In years past, I’ve dabbled with Consistency Charts at the end of the NFL season to see which players had the best fantasy season, not the most points scored.
But the problem you run into is how to compare Player A with Player B when Player A has a great 8 games at the beginning of the season before an injury ended their season. Player B plays 16 games and finishes in the Top 5 in scoring of their respective positions.
I know you can use points per game, but I want to get down to the real nitty-gritty of who could give me the best consistent scoring week in and week out. The boom-bust guys are great in the DFS aspect and can give you a nice points per game average, but head-to-head records determine the playoffs. Those bust weeks can be a difference between an 8-6 or 7-7 record and that crucial playoff berth.
This week, I’m going to discuss my Quarterback Consistency Charts from the 2025 season. A QB1 week needed to score 16.6 points or more, while a QB2 week needed to score between 16.59-11 points.
And this year’s leader was not our NFL MVP!
Let’s dive into the Consistency Chart numbers.
| Rank | Player Name | Consistency |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maye | 2.150134497 |
| 2 | Stafford | 2.016040123 |
| 3 | Allen | 2.009840721 |
| 4 | Mahomes II | 1.876646936 |
| 5 | Purdy | 1.874316253 |
| 6 | Hurts | 1.864067287 |
| 7 | D.Jones | 1.846600503 |
| 8 | Brissett | 1.8382215 |
| 9 | Lawrence | 1.836903581 |
| 10 | Goff | 1.819138697 |
| 11 | Daniels | 1.803485543 |
| 12 | Prescott | 1.787838554 |
| 13 | C.Williams | 1.778376549 |
| 14 | Dart | 1.770319755 |
| 15 | Mayfield | 1.738859245 |
| 16 | Herbert | 1.6580948 |
| 17 | Murray | 1.649032297 |
| 18 | Nix | 1.598079786 |
| 19 | Burrow | 1.579515896 |
| 20 | Jackson | 1.578343188 |
| 21 | Shough | 1.491096865 |
| 22 | Rodgers | 1.455055008 |
| 23 | Love | 1.440162629 |
| 24 | Stroud | 1.411849117 |
| 25 | Penix Jr. | 1.348785621 |
| 26 | Darnold | 1.336963363 |
| 27 | Fields | 1.319178975 |
| 28 | Wentz | 1.23578416 |
| 29 | M.Jones | 1.223236645 |
| 30 | McCarthy | 1.207106036 |
| 31 | Young | 1.154482249 |
| 32 | Willis | 1.135712719 |
| 33 | Mariota | 1.120741002 |
| 34 | Rattler | 1.04675668 |
| 35 | Mills | 1.036827322 |
| 36 | Tagovailoa | 0.9993949475 |
| 37 | T.Taylor | 0.9783679089 |
| 38 | Smith | 0.9118621827 |
| 39 | Ward | 0.8576840052 |
| 40 | Flacco | 0.8565466629 |
| 41 | Cousins | 0.8328812819 |
| 42 | Sanders | 0.7740715844 |
| 43 | Leonard | 0.7343954759 |
| 44 | Gabriel | 0.5705775194 |
| 45 | Ewers | 0.4378863886 |
| 46 | Cook | 0.1936361884 |
Consistency Charts: The Elite
The MVP award last season came down to LA Rams’ Matthew Stafford and New England’s Drake Maye, as Stafford took home the award, but unlike the MVP battle, my consistency charts race came down to three players.
And the top honor went to Maye.
Maye had a stellar season, throwing for 4,394 yards, rushing for 450 yards, and 35 total TDs, while only turning the ball over 11 times in 17 games. His consistency number was a 2.15, which was carried by putting up a QB1 or QB2 number in all 17 of his games he played.
Stafford came in second, well behind Maye, with a consistency number of 2.01. And yes, his numbers were impressive to earn him the MVP award as he threw for 4,707 yards and 46 TDs, but it was his number QB1 games that lowered him to second. He tied for 9th at 65 percent of the time with a QB1 game.
Both Maye and Stafford finished in the Top 12 in my five main categories – QB1 games percentage, overall QB1 & QB2 games percentage, TDs over touches ratio, TDs over completions ratio, and yardage ratio.
Buffalo’s Josh Allen finished a close third behind Stafford. The 2024 MVP officially played in 17 games, but for my consistency chart, I used 16 games since he only played one snap in the season finale. His consistency number was 2.00 and led the quarterbacks with the most QB1 games at 81 percent.
Rounding out the Top 6 were Kansas City’sPatrick Mahomes (1.876), San Francisco’sBrock Purdy (1.874), and Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts (1.86).
Consistency Charts: The Rookies
Most of the preseason hype on rookie QBs was on the NY Giants’ Jaxson Dart and Cleveland’s Shedeur Sanders, but New Orleans’ Tyler Shough was the surprise during the season.
Dart finally made his first start in Week 4, and he didn’t disappoint. Sanders had to wait until Week 12 to make his first start and struggled.
Shough received his first start in Week 8 and eventually won the Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year award, voted on by fans.
Both Dart and Shough finished the season in my Top 24 on the consistency charts, but Sanders was in the bottom 5 of the 46 QBs I graded this season.
What was really impressive with Dart and Shough was the potential they showed to be Top 12 starting QBs in fantasy next season.
Dart finished 14th with a 1.770 consistency rating, but that included two games where he played 3 snaps on gadget plays. If we take away those two games, Dart would have finished with a 2.03 rating, which would have placed him second on the 2025 season. That mark was buoyed by 10 QB1 outings during the season.
Shough finished 21st with a 1.49 consistency rating, but it’s what he did after the Saints’ Week 11 bye that was impressive. He accounted for 1,973 total yards and 10 total TDs in those 7 games, and he had a consistency rating of 1.95 in that final stretch, led by his 6 QB1 weeks. That consistency number would have been a Top 6 number for the 2025 season.
Now we get to Sanders. Sanders believed he was wronged to fall to the NFL Draft’s fifth round, and his play may have proved the draft pundits correct.
Sander finished with a consistency rating of 0.77. He finished with only 1 week with QB1-worthy numbers. I understand completely why new head coach Todd Monken says his QB1 is to be determined.
Where’s Sam Darnold?
Seattle’s Sam Darnold may have been the Super Bowl-winning quarterback, but that doesn’t mean he was a must-start in fantasy football.
He finished 26th in my consistency charts with a rating of 1.33, and he’s the definition of the boom-bust QB in fantasy.
He played in all 17 games for the Seahawks but only managed 10 games of QB1 or QB2 numbers, tied for 29th at 59 percent. He’s a good spot starter when needed vs. the right matchup, but I wouldn’t enter next season with him as my starter for my fantasy teams.
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