Final 2019 Passing Stats: Mahomes and Tannehill Lead The Way

by Chase Stuart on December 30, 2019

The top passers of 2019 share a word.

In 2018, Patrick Mahomes* led the NFL in both Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt and Value added. As regular readers know, ANY/A is calculated as follows: (Passing Yards + 20 * TD Passes – 45 *INT – Sack Yards Lost) / (Attempts + Sacks). Mahomes averaged 8.89 ANY/A last year, and the league average was 6.32; since the Chiefs quarterback had 606 dropbacks in 2018, that meant he added 1,554 Adjusted Net Yards of value over average. That easily led the league.

In 2019, Mahomes averaged 8.38 ANY/A and the league averaged 6.16 ANY/A. Mahomes missed some time this year due to injury, and finished with 501 dropbacks; he therefore added 1,113 Adjusted Net Yards of value over average. That wasn’t quite on pace with what he did last season, but it was still good enough to lead the league.

But it was Ryan Tannehill — who finally had his breakout season — who finished #1 in the NFL in ANY/A. Replacing Marcus Mariota in midseason, Tannehill averaged 8.52 over 12 games, 10 starts, and 317 dropbacks. That last number is why he only finished 5th in VALUE; he didn’t play long enough to add as much value as Mahomes, Dak Prescott, presumptive MVP Lamar Jackson (who also averaged 80.4 rushing yards per game), or Drew Brees.

The worst five quarterbacks in VALUE added, from 28th to 32nd: Giants rookie Daniel Jones, Browns second-year QB Baker Mayfield, soon to be ex-Bengals QB Andy Dalton, Bears third-year QB Mitchell Trubisky, and Panthers second-year QB Kyle Allen.

The full stats, below:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
1	Patrick Mahomes*	KAN	24	484	4031	26	5	17	127	8.38	1113
2	Dak Prescott	DAL	26	596	4902	30	11	23	151	7.84	1043
3	Lamar Jackson*	BAL	22	401	3127	36	6	23	106	8.19	859
4	Drew Brees*	NOR	40	378	2979	27	4	12	89	8.33	848
5	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	31	286	2742	22	6	31	212	8.52	747
6	Kirk Cousins	MIN	31	444	3603	26	6	28	206	7.73	739
7	Russell Wilson*	SEA	31	516	4110	31	5	48	319	7.42	712
8	Matthew Stafford	DET	31	291	2499	19	5	18	137	8.15	613
9	Derek Carr	OAK	28	513	4054	21	8	29	184	7.25	591
10	Jimmy Garoppolo	SFO	28	476	3978	27	13	36	237	7.22	542
11	Aaron Rodgers*	GNB	36	569	4002	26	4	36	284	6.71	331
12	Deshaun Watson*	HOU	24	495	3852	26	12	44	257	6.63	255
13	Jared Goff	LAR	25	626	4638	22	16	22	170	6.46	196
14	Gardner Minshew	JAX	23	470	3271	21	6	33	184	6.44	138
15	Philip Rivers	LAC	38	591	4615	23	20	34	222	6.32	103
16	Carson Wentz	PHI	27	607	4039	27	7	37	230	6.26	67
17	Tom Brady	NWE	42	613	4057	24	8	27	185	6.24	49
18	Jameis Winston	TAM	25	626	5109	33	30	47	282	6.15	-9
19	Jacoby Brissett	IND	27	447	2942	18	6	27	159	6.06	-47
20	Matt Ryan	ATL	34	616	4466	26	14	48	316	6.08	-50
21	Case Keenum	WAS	31	247	1707	11	5	15	145	5.94	-57
22	Ryan Fitzpatrick	MIA	37	502	3529	20	13	40	209	5.78	-204
23	Josh Allen	BUF	23	461	3089	20	9	38	237	5.71	-227
24	Joe Flacco	DEN	34	262	1822	6	5	26	194	5.29	-251
25	Sam Darnold	NYJ	22	441	3024	19	13	33	212	5.5	-313
26	Mason Rudolph	PIT	24	283	1765	13	9	15	124	5.02	-340
27	Kyler Murray	ARI	22	542	3722	20	12	48	309	5.55	-362
28	Daniel Jones	NYG	22	459	3027	24	12	38	295	5.38	-390
29	Baker Mayfield	CLE	24	534	3827	22	21	40	285	5.29	-499
30	Andy Dalton	CIN	32	528	3494	16	14	37	249	5.19	-546
31	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	25	516	3138	17	10	38	234	5.04	-619
32	Kyle Allen	CAR	23	489	3322	17	16	46	397	4.76	-751
	NFL			17853	128911	797	410	1272	8587	6.16	0

By the skin of his teeth, Tom Brady (6.24 ANY/A) finished above league average. This means Brady has still never had a below-average season by ANY/A purposes.

Finally, here are the passing stats for those quarterbacks who finished with at least 50 pass attempts, but not the 224 necessary to qualify for the passing leaderboard. It is sorted by pass attempts.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
NQ	Dwayne Haskins	WAS	22	203	1365	7	7	29	204	4.25	-443
NQ	Teddy Bridgewater	NOR	27	196	1384	9	2	12	89	6.66	104
NQ	David Blough	DET	24	174	984	4	6	14	104	3.67	-468
NQ	Marcus Mariota	TEN	26	160	1203	7	2	25	162	5.9	-49
NQ	Devlin Hodges	PIT	23	160	1063	5	8	15	102	4.01	-377
NQ	Drew Lock	DEN	23	156	1020	7	3	5	26	6.2	7
NQ	Eli Manning	NYG	38	147	1042	6	5	5	44	5.88	-43
NQ	Nick Foles	JAX	30	117	736	3	2	8	60	5.17	-124
NQ	Josh Rosen	MIA	22	109	567	1	5	16	93	2.15	-501
NQ	Jeff Driskel	DET	26	105	685	4	4	11	46	4.65	-176
NQ	Matt Moore	KAN	35	91	659	4	0	8	65	6.81	64
NQ	Cam Newton	CAR	30	89	572	0	1	6	43	5.09	-101
NQ	Ryan Finley	CIN	25	87	474	2	2	11	93	3.38	-273
NQ	Brandon Allen	DEN	27	84	515	3	2	9	59	4.58	-147
NQ	Luke Falk	NYJ	25	73	416	0	3	16	96	2.08	-363
NQ	Matt Schaub	ATL	38	67	580	3	1	2	19	8.35	151
NQ	Brian Hoyer	IND	34	65	372	4	4	5	47	3.21	-206
NQ	Chase Daniel	CHI	33	64	435	3	2	7	48	5.03	-80
NQ	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	37	62	351	0	1	2	7	4.67	-95
NQ	Will Grier	CAR	24	52	228	0	4	6	44	0.07	-353
NQ	Matt Barkley	BUF	29	51	359	0	3	2	10	4.04	-112

I’ll leave the rest of the commentary to you guys today. What stands out to you?

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