2025 NFL QB → Receiver Connections

Every quarterback-to-receiver pair with 2 or more targets per team game. Sam Darnold to Jaxon Smith-Njigba leads with 1,793 yards.

Top Connections

Rk	Quarterback	Receiver	Team	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD	INT	EPA/Tgt
1	Sam Darnold	Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR	SEA	162	119	1,793	10	4	+0.59
2	Matthew Stafford	Puka Nacua WR	LA	166	129	1,715	10	1	+0.70
3	Dak Prescott	George Pickens WR	DAL	136	92	1,405	9	3	+0.63
4	Jared Goff	Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	DET	172	117	1,401	11	5	+0.32
5	Jared Goff	Jameson Williams WR	DET	101	65	1,109	7	1	+0.57
6	Dak Prescott	CeeDee Lamb WR	DAL	116	74	1,070	3	3	+0.25
7	Bo Nix	Courtland Sutton WR	DEN	124	74	1,017	7	3	+0.36
8	Drake Maye	Stefon Diggs WR	NE	102	85	1,013	4	2	+0.69
9	Jalen Hurts	A.J. Brown WR	PHI	121	78	1,003	7	3	+0.28
10	Jacoby Brissett	Trey McBride TE	ARI	127	97	964	10	0	+0.47
11	Jalen Hurts	DeVonta Smith WR	PHI	109	74	956	4	1	+0.49
12	Jacoby Brissett	Michael Wilson WR	ARI	107	70	954	6	5	+0.22
13	Lamar Jackson	Zay Flowers WR	BAL	81	57	952	4	1	+0.60
14	Baker Mayfield	Emeka Egbuka WR	TB	123	62	906	6	3	+0.05
15	Bryce Young	Tetairoa McMillan WR	CAR	110	62	892	7	6	+0.18
16	Trevor Lawrence	Parker Washington WR	JAX	95	58	847	5	3	+0.33
17	Tua Tagovailoa	Jaylen Waddle WR	MIA	89	59	838	6	6	+0.42
18	Aaron Rodgers	DK Metcalf WR	PIT	86	51	800	6	3	+0.39
19	Michael Penix Jr.	Drake London WR	ATL	90	58	795	6	1	+0.25
20	Matthew Stafford	Davante Adams WR	LA	114	60	789	14	1	+0.24
21	Justin Herbert	Ladd McConkey WR	LAC	106	66	789	6	5	+0.07
22	Patrick Mahomes	Travis Kelce TE	KC	89	65	778	5	3	+0.47
23	C.J. Stroud	Nico Collins WR	HOU	84	46	768	5	1	+0.32
24	Drake Maye	Hunter Henry TE	NE	85	58	742	7	2	+0.43
25	Justin Herbert	Quentin Johnston WR	LAC	83	51	735	8	2	+0.29
26	Justin Herbert	Keenan Allen WR	LAC	108	73	732	4	2	+0.37
27	Daniel Jones	Alec Pierce WR	IND	62	35	715	2	2	+0.56
28	Caleb Williams	Colston Loveland TE	CHI	81	58	713	6	0	+0.61
29	Bo Nix	Troy Franklin WR	DEN	104	65	709	6	4	+0.06
30	Trevor Lawrence	Brian Thomas Jr. WR	JAX	91	48	707	2	1	+0.19
31	Daniel Jones	Tyler Warren TE	IND	79	59	697	4	0	+0.46
32	Josh Allen	Khalil Shakir WR	BUF	95	72	686	4	2	+0.10
33	Caleb Williams	DJ Moore WR	CHI	85	50	667	6	1	+0.16
34	Geno Smith	Tre Tucker WR	LV	83	55	666	5	1	+0.27
35	Caleb Williams	Rome Odunze WR	CHI	89	44	661	6	3	+0.25
36	Caleb Williams	Luther Burden III WR	CHI	59	46	647	2	0	+0.52
37	Tyler Shough	Chris Olave WR	NO	78	51	642	5	4	+0.25
