New leader at halfway point

With Week 9 in the books, the 2025 NFL regular season is halfway over. There are nine weeks left for the league’s playoff picture to round into shape, and quarterback play will be a big part in determining postseason spots.

Last week’s action featured one of the biggest matchups of the regular season, as reigning MVP Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills took down Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Week 9 also included Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson‘s long-awaited return from a hamstring injury on “Thursday Night Football” and New Orleans Saints rookie Tyler Shough‘s first career start.

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Also in Week 9: more injuries to quarterbacks, creating big implications for playoff battles (and weekly power rankings).

Here’s how the starting QBs for all 32 teams rank entering Week 10:

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NFL quarterback power rankings: Week 10

1. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills

Last week: 3

Allen completed 88.5% of his passes for 273 yards and a touchdown in the Bills‘ win over the Chiefs. He also rushed for two more scores.

2. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs

Last week: 1

Mahomes completed fewer than 50% of his passes in a game for the first time in his career in Week 9. He’s also got the third-most passing yards (2,349) and tied for the third-most touchdowns (17) at the midway point of the season.

3. Drake Maye, New England Patriots

Last week: 2

Despite a completion rate of 65.5% – his second-lowest of the season – and an interception, Maye had an eighth straight game with 200+ passing yards and a passer rating over 100. He leads the NFL with a 74.1% completion rate at the halfway point.

4. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens

Last week: 5

Jackson’s return from his hamstring injury included four touchdown passes against the Miami Dolphins, and he leads the NFL in passer rating (136.7) and QBR (78.9) through nine weeks.

5. Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams

Last week: 6

Stafford’s 21 touchdown passes are three more than any other NFL quarterback at the halfway point of the regular season. He also leads the league with 268.4 passing yards per game.

6. Sam Darnold, Seattle Seahawks

Last week: 11

Darnold leads the NFL in yards per attempt (9.6) and yards per completion (13.7). His four-touchdown outing in Week 9 was his second such game in a five-week span.

7. Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers

Last week: 4

Herbert had his second pass attempt intercepted and returned for a touchdown in Week 9, and he took six sacks behind a banged-up offensive line. But he still managed 250 yards and two touchdown passes and led the Chargers in rushing (nine carries, 57 yards, one touchdown) in a 27-20 win.

8. Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Last week: 7

Mayfield and the Buccaneers had Week 9 off with a bye, but he is still tied for the NFL lead with four fourth-quarter comebacks and four game-winning drives.

9. Jared Goff, Detroit Lions

Last week: 10

Goff’s 284 passing yards in Week 9 were his second-most this season. His 67.6% completion rate was also his second-worst of the season. The Lions lost their third game – and second divisional game – of the year.

10. Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles

Last week: 12

Hurts and the Eagles had a bye in Week 9. His rate of throwing touchdowns on 7% of his throws and interceptions on 0.5% of his attempts are both among the league’s best.

11. Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers

Last week: 9

Love had his sixth game of the season with a completion rate over 70% in Week 9, but he threw an interception and should have had a second in the Packers’ loss to the Panthers.

12. Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars

Last week: 13

Jaguars receivers dropped three more passes on Nov. 2 to keep Lawrence at the top of the league leaderboard with 24 passes dropped. But Jacksonville’s quarterback rushed for two touchdowns – including a game-winner in overtime – and boosted the Jaguars into a playoff spot with a Week 9 win.

13. Daniel Jones, Indianapolis Colts

Last week: 8

Jones has now gone back-to-back weeks taking at least three sacks after never taking more than two in a game. He also threw three interceptions on Nov. 2, matching his total for the season before Week 9 and tying a career high. His two lost fumbles against the Steelers also tied a career high.

14. Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys

Last week: 15

Prescott leads the NFL with 228 completions at the midway point of the season, but he’s also second in the league with 329 pass attempts. The Cowboys have the third-most total yards of offense per game (378.4) through Week 9, but they’re 3-5-1.

15. Mac Jones, San Francisco 49ers

Last week: 18

Jones completed a season-high 79.2% of his pass attempts while throwing for 235 yards and two touchdowns in the 49ers’ win over the Giants. Despite starting the season as a backup, Jones is now 5-2 in seven starts.

16. Jaxson Dart, New York Giants

Last week: 17

Dart’s career-high 72.7% completion rate – with two big-time throws and zero turnover-worthy plays, per PFF – were little solace for the Giants’ quarterback in a third straight loss and fourth in five games.

17. Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears

Last week: 21

Williams had a 114.8 passer rating against the Bengals, the fifth-best of his career and second-highest of the season. In addition to throwing for three touchdown passes, he also caught one.

18. Michael Penix Jr., Atlanta Falcons

Last week: N/A

Penix’s career-high three touchdown passes helped push him to the third-best QBR of the week (89.6) but weren’t enough to help the Falcons overcome a missed extra point in a loss to the Patriots in Week 9.

19. Bo Nix, Denver Broncos

Last week: 16

At one point early in Week 9’s win over the Texans, Nix had completed just three of his 12 pass attempts. He didn’t complete more than 50% of his passes for the second time in his career, but he did manage four big-time throws, per PFF, which tied with Mahomes and Joe Flacco for the most of the week.

20. Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh Steelers

Last week: 20

Battling a jammed finger he suffered in pre-game warmups, Rodgers still threw for over 200 yards with a touchdown while completing 25 of his 35 pass attempts (71.4%).

21. Joe Flacco, Cincinnati Bengals

Last week: 23

Flacco had never thrown for more than 390 yards in his 18-year career. He threw for 470 yards on Nov. 2, which was almost enough for the Bengals to pull off an improbable comeback win over the Bears.

22. Jacoby Brissett, Arizona Cardinals

Last week: N/A

Making his third start in relief of an injured Kyler Murray, Brissett threw for more than 260 yards for a third straight game. He threw for two touchdowns and rushed for one more in the Cardinals’ 27-17 “Monday Night Football” win.

23. J.J. McCarthy, Minnesota Vikings

Last week: 25

McCarthy’s 143 passing yards were the fewest of any Week 9 starter with at least 25 dropbacks. But he threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another in the Vikings‘ 27-24 win over the Lions on the road in his first game back from a high ankle sprain.

24. Bryce Young, Carolina Panthers

Last week: N/A

Young’s 102 passing yards were the fewest of any Week 9 starter besides C.J. Stroud, who left his game early with a concussion. He also threw an interception and fumbled once when taking a hit while throwing. Still, the Panthers upset the Packers, 16-13, in Young’s return from an ankle sprain.

25. Geno Smith, Las Vegas Raiders

Last week: 28

Smith still is tied for the NFL lead in interceptions after throwing his 11th on Nov. 2. But he also tied a career high with four touchdown passes and nearly led the Raiders to an upset win against the Jaguars in overtime. Smith’s final pass attempt was batted down at the line of scrimmage for a failed two-point conversion that ended the game.

26. Cam Ward, Tennessee Titans

Last week: 24

The Titans’ No. 1 overall pick ends the first half of his rookie season with more interceptions (6) than touchdowns (5), but he did not throw any of either in Tennessee’s Week 9 loss to the Chargers.

27. Marcus Mariota, Washington Commanders

Last week: N/A

Mariota is back in the starting role for the Commanders indefinitely after starter Jayden Daniels dislocated his left (non-throwing) elbow.

28. Tyler Shough, New Orleans Saints

Last week: 28

Shough’s first career NFL start featured his first passing touchdown but also his second interception. The second interception of Shough’s career – a desperate throw on fourth down while avoiding pressure – was more deserved than his first – a tipped throw off of Chris Olave’s hands.

29. Dillon Gabriel, Cleveland Browns

Last week: 25

Gabriel and the Browns had a Week 9 bye. As other quarterbacks returned from injury, he dropped in this week’s power rankings.

30. Justin Fields, New York Jets

Last week: 27

Fields and the Jets had a Week 9 bye. As other quarterbacks returned from injury, he dropped in this week’s power rankings.

31. Davis Mills, Houston Texans

Last week: N/A

Mills entered the Texans’ Week 9 game after C.J. Stroud entered concussion protocol. His 137 passing yards were the fewest of any quarterback with at least 25 dropbacks.

32. Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins

Last week: 26

Tagovailoa looked out of sorts throughout the Dolphins’ Week 9 loss to the Ravens on “Thursday Night Football.” He threw his 11th interception of the year to tie him for the league lead, took a bad intentional grounding penalty against no pressure, called a third-quarter timeout to avoid a delay of game despite Miami facing a large deficit. Perhaps worst of all, he tried to throw a goal-line fade to his 5-foot-9 running back, who was being defended by a 6-foot-4 safety.

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