2017 NFL QB → Receiver Connections

Every quarterback-to-receiver pair with 2 or more targets per team game. Ben Roethlisberger to Antonio Brown leads with 1,533 yards.

Top Connections

Rk	Quarterback	Receiver	Team	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD	INT	EPA/Tgt
1	Ben Roethlisberger	Antonio Brown WR	PIT	163	101	1,533	9	6	+0.26
2	Philip Rivers	Keenan Allen WR	LAC	159	102	1,393	6	2	+0.39
3	Matt Ryan	Julio Jones WR	ATL	147	87	1,393	2	3	+0.36
4	Drew Brees	Michael Thomas WR	NO	149	104	1,245	5	3	+0.42
5	Alex Smith	Tyreek Hill WR	KC	105	75	1,183	7	1	+0.53
6	Matthew Stafford	Marvin Jones WR	DET	106	61	1,101	9	3	+0.56
7	Case Keenum	Adam Thielen WR	MIN	127	79	1,099	4	1	+0.27
8	Tom Brady	Rob Gronkowski TE	NE	105	69	1,084	8	2	+0.70
9	Andy Dalton	A.J. Green WR	CIN	143	75	1,078	8	7	+0.04
10	Tom Brady	Brandin Cooks WR	NE	112	63	1,055	7	2	+0.36
11	Alex Smith	Travis Kelce TE	KC	122	83	1,038	8	3	+0.43
12	Matthew Stafford	Golden Tate WR	DET	118	91	1,000	5	3	+0.17
13	Russell Wilson	Doug Baldwin WR	SEA	116	75	991	8	4	+0.37
14	Jacoby Brissett	T.Y. Hilton WR	IND	102	54	909	4	1	+0.30
15	Jared Goff	Cooper Kupp WR	LA	94	62	869	5	1	+0.44
16	Josh McCown	Robbie Chosen WR	NYJ	90	52	848	7	5	+0.33
17	Dak Prescott	Dez Bryant WR	DAL	132	69	838	6	5	-0.08
18	Cam Newton	Devin Funchess WR	CAR	109	62	831	8	4	+0.31
19	Drew Brees	Alvin Kamara RB	NO	100	81	826	5	0	+0.38
20	Kirk Cousins	Jamison Crowder WR	WAS	103	66	789	3	4	-0.05
21	Jared Goff	Todd Gurley RB	LA	87	64	788	6	3	+0.24
22	Drew Brees	Ted Ginn WR	NO	70	53	787	4	1	+0.40
23	Jared Goff	Robert Woods WR	LA	85	56	781	5	0	+0.50
24	Ben Roethlisberger	JuJu Smith-Schuster WR	PIT	69	49	774	6	0	+0.70
25	Marcus Mariota	Delanie Walker TE	TEN	103	70	772	3	3	+0.11
26	Marcus Mariota	Rishard Matthews WR	TEN	78	50	761	4	5	+0.29
27	Case Keenum	Stefon Diggs WR	MIN	84	57	756	6	1	+0.43
28	Blake Bortles	Keelan Cole WR	JAX	81	42	748	3	3	+0.06
29	Joe Flacco	Mike Wallace WR	BAL	90	51	742	4	2	+0.29
30	Jameis Winston	Mike Evans WR	TB	104	57	739	4	3	+0.21
31	Philip Rivers	Tyrell Williams WR	LAC	69	43	728	4	2	+0.38
32	Carson Wentz	Alshon Jeffery WR	PHI	104	51	722	8	0	+0.31
33	Matt Ryan	Mohamed Sanu WR	ATL	96	67	703	5	2	+0.19
34	Russell Wilson	Paul Richardson WR	SEA	80	44	703	6	1	+0.36
35	Blake Bortles	Marqise Lee WR	JAX	96	56	702	3	3	+0.16
36	Josh McCown	Jermaine Kearse WR	NYJ	79	52	681	5	2	+0.37
37	Eli Manning	Sterling Shepard WR	NYG	78	56	675	2	0	+0.35
38	Derek Carr	Amari Cooper WR	LV	91	46	664	7	4	-0.02
39	Ben Roethlisberger	Le'Veon Bell RB	PIT	107	86	663	2	1	+0.11
40	Tom Brady	Danny Amendola WR	NE	86	61	659	2	1	+0.47
41	Carson Wentz	Zach Ertz TE	PHI	84	56	658	7	1	+0.32
42	Cam Newton	Christian McCaffrey RB	CAR	113	80	651	5	3	+0.10
43	Jay Cutler	Jarvis Landry WR	MIA	115	83	650	8	3	+0.01