38	Geno Smith	Brock Bowers TE	LV	76	57	637	7	2	+0.36
39	C.J. Stroud	Dalton Schultz TE	HOU	76	64	637	2	0	+0.46
40	Daniel Jones	Michael Pittman WR	IND	84	61	636	7	3	+0.28
41	Jordan Love	Romeo Doubs WR	GB	80	51	629	5	1	+0.31
42	Joe Burrow	Ja'Marr Chase WR	CIN	78	52	614	4	3	+0.26
43	Jared Goff	Jahmyr Gibbs RB	DET	94	77	613	5	0	+0.19
44	Justin Herbert	Oronde Gadsden II TE	LAC	63	45	599	3	3	+0.22
45	Sam Darnold	Cooper Kupp WR	SEA	70	47	593	2	3	+0.09
46	Dak Prescott	Jake Ferguson TE	DAL	100	80	591	8	1	+0.18
47	Jalen Hurts	Dallas Goedert TE	PHI	82	60	591	11	0	+0.44
48	Jaxson Dart	Wan'Dale Robinson WR	NYG	91	63	591	2	0	+0.10
49	Kirk Cousins	Kyle Pitts TE	ATL	68	52	571	4	3	+0.24
50	Patrick Mahomes	Rashee Rice WR	KC	77	52	568	5	1	+0.20
51	Cam Ward	Chig Okonkwo TE	TEN	75	55	559	2	1	+0.21
52	Tyler Shough	Juwan Johnson TE	NO	56	44	556	2	0	+0.50
53	Baker Mayfield	Cade Otton TE	TB	78	56	554	1	2	+0.03
54	Drake Maye	Kayshon Boutte WR	NE	44	33	551	6	2	+0.89
55	Drake Maye	Mack Hollins WR	NE	65	46	550	2	2	+0.42
56	Trevor Lawrence	Brenton Strange TE	JAX	60	46	540	3	0	+0.52
57	Mac Jones	Christian McCaffrey RB	SF	69	54	527	3	1	+0.38
58	Josh Allen	Dalton Kincaid TE	BUF	46	36	523	5	0	+0.82
59	Sam Darnold	AJ Barner TE	SEA	68	52	519	6	2	+0.41
60	Cam Ward	Elic Ayomanor WR	TEN	80	39	504	4	2	+0.03
61	Patrick Mahomes	Marquise Brown WR	KC	62	42	494	5	2	+0.41
62	Patrick Mahomes	Xavier Worthy WR	KC	67	40	491	1	1	+0.22
63	Jared Goff	Sam LaPorta TE	DET	49	40	489	3	0	+0.74
64	Jordan Love	Tucker Kraft TE	GB	44	32	489	6	0	+0.89
65	Joe Flacco	Ja'Marr Chase WR	CIN	72	47	487	2	0	+0.26
66	Jordan Love	Christian Watson WR	GB	46	28	487	4	2	+0.49
67	J.J. McCarthy	Justin Jefferson WR	MIN	76	40	484	2	7	-0.34
68	Spencer Rattler	Chris Olave WR	NO	77	48	483	3	0	+0.13
69	Carson Wentz	Justin Jefferson WR	MIN	50	34	477	0	2	+0.29
70	Trevor Lawrence	Jakobi Meyers WR	JAX	60	41	475	3	2	+0.20
71	Brock Purdy	George Kittle TE	SF	49	40	469	5	0	+0.68
72	Aaron Rodgers	Pat Freiermuth TE	PIT	51	38	467	3	1	+0.41
73	Mac Jones	Kendrick Bourne WR	SF	38	30	465	0	1	+0.67
74	Bo Nix	Evan Engram TE	DEN	76	50	461	1	0	+0.06
75	Michael Penix Jr.	Bijan Robinson RB	ATL	51	40	460	2	1	+0.33
76	Patrick Mahomes	Tyquan Thornton WR	KC	37	19	438	3	0	+0.71
77	Tua Tagovailoa	De'Von Achane RB	MIA	78	60	435	4	2	-0.11
78	Jaxson Dart	Darius Slayton WR	NYG	53	30	424	1	0	+0.19
79	Joe Flacco	Tee Higgins WR	CIN	43	27	417	5	1	+0.40
80	Drake Maye	DeMario Douglas WR	NE	44	29	415	3	0	+0.55
81	Matthew Stafford	Colby Parkinson TE	LA	56	43	408	8	2	+0.22
82	Dak Prescott	Ryan Flournoy WR	DAL	50	35	407	4	1	+0.49
