Drake Maye edged Josh Allen as a passer in 2025, but Allen won fantasy on rushing TDs

Maye posted better completion rate, TD-INT ratio, and passer rating in 2025, but Josh Allen's 14 rushing touchdowns gave him the fantasy points edge across standard, half-PPR, and PPR formats.

Published: September 12, 2026 · Figures as of September 12, 2026

Asked: In the 2025 regular season, how did Drake Maye and Josh Allen compare as passers and as fantasy quarterbacks?

Maye was the sharper passer in 2025; Allen scored more fantasy points, almost entirely on the ground

Both played all 17 games. On every rate that measures throwing the ball, Drake Maye had the better season — higher accuracy, more yards per attempt, a much better touchdown-to-interception mix, and a real edge in passer rating (113.5 to 102.2). Josh Allen still out-scored him as a fantasy quarterback, but that gap is almost entirely his 14 rushing touchdowns against Maye's 4, not anything about who threw it better.

Passing, 2025 regular season (17 games each)

Maye's lead survives the sack adjustment: both took sacks at a similar rate (8.7% vs 8.0% of dropbacks — a joint quarterback/line outcome, not purely either one's fault), so the drop from AY/A to ANY/A is comparable for both (about 1.2 yards each), and Maye still leads 8.26 to 6.84 once sacks are folded in. His edge is built on cleaner decision-making as much as arm talent: 8 interceptions on 492 attempts against Allen's 10 on 460, and nearly 60% more touchdowns per interception thrown.

Where Allen wins clearly is with his legs — 579 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns to Maye's 450 yards and 4 scores. That's the whole story of the fantasy gap.

Fantasy, 2025 stats scored under this season's rules

Assuming season-long, per-game scoring in all three common formats (the numbers below use the 2026 rulebook applied to each player's 2025 totals):

Allen's total is identical across formats because he had essentially no receiving stat line to speak of; Maye's ticks up slightly with PPR because of a single trick-play catch. The gap is about 1.2-1.3 points per game in Allen's favor in every format, and it's built almost entirely on rushing touchdowns: Allen's 14 rushing scores were worth 84 standard points against Maye's 24, a 60-point swing that outweighs Maye's edge in passing yardage and touchdown points (roughly a 53-point advantage) plus his 4-fewer interceptions (worth 4 fewer points lost).

Bottom line: if the question is "who threw it better," it's Maye, clearly, across accuracy, efficiency, and ball security. If the question is "who was the better fantasy QB," it's Allen, and specifically because of goal-line rushing production rather than anything about his passing. High confidence on both reads — full 17-game samples, and the fantasy math traces directly to the stat-by-stat point breakdown rather than an estimate.