2022 NFL QB → Receiver Connections

Every quarterback-to-receiver pair with 2 or more targets per team game. Kirk Cousins to Justin Jefferson leads with 1,809 yards.

Top Connections

Rk	Quarterback	Receiver	Team	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD	INT	EPA/Tgt
1	Kirk Cousins	Justin Jefferson WR	MIN	184	128	1,809	8	5	+0.40
2	Josh Allen	Stefon Diggs WR	BUF	154	108	1,429	11	1	+0.49
3	Patrick Mahomes	Travis Kelce TE	KC	150	110	1,338	12	3	+0.45
4	Tua Tagovailoa	Tyreek Hill WR	MIA	126	88	1,299	7	4	+0.38
5	Jalen Hurts	A.J. Brown WR	PHI	128	78	1,296	10	2	+0.42
6	Derek Carr	Davante Adams WR	LV	160	88	1,290	12	4	+0.24
7	Jared Goff	Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	DET	146	106	1,161	6	1	+0.39
8	Tom Brady	Mike Evans WR	TB	127	77	1,124	6	6	+0.21
9	Trevor Lawrence	Christian Kirk WR	JAX	133	84	1,102	8	4	+0.25
10	Tua Tagovailoa	Jaylen Waddle WR	MIA	88	57	1,089	8	1	+0.85
11	Geno Smith	DK Metcalf WR	SEA	140	90	1,048	6	3	+0.09
12	Geno Smith	Tyler Lockett WR	SEA	117	84	1,033	9	5	+0.33
13	Joe Burrow	Tee Higgins WR	CIN	109	74	1,029	7	1	+0.49
14	Joe Burrow	Ja'Marr Chase WR	CIN	133	86	1,023	9	4	+0.20
15	Tom Brady	Chris Godwin Jr. WR	TB	142	104	1,019	3	1	+0.22
16	Jalen Hurts	DeVonta Smith WR	PHI	111	78	982	5	1	+0.41
17	Dak Prescott	CeeDee Lamb WR	DAL	105	76	979	7	3	+0.54
18	Patrick Mahomes	JuJu Smith-Schuster WR	KC	101	78	933	3	3	+0.49
19	Justin Herbert	Mike Williams WR	LAC	93	63	895	4	2	+0.34
20	Josh Allen	Gabe Davis WR	BUF	93	48	836	7	6	+0.16
21	Matthew Stafford	Cooper Kupp WR	LA	93	72	813	6	4	+0.22
22	Trevor Lawrence	Zay Jones WR	JAX	118	80	813	5	2	+0.34
23	Russell Wilson	Courtland Sutton WR	DEN	99	60	794	2	4	+0.29
24	Jacoby Brissett	Amari Cooper WR	CLE	93	57	792	7	2	+0.40
25	Russell Wilson	Jerry Jeudy WR	DEN	77	51	788	5	1	+0.48
26	Trevor Lawrence	Evan Engram TE	JAX	98	73	766	4	0	+0.35
27	Aaron Rodgers	Allen Lazard WR	GB	97	58	764	6	5	+0.13
28	Justin Herbert	Josh Palmer WR	LAC	106	71	759	3	2	+0.20
29	Joe Burrow	Tyler Boyd WR	CIN	81	57	758	5	5	+0.37
30	Justin Herbert	Keenan Allen WR	LAC	87	64	745	3	2	+0.30
31	Matt Ryan	Michael Pittman WR	IND	106	76	740	2	3	+0.18
32	Taylor Heinicke	Terry McLaurin WR	WAS	71	49	716	3	1	+0.54
33	Daniel Jones	Darius Slayton WR	NYG	69	45	713	2	1	+0.51
34	Justin Herbert	Austin Ekeler RB	LAC	125	107	708	5	0	+0.11
35	Kirk Cousins	Adam Thielen WR	MIN	106	69	705	6	3	+0.10
36	Patrick Mahomes	Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR	KC	81	42	687	2	1	+0.21
