Jared Goff, C.J. Stroud and Geno Smith still have zero interceptions; Justin Herbert and Drake Maye have thrown seven

Jared Goff has thrown 191 passes this season without an interception. The Detroit Lions quarterback, Houston’s C.J. Stroud (185 attempts) and the Jets’ Geno Smith (147) are the only three of the 26 passers with at least 100 attempts who have not been picked off through five weeks of the 2026 regular season.

At the other end, the Chargers’ Justin Herbert and New England’s Drake Maye have each thrown seven interceptions, the most in the league. Herbert’s 4.9% interception rate — seven picks on 143 attempts — is the highest among qualifiers, just ahead of Maye’s 4.6%. The 26 qualifiers have thrown 84 interceptions on 4,230 attempts, a 2.0% rate as a group. This is a board for interceptions thrown by quarterbacks, not the defensive interception leaders.

Lowest interception rate after Week 5 (minimum 100 attempts)

Rank	Player	Team	Record	Att	INT	INT%	TD	TD:INT	Rating
T-1	Jared Goff	DET	3-2	191	0	0.0%	12	—	111.3
T-1	C.J. Stroud	HOU	1-4	185	0	0.0%	6	—	98.1
T-1	Geno Smith	NYJ	2-3	147	0	0.0%	6	—	104.2
4	Bryce Young	CAR	2-2	162	2	1.2%	9	4.5	100.0
T-5	Deshaun Watson	CLE	3-2	148	2	1.4%	7	3.5	94.1
T-5	Brock Purdy	SF	5-0	142	2	1.4%	13	6.5	119.3
T-7	Dak Prescott	DAL	2-3	192	3	1.6%	9	3.0	97.2
T-7	Joe Burrow	CIN	3-2	189	3	1.6%	11	3.7	104.4
T-7	Jordan Love	GB	3-2	185	3	1.6%	10	3.3	95.5
T-7	Patrick Mahomes	KC	4-0	128	2	1.6%	9	4.5	106.2
T-11	Bo Nix	DEN	3-2	162	3	1.9%	6	2.0	80.8
T-11	Cam Ward	TEN	0-5	155	3	1.9%	3	1.0	77.2
T-11	Jalen Hurts	PHI	2-3	154	3	1.9%	8	2.7	84.7
14	Kyler Murray	MIN	5-0	101	2	2.0%	2	1.0	84.7

Carolina’s Bryce Young is next at 1.2% (two interceptions on 162 attempts) in four games. Deshaun Watson and Brock Purdy are at 1.4%, and Purdy’s 13 touchdown passes against two interceptions give him the best ratio of anyone who has thrown one. Dak Prescott, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and Jordan Love are bunched at 1.6%.

Jared Goff game by game

Week	Opponent	Cmp/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Rating
1	vs. NO	26/39	206	2	0	96.7
2	at BUF	26/38	327	4	0	130.0
3	vs. NYJ	25/32	269	2	0	122.5
4	at CAR	32/52	412	1	0	92.8
5	at ARI	19/30	271	3	0	125.8

Goff’s biggest workload came at Carolina in Week 4: 32 of 52 for 412 yards, with no interceptions. He has thrown at least one touchdown pass in every game, 12 in all, and Detroit is 3-2 going into its Week 6 bye.

C.J. Stroud game by game

Week	Opponent	Cmp/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Rating
1	vs. BUF	26/38	274	2	0	106.7
2	vs. CIN	30/55	353	0	0	74.3
3	at IND	16/27	167	1	0	89.6
4	vs. DAL	21/31	347	2	0	126.7
5	at TEN	26/34	261	1	0	107.6

Stroud threw 55 passes against Cincinnati in Week 2 — 30 completions for 353 yards — and none of them were intercepted. His issue has been scoring rather than ball security: six touchdown passes in five games for a 1-4 Texans team. Smith, the third quarterback without a pick, has six touchdown passes for the 2-3 Jets.

Highest interception rate among qualifiers

Rank	Player	Team	Record	Att	INT	INT%	TD
1	Justin Herbert	LAC	0-5	143	7	4.9%	5
2	Drake Maye	NE	3-2	151	7	4.6%	8
3	Malik Willis	MIA	0-5	130	4	3.1%	2
4	Josh Allen	BUF	4-1	138	4	2.9%	7
5	Matthew Stafford	LAR	2-3	216	6	2.8%	9
6	Jacoby Brissett	ARI	1-4	199	5	2.5%	9

Herbert has thrown at least one interception in all five of the Chargers’ games, including two against Las Vegas in Week 2 and two at Seattle in Week 4; Los Angeles is 0-5. Maye’s seven came in the first four weeks, three of them in the opener at Seattle. He did not throw one in Week 5 against Las Vegas, when he went 26 of 34 for 374 yards and four touchdowns.

Drake Maye game by game

Week	Opponent	Cmp/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Rating
1	at SEA	23/33	178	1	3	54.9
2	vs. PIT	14/22	208	0	1	75.6
3	at JAX	14/25	199	0	2	48.6
4	at BUF	22/37	269	3	1	97.7
5	vs. LV	26/34	374	4	0	150.9

Matthew Stafford has thrown six interceptions, third most, but his 216 attempts are the most in the league, which keeps his rate at 2.8%. Miami’s Malik Willis (3.1%) and Buffalo’s Josh Allen (2.9%) are the other qualifiers above Stafford.

Under 100 attempts

Player	Team	Att	INT	INT%	TD	G
Jayden Daniels	WSH	76	0	0.0%	3	3
Marcus Mariota	WSH	51	0	0.0%	4	3
Drew Lock	SEA	48	0	0.0%	4	2
Tyler Huntley	BAL	41	0	0.0%	2	2
Lamar Jackson	BAL	96	1	1.0%	6	4
Michael Penix Jr.	ATL	77	1	1.3%	3	3
Caleb Williams	CHI	55	1	1.8%	2	2
Case Keenum	CHI	53	1	1.9%	2	3
Baker Mayfield	TB	96	2	2.1%	2	3
Tyson Bagent	CHI	64	3	4.7%	0	3
Sam Darnold	SEA	98	5	5.1%	7	4
Jalon Daniels	TB	55	3	5.5%	2	3

Washington’s Jayden Daniels has 76 attempts without an interception, and Marcus Mariota has 51 more without one. Seattle has used two quarterbacks: Drew Lock is clean on 48 attempts, while Sam Darnold has five interceptions on 98 attempts, a 5.1% rate that would be the highest on the main board if he had two more throws.

Stroud and the Texans face Jacksonville in London on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET (4:30 p.m. Cairo). Smith and the Jets visit Maye and the Patriots at 1 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Cairo), so the league’s two extremes share a field. Herbert and the Chargers visit Kansas City at 4:25 p.m. ET (11:25 p.m. Cairo). Goff and Detroit are off.

Interception rate is interceptions divided by pass attempts. Totals cover every regular-season game through Monday night of Week 5 and do not include Thursday night’s Seahawks-Broncos game.