How NFL pass attempts actually behave

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Across 38 NFL players with at least 10 logged games in pass attempts, this page measures 641 games in total. The median player in that field averages 29.5 pass attempts. The line closest to a coin flip sits at 29.5 for the median of the 38 players whose distribution supports one. Half the field is more often over it, half more often under. The deepest sample here is Drake Maye, with 25 logged games. Of the 37 players whose spread can be measured, 26 cluster tightly around their average, 9 vary moderately and 2 swing widely. 38 of them have at least three games home and away, so the venue gap below is measured rather than assumed. Every figure is counted from official box scores and describes games already played. It is not a projection, and on its own it says nothing about whether any price on offer is worth taking.

Measured as of 2026-11-15, rebuilt daily from official box scores. Window: 2025-10-12 to 2026-11-12. No prices appear on this page.

641 logged player-games from 337 unique games. A player-game is one player in one game, so a single game counts once for every player it logged.

Where the coin-flip line sits in NFL pass attempts

Each player's own most balanced threshold: the half-point line he has finished above in closest to half his logged games, measured from his distribution rather than read off a book. Deepest sample first, not best to worst.

NFL pass attempts: measured field
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageBalanced lineHit rate there
Drake MayePatriots2529.2 pass attemptsOver 29.512 of 25 (48%)
Matthew StaffordRams2436.6 pass attemptsOver 33.513 of 24 (54%)
Bo NixBroncos2235.0 pass attemptsOver 32.512 of 22 (55%)
Sam DarnoldSeahawks2229.3 pass attemptsOver 28.511 of 22 (50%)
Aaron RodgersSteelers2133.9 pass attemptsOver 33.512 of 21 (57%)
Caleb WilliamsBears2134.4 pass attemptsOver 34.510 of 21 (48%)
Dak PrescottCowboys2135.3 pass attemptsOver 34.510 of 21 (48%)
Jordan LovePackers2133.6 pass attemptsOver 30.511 of 21 (52%)
Josh AllenBills2129.4 pass attemptsOver 29.511 of 21 (52%)
Trevor LawrenceJaguars2130.7 pass attemptsOver 29.512 of 21 (57%)
Bryce YoungPanthers2032.6 pass attemptsOver 32.510 of 20 (50%)
Cam WardTitans2031.2 pass attemptsOver 32.510 of 20 (50%)
Jacoby BrissettCardinals2039.5 pass attemptsOver 37.510 of 20 (50%)
Jared GoffLions2035.3 pass attemptsOver 33.510 of 20 (50%)
Justin HerbertChargers2030.0 pass attemptsOver 29.59 of 20 (45%)
C.J. StroudTexans1933.7 pass attemptsOver 32.510 of 19 (53%)
Geno SmithJets1929.3 pass attemptsOver 28.510 of 19 (53%)
Baker MayfieldBuccaneers1828.5 pass attemptsOver 28.58 of 18 (44%)
Kirk CousinsRaiders1832.1 pass attemptsOver 31.59 of 18 (50%)
Tyler ShoughSaints1835.2 pass attemptsOver 34.59 of 18 (50%)
Brock Purdy49ers1729.7 pass attemptsOver 29.58 of 17 (47%)
Daniel JonesColts1731.5 pass attemptsOver 30.510 of 17 (59%)
Patrick MahomesChiefs1734.2 pass attemptsOver 33.58 of 17 (47%)
Jalen HurtsEagles1629.4 pass attemptsOver 27.58 of 16 (50%)
Joe BurrowBengals1437.1 pass attemptsOver 35.57 of 14 (50%)
Lamar JacksonRavens1421.7 pass attemptsOver 20.58 of 14 (57%)
J.J. McCarthyGiants1323.5 pass attemptsOver 23.56 of 13 (46%)
Malik WillisDolphins1220.3 pass attemptsOver 21.56 of 12 (50%)
Michael Penix Jr.Falcons1229.2 pass attemptsOver 31.56 of 12 (50%)
Taysom HillSaints120.4 pass attemptsOver 0.54 of 12 (33%)
Jameis WinstonGiants1121.1 pass attemptsOver 22.56 of 11 (55%)
Jaxson DartGiants1126.2 pass attemptsOver 29.55 of 11 (45%)
Jayden DanielsCommanders1127.5 pass attemptsOver 25.56 of 11 (55%)
Mac Jones49ers1114.9 pass attemptsOver 0.56 of 11 (55%)
Marcus MariotaCommanders1120.9 pass attemptsOver 16.56 of 11 (55%)
Shedeur SandersBrowns1122.4 pass attemptsOver 22.56 of 11 (55%)
Tua TagovailoaFalcons1023.7 pass attemptsOver 21.56 of 10 (60%)
Tyler HuntleyRavens1017.7 pass attemptsOver 15.55 of 10 (50%)

The steadiest NFL pass attempts records

Standard deviation in the market’s own units, and the same figure as a share of the player’s average so it means the same thing in points as in passing yards. A narrow spread means the average is close to what a typical game actually looked like; it says nothing about what the next one will look like.

