2016 NFL QB → Receiver Connections

Every quarterback-to-receiver pair with 2 or more targets per team game. Matt Ryan to Julio Jones leads with 1,409 yards.

Top Connections

Rk	Quarterback	Receiver	Team	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD	INT	EPA/Tgt
1	Matt Ryan	Julio Jones WR	ATL	129	83	1,409	6	4	+0.48
2	Andrew Luck	T.Y. Hilton WR	IND	150	88	1,394	6	5	+0.37
3	Eli Manning	Odell Beckham Jr. WR	NYG	169	101	1,367	10	2	+0.23
4	Jameis Winston	Mike Evans WR	TB	173	96	1,321	12	8	+0.36
5	Aaron Rodgers	Jordy Nelson WR	GB	151	96	1,248	14	1	+0.48
6	Ben Roethlisberger	Antonio Brown WR	PIT	143	99	1,178	12	2	+0.38
7	Drew Brees	Brandin Cooks WR	NO	117	78	1,173	8	2	+0.47
8	Drew Brees	Michael Thomas WR	NO	121	92	1,137	9	4	+0.23
9	Derek Carr	Amari Cooper WR	LV	123	78	1,095	4	2	+0.27
10	Russell Wilson	Doug Baldwin WR	SEA	120	90	1,079	6	2	+0.46
11	Matthew Stafford	Golden Tate WR	DET	135	91	1,077	4	3	+0.18
12	Philip Rivers	Tyrell Williams WR	LAC	117	69	1,059	7	9	+0.19
13	Kirk Cousins	Pierre Garcon WR	WAS	114	79	1,041	3	2	+0.47
14	Alex Smith	Travis Kelce TE	KC	105	77	1,032	3	0	+0.65
15	Joe Flacco	Mike Wallace WR	BAL	116	72	1,017	4	3	+0.29
16	Kirk Cousins	DeSean Jackson WR	WAS	100	56	1,005	4	2	+0.33
17	Aaron Rodgers	Davante Adams WR	GB	120	75	997	12	4	+0.37
18	Andy Dalton	A.J. Green WR	CIN	100	66	964	4	0	+0.49
19	Derek Carr	Michael Crabtree WR	LV	137	84	956	8	2	+0.28
20	Matthew Stafford	Marvin Jones WR	DET	103	55	930	4	0	+0.42
21	Russell Wilson	Jimmy Graham TE	SEA	95	65	923	6	1	+0.39
22	Ryan Tannehill	Jarvis Landry WR	MIA	108	78	917	2	2	+0.25
23	Trevor Siemian	Demaryius Thomas WR	DEN	123	76	916	4	1	+0.15
24	Carson Palmer	Larry Fitzgerald WR	ARI	138	99	914	4	2	+0.18
25	Tom Brady	Julian Edelman WR	NE	131	79	910	3	0	+0.23
26	Sam Bradford	Adam Thielen WR	MIN	86	64	907	5	3	+0.53
27	Drew Brees	Willie Snead WR	NO	104	72	895	4	3	+0.36
28	Blake Bortles	Allen Robinson WR	JAX	151	73	883	6	7	-0.11
29	Andy Dalton	Brandon LaFell WR	CIN	107	64	862	6	1	+0.29
30	Cam Newton	Kelvin Benjamin WR	CAR	107	57	859	7	2	+0.22
31	Carson Palmer	David Johnson RB	ARI	113	77	851	4	1	+0.22
32	Blake Bortles	Marqise Lee WR	JAX	105	63	851	3	5	+0.15
33	Trevor Siemian	Emmanuel Sanders WR	DEN	108	62	848	4	5	+0.14
34	Kirk Cousins	Jamison Crowder WR	WAS	99	67	847	7	3	+0.30
35	Cam Newton	Greg Olsen TE	CAR	108	66	840	2	2	+0.21
36	Marcus Mariota	Rishard Matthews WR	TEN	93	56	831	8	3	+0.36
37	Brock Osweiler	DeAndre Hopkins WR	HOU	128	66	816	4	9	-0.01
38	Carson Wentz	Zach Ertz TE	PHI	106	78	816	4	4	+0.25
39	Philip Rivers	Dontrelle Inman WR	LAC	97	58	810	4	4	+0.27
40	Carson Wentz	Jordan Matthews WR	PHI	116	73	804	3	0	+0.26
41	Sam Bradford	Stefon Diggs WR	MIN	103	77	800	3	1	+0.39
42	Dak Prescott	Dez Bryant WR	DAL	96	50	796	8	2	+0.30
