College Football QB Efficiency, AY/A & PPA Leaders 2026

College Football QB Efficiency, AY/A & PPA Leaders 2026: market share, efficiency and CFBD predicted points added for qualified FBS players, filterable by conference and class, linked to prospect and NFL player pages. Qualified players only: 60+ pass attempts.

Team details

Season: 2026
Players: 300

Top 100

#	Player	Pos	School	Class	G	Att	AY/A	TD%	INT%	PPA/Play	Total PPA	Rush Yds
1	Jayden Maiava	QB	USC	SR	5	157	10.76	8.9%	1.3%	0.63	96.1	-1
2	Kevin Jennings	QB	SMU	SR	4	126	11.65	9.5%	4.0%	0.64	79.1	76
3	Darian Mensah	QB	Miami	JR	4	106	14.07	13.2%	0.0%	0.82	77.4	52
4	Julian Sayin	QB	Ohio State	JR	4	115	11.83	8.7%	0.9%	0.62	73.6	7
5	Braden Atkinson	QB	Oregon State	SO	4	163	9.53	6.7%	1.2%	0.45	72.8	-32
6	Malachi Singleton	QB	App State	SR	4	132	9.86	5.3%	0.8%	0.54	70.1	20
7	David McComb	QB	Miami (OH)	FR	4	103	11.80	6.8%	1.0%	0.70	68.5	45
8	Brad Jackson	QB	Texas State	SO	4	95	9.67	10.5%	3.2%	0.76	66.5	106
9	Marcus Stokes	QB	Memphis	JR	4	98	11.20	9.2%	3.1%	0.65	66.4	91
10	Conner Weigman	QB	Houston	SR	4	102	10.99	10.8%	1.0%	0.61	64.0	106
11	John Alan Richter	QB	Toledo	JR	4	118	11.49	10.2%	0.8%	0.56	62.2	-18
12	Trinidad Chambliss	QB	Ole Miss	SR	4	144	8.66	5.6%	2.1%	0.43	61.3	108
13	Josh Hoover	QB	Indiana	SR	4	80	13.38	13.8%	0.0%	0.75	60.5	21
14	Ryan Browne	QB	Purdue	JR	4	129	9.53	5.4%	0.8%	0.47	59.3	-30
15	Kamario Taylor	QB	Mississippi State	SO	4	120	11.52	11.7%	1.7%	0.49	58.8	185
16	Noah Fifita	QB	Arizona	SR	4	130	9.57	8.5%	1.5%	0.44	58.4	86
17	Landyn Locke	QB	Sam Houston	SO	4	145	8.64	7.6%	2.1%	0.41	57.5	-11
18	Lincoln Kienholz	QB	Louisville	JR	4	109	11.33	6.4%	0.9%	0.49	56.1	134
19	Anthony Colandrea	QB	Nebraska	SR	4	104	10.18	9.6%	1.0%	0.56	55.7	141
20	Tayven Jackson	QB	North Texas	SR	4	129	9.36	4.7%	1.6%	0.46	55.4	35
21	Austin Simmons	QB	Missouri	SR	4	106	10.85	10.4%	0.0%	0.51	55.4	9
22	Giovanni Lopez	QB	Wake Forest	JR	4	124	9.90	6.5%	0.8%	0.42	54.3	105
23	Keelon Russell	QB	Alabama	SO	4	110	10.90	7.3%	1.8%	0.47	51.1	168
24	Katin Houser	QB	Illinois	SR	4	118	9.42	7.6%	1.7%	0.43	50.3	64
25	C.J. Carr	QB	Notre Dame	SO	4	95	11.56	9.5%	1.1%	0.58	50.1	13
26	Mason Heintschel	QB	Pittsburgh	SO	4	130	10.82	10.0%	0.8%	0.42	49.2	110
27	Drew Mestemaker	QB	Oklahoma State	SO	4	141	8.98	7.8%	3.5%	0.35	48.5	106
28	Devon Dampier	QB	Utah	SR	4	101	10.21	8.9%	1.0%	0.50	48.3	136
29	Ethan Grunkemeyer	QB	Virginia Tech	SO	4	136	8.62	5.9%	0.0%	0.37	48.0	-9
