Interception-Worthy Throw Rate
Interception-Worthy Throw Rate — 2025 NFL rankings, updated Aug 13, 2026. Tua Tagovailoa (MIA) threw the league's highest rate of interception-worthy passes, on 4.8% of his dropbacks across 27 qualifying players. Based on verified 2025 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring.
An interception-worthy throw is one a charter judged should have been intercepted, whether or not anybody caught it. It describes how recklessly a quarterback threw far better than the interception column does, because an interception also requires a defender to hang on, and defenders drop a great many of them. Over a full season the two numbers converge; over a handful of games the space between them is mostly luck, and this is the half of that space the passer actually owns.
| # | Player | IW% | IW | DB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tua Tagovailoa | 4.8% | 20 | 415 |
| 2 | Josh Allen | 3.8% | 19 | 506 |
| 3 | Mac Jones | 3.6% | 11 | 304 |
| 4 | Sam Darnold | 3.6% | 18 | 502 |
| 5 | Daniel Jones | 3.4% | 14 | 409 |
| 6 | Bo Nix | 3.3% | 21 | 638 |
| 7 | Patrick Mahomes | 3.2% | 17 | 537 |
| 8 | C.J. Stroud | 3.1% | 14 | 446 |
| 9 | Caleb Williams | 3.0% | 18 | 594 |
| 10 | Justin Herbert | 3.0% | 17 | 566 |
| 11 | Trevor Lawrence | 3.0% | 18 | 600 |
| 12 | Geno Smith | 2.8% | 14 | 503 |
| 13 | Jaxson Dart | 2.7% | 10 | 375 |
| 14 | Baker Mayfield | 2.6% | 15 | 584 |
| 15 | Drake Maye | 2.6% | 14 | 539 |
| 16 | Cam Ward | 2.5% | 15 | 592 |
| 17 | Dak Prescott | 2.5% | 16 | 630 |
| 18 | Joe Flacco | 2.5% | 11 | 432 |
| 19 | Tyler Shough | 2.5% | 9 | 356 |
| 20 | Matthew Stafford | 2.3% | 14 | 617 |
| 21 | Bryce Young | 2.2% | 11 | 506 |
| 22 | Jordan Love | 2.2% | 10 | 461 |
| 23 | Aaron Rodgers | 2.1% | 11 | 527 |
| 24 | Jalen Hurts | 2.1% | 10 | 486 |
| 25 | Jacoby Brissett | 1.9% | 10 | 530 |
| 26 | Lamar Jackson | 1.8% | 6 | 338 |
| 27 | Jared Goff | 1.5% | 9 | 614 |
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