43	Joe Flacco	Steve Smith WR	BAL	99	69	794	5	2	+0.39
44	Dak Prescott	Cole Beasley WR	DAL	96	73	788	5	0	+0.59
45	Sam Bradford	Kyle Rudolph TE	MIN	123	79	775	7	0	+0.24
46	Cam Newton	Ted Ginn WR	CAR	92	52	741	4	4	+0.19
47	Marcus Mariota	Delanie Walker TE	TEN	87	56	732	5	3	+0.21
48	Joe Flacco	Dennis Pitta TE	BAL	121	86	729	2	4	-0.13
49	Matthew Stafford	Eric Ebron TE	DET	85	61	711	1	2	+0.39
50	Case Keenum	Kenny Britt WR	LA	64	44	693	3	0	+0.65
51	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Brandon Marshall WR	NYJ	101	47	687	3	7	+0.03
52	Kirk Cousins	Jordan Reed TE	WAS	89	66	686	6	2	+0.35
53	Eli Manning	Sterling Shepard WR	NYG	105	65	683	8	5	+0.20
54	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Quincy Enunwa WR	NYJ	82	49	681	3	2	+0.14
55	Philip Rivers	Travis Benjamin WR	LAC	75	47	677	4	2	+0.24
56	Dak Prescott	Jason Witten TE	DAL	94	68	663	2	1	+0.22
57	Matt Ryan	Mohamed Sanu WR	ATL	81	59	653	4	0	+0.43
58	Jameis Winston	Cameron Brate TE	TB	78	54	642	7	0	+0.49
59	Drew Brees	Coby Fleener TE	NO	81	50	631	3	3	+0.15
60	Aaron Rodgers	Randall Cobb WR	GB	84	60	610	4	1	+0.32
61	Andy Dalton	Tyler Boyd WR	CIN	81	54	603	1	3	+0.07
62	Jameis Winston	Adam Humphries WR	TB	81	53	601	2	3	+0.15
63	Ryan Tannehill	DeVante Parker WR	MIA	70	46	597	3	4	+0.17
64	Russell Wilson	Tyler Lockett WR	SEA	65	40	590	1	1	+0.27
65	Eli Manning	Victor Cruz WR	NYG	72	39	586	1	1	+0.17
66	Matthew Stafford	Anquan Boldin WR	DET	95	67	584	8	3	+0.30
67	Kirk Cousins	Vernon Davis TE	WAS	59	44	581	2	2	+0.19
68	Matt Ryan	Taylor Gabriel WR	ATL	50	35	579	6	1	+0.59
69	Dak Prescott	Terrance Williams WR	DAL	56	42	576	3	0	+0.51
70	Tyrod Taylor	Robert Woods WR	BUF	71	47	570	1	1	+0.23
71	Carson Palmer	J.J. Nelson WR	ARI	73	34	568	6	2	+0.27
72	Andrew Luck	Jack Doyle TE	IND	73	57	559	5	2	+0.20
73	Tom Brady	Chris Hogan WR	NE	42	30	558	3	1	+0.59
74	Ryan Tannehill	Kenny Stills WR	MIA	61	32	557	6	5	+0.09
75	Ben Roethlisberger	Le'Veon Bell RB	PIT	81	65	548	2	0	+0.30
76	Philip Rivers	Antonio Gates TE	LAC	93	53	548	7	3	+0.14
77	Brock Osweiler	Will Fuller WR	HOU	78	39	545	2	1	+0.10
78	Ben Roethlisberger	Eli Rogers WR	PIT	60	42	533	3	2	+0.38
79	Tyrod Taylor	Charles Clay TE	BUF	80	54	532	4	0	+0.25
80	Tom Brady	Rob Gronkowski TE	NE	35	24	529	3	0	+1.10
81	Brock Osweiler	C.J. Fiedorowicz TE	HOU	80	49	509	4	2	+0.15
82	Carson Palmer	John Brown WR	ARI	66	38	506	2	4	+0.01
83	Alex Smith	Jeremy Maclin WR	KC	71	42	506	2	3	+0.08
84	Alex Smith	Tyreek Hill WR	KC	74	54	500	5	2	+0.17
85	Joe Flacco	Breshad Perriman WR	BAL	65	33	499	3	3	-0.03
86	Marcus Mariota	Tajae Sharpe WR	TEN	77	40	498	2	0	+0.17
87	Andrew Luck	Phillip Dorsett WR	IND	53	30	497	2	2	+0.19
88	Philip Rivers	Hunter Henry TE	LAC	53	36	478	8	0	+0.67