83	Dak Prescott	KaVontae Turpin WR	DAL	35	26	396	2	0	+0.60
84	Cam Ward	Chimere Dike WR	TEN	70	45	396	4	2	+0.00
85	Josh Allen	Dawson Knox TE	BUF	47	34	393	3	2	+0.29
86	Aaron Rodgers	Kenny Gainwell RB	PIT	73	61	388	2	0	-0.05
87	C.J. Stroud	Jayden Higgins WR	HOU	43	27	386	4	2	+0.26
88	Spencer Rattler	Rashid Shaheed WR	NO	49	33	386	2	2	+0.08
89	Bo Nix	Pat Bryant WR	DEN	49	31	378	1	3	+0.29
90	Brock Purdy	Christian McCaffrey RB	SF	60	48	377	4	2	+0.21
91	Baker Mayfield	Mike Evans WR	TB	62	30	368	3	2	+0.08
92	Daniel Jones	Josh Downs WR	IND	61	41	368	3	1	+0.19
93	Baker Mayfield	Sterling Shepard WR	TB	50	37	366	1	0	+0.01
94	Jaxson Dart	Theo Johnson TE	NYG	54	32	362	5	2	+0.09
95	Kirk Cousins	Bijan Robinson RB	ATL	52	39	360	2	0	+0.19
96	Baker Mayfield	Chris Godwin Jr. WR	TB	51	33	360	2	1	+0.27
97	Brock Purdy	Jauan Jennings WR	SF	49	31	359	6	4	+0.12
98	Bryce Young	Jalen Coker WR	CAR	39	30	358	3	0	+0.63
99	Michael Penix Jr.	Kyle Pitts TE	ATL	50	36	357	1	0	+0.19
100	Cam Ward	Gunnar Helm TE	TEN	55	44	357	2	0	+0.07
101	Bo Nix	RJ Harvey RB	DEN	58	47	356	5	0	+0.33
102	Brock Purdy	Ricky Pearsall WR	SF	36	24	355	0	3	+0.49
103	Geno Smith	Jakobi Meyers WR	LV	49	33	352	0	4	-0.07
104	Cam Ward	Van Jefferson WR	TEN	52	29	350	1	0	+0.17
105	Davis Mills	Nico Collins WR	HOU	36	25	349	1	0	+0.31
106	Josh Allen	Keon Coleman WR	BUF	54	35	347	4	2	+0.21
107	C.J. Stroud	Xavier Hutchinson WR	HOU	46	29	345	3	1	+0.22
108	Drake Maye	Rhamondre Stevenson RB	NE	36	31	343	2	0	+0.36
109	Jordan Love	Matthew Golden WR	GB	38	27	341	0	1	+0.48
110	Aaron Rodgers	Calvin Austin III WR	PIT	50	27	336	3	3	-0.12
111	Aaron Rodgers	Jaylen Warren RB	PIT	44	39	334	2	0	+0.26
112	Shedeur Sanders	Harold Fannin Jr. TE	CLE	47	29	334	4	2	-0.03
113	Geno Smith	Ashton Jeanty RB	LV	62	48	332	5	2	-0.10
114	Marcus Mariota	Deebo Samuel Sr. WR	WAS	44	33	330	3	1	+0.33
115	Caleb Williams	Cole Kmet TE	CHI	47	29	325	2	1	+0.22
116	Bo Nix	Marvin Mims Jr. WR	DEN	51	37	322	1	0	+0.07
117	Aaron Rodgers	Darnell Washington TE	PIT	38	27	321	1	0	+0.36
118	Baker Mayfield	Tez Johnson WR	TB	42	27	319	5	0	+0.42
119	Joe Burrow	Tee Higgins WR	CIN	35	24	318	4	1	+0.46
120	Spencer Rattler	Juwan Johnson TE	NO	45	32	314	1	0	+0.12
121	Jordan Love	Dontayvion Wicks WR	GB	43	27	313	2	2	+0.29
122	Caleb Williams	Olamide Zaccheaus WR	CHI	65	39	313	2	1	-0.04
123	Jake Browning	Ja'Marr Chase WR	CIN	35	26	311	2	2	+0.08
124	Lamar Jackson	Mark Andrews TE	BAL	51	32	307	5	2	+0.02
125	Marcus Mariota	Zach Ertz TE	WAS	41	28	304	0	2	-0.02
126	Patrick Mahomes	JuJu Smith-Schuster WR	KC	36	27	304	1	2	+0.18
