How Baker Mayfield ranks among AFC North quarterbacks

Touchdown Percentage

As a disclaimer, I decided to go with touchdown percentage instead of touchdowns thrown for partly two reasons: first, to show the efficiency at which quarterbacks are scoring, and secondly, because Ben Roethlisberger has only played three games so far, due to the Tennessee Titans’ COVID situation.

For those interested, Baker Mayfield, Lamar Jackson, and Ben Roethlisberger have all thrown exactly seven touchdown passes so far this season, while Joe Burrow has thrown six.

"Lamar Jackson (7.1%) Ben Roethlisberger (6.4%) Baker Mayfield (6.1%) Joe Burrow (3.4%)"

For those unfamiliar with the statistic, this is the number of passes that each quarterback throws a touchdown on. So, for example, Baker Mayfield has been on a pace of throwing 6.1 touchdowns for every 100 attempted passes so far this season. Baker, Big Ben, and Lamar are all throwing at great rates. The trio is all in the top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL in terms of this statistic. Lamar currently ranks fifth, Big Ben ranks eighth, and Baker ranks tenth in the NFL.

Last season, Lamar Jackson led the entire NFL in touchdown percentage, as he finished the year with a 9 percent touchdown percentage, and a whopping 36 touchdown passes. He isn’t producing at the same level as last year, but this continued efficiency in the Ravens’ passing attack is something that is going to be a threat to the Cleveland Browns over Lamar’s entire career.

Obviously, the most successful quarterbacks are the ones who can score the most efficiently. If Baker and the Browns want a shot of winning this division and maintaining long-term success, they are going to need to start balancing out their offense. Baker Mayfield is going to need to figure out how to keep this level of efficiency scoring with a higher workload, especially with the Nick Chubb injury.