How NFL pass attempts actually behave

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Across 27 NFL players with at least 10 logged games in pass attempts, this page measures 443 games in total. The median player in that field averages 31.7 pass attempts. The line closest to a coin flip sits at 30.5 for the median of the 27 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 22 logged games. Of the 27 players whose spread can be measured, 27 cluster tightly around their average, 0 vary moderately and 0 swing widely. 27 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 2026-09-20, rebuilt daily from official box scores. Window: 2025-09-05 to 2026-09-18. No prices appear on this page.

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 MayePatriots2229.3 pass attemptsOver 27.512 of 22 (55%)
Matthew StaffordRams2135.3 pass attemptsOver 33.511 of 21 (52%)
Caleb WilliamsBears2034.4 pass attemptsOver 34.510 of 20 (50%)
Josh AllenBills2029.7 pass attemptsOver 28.510 of 20 (50%)
Bo NixBroncos1936.1 pass attemptsOver 37.59 of 19 (47%)
Jared GoffLions1934.5 pass attemptsOver 33.510 of 19 (53%)
Sam DarnoldSeahawks1929.3 pass attemptsOver 27.59 of 19 (47%)
Trevor LawrenceJaguars1932.3 pass attemptsOver 30.510 of 19 (53%)
Aaron RodgersSteelers1831.7 pass attemptsOver 31.510 of 18 (56%)
Baker MayfieldBuccaneers1831.7 pass attemptsOver 29.59 of 18 (50%)
Bryce YoungPanthers1830.8 pass attemptsOver 29.59 of 18 (50%)
Jalen HurtsEagles1828.6 pass attemptsOver 27.59 of 18 (50%)
Justin HerbertChargers1831.7 pass attemptsOver 29.58 of 18 (44%)
Cam WardTitans1733.5 pass attemptsOver 33.59 of 17 (53%)
Dak PrescottCowboys1736.6 pass attemptsOver 34.59 of 17 (53%)
C.J. StroudTexans1633.1 pass attemptsOver 31.58 of 16 (50%)
Geno SmithJets1629.5 pass attemptsOver 26.58 of 16 (50%)
Jordan LovePackers1632.1 pass attemptsOver 30.58 of 16 (50%)
Patrick MahomesChiefs1535.3 pass attemptsOver 34.57 of 15 (47%)
Tua TagovailoaDolphins1427.4 pass attemptsOver 25.57 of 14 (50%)
Daniel JonesColts1331.4 pass attemptsOver 29.57 of 13 (54%)
Jacoby BrissettCardinals1340.1 pass attemptsOver 37.57 of 13 (54%)
Brock Purdy49ers1231.3 pass attemptsOver 31.56 of 12 (50%)
Jaxson DartGiants1229.6 pass attemptsOver 29.56 of 12 (50%)
Lamar JacksonRavens1225.4 pass attemptsOver 23.57 of 12 (58%)
Tyler ShoughSaints1134.6 pass attemptsOver 30.56 of 11 (55%)
Joe FlaccoBengals1041.0 pass attemptsOver 40.55 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 Purdy49ers1231.3 pass attempts3.511%
Joe FlaccoBengals1041.0 pass attempts5.112%
Caleb WilliamsBears2034.4 pass attempts5.315%
Patrick MahomesChiefs1535.3 pass attempts5.516%
Dak PrescottCowboys1736.6 pass attempts5.916%
Cam WardTitans1733.5 pass attempts5.817%
Jaxson DartGiants1229.6 pass attempts5.418%
Jacoby BrissettCardinals1340.1 pass attempts7.318%
Matthew StaffordRams2135.3 pass attempts6.418%
Daniel JonesColts1331.4 pass attempts6.019%

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
Tyler ShoughSaints1134.6 pass attempts10.530%
Bryce YoungPanthers1830.8 pass attempts8.929%
Geno SmithJets1629.5 pass attempts8.729%
Justin HerbertChargers1831.7 pass attempts8.828%
Drake MayePatriots2229.3 pass attempts8.027%
Baker MayfieldBuccaneers1831.7 pass attempts8.226%
Aaron RodgersSteelers1831.7 pass attempts7.724%
Jordan LovePackers1632.1 pass attempts7.824%
Jalen HurtsEagles1828.6 pass attempts6.824%
Josh AllenBills2029.7 pass attempts6.823%

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
Trevor LawrenceJaguars30.4 (14)37.4 (5)7.0 away
Joe FlaccoBengals45.7 (3)39.0 (7)6.7 at home
Justin HerbertChargers29.2 (11)35.6 (7)6.4 away
Aaron RodgersSteelers33.1 (14)27.0 (4)6.1 at home
Bo NixBroncos38.2 (11)33.3 (8)4.9 at home
Lamar JacksonRavens26.8 (8)22.8 (4)4.0 at home
Caleb WilliamsBears36.2 (9)32.8 (11)3.4 at home
Sam DarnoldSeahawks27.8 (9)30.6 (10)2.8 away
Tua TagovailoaDolphins25.6 (5)28.4 (9)2.8 away
Jalen HurtsEagles27.4 (10)30.0 (8)2.6 away

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
Aaron RodgersSteelers40.0 pass attempts31.7 over 1826% above
Jared GoffLions40.4 pass attempts34.5 over 1917% above
Tyler ShoughSaints39.8 pass attempts34.6 over 1115% above
Josh AllenBills33.8 pass attempts29.7 over 2014% above
Jordan LovePackers36.6 pass attempts32.1 over 1614% above
Caleb WilliamsBears38.8 pass attempts34.4 over 2013% 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
Geno SmithJets23.8 pass attempts29.5 over 1619% below
Tua TagovailoaDolphins22.6 pass attempts27.4 over 1418% below
Jacoby BrissettCardinals35.2 pass attempts40.1 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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