37	Andy Dalton	Chris Olave WR	NO	84	50	678	4	2	+0.20
38	Davis Mills	Brandin Cooks WR	HOU	87	51	635	3	4	+0.03
39	Kirk Cousins	K.J. Osborn WR	MIN	85	56	618	4	2	+0.22
40	Jared Goff	Kalif Raymond WR	DET	64	47	616	0	0	+0.33
41	Derek Carr	Mack Hollins WR	LV	83	48	603	4	2	+0.34
42	Lamar Jackson	Mark Andrews TE	BAL	80	52	601	5	2	+0.25
43	Mac Jones	Jakobi Meyers WR	NE	82	54	599	4	0	+0.25
44	Jacoby Brissett	Donovan Peoples-Jones WR	CLE	66	42	593	1	0	+0.26
45	Jalen Hurts	Dallas Goedert TE	PHI	60	49	590	3	0	+0.66
46	Jimmy Garoppolo	Brandon Aiyuk WR	SF	70	47	567	5	0	+0.34
47	Justin Herbert	Gerald Everett TE	LAC	87	58	555	4	2	+0.01
48	Kenny Pickett	George Pickens WR	PIT	58	38	555	4	0	+0.62
49	Daniel Jones	Richie James WR	NYG	68	55	545	3	0	+0.31
50	Dak Prescott	Dalton Schultz TE	DAL	79	53	541	5	5	+0.07
51	Marcus Mariota	Drake London WR	ATL	81	47	533	4	3	-0.03
52	Kyler Murray	Marquise Brown WR	ARI	71	48	529	3	4	+0.14
53	Trevor Lawrence	Marvin Jones WR	JAX	80	46	529	3	1	+0.20
54	Tom Brady	Leonard Fournette RB	TB	83	73	523	3	0	+0.16
55	Josh Allen	Dawson Knox TE	BUF	65	48	517	6	3	+0.31
56	Justin Herbert	DeAndre Carter WR	LAC	61	43	517	3	1	+0.23
57	Kirk Cousins	T.J. Hockenson TE	MIN	85	59	512	3	1	+0.07
58	Patrick Mahomes	Jerick McKinnon RB	KC	71	56	512	9	1	+0.32
59	Kenny Pickett	Pat Freiermuth TE	PIT	66	45	512	0	2	+0.18
60	Aaron Rodgers	Christian Watson WR	GB	62	38	508	6	1	+0.41
61	Jared Goff	DJ Chark WR	DET	52	30	502	3	1	+0.41
62	Kenny Pickett	Diontae Johnson WR	PIT	92	48	502	0	3	-0.09
63	Jimmy Garoppolo	Deebo Samuel Sr. WR	SF	68	42	497	2	3	+0.12
64	Justin Fields	Darnell Mooney WR	CHI	61	40	493	2	2	+0.25
65	Geno Smith	Noah Fant TE	SEA	63	50	486	4	0	+0.30
66	Jared Goff	Josh Reynolds WR	DET	59	38	479	3	1	+0.20
67	Marcus Mariota	Olamide Zaccheaus WR	ATL	44	32	478	2	0	+0.56
68	Jacoby Brissett	David Njoku TE	CLE	52	41	464	2	1	+0.34
69	Andy Dalton	Alvin Kamara RB	NO	63	50	462	2	0	+0.03
70	Aaron Rodgers	Robert Tonyan TE	GB	65	51	456	2	2	+0.05
71	Davis Mills	Chris Moore WR	HOU	61	36	453	2	2	+0.07
72	Matt Ryan	Parris Campbell WR	IND	64	48	452	3	2	+0.19
73	Jimmy Garoppolo	George Kittle TE	SF	52	36	450	4	1	+0.32
74	Justin Fields	Cole Kmet TE	CHI	56	41	449	6	3	+0.25
75	Joe Burrow	Joe Mixon RB	CIN	75	60	441	2	0	+0.15
76	Zach Wilson	Garrett Wilson WR	NYJ	51	31	430	0	0	+0.24
77	Josh Allen	Isaiah McKenzie WR	BUF	65	42	423	4	2	+0.17
78	Matt Ryan	Alec Pierce WR	IND	58	28	422	2	2	+0.18
