Drop Yards | NFL Advanced Stats

Which player has the most drop yards in the NFL in 2026?

Jordan Love of Green Bay tops the 2026 NFL drop yards ranking at 171, through games played November 3, 2026. Next are Dak Prescott of Dallas second at 146, Aaron Rodgers of Pittsburgh third at 144, Cam Ward of Tennessee fourth at 106 & Geno Smith of the New York Jets fifth at 100. Love's total puts him 25 yards clear of second place & 146 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Only 86 yards separate first from tenth. Next are Deshaun Watson of Cleveland sixth at 97, Jared Goff of Detroit & Trevor Lawrence of Jacksonville tied for seventh at 96, Josh Allen of Buffalo ninth at 91 & Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams tenth at 85.

Fourteen yards separate 14th from 15th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Next are Jacoby Brissett of Arizona 11th at 83, Sam Darnold of Seattle 12th at 79, Daniel Jones of Indianapolis 13th at 78, Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers 14th at 71, Caleb Williams of Chicago 15th at 57, Bryce Young of Carolina 16th at 52, Kirk Cousins of Las Vegas 17th at 51 & Drake Maye of New England 18th at 45.

The last seven players in the ranking sit inside 14 yards of each other. Next are Kyler Murray of Minnesota 19th at 39, Tyler Shough of New Orleans 20th at 36, Baker Mayfield of Tampa Bay 21st at 35, Jalon Daniels of Tampa Bay 22nd at 34, C.J. Stroud of Houston 23rd at 28, Brock Purdy of San Francisco 24th at 27 & Joe Burrow of Cincinnati 25th at 25. Tampa Bay is the only team with two players in the top 25. One rank inside the top 25 is shared by more than one player.

How this ranking is measured

Of the 34 NFL players ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. A minimum of 118 dropbacks is applied. Drop yards measures the total passing yards lost due to receiver drops. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.