89	Blake Bortles	Allen Hurns WR	JAX	76	35	477	3	2	-0.16
90	Russell Wilson	Jermaine Kearse WR	SEA	85	38	468	1	4	-0.27
91	Matt Ryan	Devonta Freeman RB	ATL	65	54	462	2	1	+0.08
92	Matt Barkley	Cameron Meredith WR	CHI	52	33	458	2	3	+0.24
93	Tom Brady	Martellus Bennett TE	NE	53	40	454	6	0	+0.45
94	Alex Smith	Chris Conley WR	KC	62	39	452	0	1	+0.21
95	Tom Brady	James White RB	NE	67	47	449	5	0	+0.19
96	Sam Bradford	Cordarrelle Patterson WR	MIN	69	51	447	2	1	+0.06
97	Carson Palmer	Michael Floyd WR	ARI	65	33	446	4	3	+0.15
98	Alex Smith	Spencer Ware RB	KC	41	32	442	2	1	+0.28
99	Case Keenum	Brian Quick WR	LA	44	28	442	3	1	+0.40
100	Ben Roethlisberger	Sammie Coates WR	PIT	48	20	431	2	3	+0.13
101	Carson Wentz	Darren Sproles RB	PHI	71	52	427	2	0	+0.03
102	Cody Kessler	Terrelle Pryor WR	CLE	56	35	427	4	1	+0.50
103	Matt Ryan	Tevin Coleman RB	ATL	40	31	421	3	0	+0.59
104	Philip Rivers	Melvin Gordon RB	LAC	57	41	419	2	0	+0.27
105	Tyrod Taylor	Sammy Watkins WR	BUF	43	24	399	2	1	+0.43
106	Eli Manning	Will Tye TE	NYG	70	48	395	1	4	-0.17
107	Tyrod Taylor	Marquise Goodwin WR	BUF	62	27	395	3	4	+0.07
108	Andy Dalton	Tyler Eifert TE	CIN	47	29	394	5	2	+0.53
109	Carson Wentz	Dorial Green-Beckham WR	PHI	74	36	392	2	2	+0.16
110	Carson Palmer	Jermaine Gresham TE	ARI	60	36	387	2	1	+0.16
111	Marcus Mariota	Kendall Wright WR	TEN	40	26	385	3	2	+0.21
112	Marcus Mariota	DeMarco Murray RB	TEN	64	51	379	3	0	+0.18
113	Aaron Rodgers	Jared Cook TE	GB	50	30	377	1	0	+0.33
114	Brock Osweiler	Ryan Griffin TE	HOU	66	44	373	2	1	-0.03
115	Matthew Stafford	Theo Riddick RB	DET	67	53	371	5	0	+0.04
116	Derek Carr	Seth Roberts WR	LV	74	35	371	5	1	-0.03
117	Carson Wentz	Nelson Agholor WR	PHI	69	36	365	2	3	-0.08
118	Dak Prescott	Ezekiel Elliott RB	DAL	40	32	363	1	0	+0.34
119	Andrew Luck	Dwayne Allen TE	IND	46	30	357	6	1	+0.43
120	Kirk Cousins	Chris Thompson RB	WAS	62	49	349	2	0	+0.09
121	Tyrod Taylor	LeSean McCoy RB	BUF	56	49	346	1	0	+0.22
122	Colin Kaepernick	Jeremy Kerley WR	SF	68	37	345	1	1	-0.25
123	Derek Carr	Clive Walford TE	LV	49	32	342	3	0	+0.22
124	Jameis Winston	Russell Shepard WR	TB	40	23	341	2	2	+0.38
125	Aaron Rodgers	Ty Montgomery RB	GB	54	43	340	0	0	+0.11
126	Andy Dalton	Giovani Bernard RB	CIN	51	39	336	1	0	+0.10
127	Case Keenum	Tavon Austin WR	LA	76	40	336	2	5	-0.47
128	Case Keenum	Lance Kendricks TE	LA	54	33	331	1	2	+0.01
129	Joe Flacco	Kamar Aiken WR	BAL	50	29	328	1	0	+0.18
130	Carson Wentz	Trey Burton TE	PHI	60	37	327	1	1	+0.06
131	Tom Brady	Malcolm Mitchell WR	NE	39	28	326	4	1	+0.50
132	Cam Newton	Devin Funchess WR	CAR	57	22	323	4	1	+0.07
133	Blaine Gabbert	Jeremy Kerley WR	SF	47	27	322	2	3	-0.14
134	Brian Hoyer	Alshon Jeffery WR	CHI	40	23	320	0	0	+0.20
135	Drew Brees	Mark Ingram RB	NO	58	46	319	4	0	+0.28
