A few days ago, I posted my first attempt at QB passing charts and received a lot of thoughtful suggestions. Here is a new and improved version, which now includes data from the Week 3 games.
The field is still divided into nine segments based on pass direction (left, middle, and right) and passing depth (short, medium, and deep). ‘Short’ is 0-9 yards, ‘medium’ is 10-19 yards, and ‘deep’ is 20+ yards. Note that these are air yards, meaning a screen pass that gains 50 yards after the catch would be recorded as only the distance it traveled in the air—around 2 yards, for example.
Each segment is marked with a bubble, a larger bubble means more pass attempts in that area, a smaller bubble means less. If a player does not have any attempts at all in a specific area, they won’t have any bubble at all.
Additionally, each bubble is color-coded based on completion percentage. This color coding shows how each segment compares to the entire league percentile-wise, specific to each of the nine segments. Essentially, passes are graded on a scale that reflects the difficulty of completing passes in that area. For example:
* If a player completes 65% of his short-left passes, that bubble will appear slightly red, as the league average for 2023 is 74% for that area. * Conversely, if a player completes 65% of his deep-left passes, that bubble will be dark green, since the league average for that area is only around 31%.
The colors intensify as the completion percentage moves further away from the mean—darker red for below average and darker green for above average. A perfectly white bubble indicates that the completion percentage is exactly at the league mean for passes thrown to that specific segment.
Basic stats are displayed just below each bubble: completions, attempts, completion percentage, touchdown percentage (TD%), and interception percentage (INT%). It’s important to note that these stats are specific to that segment only. For example, if a player is 2/5 with 1 TD in the deep right segment, his TD rate for that segment would be 20%.
If you have any thoughts at all, I’d love to hear them! I’ve created charts for all 32 team QBs and posted them here.
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A few days ago, I posted my first attempt at QB passing charts and received a lot of thoughtful suggestions. Here is a new and improved version, which now includes data from the Week 3 games.
The field is still divided into nine segments based on pass direction (left, middle, and right) and passing depth (short, medium, and deep). ‘Short’ is 0-9 yards, ‘medium’ is 10-19 yards, and ‘deep’ is 20+ yards. Note that these are air yards, meaning a screen pass that gains 50 yards after the catch would be recorded as only the distance it traveled in the air—around 2 yards, for example.
Each segment is marked with a bubble, a larger bubble means more pass attempts in that area, a smaller bubble means less. If a player does not have any attempts at all in a specific area, they won’t have any bubble at all.
Additionally, each bubble is color-coded based on completion percentage. This color coding shows how each segment compares to the entire league percentile-wise, specific to each of the nine segments. Essentially, passes are graded on a scale that reflects the difficulty of completing passes in that area. For example:
* If a player completes 65% of his short-left passes, that bubble will appear slightly red, as the league average for 2023 is 74% for that area.
* Conversely, if a player completes 65% of his deep-left passes, that bubble will be dark green, since the league average for that area is only around 31%.
The colors intensify as the completion percentage moves further away from the mean—darker red for below average and darker green for above average. A perfectly white bubble indicates that the completion percentage is exactly at the league mean for passes thrown to that specific segment.
Basic stats are displayed just below each bubble: completions, attempts, completion percentage, touchdown percentage (TD%), and interception percentage (INT%). It’s important to note that these stats are specific to that segment only. For example, if a player is 2/5 with 1 TD in the deep right segment, his TD rate for that segment would be 20%.
If you have any thoughts at all, I’d love to hear them! I’ve created charts for all 32 team QBs and posted them here.
[**Passing Charts**](https://substack.com/@gfgsports)