127	Daniel Jones	Jonathan Taylor RB	IND	40	35	304	2	0	+0.25
128	Cam Ward	Calvin Ridley WR	TEN	36	17	303	0	1	+0.34
129	Jacoby Brissett	Marvin Harrison Jr. WR	ARI	41	21	302	2	0	+0.30
130	Trevor Lawrence	Travis Hunter WR	JAX	45	28	298	1	2	-0.05
131	Bryce Young	Rico Dowdle RB	CAR	50	39	297	1	1	-0.02
132	Trevor Lawrence	Travis Etienne RB	JAX	52	36	292	6	0	+0.18
133	Josh Allen	James Cook RB	BUF	40	33	291	2	0	+0.22
134	Caleb Williams	D'Andre Swift RB	CHI	48	34	290	1	0	-0.03
135	Jayden Daniels	Deebo Samuel Sr. WR	WAS	45	34	289	2	1	+0.11
136	Justin Herbert	Tre Harris WR	LAC	36	27	287	1	1	+0.37
137	Bryce Young	Xavier Legette WR	CAR	56	29	286	3	3	-0.16
138	Mac Jones	Jauan Jennings WR	SF	41	24	284	3	3	-0.18
139	Sam Darnold	Kenneth Walker III RB	SEA	36	31	282	0	0	+0.19
140	Jordan Love	Josh Jacobs RB	GB	43	35	282	1	0	+0.30
141	Matthew Stafford	Tyler Higbee TE	LA	36	25	281	3	0	+0.26
142	Matthew Stafford	Kyren Williams RB	LA	50	36	281	3	0	+0.17
143	Geno Smith	Michael Mayer TE	LV	45	32	281	1	3	-0.21
144	Justin Fields	Garrett Wilson WR	NYJ	42	23	279	3	1	-0.02
145	Baker Mayfield	Bucky Irving RB	TB	35	30	277	3	0	+0.25
146	Kyler Murray	Trey McBride TE	ARI	42	29	275	1	0	+0.34
147	Jalen Hurts	Saquon Barkley RB	PHI	50	37	273	2	0	-0.08
148	J.J. McCarthy	Jordan Addison WR	MIN	38	16	265	1	1	+0.04
149	Tua Tagovailoa	Malik Washington WR	MIA	52	38	263	2	2	-0.15
150	Shedeur Sanders	Jerry Jeudy WR	CLE	37	20	256	1	4	-0.28
151	Cam Ward	Tyjae Spears RB	TEN	43	38	255	0	0	+0.08
152	Jacoby Brissett	Michael Carter RB	ARI	40	28	245	0	0	+0.04
153	Bryce Young	Tommy Tremble TE	CAR	34	25	240	2	0	+0.24
154	Dillon Gabriel	Harold Fannin Jr. TE	CLE	36	26	237	2	0	+0.08
155	Kirk Cousins	Darnell Mooney WR	ATL	37	17	230	1	0	+0.10
156	Bryce Young	Chuba Hubbard RB	CAR	38	30	223	3	0	+0.13
157	Drake Maye	TreVeyon Henderson RB	NE	42	35	221	1	0	+0.06
158	Trevor Lawrence	Dyami Brown WR	JAX	36	19	219	1	1	-0.11
159	Justin Fields	Mason Taylor TE	NYJ	35	25	218	0	0	+0.33
160	Baker Mayfield	Rachaad White RB	TB	44	39	214	0	0	-0.02
161	Michael Penix Jr.	Darnell Mooney WR	ATL	35	15	213	0	0	-0.01
162	Aaron Rodgers	Jonnu Smith TE	PIT	50	35	201	2	0	+0.03
163	Cam Ward	Tony Pollard RB	TEN	39	31	201	0	1	-0.29
164	Justin Herbert	Omarion Hampton RB	LAC	35	32	192	1	0	-0.02
165	Joe Burrow	Chase Brown RB	CIN	35	30	187	4	0	+0.21
166	Dillon Gabriel	Jerry Jeudy WR	CLE	39	17	164	1	0	-0.18
167	Joe Flacco	Chase Brown RB	CIN	35	23	140	1	1	-0.19
168	Dak Prescott	Javonte Williams RB	DAL	51	35	137	2	0	-0.45

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