Quarterbacks vs the Blitz Leaders
Quarterbacks vs the Blitz — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Oct 24, 2026. Caleb Williams (CHI) led the league in blitz rate faced at 49.3%, ahead of 27 other qualifying players. Based on verified play-level charting from FTN Data via nflverse, regular season only. Through Week 7 of the 2026 season, with Sunday, Sunday night and Monday night still to come.
This board ranks quarterbacks by how often they were blitzed: the share of their charted dropbacks against five or more pass rushers, the same definition the defensive blitz rate board uses. Beside it sit his expected points added per dropback with and without a blitz, from nflverse play-by-play. Rank 1 faced the blitz most often, which says more about the defenses he met than about him; the two expected-points columns are where his answer to it shows. In season every figure here is season to date, and before Week 4 it rests on two or three games — a gap of a few points between neighbours is noise until the sample grows.
| # | Player | Δ WK | G | Blitzed% | EPA/DB vs Blitz | EPA/DB No Blitz | Blitzed | DB | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Williams | First appearance on this board | 7 | 49.3% | 0.21 | 0.33 | 67 | 136 | Read |
| 2 | Jalen Hurts | No change | 6 | 40.7% | -0.26 | 0.04 | 68 | 167 | Read |
| 3 | Jayden Daniels | No change; did not play this week | 6 | 40.3% | -0.11 | 0.14 | 50 | 124 | Read |
| 4 | Sam Darnold | No change | 6 | 39.1% | -0.11 | -0.16 | 63 | 161 | Read |
| 5 | Deshaun Watson | No change | 6 | 37.9% | -0.14 | 0.02 | 75 | 198 | Read |
| 6 | Jordan Love | No change | 6 | 37.7% | -0.04 | 0.20 | 90 | 239 | Read |
| 7 | Jameis Winston | Up 1 place, from 8 | 6 | 35.8% | -0.19 | -0.07 | 62 | 173 | |
| 8 | Tyler Shough | Up 1 place, from 9 | 6 | 35.6% | -0.19 | 0.06 | 88 | 247 | Read |
| 9 | Dak Prescott | Up 1 place, from 10 | 6 | 34.0% | 0.01 | 0.19 | 86 | 253 | Read |
| 10 | Josh Allen | Up 1 place, from 11; did not play this week | 6 | 33.9% | 0.28 | 0.24 | 62 | 183 | Read |
| 11 | Jared Goff | Up 1 place, from 12 | 5 | 33.7% | 0.41 | 0.24 | 68 | 202 | Read |
| 12 | Bo Nix | Up 2 places, from 14 | 6 | 33.5% | -0.27 | 0.00 | 66 | 197 | Read |
| 13 | Brock Purdy | Up 2 places, from 15 | 6 | 33.1% | 0.36 | 0.29 | 58 | 175 | Read |
| 14 | Malik Willis | Up 3 places, from 17 | 5 | 32.9% | -0.43 | -0.14 | 47 | 143 | Read |
| 15 | Trevor Lawrence | Up 3 places, from 18; did not play this week | 6 | 32.6% | 0.15 | 0.35 | 63 | 193 | Read |
| 16 | Drake Maye | Up 4 places, from 20 | 7 | 31.9% | 0.12 | 0.16 | 72 | 226 | Read |
| 17 | Daniel Jones | Up 2 places, from 19 | 6 | 31.5% | -0.08 | -0.18 | 73 | 232 | Read |
| 18 | Aaron Rodgers | Up 3 places, from 21 | 6 | 30.5% | -0.34 | -0.03 | 76 | 249 | Read |
| 19 | Matthew Stafford | Up 3 places, from 22 | 6 | 30.5% | -0.06 | 0.14 | 78 | 256 | Read |
| 20 | Kirk Cousins | Up 3 places, from 23 | 6 | 29.8% | 0.16 | 0.20 | 65 | 218 | Read |
| 21 | Geno Smith | Up 3 places, from 24 | 6 | 29.2% | -0.10 | 0.13 | 57 | 195 | Read |
| 22 | Patrick Mahomes | Up 3 places, from 25 | 5 | 26.8% | 0.41 | 0.09 | 44 | 164 | Read |
| 23 | Jacoby Brissett | Up 3 places, from 26 | 6 | 26.6% | -0.29 | 0.10 | 65 | 244 | Read |
| 24 | Bryce Young | Up 3 places, from 27 | 5 | 26.4% | 0.15 | 0.21 | 56 | 212 | Read |
| 25 | Joe Burrow | Up 3 places, from 28 | 5 | 26.3% | -0.13 | 0.23 | 52 | 198 | Read |
| 26 | Justin Herbert | Up 3 places, from 29; did not play this week | 6 | 25.0% | -0.29 | -0.26 | 50 | 200 | Read |
| 27 | C.J. Stroud | Up 3 places, from 30 | 6 | 24.0% | 0.36 | 0.07 | 55 | 229 | Read |
| 28 | Cam Ward | Up 3 places, from 31 | 6 | 20.9% | -0.01 | -0.26 | 39 | 187 | Read |
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- Play-Action Rate
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- Quarterback-Fault Sack Rate
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- Wide Receiver Receiving Efficiency
- Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate
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- Team Pace
- Screen Pass Rate
- No-Huddle Rate
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- Light Box Rate
- Throwaway Rate
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