Which quarterbacks throw the most second-half red zone touchdowns?
Matthew Stafford leads all NFL quarterbacks with 18 passing touchdowns in the second half and in the red zone, on 28 completions across 16 games.
NFL Quarterback Second-Half Red Zone Touchdowns
Ranked by TD · 2025 regular season| # | Player | TD | ATT | CMP | CMP% | YDS | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Stafford Los Angeles Rams · #9 | 18 | 37 | 28 | 75.7% | 182 | 16 |
| 2 | Jacoby Brissett Arizona Cardinals · #7 | 15 | 58 | 33 | 56.9% | 278 | 12 |
| 3 | Jared Goff Detroit Lions · #16 | 12 | 45 | 25 | 55.6% | 215 | 16 |
| 4 | Josh Allen Buffalo Bills · #17 | 10 | 39 | 24 | 61.5% | 162 | 16 |
| 5 | Patrick Mahomes Kansas City Chiefs · #15 | 10 | 41 | 22 | 53.7% | 166 | 14 |
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Defenses spend the opening portion of a game reacting to what an offense shows them, then spend the rest of it trying to take it away. A red zone passing score thrown after halftime often means a quarterback beat an adjustment built specifically to stop him, a tougher task than scoring against a defense still guessing at the game plan.
Game state complicates the read more than it does on most splits here. A team already comfortably ahead late tends to run the ball and protect the lead, which suppresses this number for quarterbacks on strong teams, while a quarterback stuck in a competitive or losing script keeps throwing into the red zone simply because his team has no other choice.
Because passing touchdowns are rare events to begin with, this split is more volatile than a yardage-based split. A single big week can carry a quarterback up the list, so treat a strong showing here as a real but noisy signal rather than settled proof of who finishes games best.