2018 NFL QB → Receiver Connections

Every quarterback-to-receiver pair with 2 or more targets per team game. Matt Ryan to Julio Jones leads with 1,677 yards.

Top Connections

Rk	Quarterback	Receiver	Team	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD	INT	EPA/Tgt
1	Matt Ryan	Julio Jones WR	ATL	169	113	1,677	8	3	+0.42
2	Deshaun Watson	DeAndre Hopkins WR	HOU	163	115	1,572	11	3	+0.47
3	Patrick Mahomes	Tyreek Hill WR	KC	137	87	1,479	12	6	+0.60
4	Aaron Rodgers	Davante Adams WR	GB	168	110	1,375	13	0	+0.47
5	Kirk Cousins	Adam Thielen WR	MIN	153	113	1,373	9	2	+0.37
6	Ben Roethlisberger	JuJu Smith-Schuster WR	PIT	162	109	1,349	7	4	+0.31
7	Patrick Mahomes	Travis Kelce TE	KC	150	103	1,336	10	3	+0.47
8	Drew Brees	Michael Thomas WR	NO	139	119	1,332	9	1	+0.60
9	Ben Roethlisberger	Antonio Brown WR	PIT	165	102	1,294	15	10	+0.18
10	Andrew Luck	T.Y. Hilton WR	IND	120	76	1,270	6	3	+0.53
11	Jared Goff	Robert Woods WR	LA	130	86	1,219	6	3	+0.47
12	Jared Goff	Brandin Cooks WR	LA	117	80	1,204	5	2	+0.49
13	Philip Rivers	Keenan Allen WR	LAC	136	97	1,196	6	2	+0.42
14	Matthew Stafford	Kenny Golladay WR	DET	115	69	1,054	5	1	+0.53
15	Eli Manning	Odell Beckham Jr. WR	NYG	124	77	1,052	6	4	+0.26
16	Kirk Cousins	Stefon Diggs WR	MIN	149	102	1,021	9	2	+0.05
17	Russell Wilson	Tyler Lockett WR	SEA	70	57	965	10	0	+1.05
18	Jameis Winston	Mike Evans WR	TB	81	52	930	4	5	+0.55
19	Derek Carr	Jared Cook TE	LV	101	68	896	6	4	+0.27
20	Carson Wentz	Zach Ertz TE	PHI	106	82	874	6	2	+0.29
21	Eli Manning	Sterling Shepard WR	NYG	107	66	872	4	2	+0.32
22	Case Keenum	Emmanuel Sanders WR	DEN	98	71	866	4	2	+0.19
23	Tom Brady	Julian Edelman WR	NE	107	74	850	6	2	+0.27
24	Matt Ryan	Mohamed Sanu WR	ATL	94	66	838	4	0	+0.49
25	Matt Ryan	Calvin Ridley WR	ATL	92	64	821	10	2	+0.39
26	Nick Mullens	George Kittle TE	SF	79	51	793	3	2	+0.44
27	Baker Mayfield	Jarvis Landry WR	CLE	122	68	789	4	2	+0.02
28	Andy Dalton	Tyler Boyd WR	CIN	84	58	779	5	0	+0.63
29	Cam Newton	Christian McCaffrey RB	CAR	110	94	768	6	0	+0.29
30	Andrew Luck	Eric Ebron TE	IND	110	66	750	13	2	+0.31
31	Marcus Mariota	Corey Davis WR	TEN	88	52	740	4	1	+0.34
32	Derek Carr	Jordy Nelson WR	LV	88	63	739	3	2	+0.22
33	Dak Prescott	Amari Cooper WR	DAL	76	53	725	6	2	+0.28
34	Tom Brady	Josh Gordon WR	NE	68	40	720	3	0	+0.50
35	Tom Brady	James White RB	NE	122	86	714	7	1	+0.16
36	Drew Brees	Alvin Kamara RB	NO	104	81	709	4	1	+0.21
37	Cam Newton	DJ Moore WR	CAR	66	49	688	2	2	+0.28
38	Andy Dalton	A.J. Green WR	CIN	76	45	687	6	2	+0.40
39	Tom Brady	Rob Gronkowski TE	NE	72	47	682	3	2	+0.43
40	Sam Darnold	Robbie Chosen WR	NYJ	81	44	682	6	3	+0.14
41	Case Keenum	Courtland Sutton WR	DEN	83	41	676	3	3	+0.16
