2023 NFL QB → Receiver Connections

Every quarterback-to-receiver pair with 2 or more targets per team game. Tua Tagovailoa to Tyreek Hill leads with 1,799 yards.

Top Connections

Rk	Quarterback	Receiver	Team	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD	INT	EPA/Tgt
1	Tua Tagovailoa	Tyreek Hill WR	MIA	171	119	1,799	13	5	+0.54
2	Dak Prescott	CeeDee Lamb WR	DAL	179	133	1,740	12	1	+0.57
3	Jared Goff	Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	DET	164	119	1,515	10	3	+0.44
4	Jalen Hurts	A.J. Brown WR	PHI	158	106	1,456	7	4	+0.42
5	Matthew Stafford	Puka Nacua WR	LA	146	97	1,400	5	3	+0.40
6	Brock Purdy	Brandon Aiyuk WR	SF	97	69	1,277	7	3	+0.79
7	C.J. Stroud	Nico Collins WR	HOU	102	75	1,261	7	1	+0.71
8	Baker Mayfield	Mike Evans WR	TB	136	79	1,255	13	3	+0.40
9	Josh Allen	Stefon Diggs WR	BUF	160	107	1,183	8	4	+0.24
10	Justin Herbert	Keenan Allen WR	LAC	141	102	1,175	7	2	+0.42
11	Justin Fields	DJ Moore WR	CHI	101	72	1,109	8	1	+0.74
12	Jalen Hurts	DeVonta Smith WR	PHI	110	79	1,037	7	3	+0.30
13	Baker Mayfield	Chris Godwin Jr. WR	TB	129	83	1,024	2	3	+0.36
14	Tua Tagovailoa	Jaylen Waddle WR	MIA	104	72	1,014	4	3	+0.44
15	Gardner Minshew	Michael Pittman WR	IND	134	96	1,010	3	6	+0.19
16	Brock Purdy	George Kittle TE	SF	86	63	1,005	6	1	+0.72
17	Patrick Mahomes	Travis Kelce TE	KC	121	93	984	5	2	+0.40
18	Geno Smith	DK Metcalf WR	SEA	107	58	972	7	2	+0.34
19	Derek Carr	Chris Olave WR	NO	120	78	968	4	1	+0.32
20	Trevor Lawrence	Calvin Ridley WR	JAX	123	69	967	7	3	+0.29
21	Patrick Mahomes	Rashee Rice WR	KC	98	76	914	6	0	+0.41
22	Jared Goff	Sam LaPorta TE	DET	120	86	889	10	3	+0.32
23	Sam Howell	Terry McLaurin WR	WAS	127	75	880	3	4	+0.00
24	Bryce Young	Adam Thielen WR	CAR	123	92	869	3	1	+0.38
25	Brock Purdy	Deebo Samuel Sr. WR	SF	85	57	862	7	2	+0.45
26	Lamar Jackson	Zay Flowers WR	BAL	108	77	858	5	1	+0.26
27	Joe Burrow	Ja'Marr Chase WR	CIN	102	70	831	5	1	+0.46
28	Trevor Lawrence	Evan Engram TE	JAX	125	98	821	4	3	+0.04
29	Jordan Love	Jayden Reed WR	GB	94	64	793	8	1	+0.35
30	Desmond Ridder	Drake London WR	ATL	95	61	788	2	3	+0.12
31	Trevor Lawrence	Christian Kirk WR	JAX	85	57	787	3	2	+0.28
32	Geno Smith	Tyler Lockett WR	SEA	105	70	784	5	3	+0.30
33	Russell Wilson	Courtland Sutton WR	DEN	86	58	770	10	2	+0.30
34	Dak Prescott	Jake Ferguson TE	DAL	102	71	761	5	1	+0.32
35	Zach Wilson	Garrett Wilson WR	NYJ	113	64	750	2	4	-0.01
36	Josh Allen	Gabe Davis WR	BUF	81	45	746	7	6	+0.29
