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2025 NFL First-Quarter Passing Leaders

Regular season · minimum 8 games · computed from nflverse play-by-play · this page is final and will not change

Most sites publish full-game passing totals. First-quarter production is its own skill — it reflects scripted openers and play-caller intent more than game flow — and it settles first-quarter prop bets. Here is the complete 2025 leaderboard — Jared Goff led with 1115 Q1 passing yards.

#	Player	Team	Games	Q1 pass yds	Per game	Best Q1
1	Jared Goff	DET	17	1115	65.6	137 vs TB (wk 7)
2	Matthew Stafford	LA	17	1086	63.9	123 @ SEA (wk 16)
3	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	17	1054	62.0	119 @ CIN (wk 2)
4	Dak Prescott	DAL	17	932	54.8	117 vs WAS (wk 7)
5	C.J. Stroud	HOU	14	931	66.5	151 @ LAC (wk 17)
6	Daniel Jones	IND	13	913	70.2	139 vs DEN (wk 2)
7	Jordan Love	GB	15	910	60.7	131 @ DAL (wk 4)
8	Caleb Williams	CHI	17	890	52.4	135 vs DAL (wk 3)
9	Drake Maye	NE	17	883	51.9	113 @ NYJ (wk 17)
10	Sam Darnold	SEA	17	838	49.3	95 vs ARI (wk 10)
11	Justin Herbert	LAC	16	787	49.2	118 vs KC (wk 1)
12	Cam Ward	TEN	17	746	43.9	101 vs NE (wk 7)
13	Geno Smith	LV	15	729	48.6	109 @ NE (wk 1)
14	Aaron Rodgers	PIT	16	724	45.2	93 @ NYJ (wk 1)
15	Baker Mayfield	TB	17	703	41.4	84 vs NO (wk 14)
16	Bo Nix	DEN	17	682	40.1	101 @ NYJ (wk 6)
17	Josh Allen	BUF	16	680	42.5	103 vs NO (wk 4)
18	Bryce Young	CAR	16	643	40.2	82 @ ATL (wk 11)
19	Jalen Hurts	PHI	16	626	39.1	90 @ DAL (wk 12)
20	Patrick Mahomes	KC	14	624	44.6	113 vs LV (wk 7)
21	Jacoby Brissett	ARI	14	609	43.5	76 vs LA (wk 14)
22	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	14	600	42.9	103 @ NYJ (wk 14)
23	Jaxson Dart	NYG	14	541	38.6	101 vs PHI (wk 6)
24	Lamar Jackson	BAL	13	523	40.2	69 vs NE (wk 16)
25	J.J. McCarthy	MIN	10	439	43.9	76 vs BAL (wk 10)

Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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