The steadiest NFL pass attempts records
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
Brock Purdy49ers1729.7 pass attempts4.114%
Caleb WilliamsBears2134.4 pass attempts5.315%
Patrick MahomesChiefs1734.2 pass attempts6.519%
Josh AllenBills2129.4 pass attempts6.020%
Joe BurrowBengals1437.1 pass attempts7.320%
Bo NixBroncos2235.0 pass attempts7.321%
Jacoby BrissettCardinals2039.5 pass attempts8.521%
Michael Penix Jr.Falcons1229.2 pass attempts6.522%
Jared GoffLions2035.3 pass attempts7.922%
Aaron RodgersSteelers2133.9 pass attempts7.823%

The widest NFL pass attempts swings

The other end of the same measurement. A wide spread means the average describes the middle of a broad range rather than a typical night, which is worth knowing before reading anything into that average.

The widest NFL pass attempts swings
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
Mac Jones49ers1114.9 pass attempts16.2109%
Jameis WinstonGiants1121.1 pass attempts16.478%
Tyler HuntleyRavens1017.7 pass attempts11.565%
Marcus MariotaCommanders1120.9 pass attempts13.163%
Shedeur SandersBrowns1122.4 pass attempts12.054%
Malik WillisDolphins1220.3 pass attempts10.452%
J.J. McCarthyGiants1323.5 pass attempts9.942%
Lamar JacksonRavens1421.7 pass attempts9.041%
Baker MayfieldBuccaneers1828.5 pass attempts11.038%
Tua TagovailoaFalcons1023.7 pass attempts9.038%

The widest home and away gaps in NFL pass attempts

Both averages are over the games actually played at each venue, and the game count for each is in the cell beside it. A gap measured over a handful of games either way is one you cannot distinguish from noise. This table prints the denominators so you can tell which is which. Three games a side is the floor for appearing here at all.

NFL pass attempts: venue gaps
PlayerClubHome (games)Away (games)Gap
J.J. McCarthyGiants29.5 (6)18.4 (7)11.1 at home
Sam DarnoldSeahawks25.6 (12)33.8 (10)8.2 away
Geno SmithJets33.0 (10)25.1 (9)7.9 at home
Jameis WinstonGiants17.8 (6)25.0 (5)7.2 away
Joe BurrowBengals41.0 (6)34.1 (8)6.9 at home
Malik WillisDolphins23.7 (6)16.8 (6)6.9 at home
Aaron RodgersSteelers31.2 (12)37.4 (9)6.2 away
Lamar JacksonRavens25.2 (6)19.1 (8)6.1 at home
Marcus MariotaCommanders24.2 (5)18.2 (6)6.0 at home
Tyler ShoughSaints38.0 (9)32.3 (9)5.7 at home

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five

Last five logged games against the full log, reported only where the gap is more than a tenth of the player’s own average. It is a description of five games that have been played and it is not a forecast of the sixth.

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Tyler HuntleyRavens22.0 pass attempts17.7 over 1024% above
Malik WillisDolphins24.4 pass attempts20.3 over 1220% above
Jayden DanielsCommanders32.4 pass attempts27.5 over 1118% above
Bryce YoungPanthers37.4 pass attempts32.6 over 2015% above
Sam DarnoldSeahawks32.8 pass attempts29.3 over 2212% above
Jordan LovePackers37.4 pass attempts33.6 over 2111% above

Behind their own baseline over the last five

The same comparison in the other direction, and the same caveat: five games is five games, and a run below a baseline is as often noise as it is a change.

Behind their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Mac Jones49ers0.8 pass attempts14.9 over 1195% below
Taysom HillSaints0.2 pass attempts0.4 over 1252% below
Shedeur SandersBrowns15.8 pass attempts22.4 over 1129% below
Baker MayfieldBuccaneers22.8 pass attempts28.5 over 1820% below
Marcus MariotaCommanders16.8 pass attempts20.9 over 1120% below
Tua TagovailoaFalcons19.0 pass attempts23.7 over 1020% below
Jameis WinstonGiants17.6 pass attempts21.1 over 1117% below
Jaxson DartGiants21.8 pass attempts26.2 over 1117% below
Bo NixBroncos30.4 pass attempts35.0 over 2213% below
J.J. McCarthyGiants20.8 pass attempts23.5 over 1312% below

Common questions

Where does the NFL pass attempts coin-flip line sit?

At the half-point threshold each player has finished above in about half their logged games. It is measured per player from their own distribution rather than read off a sportsbook, which is why it is on this page at all: a posted line moves through the day and this page is rebuilt once, so a number taken from a book would be wrong by morning.

Is this a ranking of the best NFL pass attempts props?

No. Nothing here is ordered by how good a bet it is, and no price is quoted anywhere on the page. The tables are ordered by sample depth, by spread and by the size of a measured gap, because those are the things a game log can actually establish.

How many games are behind each pass attempts figure?

The count is printed beside every one of them. A player only appears once they have ten or more logged games in the market, and games they did not play are absent rather than counted as zero, so an average describes games they were actually in.

Does a pass attempts trend on this page predict the next game?

No. A trend here is a comparison between a player’s last five logged games and their full log, and it is reported only when the gap is large enough to be worth naming. It is a description of what has happened, and history is not a forecast.

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