37	C.J. Stroud	Tank Dell WR	HOU	75	47	709	7	2	+0.41
38	Kenny Pickett	George Pickens WR	PIT	71	42	701	2	1	+0.27
39	Matthew Stafford	Cooper Kupp WR	LA	83	56	684	5	2	+0.22
40	Derek Carr	Rashid Shaheed WR	NO	69	44	675	5	2	+0.24
41	Jordan Love	Romeo Doubs WR	GB	96	59	674	8	3	+0.26
42	Josh Allen	Dalton Kincaid TE	BUF	91	73	673	2	2	+0.14
43	Aidan O'Connell	Davante Adams WR	LV	108	62	668	4	2	+0.04
44	Dak Prescott	Brandin Cooks WR	DAL	81	54	657	8	4	+0.43
45	Gardner Minshew	Josh Downs WR	IND	85	59	645	2	1	+0.23
46	Russell Wilson	Jerry Jeudy WR	DEN	75	48	625	1	2	+0.20
47	Josh Allen	Khalil Shakir WR	BUF	45	39	611	2	0	+0.98
48	Jared Goff	Josh Reynolds WR	DET	64	40	608	5	1	+0.23
49	Sam Howell	Curtis Samuel WR	WAS	87	59	597	3	4	+0.03
50	Jalen Hurts	Dallas Goedert TE	PHI	83	59	592	3	3	+0.19
51	Jordan Love	Dontayvion Wicks WR	GB	58	39	581	4	1	+0.50
52	Kirk Cousins	Justin Jefferson WR	MIN	53	36	571	3	0	+0.41
53	Lamar Jackson	Odell Beckham Jr. WR	BAL	62	34	559	2	1	+0.32
54	Will Levis	DeAndre Hopkins WR	TEN	71	34	559	6	2	+0.08
55	Brock Purdy	Christian McCaffrey RB	SF	79	66	558	7	2	+0.13
56	Geno Smith	Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR	SEA	77	54	556	3	2	+0.21
57	Baker Mayfield	Rachaad White RB	TB	70	64	549	3	0	+0.33
58	Lamar Jackson	Mark Andrews TE	BAL	60	45	544	6	0	+0.56
59	Justin Fields	Cole Kmet TE	CHI	65	52	540	4	1	+0.40
60	Kyler Murray	Trey McBride TE	ARI	66	53	538	2	2	+0.19
61	Desmond Ridder	Kyle Pitts TE	ATL	71	43	523	2	2	+0.19
62	C.J. Stroud	Dalton Schultz TE	HOU	71	46	510	4	1	+0.26
63	Ryan Tannehill	DeAndre Hopkins WR	TEN	64	41	498	1	4	+0.22
64	Jared Goff	Kalif Raymond WR	DET	44	35	489	1	0	+0.68
65	Joe Flacco	Amari Cooper WR	CLE	42	25	485	3	1	+0.55
66	Matthew Stafford	Tyler Higbee TE	LA	67	46	482	2	0	+0.30
67	Kirk Cousins	Jordan Addison WR	MIN	52	36	482	7	2	+0.56
68	Deshaun Watson	Amari Cooper WR	CLE	39	28	480	2	0	+0.94
69	Sam Howell	Jahan Dotson WR	WAS	79	46	475	4	7	-0.25
70	Sam Howell	Logan Thomas TE	WAS	75	52	472	3	2	-0.13
71	Gardner Minshew	Alec Pierce WR	IND	59	30	471	2	1	+0.27
72	Nick Mullens	Justin Jefferson WR	MIN	42	29	463	2	3	+0.46
73	Matthew Stafford	Tutu Atwell WR	LA	55	32	462	3	1	+0.30
74	Kirk Cousins	T.J. Hockenson TE	MIN	66	52	462	3	1	+0.13
75	Baker Mayfield	Cade Otton TE	TB	67	47	452	4	1	+0.17
76	Patrick Mahomes	Justin Watson WR	KC	51	26	449	3	3	+0.05
77	C.J. Stroud	Noah Brown WR	HOU	36	22	447	1	0	+0.40
78	Josh Allen	James Cook RB	BUF	54	44	445	4	0	+0.30
