Best QB seasons right now

Patrick Mahomes▲ Rising

Three Super Bowl rings and a Lombardi three-peat bid define the standard everyone else is chasing. The no-look throws and sidearm darts get the highlights, but it's the fourth-quarter cold-bloodedness — see the Eagles Super Bowl comeback — that makes him the sport's ultimate closer. Until someone dethrones him in February, this is still his throne.

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Josh Allen▲ Rising

The 2024 MVP finally silenced the 'turnover machine' noise by playing the most efficient, disciplined football of his career while still doing his tightrope-walking, defender-hurdling superhero routine. He's the engine of a Bills offense that runs through his legs and arm equally, and the argument for him is simple: no quarterback creates more chaos with more control.

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Lamar Jackson▲ Rising

Back-to-back MVP-caliber seasons have made Lamar the most statistically terrifying dual-threat in NFL history, torching defenses with a passer rating that finally matches his game-breaking speed. The image of him blowing past entire secondaries hasn't faded, but now it's paired with surgical passing that's shut up the 'he can't throw' crowd for good. He's the only QB who makes defensive coordinators lose sleep over both run and pass.

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Joe Burrow▲ Rising

Ice-in-his-veins swagger and a release as quick as anyone's in the league make Burrow the guy you want with the season on the line, memorialized forever by that Bengals playoff run that nearly ended in a ring. Injuries have interrupted the ascent, but when healthy his combination of pocket poise and killer accuracy puts him firmly in the conversation. The ceiling remains sky-high whenever he's got a full 17 games.

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Jalen Hurts

A Super Bowl MVP performance and the unstoppable tush-push have turned Hurts into the most efficient winner at the position, a quarterback who elevates in January when it matters most. Doubters point to modest volume numbers, but rings and clutch throws like the one to DeVonta Smith in the Super Bowl are the receipts. He's proven the Eagles' identity is built on his shoulders, literally and figuratively.

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Justin Herbert▼ Falling

The arm talent has never been in question — the deep-ball missiles and off-platform darts are as pretty as any QB in football — and now under Jim Harbaugh he's finally paired that talent with winning football. He dragged a Chargers team lacking weapons into the playoffs through sheer individual brilliance. The argument for Herbert is pure ceiling: when the pieces around him catch up, this is a top-tier arm waiting to erupt.

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Jayden Daniels▼ Falling

The Offensive Rookie of the Year turned instant playoff hero, capping his debut season with a Hail Mary miracle against the Bears and a run to the NFC Championship that nobody saw coming. His blend of deep-ball touch and improvisational scrambling made Washington relevant again overnight. It's a short résumé, but the ceiling flashed this fast demands he's in the conversation.

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C.J. Stroud▼ Falling

A record-breaking rookie campaign turned into a signature statement when he threw for 470 yards in a playoff shootout, announcing himself as the most polished young passer to enter the league in years. His pocket presence and anticipation look like a decade-long veteran's, not a second-year player's. He's here on pure trajectory — the belief that this is only the beginning of something special.

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