30	Davis Warren	QB	Stanford	SR	4	143	8.19	3.5%	0.0%	0.39	47.9	-11
31	Caden Creel	QB	Jacksonville State	JR	5	126	8.83	7.1%	3.2%	0.40	46.9	375
32	Aidan Chiles	QB	Northwestern	SR	3	75	12.36	8.0%	0.0%	0.61	46.5	20
33	Beau Pribula	QB	Virginia	SR	4	86	11.26	12.8%	1.2%	0.51	46.3	125
34	Avery Johnson	QB	Kansas State	SR	4	133	7.22	5.3%	1.5%	0.37	45.0	291
35	Cameran Brown	QB	Georgia State	SR	4	111	7.32	5.4%	3.6%	0.41	44.7	112
36	Dante Moore	QB	Oregon	JR	4	99	11.17	9.1%	0.0%	0.43	44.6	-7
37	Bryce Underwood	QB	Michigan	SO	4	92	8.59	5.4%	2.2%	0.46	44.2	192
38	Dylan Lonergan	QB	Rutgers	SR	3	82	7.60	8.5%	6.1%	0.56	43.5	26
39	Sam Leavitt	QB	LSU	JR	4	116	7.53	4.3%	5.2%	0.39	43.1	220
40	Rocco Becht	QB	Penn State	SR	4	93	10.75	9.7%	1.1%	0.44	42.6	22
41	Jaden Craig	QB	TCU	SR	4	132	9.23	5.3%	2.3%	0.32	42.3	35
42	Caden Veltkamp	QB	Florida Atlantic	SR	4	158	7.90	5.1%	1.3%	0.30	41.9	-42
43	Will Hammond	QB	Texas Tech	JR	4	116	7.09	3.4%	4.3%	0.37	41.9	55
44	Jayden Mandal	QB	Fresno State	JR	4	104	8.31	5.8%	1.0%	0.45	41.6	92
45	Demond Williams Jr.	QB	Washington	JR	4	137	8.28	5.1%	2.2%	0.29	41.4	165
46	JC French	QB	Cincinnati	SR	4	94	9.74	6.4%	0.0%	0.43	41.4	164
47	Kalieb Osborne	QB	UConn	FR	4	101	8.91	6.9%	2.0%	0.42	41.2	236
48	Hauss Hejny	QB	Colorado State	SO	3	73	10.60	13.7%	1.4%	0.56	41.1	128
49	Aaron Philo	QB	Florida	JR	4	87	11.11	8.0%	2.3%	0.51	40.4	69
50	Gunner Stockton	QB	Georgia	SR	4	70	12.99	14.3%	1.4%	0.61	40.3	100
51	Maddux Madsen	QB	Boise State	SR	4	111	8.95	8.1%	0.0%	0.35	39.9	63
52	Walker Eget	QB	Duke	SR	4	93	8.56	6.5%	1.1%	0.44	39.0	-3
53	Max Johnson	QB	Georgia Southern	SR	4	157	6.69	3.2%	0.6%	0.25	39.0	1
54	Ashton Daniels	QB	Florida State	SR	4	97	8.48	6.2%	5.2%	0.38	38.8	142
55	CJ Bailey	QB	NC State	JR	4	110	7.98	5.5%	2.7%	0.37	37.3	99
56	Deuce Bailey	QB	Coastal Carolina	FR	4	122	9.42	8.2%	1.6%	0.29	37.2	113
57	Bear Bachmeier	QB	BYU	SO	3	62	11.56	9.7%	1.6%	0.60	36.6	64
58	John Mateer	QB	Oklahoma	SR	4	109	7.92	7.3%	3.7%	0.35	36.3	76
59	Roman Gagliano	QB	Middle Tennessee	SO	4	130	7.28	6.2%	0.8%	0.27	36.0	73
60	Luke Weaver	QB	San José State	SR	4	143	6.90	6.3%	3.5%	0.27	36.0	87
61	Alberto Mendoza	QB	Georgia Tech	JR	4	123	7.80	4.9%	2.4%	0.28	34.7	-27
62	Drake Lindsey	QB	Minnesota	JR	4	132	7.58	5.3%	1.5%	0.28	34.6	-14
63	Trey Hedden	QB	New Mexico State	JR	4	116	6.57	4.3%	4.3%	0.29	34.1	-18
64	J.J. Kohl	QB	Florida International	JR	4	140	6.39	3.6%	4.3%	0.24	34.1	70
65	Jackson Arnold	QB	UNLV	SR	4	111	8.93	4.5%	0.0%	0.28	33.1	160
