND	31	35.5%	0.06	379	12.4%
32	Cooper RushDAL	32	25.0%	0.02	268	10.4%
33	Gardner MinshewLV	24	37.5%	-0.01	299	7.8%
34	C.J. StroudHOU	65	29.2%	-0.03	687	12.2%
35	Anthony RichardsonIND	60	21.7%	-0.06	516	22.6%
36	Caleb WilliamsCHI	80	27.5%	-0.06	655	14.0%
37	Deshaun WatsonCLE	19	21.1%	-0.15	98	8.8%
38	Mac JonesJAX	28	21.4%	-0.34	201	10.6%
39	Spencer RattlerNO	31	16.1%	-0.57	162	13.5%

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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