44	Jacoby Brissett	Jack Doyle TE	IND	105	78	649	4	2	+0.02
45	Kirk Cousins	Vernon Davis TE	WAS	69	43	648	3	2	+0.15
46	Derek Carr	Jared Cook TE	LV	76	50	635	2	0	+0.49
47	Eli Manning	Evan Engram TE	NYG	105	57	623	5	3	+0.01
48	Trevor Siemian	Demaryius Thomas WR	DEN	88	48	610	1	6	-0.21
49	Carson Wentz	Nelson Agholor WR	PHI	71	44	610	7	2	+0.46
50	Deshaun Watson	DeAndre Hopkins WR	HOU	71	44	599	7	3	+0.32
51	Jared Goff	Sammy Watkins WR	LA	70	39	593	8	1	+0.43
52	Jay Cutler	DeVante Parker WR	MIA	80	47	581	1	4	+0.01
53	Philip Rivers	Hunter Henry TE	LAC	62	45	579	4	0	+0.63
54	DeShone Kizer	Duke Johnson RB	CLE	81	64	577	2	1	+0.13
55	Matthew Stafford	Eric Ebron TE	DET	86	53	574	4	1	+0.09
56	Kirk Cousins	Ryan Grant WR	WAS	65	45	573	4	3	+0.39
57	Dak Prescott	Terrance Williams WR	DAL	78	53	568	0	3	+0.05
58	Philip Rivers	Travis Benjamin WR	LAC	65	34	567	4	4	+0.19
59	Dak Prescott	Jason Witten TE	DAL	87	63	560	5	0	+0.20
60	Russell Wilson	Tyler Lockett WR	SEA	71	45	555	2	1	+0.19
61	Andy Dalton	Brandon LaFell WR	CIN	85	51	544	3	2	+0.07
62	Brett Hundley	Davante Adams WR	GB	71	46	543	5	0	+0.39
63	Ben Roethlisberger	Martavis Bryant WR	PIT	77	44	538	3	2	+0.19
64	Tyrod Taylor	Charles Clay TE	BUF	67	45	536	2	2	+0.18
65	Derek Carr	Michael Crabtree WR	LV	93	52	536	7	3	+0.08
66	Matt Ryan	Austin Hooper TE	ATL	65	49	526	3	3	+0.06
67	Tom Savage	DeAndre Hopkins WR	HOU	73	36	522	2	2	+0.12
68	Marcus Mariota	Eric Decker WR	TEN	76	49	522	1	0	+0.25
69	Russell Wilson	Jimmy Graham TE	SEA	96	57	520	10	4	+0.01
70	Jameis Winston	Cameron Brate TE	TB	62	41	517	5	2	+0.37
71	Joe Flacco	Benjamin Watson TE	BAL	76	59	514	2	2	+0.11
72	Kirk Cousins	Chris Thompson RB	WAS	54	39	510	4	1	+0.46
73	Jameis Winston	Adam Humphries WR	TB	61	46	509	1	0	+0.45
74	Case Keenum	Kyle Rudolph TE	MIN	77	54	506	7	2	+0.20
75	Jay Cutler	Kenny Stills WR	MIA	70	37	505	3	3	+0.00
76	Kirk Cousins	Josh Doctson WR	WAS	78	35	502	6	2	-0.07
77	Blake Bortles	Allen Hurns WR	JAX	56	39	484	2	3	+0.39
78	Carson Palmer	Larry Fitzgerald WR	ARI	63	43	482	3	0	+0.22
79	Philip Rivers	Melvin Gordon RB	LAC	83	58	476	4	0	+0.11
80	Cam Newton	Kelvin Benjamin WR	CAR	51	32	475	2	2	+0.16
81	Jameis Winston	DeSean Jackson WR	TB	61	32	467	1	3	+0.01
82	Matthew Stafford	Kenny Golladay WR	DET	47	27	464	3	1	+0.36
83	Mitchell Trubisky	Kendall Wright WR	CHI	73	45	460	0	1	+0.08
84	Alex Smith	Kareem Hunt RB	KC	63	53	455	3	0	+0.28
85	Tyrod Taylor	LeSean McCoy RB	BUF	76	58	442	2	1	+0.08
86	Joe Flacco	Jeremy Maclin WR	BAL	70	40	440	3	2	+0.05
87	Tom Brady	Chris Hogan WR	NE	59	34	439	5	1	+0.30
88	Matthew Stafford	Theo Riddick RB	DET	70	52	436	2	1	-0.05
89	Tom Brady	James White RB	NE	72	56	429	3	0	+0.14
90	Cam Newton	Ed Dickson TE	CAR	47	29	429	1	1	+0.37
91	Drew Brees	Mark Ingram RB	NO	71	58	416	0	0	+0.01