136	Josh McCown	Terrelle Pryor WR	CLE	43	19	317	0	3	+0.05
137	Blake Bortles	T.J. Yeldon RB	JAX	68	50	312	1	1	-0.15
138	Bryce Petty	Robbie Chosen WR	NYJ	35	17	312	2	4	-0.12
139	Jared Goff	Kenny Britt WR	LA	47	24	309	2	3	-0.15
140	Ben Roethlisberger	Ladarius Green TE	PIT	34	18	304	1	1	+0.27
141	Ben Roethlisberger	Jesse James TE	PIT	54	35	304	3	3	-0.05
142	Brian Hoyer	Cameron Meredith WR	CHI	35	26	295	1	0	+0.05
143	Colin Kaepernick	Vance McDonald TE	SF	36	18	293	2	1	+0.29
144	Russell Wilson	Paul Richardson WR	SEA	35	21	288	1	1	+0.37
145	Colin Kaepernick	Quinton Patton WR	SF	43	25	286	0	0	-0.02
146	Drew Brees	Travaris Cadet RB	NO	54	40	281	4	1	+0.09
147	Drew Brees	Brandon Coleman WR	NO	38	26	281	3	2	+0.25
148	Blake Bortles	Julius Thomas TE	JAX	51	30	281	4	0	+0.03
149	Andrew Luck	Chester Rogers WR	IND	33	19	276	0	1	+0.14
150	Andrew Luck	Frank Gore RB	IND	46	37	274	4	0	+0.23
151	Aaron Rodgers	Richard Rodgers TE	GB	47	30	271	2	1	+0.11
152	Joe Flacco	Kyle Juszczyk RB	BAL	49	37	266	0	0	-0.06
153	Sam Bradford	Matt Asiata RB	MIN	38	32	263	0	0	+0.03
154	Andrew Luck	Donte Moncrief WR	IND	45	24	262	6	1	+0.24
155	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Robbie Chosen WR	NYJ	41	23	260	0	2	-0.14
156	Sam Bradford	Jerick McKinnon RB	MIN	50	42	252	2	0	-0.03
157	Derek Carr	Latavius Murray RB	LV	42	32	250	0	0	-0.02
158	Colin Kaepernick	Shaun Draughn RB	SF	32	25	240	2	0	+0.28
159	Cam Newton	Corey Brown WR	CAR	45	22	239	0	1	-0.07
160	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Matt Forte RB	NYJ	37	26	238	1	1	-0.16
161	Alex Smith	Albert Wilson WR	KC	43	28	237	1	0	-0.08
162	Trevor Siemian	Virgil Green TE	DEN	36	22	237	1	0	+0.28
163	Joe Flacco	Terrance West RB	BAL	45	34	236	1	0	+0.06
164	Brian Hoyer	Zach Miller TE	CHI	32	26	234	3	0	+0.44
165	Andy Dalton	C.J. Uzomah TE	CIN	38	25	234	1	1	+0.07
166	Blake Bortles	Bryan Walters WR	JAX	34	24	231	2	0	+0.30
167	Trevor Siemian	Devontae Booker RB	DEN	37	26	227	1	0	-0.19
168	Robert Griffin III	Terrelle Pryor WR	CLE	34	18	220	0	1	+0.06
169	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Bilal Powell RB	NYJ	47	34	219	1	0	-0.16
170	Case Keenum	Todd Gurley RB	LA	35	26	202	0	1	-0.07
171	Eli Manning	Rashad Jennings RB	NYG	42	35	201	1	0	-0.03
172	Derek Carr	Jalen Richard RB	LV	38	28	199	2	0	+0.06
173	Jameis Winston	Charles Sims RB	TB	32	24	190	1	2	-0.31
174	Brock Osweiler	Lamar Miller RB	HOU	38	30	189	1	0	-0.03
175	Andrew Luck	Robert Turbin RB	IND	32	24	181	1	0	+0.05
176	Jameis Winston	Vincent Jackson WR	TB	32	15	173	0	2	-0.16
177	Robert Griffin III	Corey Coleman WR	CLE	32	14	165	0	1	-0.13
178	Joe Flacco	Kenneth Dixon RB	BAL	40	29	150	1	1	-0.31
179	Jared Goff	Brian Quick WR	LA	32	13	122	0	1	-0.26

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