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2016 NFL Quarterback Leaders

Every 2016 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.

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Drew Brees led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 2016, with 5,208. Matt Ryan led in passer rating (117.1), yards per attempt (9.26) and touchdown percentage (7.1%). Drew Brees also led in passing yards per game (325.5) and passing first downs (264).

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Passing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Drew Brees 5,208
  2. 2 Matt Ryan 4,944
  3. 3 Kirk Cousins 4,917
  4. 4 Aaron Rodgers 4,428
  5. 5 Philip Rivers 4,386
  6. 6 Matthew Stafford 4,327
  7. 7 Joe Flacco 4,317
  8. 8 Andrew Luck 4,240
  9. 9 Carson Palmer 4,233
  10. 10 Russell Wilson 4,219

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Passing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Aaron Rodgers 40
  2. 2 Matt Ryan 38
  3. 3 Drew Brees 37
  4. 4 Philip Rivers 33
  5. 5 Andrew Luck 31
  6. 6 Ben Roethlisberger 29
  7. 7 Jameis Winston 28
  8. 7 Derek Carr 28
  9. 7 Tom Brady 28
  10. 10 Eli Manning 26

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Passer Rating

RTG
  1. 1 Matt Ryan 117.1
  2. 2 Tom Brady 112.2
  3. 3 Dak Prescott 104.9
  4. 4 Aaron Rodgers 104.2
  5. 5 Drew Brees 101.7
  6. 6 Sam Bradford 99.3
  7. 7 Kirk Cousins 97.2
  8. 8 Derek Carr 96.7
  9. 9 Andrew Luck 96.4
  10. 10 Marcus Mariota 95.6

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Yards per Attempt

Y/A
  1. 1 Matt Ryan 9.26
  2. 2 Tom Brady 8.23
  3. 3 Kirk Cousins 8.11
  4. 4 Dak Prescott 7.99
  5. 5 Andrew Luck 7.78
  6. 6 Drew Brees 7.74
  7. 7 Russell Wilson 7.73
  8. 8 Ryan Tannehill 7.70
  9. 9 Marcus Mariota 7.60
  10. 10 Philip Rivers 7.59

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Completion Percentage

CMP%
  1. 1 Sam Bradford 71.6%
  2. 2 Drew Brees 70.0%
  3. 3 Matt Ryan 69.9%
  4. 4 Dak Prescott 67.8%
  5. 5 Tom Brady 67.4%
  6. 6 Ryan Tannehill 67.1%
  7. 7 Alex Smith 67.1%
  8. 8 Kirk Cousins 67.0%
  9. 9 Aaron Rodgers 65.7%
  10. 10 Matthew Stafford 65.3%

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Passing Yards per Game

Y/G
  1. 1 Drew Brees 325.5
  2. 2 Matt Ryan 309.0
  3. 3 Kirk Cousins 307.3
  4. 4 Tom Brady 296.2
  5. 5 Andrew Luck 282.7
  6. 6 Carson Palmer 282.2
  7. 7 Aaron Rodgers 276.8
  8. 8 Philip Rivers 274.1
  9. 9 Ben Roethlisberger 272.8
  10. 10 Matthew Stafford 270.4

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Completions

CMP
  1. 1 Drew Brees 471
  2. 2 Joe Flacco 436
  3. 3 Kirk Cousins 406
  4. 4 Aaron Rodgers 401
  5. 5 Sam Bradford 395
  6. 6 Matthew Stafford 388
  7. 7 Carson Wentz 379
  8. 8 Eli Manning 377
  9. 9 Matt Ryan 373
  10. 10 Blake Bortles 368

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Pass Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Drew Brees 673
  2. 2 Joe Flacco 672
  3. 3 Blake Bortles 625
  4. 4 Aaron Rodgers 610
  5. 5 Carson Wentz 607
  6. 6 Kirk Cousins 606
  7. 7 Eli Manning 598
  8. 8 Carson Palmer 597
  9. 9 Matthew Stafford 594
  10. 10 Philip Rivers 578

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Passing First Downs

1D
  1. 1 Drew Brees 264
  2. 2 Matt Ryan 238
  3. 3 Kirk Cousins 225
  4. 4 Aaron Rodgers 222
  5. 5 Carson Palmer 218
  6. 6 Matthew Stafford 217
  7. 7 Philip Rivers 214
  8. 7 Jameis Winston 214
  9. 9 Blake Bortles 206
  10. 9 Andrew Luck 206

