Interception-Worthy Throw Rate
Interception-Worthy Throw Rate — 2026 NFL rankings, updated Oct 16, 2026. Justin Herbert (LAC) threw the league's highest rate of interception-worthy passes, on 6.3% of his dropbacks across 28 qualifying players. Based on verified play-level charting from FTN Data via nflverse, regular season only. Through Week 5 of the 2026 season.
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 | Δ WK | G | IW% | IW | DB | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Herbert | No change | 5 | 6.3% | 10 | 159 | Read |
| 2 | Matthew Stafford | Up 1 place, from 3 | 5 | 5.0% | 11 | 220 | Read |
| 3 | Drake Maye | Down 1 place, from 2 | 5 | 4.9% | 8 | 162 | Read |
| 4 | Josh Allen | Up 3 places, from 7 | 5 | 4.7% | 7 | 148 | Read |
| 5 | Daniel Jones | Up 1 place, from 6 | 5 | 4.3% | 8 | 185 | Read |
| 6 | Bo Nix | Down 2 places, from 4 | 5 | 4.2% | 7 | 168 | Read |
| 7 | Sam Darnold | Up 7 places, from 14 | 5 | 3.7% | 4 | 107 | Read |
| 8 | Malik Willis | Up 9 places, from 17 | 5 | 3.5% | 5 | 143 | Read |
| 9 | Tyler Shough | Up 12 places, from 21 | 5 | 3.2% | 7 | 217 | Read |
| 10 | Jordan Love | Down 2 places, from 8 | 5 | 3.1% | 6 | 195 | Read |
| 11 | Deshaun Watson | Down 1 place, from 10 | 5 | 3.0% | 5 | 167 | Read |
| 12 | Brock Purdy | Up 1 place, from 13 | 5 | 2.8% | 4 | 144 | Read |
| 13 | Jameis Winston | Down 8 places, from 5 | 5 | 2.8% | 4 | 143 | |
| 14 | Kirk Cousins | Down 5 places, from 9 | 5 | 2.8% | 5 | 177 | Read |
| 15 | Trevor Lawrence | No change | 5 | 2.6% | 4 | 152 | Read |
| 16 | Jalen Hurts | Down 5 places, from 11 | 5 | 2.4% | 4 | 167 | Read |
| 17 | Patrick Mahomes | Up 3 places, from 20; did not play this week | 4 | 2.2% | 3 | 134 | Read |
| 18 | Aaron Rodgers | Up 4 places, from 22 | 5 | 2.0% | 4 | 197 | Read |
| 19 | Dak Prescott | Down 3 places, from 16 | 5 | 2.0% | 4 | 198 | Read |
| 20 | Jacoby Brissett | Down 2 places, from 18 | 5 | 1.9% | 4 | 209 | Read |
| 21 | Baker Mayfield | Up 2 places, from 23 | 5 | 1.8% | 2 | 109 | Read |
| 22 | Cam Ward | Down 3 places, from 19 | 5 | 1.8% | 3 | 165 | Read |
| 23 | Joe Burrow | Up 1 place, from 24 | 5 | 1.5% | 3 | 198 | Read |
| 24 | Geno Smith | Up 1 place, from 25 | 5 | 1.2% | 2 | 162 | Read |
| 25 | Jared Goff | Up 2 places, from 27 | 5 | 1.0% | 2 | 202 | Read |
| 26 | Kyler Murray | No change | 5 | 0.9% | 1 | 109 | Read |
| 27 | Bryce Young | Up 1 place, from 28; did not play this week | 4 | 0.6% | 1 | 171 | Read |
| 28 | C.J. Stroud | Up 1 place, from 29 | 5 | 0.5% | 1 | 195 | Read |
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