NFL 2025 Stats: Which Quarterbacks Top the Passing Charts Through the First Two Weeks?

Chaos and drama have descended on the NFL in the opening two weeks of the 2025 season. The story currently dominating every sports desk across America surrounds Joe Burrow, Cincinnati’s superstar gunslinger and perennial MVP candidate who could well be lost for the year. The former Heisman Trophy winner was downed with a Turf Toe injury in the recent victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars in week two, piling further questions on the Cincy front office and their inability to build an O-Line capable of protecting their generational talent under center. 

Just as shocking, in a league so often ruled by consistency at the top, is the Kansas City Chiefs’ 0-2 stumble out of the gate. Such a start to a new campaign is uncharted territory for Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid, and a franchise that has occupied center stage for the better part of a decade. After falling in São Paulo to the upstart Chargers before looking impotent in a home defeat against the Eagles in a rematch of last season’s Super Bowl, questions now swirl: Is the Chiefs’ dynasty wobbling, maybe even ending before our eyes? 

The bookies certainly seem to think so. They have KC listed as a +1500 outsider for the Lombardi Trophy, well behind the two frontrunners, as the use of a betting calculator will show. The popular parlay calculator at Thunderpick shows that a $10 bet on the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl would return $150, while the same bet on the +600 joint favorite Bills and Ravens would return just $60, less than half of the amount returned on the Chiefs. 

In the space left open by these tumbling giants, a new and unlikely group of passing leaders has surged forward. The climb atop the passing yards leaderboard is usually reserved for names like Mahomes, Josh Allen, or, until a few days ago, Burrow. But 2025 is rewriting expectations. Here are the current passing leaders through two weeks. 

Russell Wilson

Narratives in the NFL shift as quickly as the wind at MetLife Stadium—and no one embodies that better than Russell Wilson. Written off as washed after a forgettable season in Pittsburgh, the former Super Bowl winner signed with the Giants as a placeholder for rookie phenom Jaxson Dart. Two weeks in, Wilson is rewriting his own story—dramatically. 

He leads the league in passing yards with a mighty 618, silencing critics and igniting a restless Big Apple fanbase. Week 1 was ugly—Wilson completed just 17 of 37 passes for 168 yards against Washington in a penalty-ridden meltdown. But the script flipped in Week 2, when Wilson erupted for a career-high 450 yards and three touchdowns in a wild overtime thriller against Dallas. 

He completed 30 of 41 throws, showing vintage deep-ball prowess and recalibrating his chemistry with sophomore Malik Nabers (167 yards, 2 TDs). Sharper protection, smarter reads, and Wilson’s trademark mobility—he added 25 rushing yards, flashing prime Seattle escapability—have been crucial to Russ’s renaissance. 

Still, flags continue to plague the offense: the Giants have already surrendered 21 penalties in two games, 14 in Week 2 alone. But if discipline improves, Wilson’s 92.4 passer rating hints that the Giants’ 0-2 start belies a sleeper’s upside.

Daniel Jones

The unlikely hero of Indianapolis, Daniel Jones, has seized the league’s attention with precision that belies his game manager reputation. Signed as a backup behind Anthony Richardson, the 2019 first-rounder has powered the Colts to 2-0 and sits at 588 passing yards, second league-wide. Both rank his Week 1 effort against the Dolphins as near historic: orchestrating scoring drives on all seven possessions and amassing 272 yards and two touchdowns (plus two rushing scores) in a demolition of Miami.

Week 2? More of the same efficiency: 23 completions, 316 yards, another TD, and a ground score to seal a 29-28 comeback over Super Bowl outsiders Denver. Jones has yet to turn the ball over, hits a blistering 68% completion rate, and thrives behind a line that minimizes pressure. The no-punt offense installed by Shane Steichen has the Colts averaging 31 points per game, a top-three mark by any metric. 

Jones’s ability to dissect coverages and leverage Michael Pittman Jr. and Adonai Mitchell has Indianapolis ranking third in passing efficiency. This is statistical vindication for a quarterback who entered the season with 6.5 career YPA. Now? He’s in the early MVP conversation—a fact no one, not even Vegas, would have wagered just two weeks ago.

Justin Herbert

If you doubted Justin Herbert after a bruising 2024 campaign, you were wrong. Jim Harbaugh’s Chargers—predicted by pundits to grind the clock with Ezekiel Elliott and Austin Ekeler—have instead unleashed Herbert’s howitzer arm. His 620 passing yards positioned him third in the NFL after two weeks, punctuated by a performance that electrified São Paulo and rattled Kansas City’s confidence. 

Herbert diced the Chiefs for 318 yards and three touchdowns in week one, finishing with a pristine 131.7 passer rating. He followed up on Monday Night Football with 302 more yards and two scores against Las Vegas, a statement victory that pushed the Chargers to 2-0, a pace they hadn’t hit since 2021.

Dig deeper: Herbert’s completion rate sits at 70%, and he’s adding a rushing threat not seen since his rookie breakout. Sixty yards rushing in two games, zero turnovers, and a dazzling array of deep completions to Keenan Allen and Ladd McConkey position him as the architect of a genuinely dangerous offense. 

What fueled this leap? Improved protection—rookie Joe Alt hasn’t let Herbert be sacked once. The rhythm, dynamism, and efficiency of Herbert’s game have vaulted him into early MVP chatter, while the Chargers harbor genuine hopes of ending the Chiefs’ reign atop the AFC West.