79	Aidan O'Connell	Jakobi Meyers WR	LV	55	36	445	4	2	+0.12
80	Derek Carr	Alvin Kamara RB	NO	80	70	441	1	0	+0.07
81	Zach Wilson	Tyler Conklin TE	NYJ	51	39	440	0	0	+0.14
82	Joe Burrow	Tyler Boyd WR	CIN	66	47	439	2	2	+0.09
83	Bryce Young	DJ Chark WR	CAR	55	31	439	4	0	+0.23
84	Trevor Lawrence	Travis Etienne RB	JAX	66	52	438	1	0	+0.15
85	Desmond Ridder	Jonnu Smith TE	ATL	50	39	427	2	1	+0.12
86	Jordan Love	Christian Watson WR	GB	53	28	422	5	5	+0.04
87	Russell Wilson	Samaje Perine RB	DEN	50	45	416	0	0	+0.24
88	Joshua Dobbs	Marquise Brown WR	ARI	69	38	416	4	0	+0.16
89	Desmond Ridder	Bijan Robinson RB	ATL	64	46	413	4	3	-0.13
90	Bryce Young	Jonathan Mingo WR	CAR	79	40	397	0	2	-0.29
91	Joe Flacco	David Njoku TE	CLE	45	30	390	4	2	-0.15
92	Jimmy Garoppolo	Davante Adams WR	LV	51	31	386	3	3	+0.26
93	Mac Jones	Kendrick Bourne WR	NE	52	36	386	4	3	-0.17
94	Baker Mayfield	Trey Palmer WR	TB	67	39	385	3	1	-0.11
95	Jake Browning	Ja'Marr Chase WR	CIN	43	30	385	2	1	+0.32
96	Sam Howell	Antonio Gibson RB	WAS	57	46	384	2	1	+0.03
97	Dak Prescott	Michael Gallup WR	DAL	55	32	382	2	2	+0.04
98	Zach Wilson	Breece Hall RB	NYJ	50	39	382	3	0	+0.34
99	C.J. Stroud	Robert Woods WR	HOU	64	35	382	1	1	+0.09
100	Derek Carr	Michael Thomas WR	NO	54	31	381	1	1	+0.22
101	Mac Jones	DeMario Douglas WR	NE	47	32	378	0	2	+0.01
102	Justin Herbert	Josh Palmer WR	LAC	39	23	377	1	1	+0.04
103	Sam Howell	Brian Robinson RB	WAS	43	36	368	4	0	+0.47
104	Lamar Jackson	Rashod Bateman WR	BAL	55	32	367	1	3	+0.08
105	Tua Tagovailoa	Durham Smythe TE	MIA	43	35	366	0	0	+0.51
106	Kenny Pickett	Diontae Johnson WR	PIT	53	30	360	1	1	+0.07
107	Matthew Stafford	Demarcus Robinson WR	LA	38	25	356	4	1	+0.40
108	Lamar Jackson	Isaiah Likely TE	BAL	35	25	355	4	0	+0.68
109	Jordan Love	Tucker Kraft TE	GB	40	31	355	2	0	+0.44
110	Jared Goff	Jameson Williams WR	DET	42	24	354	2	2	+0.32
111	Kirk Cousins	K.J. Osborn WR	MIN	45	28	353	2	2	+0.01
112	Jordan Love	Luke Musgrave TE	GB	46	34	352	1	0	+0.26
113	Lamar Jackson	Nelson Agholor WR	BAL	40	30	342	4	1	+0.35
114	Derek Carr	Juwan Johnson TE	NO	49	32	339	3	4	-0.05
115	Joe Burrow	Tee Higgins WR	CIN	51	27	328	2	1	+0.15
116	Jimmy Garoppolo	Jakobi Meyers WR	LV	38	29	321	4	2	+0.36
117	Jared Goff	Jahmyr Gibbs RB	DET	71	52	316	1	1	-0.16
118	Joshua Dobbs	T.J. Hockenson TE	MIN	43	28	316	2	0	+0.27
119	Patrick Mahomes	Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR	KC	42	21	315	1	1	+0.02