92	Carson Wentz	Torrey Smith WR	PHI	55	33	408	2	1	+0.25
93	Eli Manning	Roger Lewis WR	NYG	69	35	407	2	5	-0.13
94	Alex Smith	Albert Wilson WR	KC	51	32	407	3	0	+0.26
95	Andy Dalton	Tyler Kroft TE	CIN	62	42	404	7	0	+0.28
96	Matthew Stafford	T.J. Jones WR	DET	49	30	399	1	0	+0.36
97	Jacoby Brissett	Donte Moncrief WR	IND	44	26	391	2	0	+0.50
98	Derek Carr	Seth Roberts WR	LV	57	38	387	1	2	-0.10
99	Jimmy Garoppolo	Marquise Goodwin WR	SF	43	29	384	1	1	+0.44
100	Jameis Winston	Chris Godwin Jr. WR	TB	39	24	384	1	0	+0.51
101	Brian Hoyer	Pierre Garcon WR	SF	48	28	379	0	0	+0.25
102	Matt Ryan	Taylor Gabriel WR	ATL	51	33	378	1	1	+0.03
103	Marcus Mariota	Corey Davis WR	TEN	65	34	375	0	3	-0.30
104	Case Keenum	Jerick McKinnon RB	MIN	62	46	373	2	0	+0.00
105	Drew Stanton	Larry Fitzgerald WR	ARI	53	34	369	1	1	+0.09
106	Drew Brees	Brandon Coleman WR	NO	37	23	364	3	3	-0.05
107	Ben Roethlisberger	Jesse James TE	PIT	61	41	363	3	0	+0.20
108	Brett Hundley	Randall Cobb WR	GB	47	36	351	2	1	+0.14
109	Tyrod Taylor	Deonte Thompson WR	BUF	38	22	347	1	0	+0.38
110	Aaron Rodgers	Davante Adams WR	GB	46	28	342	5	1	+0.56
111	Andy Dalton	Giovani Bernard RB	CIN	57	41	340	2	0	-0.03
112	Blake Bortles	Dede Westbrook WR	JAX	51	27	339	1	1	+0.06
113	DeShone Kizer	Josh Gordon WR	CLE	42	18	335	1	1	+0.09
114	Mitchell Trubisky	Dontrelle Inman WR	CHI	39	23	334	1	2	+0.26
115	Trevor Siemian	Emmanuel Sanders WR	DEN	60	32	332	2	1	+0.07
116	Josh McCown	Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE	NYJ	62	44	323	3	0	-0.02
117	DeShone Kizer	Seth DeValve TE	CLE	47	28	319	0	4	-0.10
118	Blake Bortles	Marcedes Lewis TE	JAX	48	24	318	5	1	+0.20
119	Matt Ryan	Devonta Freeman RB	ATL	47	36	317	1	0	+0.24
120	Philip Rivers	Antonio Gates TE	LAC	52	30	316	3	2	+0.08
121	Dak Prescott	Cole Beasley WR	DAL	63	36	314	4	3	-0.27
122	Carson Palmer	Jaron Brown WR	ARI	40	20	311	1	0	+0.24
123	Blaine Gabbert	Larry Fitzgerald WR	ARI	45	32	305	2	0	+0.21
124	DeShone Kizer	Corey Coleman WR	CLE	56	23	305	2	4	-0.16
125	Tyrod Taylor	Zay Jones WR	BUF	69	26	303	2	1	-0.11
126	Eli Manning	Odell Beckham Jr. WR	NYG	41	25	302	3	1	+0.19
127	Aaron Rodgers	Randall Cobb WR	GB	45	30	302	2	1	+0.27
128	Blake Bortles	Leonard Fournette RB	JAX	48	36	302	1	0	+0.16
129	Matt Ryan	Tevin Coleman RB	ATL	39	27	299	3	1	+0.30
130	Jared Goff	Tyler Higbee TE	LA	45	25	295	1	1	+0.03
131	Andy Dalton	Joe Mixon RB	CIN	34	30	287	0	0	+0.13
132	Derek Carr	Cordarrelle Patterson WR	LV	38	28	286	0	0	+0.16
133	Jay Cutler	Julius Thomas TE	MIA	48	29	284	3	2	-0.15
134	Jacoby Brissett	Chester Rogers WR	IND	37	23	284	1	1	+0.10
135	Philip Rivers	Austin Ekeler RB	LAC	35	27	279	3	0	+0.13
136	Brock Osweiler	Demaryius Thomas WR	DEN	39	25	270	3	3	+0.13
137	Josh McCown	Matt Forte RB	NYJ	38	33	269	1	0	+0.30
138	DeShone Kizer	Rashard Higgins WR	CLE	40	21	269	2	4	-0.31
