19 QBs With The Largest Hands In NFL History

In the National Football League there is nonstop chatter about hand size when it comes to quarterbacks and their ability to protect and throw the ball. Is hand size the ultimate determiner of success on the field? Absolutely not. Does it certainly play a factor in a QB’s ability to be successful? It sure does.

These are the 19 quarterbacks with the largest hands in NFL history. Now you be the judge on whether or not hand size is a determining factor of success. As a point of comparison, the average adult male hand size is 7.6″ in the United States…

Hand size of quarterbacks is one of the most-talked about metrics each year at the NFL Combine and later at the NFL Draft. But does hand size translate into on-field success in the NFL? Let’s take a look.

These 19 quarterbacks have the largest hands in NFL history but their careers have varying levels of success. In some instances, we can say that hand size almost certainly worked in a QB’s favor but in cases where the QB with massive hands floundered out it is hard to pinpoint his hands as a reason for failure.

19. Michael Penix - 10.50"

Michael Penix and his 10.5″ hands were selected as the 8th overall pick at the 2024 NFL Draft when he was picked by the Atlanta Falcons. Penix was a stud in college over his 3 years with Indiana and 2 with Washington, going 24-2 in 2 regular seasons with the Huskies.

It is way too early to tell what the future holds for Penix but he started 3 games for the Falcons and was 1-2 in those games with 3 TDs and 3 interceptions.

18. Anthony Richardson - 10.50"

Anthony Richardson also boasts 10.5″ hands. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts with the 4th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft after spending 3 seasons with the Florida Gators.

Richardson has, at times, shown brilliance on the field for the Colts. In his rookie season he started 4 games and went 2-2 with a 3/1 TD/INT split. In his sophomore season, Anthony Richardson started 11 games and threw for 8 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Not ideal. Currently, he is missing mandatory minicamp due to a shoulder injury and it remains to be seen if he will be the Colts’ starting QB next season.

17. Jordan Love — 10.50"

Jordan Love has been the starting QB of the Green Bay Packers for the past two seasons and he’s been stellar over both. Jordan and his 10.5″ hands threw for 32 TDs / 11 INTs in 2023 and 25/11 in 2024. He holds a winning record as a starting quarterback and the future looks very bright for him and his Goliath hands.

16. David Garrad — 10.50"

David Garrad was a QB for 10 seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Jacksonville Jaguars who selected him with the 108th overall pick in 2002 out of East Carolina University. Garrad and his 10.5″ hands made the 2009 Pro Bowl and he had a career TD-INT line of 89–54 along with 17 rushing TDs.F

15. Brett Hundley — 10.50"

Former UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley and his 10.5″ hands were drafted with the 147th pick by the Green Bay Packers. He was able to start 9 games for The Pack in 2017 when Aaron Rodgers got injured, throwing 9 TDs and 12 interceptions. He would bounce around after Green Bay and only play 2 more games, for the Arizona Cardinals, in 2019 before moving to the XFL in 2023.

14. Steve McNair — 10.50"

The pride of the Alcorn State Football program, 2003 NFL MVP Steve McNair and his 10.5″ hands were drafted 3rd overall in the 1995 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers and he would later become the first franchise QB for the Tennessee Titans. McNair is in the College Football Hall of Fame, was a 3x Pro Bowler, led the NFL in Passer Rating in 2003, and it is hard to imagine his freakishly large hands didn’t play a role in that.

13. Ryan Leaf — 10.50"

Ryan Leaf was famously drafted #2 overall in the 1998 NFL Draft, one spot behind Peyton Manning. Leaf and his 10.5″ hands wouldn’t go on to sniff anything close to Peyton’s longevity, however, finishing his career with a 14–36 TD-INT split and 3,666 passing yards with a dismal 4-17 record. Big hands aren’t everything, right?

12. Mark Sanchez — 10.50"

Mark Sanchez was one of the most exciting college quarterbacks of his era and helmed a legendary USC team to a Rose Bowl win over Penn State in 2008 before being drafted 5th overall at the 2009 NFL Draft. Sanchez would throw for over 15,000 yards in his NFL career, have a 86–89 TD/INT split, and a career passer rating of 73.2. He would also, very famously, be the man behind the ‘b— fumble’ during a 2012 loss to Tom Brady and the Patriots. Huge hands at 10.5″, to be sure, but he couldn’t hold onto the ball that day.

11. Scott Zolak — 10.50"

Former Maryland Terps QB Scott Zolak and his 10.5″ hands were drafted with the 84th pick by the New England Patriots in the 1991 NFL Draft. Zolak would never factor much on the field with an 8-7 TD-INT split and a career passer rating of 64.5 in 7 games started and 55 games played. He did make it into 3 Playoffs games though but would only manage 1 interception (0 TDs) in his 3 appearances.

