Out-of-Pocket Rate Leaders
Out-of-Pocket Rate — 2023 NFL leaders, updated Oct 2, 2026. Justin Fields (CHI) led the league in out-of-pocket rate at 21.5%, ahead of 28 other qualifying players. Based on verified play-level charting from FTN Data via nflverse, regular season only. Through the 2023 season.
Out-of-pocket rate is the share of a quarterback's dropbacks on which FTN's charters had him outside the pocket — on a designed rollout or a bootleg as well as an escape from pressure. Rank 1 left the pocket most often. That is a style and a scheme as much as a response to the line in front of him, so the number describes how a passer plays rather than how well. 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 | OOP% | OOP | DB | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Fields | 21.5% | 89 | 414 | |
| 2 | Russell Wilson | 21.5% | 105 | 488 | |
| 3 | Kenny Pickett | 21.1% | 73 | 346 | |
| 4 | Brock Purdy | 17.7% | 83 | 469 | |
| 5 | Sam Howell | 17.7% | 120 | 677 | |
| 6 | C.J. Stroud | 17.5% | 93 | 531 | |
| 7 | Jalen Hurts | 17.4% | 100 | 574 | |
| 8 | Josh Allen | 17.0% | 102 | 601 | |
| 9 | Dak Prescott | 16.2% | 102 | 629 | |
| 10 | Bryce Young | 15.8% | 93 | 588 | |
| 11 | Patrick Mahomes | 15.6% | 97 | 622 | |
| 12 | Joshua Dobbs | 15.0% | 67 | 447 | |
| 13 | Lamar Jackson | 13.8% | 68 | 493 | |
| 14 | Desmond Ridder | 13.7% | 57 | 417 | |
| 15 | Gardner Minshew | 13.2% | 69 | 524 | |
| 16 | Zach Wilson | 13.1% | 54 | 411 | |
| 17 | Geno Smith | 12.9% | 68 | 526 | |
| 18 | Justin Herbert | 12.6% | 61 | 485 | |
| 19 | Jordan Love | 11.4% | 69 | 607 | |
| 20 | Derek Carr | 10.9% | 63 | 579 | |
| 21 | Trevor Lawrence | 10.7% | 64 | 599 | |
| 22 | Matthew Stafford | 10.4% | 57 | 548 | |
| 23 | Tua Tagovailoa | 10.4% | 61 | 587 | |
| 24 | Baker Mayfield | 9.2% | 56 | 606 | |
| 25 | Jared Goff | 9.0% | 57 | 631 | |
| 26 | Joe Burrow | 8.0% | 31 | 388 | |
| 27 | Mac Jones | 7.1% | 26 | 367 | |
| 28 | Aidan O'Connell | 6.8% | 25 | 366 | |
| 29 | Kirk Cousins | 6.4% | 21 | 326 |
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