Interception-Worthy Throw Rate
Interception-Worthy Throw Rate — 2026 NFL rankings, updated Sep 29, 2026. Drake Maye (NE) threw the league's highest rate of interception-worthy passes, on 9.0% of his dropbacks across 29 qualifying players. Based on verified play-level charting from FTN Data via nflverse, regular season only. Through Week 3 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 | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake Maye | Up 2 places, from 3 | 3 | 9.0% | 8 | 89 | |
| 2 | Justin Herbert | Up 9 places, from 11 | 3 | 7.3% | 7 | 96 | |
| 3 | Bo Nix | Up 2 places, from 5 | 3 | 7.0% | 7 | 100 | |
| 4 | Matthew Stafford | Down 2 places, from 2 | 3 | 6.2% | 7 | 113 | |
| 5 | Kirk Cousins | Down 1 place, from 4 | 3 | 4.0% | 4 | 99 | |
| 6 | Daniel Jones | Up 6 places, from 12 | 3 | 3.8% | 4 | 104 | |
| 7 | Jordan Love | Down 1 place, from 6 | 3 | 3.8% | 5 | 132 | |
| 8 | Lamar Jackson | Up 2 places, from 10 | 3 | 3.8% | 3 | 79 | |
| 9 | Jameis Winston | First appearance on this board | 3 | 3.7% | 2 | 54 | |
| 10 | Brock Purdy | Down 3 places, from 7 | 3 | 3.6% | 3 | 83 | |
| 11 | Trevor Lawrence | Down 3 places, from 8 | 3 | 3.6% | 3 | 84 | |
| 12 | Deshaun Watson | Down 3 places, from 9 | 3 | 3.3% | 3 | 92 | |
| 13 | Cam Ward | Up 18 places, from 31 | 3 | 3.2% | 3 | 93 | |
| 14 | Josh Allen | Up 11 places, from 25 | 3 | 3.2% | 3 | 95 | |
| 15 | Malik Willis | Up 6 places, from 21 | 3 | 3.2% | 3 | 95 | |
| 16 | Tyler Shough | Up 3 places, from 19 | 3 | 2.1% | 3 | 142 | |
| 17 | Patrick Mahomes | Down 2 places, from 15 | 3 | 2.0% | 2 | 102 | |
| 18 | Baker Mayfield | Up 8 places, from 26 | 3 | 1.8% | 2 | 109 | |
| 19 | Dak Prescott | Up 3 places, from 22 | 3 | 1.8% | 2 | 109 | |
| 20 | Caleb Williams | No change | 3 | 1.7% | 1 | 60 | |
| 21 | Jacoby Brissett | Down 8 places, from 13 | 3 | 1.7% | 2 | 121 | |
| 22 | Jared Goff | Down 6 places, from 16 | 3 | 1.7% | 2 | 116 | |
| 23 | Jalen Hurts | Up 1 place, from 24 | 3 | 1.1% | 1 | 95 | |
| 24 | Geno Smith | Down 1 place, from 23 | 3 | 0.9% | 1 | 112 | |
| 25 | Joe Burrow | Up 2 places, from 27 | 3 | 0.9% | 1 | 110 | |
| 26 | Aaron Rodgers | Up 4 places, from 30 | 3 | 0.8% | 1 | 120 | |
| 27 | Bryce Young | Up 1 place, from 28 | 3 | 0.8% | 1 | 127 | |
| 28 | C.J. Stroud | Up 1 place, from 29 | 3 | 0.8% | 1 | 128 | |
| 29 | Jayden Daniels | Up 3 places, from 32 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 53 |
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