When talking about the 2024 year, Joe Burrow is the best in the NFL in 1st downs from passing with 201. Ranking in 2nd is Jared Goff, with a first downs by passing total of 191. Having earned a total of 184, Patrick Mahomes is sitting in the third position. Rounding out the top 5 are Baker Mayfield (182) and Geno Smith (172).
2024 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Joe Burrow |
201 |
2nd |
Jared Goff |
191 |
3rd |
Patrick Mahomes |
184 |
4th |
Baker Mayfield |
182 |
5th |
Geno Smith |
172 |
6th |
Sam Darnold |
168 |
7th |
Lamar Jackson |
167 |
8th |
Kirk Cousins |
163 |
9th |
C.J. Stroud |
162 |
10th |
Matthew Stafford |
161 |
11th |
Aaron Rodgers |
161 |
12th |
Josh Allen |
153 |
13th |
Kyler Murray |
150 |
14th |
Tua Tagovailoa |
148 |
15th |
Brock Purdy |
145 |
16th |
Jayden Daniels |
143 |
17th |
Caleb Williams |
139 |
18th |
Jalen Hurts |
138 |
19th |
Justin Herbert |
132 |
20th |
Bo Nix |
131 |
21st |
Jordan Love |
128 |
22nd |
Daniel Jones |
106 |
23rd |
Gardner Minshew II |
106 |
24th |
Jameis Winston |
103 |
25th |
Trevor Lawrence |
97 |
26th |
Drake Maye |
95 |
27th |
Derek Carr |
93 |
28th |
Dak Prescott |
87 |
29th |
Bryce Young |
83 |
30th |
Russell Wilson |
81 |
2022 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Patrick Mahomes |
272 |
2nd |
Tom Brady |
237 |
3rd |
Kirk Cousins |
230 |
4th |
Justin Herbert |
228 |
5th |
Jared Goff |
227 |
6th |
Joe Burrow |
222 |
7th |
Josh Allen |
214 |
8th |
Geno Smith |
206 |
9th |
Trevor Lawrence |
206 |
10th |
Aaron Rodgers |
177 |
11th |
Jalen Hurts |
165 |
12th |
Tua Tagovailoa |
162 |
13th |
Derek Carr |
161 |
14th |
Daniel Jones |
156 |
15th |
Matt Ryan |
156 |
16th |
Russell Wilson |
142 |
17th |
Dak Prescott |
142 |
18th |
Davis Mills |
135 |
19th |
Andy Dalton |
135 |
20th |
Jacoby Brissett |
129 |
21st |
Mac Jones |
127 |
22nd |
Kenny Pickett |
123 |
23rd |
Kyler Murray |
119 |
24th |
Ryan Tannehill |
116 |
25th |
Jimmy Garoppolo |
114 |
26th |
Marcus Mariota |
111 |
27th |
Lamar Jackson |
105 |
28th |
Matthew Stafford |
105 |
29th |
Baker Mayfield |
94 |
30th |
Taylor Heinicke |
93 |
2021 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Tom Brady |
269 |
2nd |
Patrick Mahomes |
260 |
3rd |
Justin Herbert |
256 |
4th |
Josh Allen |
234 |
5th |
Matthew Stafford |
233 |
6th |
Dak Prescott |
227 |
7th |
Derek Carr |
217 |
8th |
Aaron Rodgers |
213 |
9th |
Joe Burrow |
202 |
10th |
Matt Ryan |
195 |
11th |
Kirk Cousins |
192 |
12th |
Ryan Tannehill |
192 |
13th |
Ben Roethlisberger |
188 |
14th |
Mac Jones |
177 |
15th |
Trevor Lawrence |
177 |
16th |
Jimmy Garoppolo |
172 |
17th |
Kyler Murray |
172 |
18th |
Taylor Heinicke |
167 |
19th |
Carson Wentz |
165 |
20th |
Jared Goff |
162 |
21st |
Teddy Bridgewater |
146 |
22nd |
Jalen Hurts |
143 |
23rd |
Baker Mayfield |