139	Aaron Rodgers	Jordy Nelson WR	GB	35	23	268	6	2	+0.38
140	Tyrod Taylor	Jordan Matthews WR	BUF	34	24	268	1	0	+0.38
141	Trevor Siemian	Bennie Fowler WR	DEN	41	23	267	3	5	-0.24
142	Russell Wilson	J.D. McKissic RB	SEA	45	34	266	2	0	+0.32
143	Derek Carr	Jalen Richard RB	LV	34	27	266	1	0	+0.30
144	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Mike Evans WR	TB	32	14	265	1	1	+0.05
145	Carson Palmer	Andre Ellington RB	ARI	41	28	257	0	1	-0.24
146	DeShone Kizer	David Njoku TE	CLE	47	24	257	2	1	-0.02
147	Brett Hundley	Jamaal Williams RB	GB	32	23	255	2	1	+0.25
148	Tom Brady	Rex Burkhead RB	NE	36	30	254	3	0	+0.36
149	Marcus Mariota	DeMarco Murray RB	TEN	40	33	251	1	0	+0.06
150	Brian Hoyer	Marquise Goodwin WR	SF	32	15	250	0	1	-0.05
151	Dak Prescott	Ezekiel Elliott RB	DAL	38	26	249	2	1	-0.19
152	Matt Moore	Jarvis Landry WR	MIA	35	20	245	0	1	-0.02
153	Joe Flacco	Javorius Allen RB	BAL	58	44	241	2	0	-0.06
154	Eli Manning	Shane Vereen RB	NYG	50	41	240	0	0	-0.18
155	Kirk Cousins	Terrelle Pryor WR	WAS	37	20	240	1	0	+0.23
156	Jacoby Brissett	Frank Gore RB	IND	37	28	235	1	0	+0.12
157	DeShone Kizer	Kenny Britt WR	CLE	34	17	228	2	2	-0.03
158	Andy Dalton	Tyler Boyd WR	CIN	32	22	225	2	1	+0.15
159	Blake Bortles	T.J. Yeldon RB	JAX	41	30	224	0	0	-0.02
160	DeShone Kizer	Ricardo Louis WR	CLE	42	15	215	0	1	-0.39
161	Tom Brady	Dion Lewis RB	NE	35	32	214	3	0	+0.38
162	Brett Hundley	Jordy Nelson WR	GB	53	30	214	0	4	-0.34
163	Kirk Cousins	Jordan Reed TE	WAS	35	27	211	2	0	+0.23
164	Joe Flacco	Chris Moore WR	BAL	35	16	210	3	2	-0.40
165	Mitchell Trubisky	Tarik Cohen RB	CHI	42	29	206	0	0	-0.33
166	Jacoby Brissett	Marlon Mack RB	IND	32	20	204	1	0	+0.29
167	Aaron Rodgers	Martellus Bennett TE	GB	34	21	202	0	0	-0.04
168	Joe Flacco	Danny Woodhead RB	BAL	39	33	200	0	1	+0.01
169	C.J. Beathard	Carlos Hyde RB	SF	50	31	200	0	0	-0.20
170	Derek Carr	DeAndre Washington RB	LV	45	34	197	1	0	-0.30
171	Case Keenum	Laquon Treadwell WR	MIN	34	19	193	0	2	-0.26
172	Cam Newton	Greg Olsen TE	CAR	38	17	191	1	1	-0.21
173	Jay Cutler	Kenyan Drake RB	MIA	38	25	187	0	0	-0.11
174	Joe Flacco	Alex Collins RB	BAL	36	23	187	0	0	-0.14
175	Eli Manning	Wayne Gallman RB	NYG	47	33	185	1	1	-0.27
176	Joe Flacco	Nick Boyle TE	BAL	34	25	178	0	0	+0.09
177	Matthew Stafford	Ameer Abdullah RB	DET	35	25	162	1	0	+0.09
178	Tom Savage	Bruce Ellington WR	HOU	35	17	162	1	1	-0.25
179	Eli Manning	Brandon Marshall WR	NYG	33	18	154	0	1	+0.02
180	Alex Smith	Charcandrick West RB	KC	34	27	150	2	0	-0.07
181	DeShone Kizer	Isaiah Crowell RB	CLE	35	22	150	0	1	-0.27
182	Ben Roethlisberger	Eli Rogers WR	PIT	34	17	148	1	2	-0.28
183	Jacoby Brissett	Kamar Aiken WR	IND	42	14	130	0	2	-0.59
184	Joe Flacco	Breshad Perriman WR	BAL	33	10	77	0	2	-0.59

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