2026 season · Quarterbacks, 106+ attempts through Week 9, 33 qualifiers

Quarterback Intended Air Yards Leaders

Name: Quarterback Intended Air Yards — 2026 NFL Leaders
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Through Week 9 (complete)

Quarterback Intended Air Yards — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Nov 12, 2026. Jordan Love (GB) threw for the most intended air yards in the league at 3,239 across 33 qualifying players. Based on verified 2026 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through Week 9 of the 2026 season.

Intended air yards add up the distance each pass travelled past the line of scrimmage, whether it was caught, dropped or thrown away. Because the receiver is left out of it entirely, the total is a record of what a quarterback and his coordinator tried to do rather than what came of it: two passers can finish within a hundred yards of each other and be a thousand apart here, and the gap is the offense's appetite for throwing downfield. Read the per-attempt figure next to the total — the total rewards volume, the rate does not.

Quarterback Intended Air Yards, 2026 NFL season
#	Player	Δ WK	G	IAY	IAY/Att	Att	Cmp	Yds	PACR	Read
1	Jordan LoveGB	No change	9	3,239	9.50	341	215	2,618	0.81	Read
2	Dak PrescottDAL	No change	9	2,762	8.22	336	218	2,381	0.86	Read
3	C.J. StroudHOU	Up 2 places, from 5	8	2,687	9.53	282	181	2,251	0.84	Read
4	Matthew StaffordLAR	Down 1 place, from 3	9	2,603	7.52	346	230	2,374	0.91	Read
5	Kirk CousinsLV	Down 1 place, from 4	9	2,525	8.02	315	202	2,340	0.93	Read
6	Drake MayeNE	Up 3 places, from 9	9	2,485	9.14	272	178	2,282	0.92	Read
7	Bryce YoungCAR	No change	8	2,474	8.03	308	186	2,197	0.89	Read
8	Tyler ShoughNO	Up 4 places, from 12	8	2,363	7.67	308	204	1,986	0.84	Read
9	Daniel JonesIND	Up 2 places, from 11	9	2,245	7.43	302	182	1,722	0.77	Read
10	Joe BurrowCIN	No change	8	2,227	7.52	296	219	2,386	1.07	Read
11	Jacoby BrissettARI	Down 5 places, from 6	9	2,185	7.16	305	193	1,719	0.79	Read
12	Aaron RodgersPIT	Down 4 places, from 8; did not play this week	8	2,117	7.35	288	175	1,871	0.88	Read
13	Josh AllenBUF	Up 2 places, from 15	8	2,099	8.89	236	156	2,027	0.97	Read
14	Jared GoffDET	Down 1 place, from 13	8	2,056	7.53	273	185	2,134	1.04	Read
15	Geno SmithNYJ	Down 1 place, from 14	9	2,036	7.51	271	183	2,078	1.02	Read
16	Malik WillisMIA	Up 2 places, from 18	8	1,936	9.31	208	121	1,396	0.72	Read
17	Brock PurdySF	Up 2 places, from 19	8	1,890	8.01	236	163	1,980	1.05	Read
18	Trevor LawrenceJAX	Up 2 places, from 20	8	1,836	8.20	224	146	1,932	1.05	Read
19	Justin HerbertLAC	Up 2 places, from 21	8	1,815	7.72	235	144	1,591	0.88	Read
20	Deshaun WatsonCLE	Down 4 places, from 16	9	1,786	7.17	249	163	1,806	1.01	Read
21	Cam WardTEN	Down 4 places, from 17; did not play this week	8	1,746	7.04	248	155	1,483	0.85	Read
22	Bo NixDEN	Up 3 places, from 25	9	1,596	5.56	287	174	1,730	1.08	Read
23	Caleb WilliamsCHI	Up 5 places, from 28	9	1,555	7.97	195	134	1,546	0.99	Read
24	Jameis WinstonNYG	Down 2 places, from 22	8	1,513	9.11	166	96	1,028	0.68
25	Jayden DanielsWAS	Up 1 place, from 26	8	1,499	8.33	180	115	1,250	0.83	Read
26	Patrick MahomesKC	Down 2 places, from 24	8	1,462	5.56	263	177	2,037	1.39	Read
27	Sam DarnoldSEA	Down 4 places, from 23	9	1,440	6.82	211	127	1,478	1.03	Read
28	Michael Penix Jr.ATL	Down 1 place, from 27	9	1,439	7.23	199	124	1,444	1.00	Read
29	Baker MayfieldTB	Up 3 places, from 32	9	1,195	8.42	142	86	922	0.77	Read
30	Kyler MurrayMIN	Down 1 place, from 29	8	1,183	7.68	154	100	1,022	0.86	Read
31	Jalen HurtsPHI	Down 1 place, from 30	9	1,159	7.53	154	89	933	0.81	Read
32	Tanner McKeePHI	Up 1 place, from 33	9	752	6.60	114	72	638	0.85
33	Tyler HuntleyBAL	Up 1 place, from 34	9	678	6.16	110	76	727	1.07

Against five or more pass rushers only. Players on this board with 20 or more blitzed attempts, ranked the same way.

Quarterback Intended Air Yards vs the blitz, 2026 NFL season
#	Player	IAY	IAY/Att	Att	Cmp	Yds	PACR
1	Jordan LoveGB	939	8.46	111	65	824	0.88
2	Kirk CousinsLV	794	8.82	90	49	612	0.77
3	Dak PrescottDAL	712	6.85	104	65	616	0.86
4	Matthew StaffordLAR	668	7.51	89	55	617	0.92
5	Trevor LawrenceJAX	655	9.10	72	41	521	0.80
6	Tyler ShoughNO	652	7.09	92	61	553	0.85
7	Aaron RodgersPIT	615	7.07	87	54	507	0.82
8	Jayden DanielsWAS	605	10.61	57	35	426	0.70
9	Jacoby BrissettARI	594	7.82	76	44	419	0.70
10	Michael Penix Jr.ATL	565	7.85	72	43	536	0.95
11	Drake MayeNE	558	8.09	69	46	661	1.19
12	Deshaun WatsonCLE	556	6.78	82	52	617	1.11
13	Jameis WinstonNYG	552	10.04	55	30	288	0.52
14	C.J. StroudHOU	549	8.32	66	47	548	1.00
15	Josh AllenBUF	545	7.47	73	49	641	1.18
16	Jared GoffDET	540	5.74	94	69	741	1.37
17	Caleb WilliamsCHI	531	7.59	70	43	544	1.02
18	Bryce YoungCAR	521	6.59	79	38	472	0.91
19	Daniel JonesIND	488	5.55	88	52	475	0.97
20	Bo NixDEN	484	5.69	85	36	355	0.73
21	Sam DarnoldSEA	469	6.42	73	45	535	1.14
22	Joe BurrowCIN	468	6.69	70	49	532	1.14
23	Geno SmithNYJ	466	7.40	63	45	609	1.31
24	Malik WillisMIA	442	7.49	59	35	395	0.89
25	Jalen HurtsPHI	395	6.37	62	32	292	0.74
26	Justin HerbertLAC	395	8.06	49	31	434	1.10
27	Brock PurdySF	381	6.35	60	42	606	1.59
28	Cam WardTEN	381	6.93	55	33	393	1.03
29	Patrick MahomesKC	345	5.31	65	48	528	1.53
30	Kyler MurrayMIN	340	7.23	47	25	196	0.58
31	Tanner McKeePHI	301	8.85	34	20	206	0.68
32	Baker MayfieldTB	288	7.58	38	21	225	0.78
33	Tyler HuntleyBAL	123	4.24	29	23	256	2.08

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