143 |
24th |
Tua Tagovailoa |
137 |
25th |
Russell Wilson |
135 |
26th |
Lamar Jackson |
135 |
27th |
Sam Darnold |
123 |
28th |
Davis Mills |
118 |
29th |
Daniel Jones |
116 |
30th |
Zach Wilson |
112 |
2020 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Matt Ryan |
242 |
2nd |
Patrick Mahomes |
238 |
3rd |
Tom Brady |
233 |
4th |
Josh Allen |
228 |
5th |
Deshaun Watson |
221 |
6th |
Justin Herbert |
216 |
7th |
Aaron Rodgers |
216 |
8th |
Russell Wilson |
213 |
9th |
Kirk Cousins |
212 |
10th |
Matthew Stafford |
205 |
11th |
Kyler Murray |
205 |
12th |
Ryan Tannehill |
202 |
13th |
Philip Rivers |
200 |
14th |
Jared Goff |
194 |
15th |
Ben Roethlisberger |
193 |
16th |
Derek Carr |
192 |
17th |
Baker Mayfield |
188 |
18th |
Teddy Bridgewater |
174 |
19th |
Daniel Jones |
157 |
20th |
Joe Burrow |
150 |
21st |
Drew Brees |
149 |
22nd |
Drew Lock |
145 |
23rd |
Lamar Jackson |
138 |
24th |
Cam Newton |
133 |
25th |
Carson Wentz |
130 |
26th |
Mitchell Trubisky |
124 |
27th |
Nick Mullens |
120 |
28th |
Gardner Minshew II |
117 |
29th |
Andy Dalton |
116 |
30th |
Sam Darnold |
109 |
2019 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Jameis Winston |
243 |
2nd |
Dak Prescott |
229 |
3rd |
Matt Ryan |
228 |
4th |
Jared Goff |
220 |
5th |
Philip Rivers |
217 |
6th |
Carson Wentz |
213 |
7th |
Tom Brady |
193 |
8th |
Jimmy Garoppolo |
193 |
9th |
Derek Carr |
191 |
10th |
Deshaun Watson |
191 |
11th |
Russell Wilson |
190 |
12th |
Aaron Rodgers |
189 |
13th |
Kyle Allen |
188 |
14th |
Ryan Fitzpatrick |
182 |
15th |
Baker Mayfield |
179 |
16th |
Patrick Mahomes |
176 |
17th |
Kyler Murray |
173 |
18th |
Andy Dalton |
170 |
19th |
Kirk Cousins |
165 |
20th |
Lamar Jackson |
161 |
21st |
Drew Brees |
159 |
22nd |
Mitchell Trubisky |
156 |
23rd |
Gardner Minshew II |
150 |
24th |
Sam Darnold |
147 |
25th |
Josh Allen |
146 |
26th |
Jacoby Brissett |
143 |
27th |
Daniel Jones |
140 |
28th |
Ryan Tannehill |
126 |
29th |
Matthew Stafford |
117 |
30th |
Joe Flacco |
86 |
2018 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Ben Roethlisberger |
248 |
2nd |
Patrick Mahomes |
237 |
3rd |
Matt Ryan |
236 |
4th |
Andrew Luck |
236 |
5th |
Jared Goff |
233 |
6th |
Kirk Cousins |
218 |
7th |
Philip Rivers |
211 |
8th |
Tom Brady |
205 |
9th |
Eli Manning |
205 |
10th |
Deshaun Watson |
202 |
11th |
Aaron Rodgers |
200 |
12th |
Derek Carr |
197 |
13th |
Drew Brees |
197 |
14th |
Matthew Stafford |
197 |
15th |
Dak Prescott |
184 |
16th |
Cam Newton |
180 |
17th |
Case Keenum |
179 |
18th |
Baker Mayfield |
171 |
19th |
Carson Wentz |
159 |
20th |
Russell Wilson |
156 |
21st |
Jameis Winston |
152 |
22nd |
Mitchell Trubisky |
151 |
23rd |
Andy Dalton |
132 |
24th |
Sam Darnold |
130 |
25th |
Blake Bortles |
126 |
26th |
Marcus Mariota |
121 |
27th |