79	Aaron Rodgers	Randall Cobb WR	GB	49	34	417	1	1	+0.46
80	Tom Brady	Russell Gage WR	TB	68	49	416	4	0	+0.26
81	Aaron Rodgers	Romeo Doubs WR	GB	63	40	416	3	0	-0.02
82	Davis Mills	Jordan Akins TE	HOU	41	29	413	4	1	+0.64
83	Davis Mills	Nico Collins WR	HOU	47	28	402	1	1	+0.04
84	Carson Wentz	Terry McLaurin WR	WAS	43	25	401	1	1	+0.16
85	Joe Burrow	Hayden Hurst TE	CIN	67	51	401	2	1	+0.28
86	Andy Dalton	Juwan Johnson TE	NO	49	34	396	7	1	+0.36
87	Aaron Rodgers	Aaron Jones RB	GB	71	59	395	5	0	-0.04
88	Jared Goff	T.J. Hockenson TE	DET	43	26	395	3	3	-0.04
89	Kyler Murray	Zach Ertz TE	ARI	68	46	394	4	1	+0.07
90	Mac Jones	Kendrick Bourne WR	NE	43	31	393	1	2	+0.24
91	Tom Brady	Cade Otton TE	TB	65	42	391	2	0	+0.08
92	Geno Smith	Marquise Goodwin WR	SEA	42	27	387	4	1	+0.50
93	Ryan Tannehill	Robert Woods WR	TEN	66	37	386	1	2	+0.02
94	Sam Darnold	DJ Moore WR	CAR	36	21	386	4	2	+0.65
95	Kyler Murray	DeAndre Hopkins WR	ARI	38	30	385	3	1	+0.56
96	Mac Jones	DeVante Parker WR	NE	34	22	383	2	4	+0.21
97	Mac Jones	Hunter Henry TE	NE	42	31	381	1	1	+0.29
98	Cooper Rush	CeeDee Lamb WR	DAL	51	31	380	2	1	+0.10
99	Mitchell Trubisky	Diontae Johnson WR	PIT	54	37	376	0	3	+0.03
100	Jared Goff	D'Andre Swift RB	DET	70	48	375	3	0	+0.12
101	Ryan Tannehill	Derrick Henry RB	TEN	37	29	370	0	0	+0.38
102	Ryan Tannehill	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR	TEN	41	22	370	3	2	+0.18
103	Deshaun Watson	Amari Cooper WR	CLE	39	21	368	2	1	+0.41
104	Derek Carr	Josh Jacobs RB	LV	55	46	365	0	0	+0.05
105	Ryan Tannehill	Treylon Burks WR	TEN	36	24	358	1	1	+0.38
106	Marcus Mariota	Kyle Pitts TE	ATL	59	28	356	2	1	+0.06
107	Derek Carr	Foster Moreau TE	LV	48	29	355	2	2	+0.12
108	Mike White	Garrett Wilson WR	NYJ	41	22	353	2	1	+0.39
109	Daniel Jones	Isaiah Hodgins WR	NYG	42	33	351	4	1	+0.22
110	Lamar Jackson	Devin Duvernay WR	BAL	41	31	350	3	1	+0.42
111	Russell Wilson	Greg Dulcich TE	DEN	44	26	349	2	2	+0.06
112	Geno Smith	Will Dissly TE	SEA	38	34	349	3	0	+0.69
113	Brock Purdy	Brandon Aiyuk WR	SF	39	27	349	2	1	+0.33
114	Ryan Tannehill	Austin Hooper TE	TEN	40	30	338	1	0	+0.62
115	Dak Prescott	Michael Gallup WR	DAL	58	31	338	3	2	+0.03
116	Daniel Jones	Saquon Barkley RB	NYG	76	57	338	0	1	-0.18
117	Jalen Hurts	Quez Watkins WR	PHI	45	32	335	3	1	-0.09
118	Matthew Stafford	Tyler Higbee TE	LA	62	38	333	0	3	-0.10
119	Desmond Ridder	Drake London WR	ATL	36	25	333	0	0	+0.39
120	Taylor Heinicke	Curtis Samuel WR	WAS	36	25	330	1	0	+0.52
