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NFL Passing EPA Leaders 2025

Drake Maye (QB, NE) led the NFL in passing EPA in 2025 at +166.2. 42 players with 150+ attempts qualified. Source: nflverse.

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Passing EPA totals how much a quarterback's passing plays changed his team's expected points, given the game situation. Fantasy managers should look at it when they want context beyond yards and touchdowns, especially when two quarterbacks reached similar box-score totals in different ways.

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NFL Passing EPA leaders, 2025 season (150+ attempts minimum)
RankPlayerPosTeamPassing EPA
1Drake MayeQBNE+166.2
2Matthew StaffordQBLA+150.4
3Dak PrescottQBDAL+114.3
4Jordan LoveQBGB+110.6
5Jared GoffQBDET+106.5
6Sam DarnoldQBSEA+74.6
7Josh AllenQBBUF+71.3
8Patrick MahomesQBKC+68.3
9Daniel JonesQBIND+65.3
10Bo NixQBDEN+63.3
11Brock PurdyQBSF+63.1
12C.J. StroudQBHOU+47.7
13Mac JonesQBSF+44.7
14Caleb WilliamsQBCHI+42.2
15Trevor LawrenceQBJAX+38.4
16Joe BurrowQBCIN+36.6
17Jalen HurtsQBPHI+34.3
18Aaron RodgersQBPIT+28.3
19Lamar JacksonQBBAL+18.2
20Justin HerbertQBLAC+16.1
21Tua TagovailoaQBMIA+14.4
22Carson WentzQBMIN+6.3
23Kyler MurrayQBARI+5.7
24Michael Penix Jr.QBATL+5.1
25Jaxson DartQBNYG+3.4
26Tyler ShoughQBNO+2.1
27Baker MayfieldQBTB+0.7
28Kirk CousinsQBATL-0.9
29Jacoby BrissettQBARI-3.2
30Marcus MariotaQBWAS-3.9
31Jayden DanielsQBWAS-4.8
32Davis MillsQBHOU-16.8
33Spencer RattlerQBNO-21.5
34Bryce YoungQBCAR-22.0
35Justin FieldsQBNYJ-22.4
36Joe FlaccoQBCIN-40.9
37Dillon GabrielQBCLE-44.9
38J.J. McCarthyQBMIN-54.1
39Shedeur SandersQBCLE-59.3
40Brady CookQBNYJ-68.3
41Geno SmithQBLV-72.9
42Cam WardQBTEN-109.1
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Who led the NFL in passing EPA in 2025?

Drake Maye (QB, NE) led the NFL in passing EPA in 2025 at +166.2. Matthew Stafford (QB, LA) was next at +150.4.

What is passing EPA?

Passing EPA totals how much a quarterback's passing plays changed his team's expected points, given the game situation. Fantasy managers should look at it when they want context beyond yards and touchdowns, especially when two quarterbacks reached similar box-score totals in different ways.

How many players qualified for the 2025 passing EPA leaderboard?

42 players with 150+ attempts qualified for the 2025 passing EPA leaderboard. The table above lists the top 42.

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Stats as of September 2, 2026. Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. Source: nflverse-data. License: CC-BY-4.0.