120	Trevor Lawrence	Zay Jones WR	JAX	62	33	314	2	2	-0.07
121	Justin Herbert	Austin Ekeler RB	LAC	49	33	313	1	0	-0.08
122	Dak Prescott	Tony Pollard RB	DAL	67	55	311	0	0	-0.07
123	Tyrod Taylor	Darren Waller TE	NYG	36	28	304	1	0	+0.37
124	Patrick Mahomes	Noah Gray TE	KC	38	28	298	2	1	+0.25
125	Tua Tagovailoa	Cedrick Wilson Jr. WR	MIA	38	22	296	3	1	+0.01
126	Zach Wilson	Allen Lazard WR	NYJ	42	21	295	1	1	+0.06
127	Derek Carr	Taysom Hill QB	NO	38	33	291	2	0	+0.30
128	Gardner Minshew	Kylen Granson TE	IND	36	22	288	1	0	+0.25
129	Mac Jones	Hunter Henry TE	NE	42	28	283	3	1	+0.31
130	Kyler Murray	Greg Dortch WR	ARI	39	23	278	2	0	+0.15
131	Justin Herbert	Gerald Everett TE	LAC	40	32	278	3	1	+0.27
132	Will Levis	Chig Okonkwo TE	TEN	37	26	273	0	0	+0.28
133	Joshua Dobbs	Trey McBride TE	ARI	35	25	265	1	1	+0.08
134	Tyson Bagent	DJ Moore WR	CHI	35	24	255	0	2	-0.24
135	Justin Herbert	Quentin Johnston WR	LAC	46	27	254	1	1	-0.01
136	Patrick Mahomes	Isiah Pacheco RB	KC	49	44	244	2	0	+0.04
137	Justin Fields	Darnell Mooney WR	CHI	40	18	236	1	1	-0.14
138	Patrick Mahomes	Skyy Moore WR	KC	36	20	233	1	2	-0.12
139	Ryan Tannehill	Chig Okonkwo TE	TEN	38	26	232	0	1	-0.13
140	Mac Jones	Rhamondre Stevenson RB	NE	47	34	231	0	1	-0.32
141	Bryce Young	Chuba Hubbard RB	CAR	41	37	231	0	1	-0.22
142	Jordan Love	Aaron Jones RB	GB	42	29	219	1	0	+0.20
143	Kenny Pickett	Jaylen Warren RB	PIT	41	33	213	0	0	-0.11
144	Jalen Hurts	D'Andre Swift RB	PHI	47	38	210	1	1	-0.17
145	Bailey Zappe	Ezekiel Elliott RB	NE	40	32	207	2	0	-0.01
146	Geno Smith	Zach Charbonnet RB	SEA	38	32	205	0	0	-0.09
147	Matthew Stafford	Kyren Williams RB	LA	48	32	204	3	1	-0.33
148	Justin Herbert	Donald Parham TE	LAC	34	22	202	4	1	+0.33
149	Tua Tagovailoa	De'Von Achane RB	MIA	36	26	198	3	0	+0.10
150	Trevor Siemian	Garrett Wilson WR	NYJ	35	19	189	0	1	-0.21
151	Joshua Dobbs	Zach Ertz TE	ARI	43	27	187	1	2	-0.33
152	Deshaun Watson	Elijah Moore WR	CLE	35	22	186	1	1	-0.21
153	Josh Allen	Dawson Knox TE	BUF	36	22	186	2	2	-0.34
154	Kenny Pickett	Allen Robinson WR	PIT	34	23	185	0	0	+0.01
155	Jalen Hurts	Kenny Gainwell RB	PHI	37	30	183	0	0	+0.07
156	Gardner Minshew	Zack Moss RB	IND	34	25	182	2	1	+0.07
157	Joe Burrow	Joe Mixon RB	CIN	36	29	179	1	0	-0.01
158	Will Levis	Tyjae Spears RB	TEN	36	25	177	0	1	-0.18
159	Patrick Mahomes	Kadarius Toney WR	KC	38	27	169	1	2	-0.22
160	Russell Wilson	Javonte Williams RB	DEN	46	37	168	2	0	-0.16

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