66	Deshawn Purdie	QB	Liberty	JR	4	80	11.49	8.8%	0.0%	0.37	32.5	26
67	Nathan Hayes	QB	North Dakota State	SR	4	91	9.43	7.7%	2.2%	0.38	32.4	43
68	Malik Washington	QB	Maryland	SO	4	153	6.37	3.9%	2.6%	0.23	32.2	21
69	Hank Brown	QB	Iowa	SR	4	97	8.25	5.2%	0.0%	0.33	32.0	30
70	KJ Jackson	QB	Arkansas	JR	4	132	6.76	3.8%	2.3%	0.28	31.9	79
71	William Watson III	QB	Massachusetts	SR	4	73	9.38	8.2%	1.4%	0.40	30.6	154
72	Nick Minicucci	QB	Delaware	SR	4	103	7.80	4.9%	2.9%	0.30	30.4	26
73	Owen McCown	QB	UTSA	SR	4	122	7.84	5.7%	0.8%	0.25	29.1	37
74	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	QB	California	SO	4	137	6.90	5.1%	2.9%	0.22	29.0	-28
75	Cutter Boley	QB	Arizona State	JR	3	84	9.83	10.7%	2.4%	0.36	28.8	54
76	Jared Curtis	QB	Vanderbilt	FR	4	98	7.05	4.1%	3.1%	0.28	27.8	133
77	Arch Manning	QB	Texas	JR	4	116	7.50	6.0%	2.6%	0.21	26.2	79
78	Colton Joseph	QB	Wisconsin	JR	4	123	7.33	5.7%	4.1%	0.24	25.8	121
79	Isaiah Marshall	QB	Kansas	SO	3	82	7.49	6.1%	3.7%	0.30	25.0	124
80	Rodney Tisdale Jr.	QB	Western Kentucky	SO	3	77	7.51	5.2%	1.3%	0.35	24.6	20
81	Kenny Minchey	QB	Kentucky	SR	4	101	9.81	7.9%	1.0%	0.24	24.1	-13
82	Camden Coleman	QB	James Madison	JR	4	96	8.46	7.3%	1.0%	0.24	23.1	49
83	Skyler Locklear	QB	Missouri State	SR	4	84	8.74	4.8%	1.2%	0.28	22.3	31
84	Micah Alejado	QB	Hawai'i	SO	4	181	5.72	1.7%	0.6%	0.12	22.1	-6
85	Byrum Brown	QB	Auburn	SR	4	125	6.30	4.8%	4.0%	0.16	21.8	237
86	Noah Kim	QB	Eastern Michigan	SR	5	173	5.51	3.5%	1.7%	0.12	20.6	-20
87	D.J. Lagway	QB	Baylor	JR	2	93	5.85	4.3%	2.2%	0.21	19.7	-7
88	Alessio Milivojevic	QB	Michigan State	SO	4	97	6.94	3.1%	3.1%	0.18	18.6	-35
89	D'Wayne' Winfield	QB	Louisiana	JR	4	89	6.85	2.2%	2.2%	0.21	18.2	294
90	Dru Deshields	QB	Kent State	JR	4	85	5.41	3.5%	3.5%	0.22	17.9	183
91	Julian Lewis	QB	Colorado	SO	4	95	8.03	6.3%	2.1%	0.19	17.4	-45
92	Tyler Hughes	QB	Wyoming	SR	4	98	4.81	2.0%	5.1%	0.17	17.2	159
93	Michael Hawkins Jr.	QB	West Virginia	SO	4	60	11.07	8.3%	1.7%	0.26	16.7	425
94	Jaylen Raynor	QB	Iowa State	SR	4	92	6.57	5.4%	3.3%	0.18	16.0	137
95	Trey Owens	QB	Arkansas State	JR	4	102	7.23	3.9%	3.9%	0.14	14.5	108
96	Cole Gonzales	QB	Charlotte	SR	4	113	4.59	2.7%	5.3%	0.13	14.5	37
97	EJ Colson	QB	UTEP	SO	4	65	8.40	10.8%	3.1%	0.25	14.2	69
98	Rickie Collins	QB	Kennesaw State	JR	4	116	6.28	1.7%	0.9%	0.14	13.8	185
99	Marcel Reed	QB	Texas A&M	SR	4	130	5.22	4.6%	3.1%	0.11	13.6	104
100	Lanorris Sellers	QB	South Carolina	JR	4	116	6.66	5.2%	3.4%	0.12	13.4	244

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