KC’s Mahomes wins Week 15 to grow season lead, Miami’s Tua holds steady in Herald NFL QB rankings

DONE DEAL? SEASON CROWN WON? CHIEFS’ MAHOMES WINS WEEK 15 HONORS TO GROW SEASON LEAD; TUA HOLDS STEADY IN UPDATED MIAMI HERALD NFL QUARTERBACK RANKINGS: Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes wins the Week 15 title with a 58.80-point game to grow his season lead over Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow in the Miami Herald’s updated NFL quarterback rankings. Burrow passed the Chargers’ Justin Herbert to take second place. Mahomes’ 51-point lead with three games to play will be tough for anyone to catch barring something unforeseen. Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa holds steady in 11th place. Our ratings system is cumulative not percentile-based, rewarding players who are consistently productive and avoid injury or benching. QBs on a bye took a temporary hit that evened out over the course of the season -- the playing field now level with byes over. This is the 25th year for the Herald’s Passer Success System (PASS) rankings, which began in 1998, the year before Dan Marino retired, with Steve Young the inaugural season champion. Our rankings factor accuracy, passing yardage, touchdown/interception ratio and team result. They are passer ratings per se and do not include a QB’s running statistics. Our updated Top 25 (plus other Dolphins) for 2022 entering Week 16:

Miami Herald 2022 NFL QB Rankings

Rk Player, Team Week 15 Season

1 1 Patrick Mahomes, KC 58.80 543.80

2 3 Joe Burrow, CIN 39.00 492.80

3 2 Justin Herbert, LAC 28.65 487.95

4 4 Geno Smith, SEA 32.90 474.55

5 5 Tom Brady, TB 34.60 462.80

6 7 Kirk Cousins, MIN 48.00 455.90

7 8 Josh Allen, BUF 42.20 444.85

8 6 Jalen Hurts, PHI 21.75 436.60

9 10 Trevor Lawrence, JAC 41.90 417.50

10 9 Jared Goff, DET 28.60 407.20

11 11 Tua Tagovailoa, MIA 21.70 369.90

12 12 Aaron Rodgers, GB 30.45 358.65

13 14 Derek Carr, LV 24.55 339.90

14 13 Matt Ryan, IND 17.10 335.35

15 15 Daniel Jones, NYG 23.00 330.20

16 16 Jimmy Garoppolo, SF DNP 297.85

17 17 Kyler Murray, ARI DNP 282.40

18 19 Ryan Tannehill, TEN 13.25 276.80

19 21 Andy Dalton, NO 22.55 275.15

20 18 Jacoby Brissett, CLE DNP 271.40

21 20 Lamar Jackson, BAL DNP 257.10

22 25 Dak Prescott, DAL 31.80 254.60

23 22 Russell Wilson, DEN DNP 252.25

24 23 Mac Jones, NE 0.60 243.50

25 24 Matthew Stafford, LAR DNP 234.35

43. 42. Teddy Bridgewater, MIA DNP 40.10

54. 52. Skylar Thompson, MIA DNP 10.90

Next five: Marcus Mariota, ATL, 221.95; Davis Mills, HOU; Justin Fields, CHI; Kenny Pickett, PIT; Taylor Heinicke, WAS.

Week 15 best: Mahomes, KC, 58.80 (36-41, 336, 2-0 in win). Week 15 worst (min. 10 attempts): Trace McSorley, ARI, minus-2.25 (7-15, 95, 0-2 in loss).

Record-best week: Ben Roethlisberger, PIT, 80.10 (2014). Record-worst week: Tim Hasselbeck, WAS, minus-23.20 (2003). Season-record point total: Peyton Manning, DEN, 714.85 (2013).