Alex Tanney or Lamar Jackson? The NFL Stat Breakdown

Few NFL comparisons generate more debate than Alex Tanney vs Lamar Jackson. The numbers reveal a genuinely competitive matchup — Lamar Jackson takes 4 categories while Alex Tanney claims 3, making this one of the closer head to head comparisons at the QB position. Every statistical category matters in a matchup this tight.

Lamar Jackson's Passing Yards of 23,353 compared to Alex Tanney's 100 represents a 23253% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Alex Tanney falls 99.8% below the career average of 52000 in this category while Lamar Jackson exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Lamar Jackson's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Passer Rating, where Alex Tanney posts 113.2 against Lamar Jackson's 102.4 — a gap of just 10.5%. Alex Tanney can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-3 tally suggests. In any debate, Passer Rating is the statistical ammunition for the Alex Tanney side.

Quarterback evaluation in the modern NFL weighs passing efficiency heavily alongside raw yardage totals. Passer rating, completion percentage and touchdown-to-interception ratio paint a more complete picture than any single statistic alone.

The verdict favors Lamar Jackson — 4 categories to 3 — but Alex Tanney makes this far from a one-sided debate. Anyone building the case for Alex Tanney has real statistical ammunition particularly in Passer Rating where the gap narrows to just 10.5%. The numbers have spoken, but the argument will continue.