42	Dak Prescott	Cole Beasley WR	DAL	87	65	672	3	0	+0.52
43	Eli Manning	Saquon Barkley RB	NYG	120	90	664	3	1	-0.03
44	Philip Rivers	Mike Williams WR	LAC	66	43	664	10	1	+0.73
45	Matt Ryan	Austin Hooper TE	ATL	87	70	655	4	1	+0.33
46	Philip Rivers	Tyrell Williams WR	LAC	65	41	653	5	5	+0.37
47	Mitchell Trubisky	Allen Robinson WR	CHI	81	48	638	4	3	+0.19
48	Kirk Cousins	Kyle Rudolph TE	MIN	82	64	634	4	1	+0.32
49	Aaron Rodgers	Jimmy Graham TE	GB	85	53	631	2	2	+0.19
50	Mitchell Trubisky	Taylor Gabriel WR	CHI	78	57	622	2	2	+0.37
51	Russell Wilson	Doug Baldwin WR	SEA	73	50	618	5	1	+0.50
52	Ben Roethlisberger	Vance McDonald TE	PIT	71	49	610	4	1	+0.44
53	Derek Carr	Jalen Richard RB	LV	81	68	607	0	0	+0.20
54	Joe Flacco	John Brown WR	BAL	66	33	598	4	1	+0.44
55	Baker Mayfield	David Njoku TE	CLE	73	48	595	4	2	+0.20
56	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Mike Evans WR	TB	57	34	594	4	3	+0.28
57	Jared Goff	Todd Gurley RB	LA	81	59	580	4	1	+0.10
58	Eli Manning	Evan Engram TE	NYG	63	45	577	3	0	+0.33
59	Dak Prescott	Ezekiel Elliott RB	DAL	95	77	567	3	0	-0.00
60	Josh Rosen	Larry Fitzgerald WR	ARI	92	54	567	6	3	-0.10
61	Jared Goff	Cooper Kupp WR	LA	55	40	566	6	1	+0.65
62	Jameis Winston	Adam Humphries WR	TB	79	56	560	3	1	+0.31
63	Ryan Fitzpatrick	DeSean Jackson WR	TB	38	27	552	3	4	+0.54
64	Mitchell Trubisky	Trey Burton TE	CHI	68	50	541	6	2	+0.31
65	Carson Wentz	Alshon Jeffery WR	PHI	74	49	539	5	1	+0.33
66	Aaron Rodgers	Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR	GB	65	35	538	2	0	+0.14
67	Tom Brady	Chris Hogan WR	NE	55	35	532	3	1	+0.39
68	Blake Bortles	Dede Westbrook WR	JAX	73	45	527	4	2	+0.13
69	Cam Newton	Devin Funchess WR	CAR	74	42	526	4	4	+0.08
70	Mitchell Trubisky	Tarik Cohen RB	CHI	69	52	524	4	0	+0.23
71	Patrick Mahomes	Sammy Watkins WR	KC	55	40	519	3	0	+0.57
72	Blake Bortles	Donte Moncrief WR	JAX	64	32	518	3	1	+0.09
73	Matthew Stafford	Golden Tate WR	DET	68	44	517	3	1	+0.17
74	Matthew Stafford	Marvin Jones WR	DET	62	35	508	5	2	+0.28
75	Dak Prescott	Michael Gallup WR	DAL	68	33	507	2	2	+0.11
76	Deshaun Watson	Will Fuller WR	HOU	45	32	503	4	0	+0.70
77	Baker Mayfield	Antonio Callaway WR	CLE	68	39	503	4	5	-0.22
78	Ben Roethlisberger	James Conner RB	PIT	71	55	497	1	0	+0.18
79	Derek Carr	Seth Roberts WR	LV	64	45	494	2	0	+0.39
80	Jameis Winston	Chris Godwin Jr. WR	TB	60	35	494	4	2	+0.21
81	Philip Rivers	Melvin Gordon RB	LAC	66	50	490	4	1	+0.17
82	Josh Rosen	Christian Kirk WR	ARI	56	33	488	3	4	+0.11
83	Andrew Luck	Chester Rogers WR	IND	71	52	487	2	1	+0.16
84	Baker Mayfield	Rashard Higgins WR	CLE	43	33	487	4	2	+0.59
85	Joe Flacco	Michael Crabtree WR	BAL	75	40	460	2	1	-0.02
