Roughing the Passer By Quarterback - Playoffs Only - Active QBs

A look at Roughing the Quarterback, broken down by the Quarterback that benefited from the call. Make sure to look at "per game" or "per 100 attempts" numbers to accurately compare players to one another. (Lets's face it, you're probably here because of a social media spat over Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes. If not, feel free to click the "Tweet" button above and start one.)

• Only active quarterbacks are listed.
• Only data from playoff games is used.
• Only Quarterbacks with at least 100 attempts are listed.
• Unlike virtually all other pages on the site where the number of games is team games this page does attempt to only count games in which the QB played, by way of looking to see if they were listed in the passing stats.
• Data from 2009 to 2024. Post season is included
• Any declined or offsetting penalties are included. This list is about who "always gets the calls". It isn't relevant to the matter at hand that an offensive lineman happened to hold, or a defensive back did something worse, on the same play.
• "Sacked" does ignore when there's no play, as it would be hard to know if whatever caused the play to not count is what led to the sack.

On a per game basis the quarterback (that matches the stipulations above) most likely to get a roughing the passer flag in the playoffs is currently:

Kirk Cousins with 0.4000 per game.

To match or top that per game rate:

Tom Brady would have needed 8 more calls in his 31 playoff games from 2009 until his retirement.

Patrick Mahomes would have needed 1 more call in his 21 games in the playoffs.

Josh Allen would have needed 4 more calls in his 13 games in the playoffs.

Lamar Jackson would have needed 4 more calls in his 8 games in the playoffs.

Jalen Hurts would have needed 4 more calls in his 9 games in the playoffs.