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2025 season · compare · quarterbacks

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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

56 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Patrick MahomesQB · Chiefs · graded
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9
Matthew StaffordQB · Rams · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Patrick MahomesMatthew Stafford
EPA per dropback
+0.1378th
+0.2497th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+0.156th
+1.771st
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
6%54th
4%90th
Yards per attempt
7.163rd
7.987th
TD rateper attempt
4%53rd
8%99th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
2%44th
1%83rd
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
8.165th
9.394th
Rush EPA per game
+2.0892nd
-1.871st

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's quarterbacksamong 56 quarterbacks
Patrick MahomesMatthew Stafford
PatrickRPO offenseStraight dropbackScrambler
MatthewUnder centerDownfield throwerPlay-action passer
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
13%69th
16%96th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
18%29th
22%63rd
Play actionshare of attempts
14%4th
32%96th
RPOshare of dropbacks
10%99th
0%6th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
9%87th
1%10th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
93%87th
62%1st
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.1426th
+0.1887th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
55%58th
54%56th

Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
EPA / DBCPOESacksY/ATD rateINT rateDepthRush EPA
Where he wins · EPA per throw by lane and depthSame scale across
Patrick Mahomes
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Matthew Stafford
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsPassing and rushing EPA

Matthew Stafford gets the most from the ball in the air (+158.1 EPA), Patrick Mahomes gets the most scrambling (+30.8 EPA), and Matthew also gives the most back on sacks (−46.3).

Patrick Mahomes+97.4
Matthew Stafford+118.6
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartPatrickMatthew
Air yardson completions+41.1+0.07 a dropback · 49th+158.1+0.25 a dropback · 94th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+256.6+0.44 a dropback · 81st+252.1+0.40 a dropback · 65th
Incompletionsspikes included−144.0−0.24 a dropback · 60th−169.1−0.27 a dropback · 35th
Interceptions−47.7−0.08 a dropback · 47th−44.3−0.07 a dropback · 58th
Sacks−38.9−0.07 a dropback · 92nd−46.3−0.07 a dropback · 87th
Scrambles+30.8+0.05 a dropback · 88th−2.1−0.00 a dropback · 8th
Designed runskneels included−1.6 · 62nd−29.7 · 1st
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.2–
Total+97.4588 dropbacks+118.6627 dropbacks

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked, sacks, scrambles and designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per dropback, with its percentile among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Patrick Mahomes

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Matthew Stafford

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Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every throw, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · P.Mahomes and M.StaffordSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Patrick MahomesMatthew Stafford

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Patrick 35Matthew 43.7

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Patrick 203.3Matthew 328.3

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Patrick -0.11Matthew +0.30

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Patrick -5.0Matthew -2.6

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 262+ · dud under 150
P.Mahomes
258Wk 1187Wk 2224Wk 3270Wk 4318Wk 5257Wk 6286Wk 7299Wk 8250Wk 910Wk 10276Wk 11352Wk 12261Wk 13160Wk 14189Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
256 ± 51
M.Stafford
245Wk 1298Wk 2196Wk 3375Wk 4389Wk 5181Wk 6182Wk 78Wk 8281Wk 9280Wk 10130Wk 11273Wk 12243Wk 13281Wk 14368Wk 15457Wk 16269Wk 17259Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
277 ± 81

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified quarterbacks this season (598 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardP.MahomesM.Stafford
Points a game20.3QB420.6QB3
Season284.7QB11350.4QB3
Most weeks13.1–27.013.3–26.9
Booms · busts6 · 225+ · under 127 · 225+ · under 12
Half PPRP.MahomesM.Stafford
Points a game20.4QB420.6QB3
Season285.2QB11350.4QB3
Most weeks13.1–27.013.3–26.9
Booms · busts6 · 225+ · under 127 · 225+ · under 12
PPRP.MahomesM.Stafford
Points a game20.4QB420.6QB3
Season285.7QB11350.4QB3
Most weeks13.1–27.013.3–26.9
Booms · busts6 · 225+ · under 127 · 225+ · under 12

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekP.MahomesM.Stafford
Wk 1258245
Wk 2187298
Wk 3224196
Wk 4270375
Wk 5318389
Wk 6257181
Wk 7286182
Wk 8299·
Wk 9250281
Wk 10·280
Wk 11276130
Wk 12352273
Wk 13261243
Wk 14160281
Wk 15189368
Wk 16·457
Wk 17·269
Wk 18·259
Season35874707

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonP.MahomesM.Stafford
Attempts502597
Completions315388
Pass yards35874707
Touchdowns2246
EPA per dropback+0.1313th+0.242nd
CPOE+0.125th+1.717th
Sack rate6%26th4%6th
Yards per attempt7.121st7.98th
TD rate4%27th8%1st
INT rate2%32nd1%10th
Depth of target8.120th9.34th
Rush EPA per game+2.085th-1.8756th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Patrick MahomesMatthew Stafford
100200300
200920122015201820212025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Patrick Mahomes2017 to 2025 · 9 seasons1264,67335,939267285.22022: 5,250308.8 a game256.2below his career rate
Matthew Stafford2009 to 2025 · 17 seasons2398,77364,578423270.22011: 5,100318.8 a game276.9above his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.