86	Ryan Tannehill	Kenny Stills WR	MIA	53	31	457	6	3	+0.34
87	Carson Wentz	Nelson Agholor WR	PHI	60	37	451	0	1	+0.17
88	Russell Wilson	David Moore WR	SEA	53	26	445	5	2	+0.22
89	Alex Smith	Jordan Reed TE	WAS	67	41	442	1	2	-0.14
90	Joe Flacco	Willie Snead WR	BAL	66	44	442	1	2	-0.02
91	Josh Allen	Robert Foster WR	BUF	40	24	436	3	0	+0.64
92	Andrew Luck	Nyheim Hines RB	IND	81	63	425	2	2	+0.01
93	Josh Allen	Zay Jones WR	BUF	67	32	424	5	3	-0.06
94	Ben Roethlisberger	Jesse James TE	PIT	39	30	423	2	1	+0.60
95	Baker Mayfield	Duke Johnson RB	CLE	54	44	414	3	1	+0.38
96	Philip Rivers	Austin Ekeler RB	LAC	53	39	404	3	0	+0.25
97	Case Keenum	Demaryius Thomas WR	DEN	56	36	402	3	2	+0.30
98	Jared Goff	Josh Reynolds WR	LA	52	29	402	5	4	+0.17
99	Blake Bortles	Keelan Cole WR	JAX	55	31	399	1	2	-0.12
100	Drew Brees	Tre'Quan Smith WR	NO	39	25	397	4	0	+0.61
101	C.J. Beathard	George Kittle TE	SF	37	25	393	2	1	+0.61
102	Matthew Stafford	Theo Riddick RB	DET	74	61	384	0	1	-0.16
103	Marcus Mariota	Taywan Taylor WR	TEN	43	30	383	0	0	+0.17
104	Mitchell Trubisky	Anthony Miller WR	CHI	48	29	381	6	1	+0.41
105	Sam Darnold	Chris Herndon TE	NYJ	38	27	380	4	1	+0.40
106	Patrick Mahomes	Kareem Hunt RB	KC	35	26	378	7	0	+0.93
107	Blake Bortles	T.J. Yeldon RB	JAX	62	42	377	3	2	-0.10
108	Drew Brees	Benjamin Watson TE	NO	42	33	371	2	0	+0.56
109	Nick Mullens	Dante Pettis WR	SF	37	24	371	4	1	+0.44
110	Cam Newton	Jarius Wright WR	CAR	47	34	358	1	1	+0.28
111	Josh Rosen	David Johnson RB	ARI	59	39	351	1	2	-0.21
112	Marcus Mariota	Dion Lewis RB	TEN	53	50	350	1	1	+0.09
113	Sam Darnold	Quincy Enunwa WR	NYJ	50	28	349	1	2	+0.05
114	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Chris Godwin Jr. WR	TB	35	24	348	3	0	+0.61
115	Cam Newton	Curtis Samuel WR	CAR	47	29	348	4	2	+0.27
116	Andrew Luck	Ryan Grant WR	IND	51	35	334	1	1	+0.20
117	Patrick Mahomes	Chris Conley WR	KC	52	32	334	5	1	+0.21
118	Philip Rivers	Antonio Gates TE	LAC	45	28	333	2	1	+0.10
119	Aaron Rodgers	Equanimeous St. Brown WR	GB	36	21	328	0	0	+0.29
120	Aaron Rodgers	Randall Cobb WR	GB	56	36	327	2	0	+0.01
121	Case Keenum	Tim Patrick WR	DEN	41	23	315	1	1	+0.08
122	Ryan Tannehill	Kenyan Drake RB	MIA	49	37	315	3	0	+0.20
123	Jared Goff	Gerald Everett TE	LA	49	32	313	3	1	+0.17
124	Dak Prescott	Blake Jarwin TE	DAL	36	27	307	3	2	+0.48
125	Kirk Cousins	Dalvin Cook RB	MIN	49	40	305	2	0	+0.10
126	Brock Osweiler	Danny Amendola WR	MIA	41	31	305	1	2	-0.06
127	Deshaun Watson	Ryan Griffin TE	HOU	43	24	305	0	1	+0.02
128	Andrew Luck	Dontrelle Inman WR	IND	38	28	304	3	0	+0.67
129	Kirk Cousins	Laquon Treadwell WR	MIN	53	35	302	1	2	-0.22
130	Nick Mullens	Kendrick Bourne WR	SF	38	25	296	2	1	+0.22