Joe Flacco |
119 |
28th |
Ryan Fitzpatrick |
113 |
29th |
Josh Rosen |
112 |
30th |
Nick Mullens |
106 |
2017 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Tom Brady |
230 |
2nd |
Philip Rivers |
217 |
3rd |
Matthew Stafford |
210 |
4th |
Ben Roethlisberger |
204 |
5th |
Drew Brees |
203 |
6th |
Matt Ryan |
199 |
7th |
Blake Bortles |
195 |
8th |
Kirk Cousins |
194 |
9th |
Russell Wilson |
189 |
10th |
Jameis Winston |
185 |
11th |
Alex Smith |
182 |
12th |
Case Keenum |
180 |
13th |
Jared Goff |
177 |
14th |
Eli Manning |
172 |
15th |
Derek Carr |
168 |
16th |
Cam Newton |
167 |
17th |
Andy Dalton |
163 |
18th |
Joe Flacco |
163 |
19th |
Dak Prescott |
162 |
20th |
Carson Wentz |
161 |
21st |
Marcus Mariota |
149 |
22nd |
Jacoby Brissett |
146 |
23rd |
Jay Cutler |
138 |
24th |
Josh McCown |
137 |
25th |
Tyrod Taylor |
133 |
26th |
DeShone Kizer |
131 |
27th |
Trevor Siemian |
112 |
28th |
Mitchell Trubisky |
100 |
29th |
Carson Palmer |
95 |
30th |
Brett Hundley |
90 |
2016 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Drew Brees |
265 |
2nd |
Matt Ryan |
240 |
3rd |
Kirk Cousins |
227 |
4th |
Aaron Rodgers |
226 |
5th |
Carson Palmer |
220 |
6th |
Matthew Stafford |
218 |
7th |
Jameis Winston |
216 |
8th |
Philip Rivers |
215 |
9th |
Blake Bortles |
207 |
10th |
Andrew Luck |
206 |
11th |
Andy Dalton |
206 |
12th |
Joe Flacco |
204 |
13th |
Sam Bradford |
199 |
14th |
Russell Wilson |
193 |
15th |
Carson Wentz |
192 |
16th |
Eli Manning |
191 |
17th |
Derek Carr |
191 |
18th |
Dak Prescott |
185 |
19th |
Ben Roethlisberger |
184 |
20th |
Alex Smith |
182 |
21st |
Cam Newton |
173 |
22nd |
Tom Brady |
165 |
23rd |
Marcus Mariota |
157 |
24th |
Trevor Siemian |
155 |
25th |
Brock Osweiler |
154 |
26th |
Tyrod Taylor |
148 |
27th |
Ryan Tannehill |
134 |
28th |
Ryan Fitzpatrick |
130 |
29th |
Case Keenum |
103 |
30th |
Colin Kaepernick |
101 |
2015 NFL 1st Down Passing Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Carson Palmer |
231 |
2nd |
Tom Brady |
229 |
3rd |
Drew Brees |
228 |
4th |
Matt Ryan |
228 |
5th |
Philip Rivers |
227 |
6th |
Matthew Stafford |
224 |
7th |
Blake Bortles |
220 |
8th |
Eli Manning |
206 |
9th |
Kirk Cousins |
205 |
10th |
Jameis Winston |
201 |
11th |
Ryan Fitzpatrick |
197 |
12th |
Ryan Tannehill |
195 |
13th |
Cam Newton |
195 |
14th |
Russell Wilson |
190 |
15th |
Derek Carr |
188 |
16th |
Aaron Rodgers |
177 |
17th |
Ben Roethlisberger |
175 |
18th |
Jay Cutler |
173 |
19th |
Sam Bradford |
170 |
20th |
Alex Smith |
155 |
21st |
Teddy Bridgewater |
153 |
22nd |
Andy Dalton |
148 |
23rd |
Marcus Mariota |
142 |
24th |
Brian Hoyer |
130 |
25th |
Tyrod Taylor |
129 |
26th |
Joe Flacco |
125 |
27th |
Peyton Manning |
110 |
28th |
Josh McCown |
96 |
29th |
Brock Osweiler |
92 |
30th |
Andrew Luck |
92 |