10. Chris Simms — 10.50"

Former Texas Longhorns QB Chris Simms was drafted with the 97th overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers evidently liked what they saw in Simms’ 10.5″ hands. Simms was 7-9 as a starter in the NFL with a 12-18 split. 2005 was the only season of his NFL career in which Simms would start more than 3 games and he went 6-4 that season with the Bucs.

9. Nick Foles — 10.63"

Selected by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 88th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, Nick Foles is definitely a member of ‘Team Big Hands Rock’ because Nick and his 10.63″ hands were named Super Bowl LII MVP and he led the NFL in Passer Rating in 2013. He has tied the NFL record for most touchdowns in a single game with 7 and tied the record for most consecutive completions at 25. Would he have been able to do that with smaller hands? There’s no way of knowing.

8. Will Levis - 10.63"

Former Penn State and Kentucky QB Will Levis was drafted 33rd overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. Levis boasts gargantuan 10.63″ hands, the 8th largest of any quarterback in NFL history, buy his body of work so far in the NFL leaves a lot to be desired. Levis was fed to the proverbial wolves in 2024 with Tennessee, going 2-10 as a starter with a respectable 13-12 TD-INT split given what he had to work with. Do his XXL hands have a bright future in the NFL? Only time will tell.

7. Heath Shuler — 10.63"

Heath Shuler and his 10.63″ hands were drafted 3rd overall out of Tennessee in the 1994 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He spent 3 seasons with Washington and 2 with New Orleans before leaving the NFL to pursue his true passion: politics. He went on to become U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district from 2007 to 2013, a field where hand size is entirely irrelevant save for the fact that a handshake from someone with hands his size would catch anyone off guard in the political arena. So on second thought, his massive hands might’ve taken him further than QBs on this list.

6. Ryan Mallett — 10.75"

Drafted with the 74th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots, the former Michigan/Arkansas QB and his 10.75″ hands would spend 6 seasons in the NFL but never really find a chance to flourish. He only started 8 games in his NFL career, 6 with Houston and 2 with Baltimore, and had a career TD-INT split of 9-10.

5. Ryan Fitzpatrick — 10.75"

Harvard graduate Ryan Fitzpatrick and his 10.75″ bear paws enjoyed one of the most interesting journeyman careers of any quarterback in NFL history. He threw a passing TD for 8 different NFL teams, the only player to ever do so, and has started for an NFL-record 9 different teams. Frankly, if Fitzmagic and his 10.75″ in hands (5th largest all time) didn’t start for your team at some point then you are the oddball out. With a career split of 223-169 TD-INT, Ryan Fitzpatrick had a legendary NFL career by any measure.

4. Cody Kessler — 10.88"

A former USC Trojans quarterback, Cody Kessler and his 10.88″ hands were drafted with the 93rd pick by the Cleveland Browns in the 2016 NFL Draft. With the 4th largest hands in NFL history, Kessler’s NFL career never quite took off. He started 12 games, 8 for Cleveland and 4 for Jacksonville, and only saw the field in 3 seasons from 2016 to 2018.

3. Dak Prescott — 10.88"

Another player on this list that is a major testament to ‘having huge hands is important’ is Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and his 10.88″ hands, the 3rd largest in NFL history. Drafted with the 135th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, Dak is still the Cowboys starting QB today.

He was the 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, led the league in passing TDs in 2013, is a 3x Pro Bowler, and if Dak could somehow find a way to win a Super Bowl it is quite possible people might put his name in the Hall of Fame discussion one day. Prescott’s massive hands have no doubt fueled his career success.

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2. Jake Dolegala — 11.125"

Former Central Connecticut QB Jake Dolegal, an undrafted QB who was on 6 different NFL rosters before moving to the Canadian Football League, is just 1 of 2 quarterbacks in NFL history with hands of 11-inches or later. Dolegala’s 11.125″ hands are massive. Truly. But that didn’t ever translate into on-field success for him in the NFL.

He was a backup QB for the Bengals and never appeared in a game, moved to New England’s practice squad and was waived after they signed Mac Jones, had a 6 week contract with Green Bay, went back to the Patriots, then the Packers, off to the Dolphins (all in one summer), before moving to the CFL. Big hands aren’t everything when it comes to this NFL career, or lack thereof.

1. Jim Druckenmiller — 11.25"

The biggest hands of any quarterback in NFL history belong to Jim Druckenmiller at a whopping 11.25 inches. He was the 26th overall pick in the 1997 NFL Draft, taken by the San Francisco 49ers after 4 seasons at Virginia Tech.

49ers coach Steve Mariucci said at the time “I would like to think he’s our quarterback of the future” and saw Druckenmiller as the successor to Steve Young but that would, unfortunately, never pan out. He played just 6 games for the 49ers over 1997 and 1998, throwing 1 touchdown and 4 interceptions.

That was it for his NFL career. He would later be named “11th-biggest bust since the AFL-NFL merger” by ESPN in 2008. Biggest hands of any QB in NFL history, sure, but that didn’t do him any good in the league.

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