131	Dak Prescott	Allen Hurns WR	DAL	35	20	295	2	0	+0.38
132	Jared Goff	Tyler Higbee TE	LA	34	24	292	2	0	+0.55
133	Alex Smith	Maurice Harris WR	WAS	38	27	291	0	1	+0.08
134	Nick Foles	Zach Ertz TE	PHI	50	34	289	2	3	-0.22
135	Sam Darnold	Jermaine Kearse WR	NYJ	59	29	289	0	2	+0.01
136	Patrick Mahomes	Demarcus Robinson WR	KC	33	22	288	4	1	+0.30
137	Deshaun Watson	Keke Coutee WR	HOU	41	28	287	1	2	+0.05
138	Tom Brady	Phillip Dorsett WR	NE	41	31	283	3	3	+0.11
139	Case Keenum	Jeff Heuerman TE	DEN	48	31	281	2	2	-0.10
140	Cam Newton	Greg Olsen TE	CAR	37	26	278	4	0	+0.55
141	Matt Ryan	Tevin Coleman RB	ATL	44	32	276	5	0	+0.29
142	Case Keenum	Devontae Booker RB	DEN	51	38	275	0	0	-0.08
143	Deshaun Watson	Demaryius Thomas WR	HOU	33	23	275	2	0	+0.37
144	Eli Manning	Rhett Ellison TE	NYG	34	25	272	1	0	+0.37
145	Nick Foles	Nelson Agholor WR	PHI	36	26	270	3	0	+0.51
146	Ryan Tannehill	Danny Amendola WR	MIA	38	28	270	0	1	-0.01
147	Russell Wilson	Nick Vannett TE	SEA	43	29	269	3	0	+0.25
148	Andrew Luck	Zach Pascal WR	IND	46	27	268	2	2	-0.10
149	Josh Rosen	Ricky Seals-Jones TE	ARI	50	25	263	0	2	-0.33
150	Alex Smith	Paul Richardson WR	WAS	35	20	262	2	0	+0.22
151	Marcus Mariota	Tajae Sharpe WR	TEN	37	20	262	1	2	+0.22
152	Carson Wentz	Dallas Goedert TE	PHI	33	24	261	4	1	+0.36
153	Andy Dalton	C.J. Uzomah TE	CIN	35	24	256	2	0	+0.30
154	Ben Roethlisberger	Ryan Switzer WR	PIT	44	36	253	1	0	+0.14
155	Case Keenum	Matt LaCosse TE	DEN	37	24	250	1	1	+0.22
156	Alex Smith	Josh Doctson WR	WAS	41	24	245	2	0	+0.25
157	Andrew Luck	Jack Doyle TE	IND	33	26	245	2	1	+0.02
158	Case Keenum	DaeSean Hamilton WR	DEN	46	30	243	2	1	+0.14
159	Dak Prescott	Geoff Swaim TE	DAL	32	26	242	1	0	+0.18
160	Case Keenum	Phillip Lindsay RB	DEN	47	35	241	1	0	+0.00
161	Kirk Cousins	Aldrick Robinson WR	MIN	35	17	231	5	1	+0.26
162	Cam Newton	Ian Thomas TE	CAR	37	27	224	0	2	-0.25
163	Jameis Winston	DeSean Jackson WR	TB	36	14	222	1	3	-0.18
164	Ben Roethlisberger	James Washington WR	PIT	37	16	217	1	0	+0.13
165	Russell Wilson	Mike Davis RB	SEA	42	34	214	1	0	-0.06
166	Matthew Stafford	Kerryon Johnson RB	DET	39	32	213	1	0	+0.17
167	Andy Dalton	Joe Mixon RB	CIN	36	27	210	1	1	-0.10
168	Alex Smith	Chris Thompson RB	WAS	34	28	209	1	0	+0.12
169	Jameis Winston	Cameron Brate TE	TB	35	21	209	5	2	+0.03
170	Aaron Rodgers	Aaron Jones RB	GB	35	26	206	1	0	+0.09
171	Joe Flacco	Javorius Allen RB	BAL	43	35	204	2	1	-0.08
172	Aaron Rodgers	Jamaal Williams RB	GB	39	25	198	0	0	-0.05
173	Josh Rosen	Chad Williams WR	ARI	38	17	171	1	0	-0.13
174	Deshaun Watson	Lamar Miller RB	HOU	34	25	163	1	2	-0.34

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