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Touchdown Percentage

TD%
  1. 1 Matt Ryan 7.1%
  2. 2 Aaron Rodgers 6.6%
  3. 3 Tom Brady 6.5%
  4. 4 Marcus Mariota 5.8%
  5. 5 Philip Rivers 5.7%
  6. 6 Ben Roethlisberger 5.7%
  7. 7 Andrew Luck 5.7%
  8. 8 Drew Brees 5.5%
  9. 9 Dak Prescott 5.0%
  10. 10 Derek Carr 5.0%

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Interceptions Thrown

INT
  1. 1 Philip Rivers 21
  2. 2 Jameis Winston 18
  3. 3 Ryan Fitzpatrick 17
  4. 4 Blake Bortles 16
  5. 4 Eli Manning 16
  6. 4 Brock Osweiler 16
  7. 7 Drew Brees 15
  8. 7 Joe Flacco 15
  9. 9 Carson Wentz 14
  10. 9 Cam Newton 14

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Interception Percentage

INT%
  1. 1 Tom Brady 0.5%
  2. 2 Dak Prescott 0.9%
  3. 3 Sam Bradford 0.9%
  4. 4 Derek Carr 1.1%
  5. 5 Aaron Rodgers 1.1%
  6. 6 Colin Kaepernick 1.2%
  7. 7 Matt Ryan 1.3%
  8. 8 Tyrod Taylor 1.4%
  9. 9 Andy Dalton 1.4%
  10. 10 Alex Smith 1.6%

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Times Sacked

SK
  1. 1 Tyrod Taylor 42
  2. 2 Andy Dalton 41
  3. 2 Russell Wilson 41
  4. 2 Andrew Luck 41
  5. 5 Carson Palmer 40
  6. 6 Matt Ryan 37
  7. 6 Matthew Stafford 37
  8. 6 Sam Bradford 37
  9. 9 Philip Rivers 36
  10. 9 Cam Newton 36

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Rushing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Tyrod Taylor 580
  2. 2 Colin Kaepernick 468
  3. 3 Aaron Rodgers 369
  4. 4 Blake Bortles 359
  5. 4 Cam Newton 359
  6. 6 Marcus Mariota 349
  7. 7 Andrew Luck 341
  8. 8 Dak Prescott 282
  9. 9 Russell Wilson 259
  10. 10 Matthew Stafford 207

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Rushing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Dak Prescott 6
  2. 1 Tyrod Taylor 6
  3. 3 Cam Newton 5
  4. 3 Alex Smith 5
  5. 5 Kirk Cousins 4
  6. 5 Andy Dalton 4
  7. 5 Aaron Rodgers 4
  8. 8 Blake Bortles 3
  9. 9 Drew Brees 2
  10. 9 Joe Flacco 2

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Rushing Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Tyrod Taylor 95
  2. 2 Cam Newton 90
  3. 3 Russell Wilson 72
  4. 4 Colin Kaepernick 69
  5. 5 Aaron Rodgers 67
  6. 6 Andrew Luck 64
  7. 7 Marcus Mariota 60
  8. 8 Blake Bortles 58
  9. 9 Dak Prescott 57
  10. 10 Jameis Winston 53

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Rushing First Downs

1D
  1. 1 Tyrod Taylor 31
  2. 2 Cam Newton 28
  3. 2 Colin Kaepernick 28
  4. 4 Aaron Rodgers 25
  5. 5 Dak Prescott 21
  6. 6 Blake Bortles 20
  7. 6 Andrew Luck 20
  8. 8 Marcus Mariota 19
  9. 9 Andy Dalton 17
  10. 10 Russell Wilson 16

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Fumbles Lost

FL
  1. 1 Marcus Mariota 3
  2. 2 Andy Dalton 2
  3. 2 Aaron Rodgers 2
  4. 2 Russell Wilson 2
  5. 2 Andrew Luck 2
  6. 2 Colin Kaepernick 2
  7. 7 Blake Bortles 1
  8. 7 Kirk Cousins 1
  9. 7 Joe Flacco 1
  10. 7 Carson Wentz 1

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