Is Ben Roethlisberger Better Than Trevone Boykin? NFL Stats Decide

Few NFL comparisons generate more debate than Ben Roethlisberger vs Trevone Boykin. The numbers reveal a genuinely competitive matchup — Ben Roethlisberger takes 4 categories while Trevone Boykin 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.

Ben Roethlisberger's Passing Yards of 64,088 compared to Trevone Boykin's 145 represents a 44098.6% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Trevone Boykin falls 99.7% below the career average of 52000 in this category while Ben Roethlisberger exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Ben Roethlisberger's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Passer Rating, where Ben Roethlisberger posts 93.5 against Trevone Boykin's 91.2 — a gap of just 2.5%. Trevone Boykin 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 Trevone Boykin 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 Ben Roethlisberger — 4 categories to 3 — but Trevone Boykin makes this far from a one-sided debate. Anyone building the case for Trevone Boykin has real statistical ammunition particularly in Passer Rating where the gap narrows to just 2.5%. The numbers have spoken, but the argument will continue.