121	Carson Wentz	Curtis Samuel WR	WAS	55	38	328	3	2	+0.14
122	Geno Smith	Colby Parkinson TE	SEA	34	25	322	2	0	+0.30
123	Kyler Murray	Rondale Moore WR	ARI	43	32	320	1	0	+0.19
124	Mac Jones	Nelson Agholor WR	NE	47	28	316	2	1	-0.14
125	Patrick Mahomes	Justin Watson WR	KC	34	15	315	2	1	+0.22
126	Brock Purdy	George Kittle TE	SF	34	24	315	7	1	+0.68
127	Trevor Lawrence	Travis Etienne RB	JAX	44	35	314	0	0	+0.11
128	Dak Prescott	Noah Brown WR	DAL	49	26	310	2	4	-0.35
129	Mac Jones	Rhamondre Stevenson RB	NE	69	52	309	1	0	-0.17
130	Justin Fields	Equanimeous St. Brown WR	CHI	35	19	304	1	3	+0.15
131	Joe Flacco	Garrett Wilson WR	NYJ	50	27	303	2	0	+0.21
132	Colt McCoy	DeAndre Hopkins WR	ARI	43	30	300	0	1	-0.11
133	Tom Brady	Julio Jones WR	TB	43	24	299	2	0	+0.17
134	Patrick Mahomes	Mecole Hardman WR	KC	34	25	297	4	0	+0.55
135	Lamar Jackson	Demarcus Robinson WR	BAL	42	26	297	1	2	+0.19
136	Dak Prescott	Tony Pollard RB	DAL	40	31	296	3	0	+0.26
137	Matt Ryan	Kylen Granson TE	IND	36	28	291	0	2	+0.16
138	Joe Burrow	Samaje Perine RB	CIN	51	38	287	4	0	+0.13
139	Justin Fields	David Montgomery RB	CHI	36	31	282	1	1	+0.14
140	Tom Brady	Rachaad White RB	TB	58	50	280	2	0	+0.12
141	Josh Allen	Devin Singletary RB	BUF	52	38	280	1	0	+0.13
142	Kirk Cousins	Dalvin Cook RB	MIN	55	38	272	2	0	+0.07
143	Daniel Jones	Daniel Bellinger TE	NYG	35	30	268	2	0	+0.28
144	Matthew Stafford	Allen Robinson WR	LA	44	27	263	3	1	+0.15
145	PJ Walker	DJ Moore WR	CAR	35	19	252	2	1	+0.02
146	Baker Mayfield	DJ Moore WR	CAR	46	22	249	1	2	-0.15
147	Derek Carr	Hunter Renfrow WR	LV	39	26	248	1	4	-0.17
148	Matthew Stafford	Ben Skowronek WR	LA	34	25	235	0	0	+0.10
149	Davis Mills	Phillip Dorsett WR	HOU	34	17	234	1	2	-0.09
150	Zach Wilson	Tyler Conklin TE	NYJ	34	21	231	2	2	-0.05
151	Brock Purdy	Christian McCaffrey RB	SF	34	26	229	3	0	+0.32
152	Davis Mills	Rex Burkhead RB	HOU	49	36	199	1	1	-0.48
153	Aaron Rodgers	AJ Dillon RB	GB	40	25	189	0	0	-0.11
154	Baker Mayfield	Christian McCaffrey RB	CAR	35	26	188	1	1	-0.16
155	Mac Jones	Jonnu Smith TE	NE	34	24	180	0	1	-0.12
156	Tom Brady	Scott Miller WR	TB	38	22	177	0	0	+0.02
157	Kirk Cousins	Irv Smith TE	MIN	34	23	176	2	1	-0.12
158	Tom Brady	Cameron Brate TE	TB	38	20	174	0	2	-0.31
159	Geno Smith	Kenneth Walker III RB	SEA	35	27	165	0	1	-0.34
160	Kenny Pickett	Najee Harris RB	PIT	38	29	164	2	0	+0.07
161	Matt Ryan	Jonathan Taylor RB	IND	39	28	143	0	1	-0.35

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