QUARTERBACKS 2004

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/18/2008

Quarterbacks are ranked according to DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement. This gives the value of the quarterback's performance compared to replacement level, adjusted for situation and opponent and then translated into yardage. DYAR (and its cousin, YAR, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here [1].

The other statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average quarterback in the same game situations. The more positive the DVOA rating, the better the player's performance. Negative DVOA represents below-average offense. DVOA (and its cousin, VOA, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here [2].

The simple version: DYAR means a quarterback with more total value. DVOA means a quarterback with more value per play.

Equivalent Yards (EqYds), listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Equivalent Yards (EqYds) than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer Equivalent Yards (EqYds) than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. Equivalent Yards (EqYds) are not the best way to measure total value because they are more dependent on usage than DYAR.

Passes total includes sacks and aborted snaps. Both count against a quarterback's value. Fumbles count the same whether lost to the defense or retained by the offense.

PASSING: Minimum 100 passes, 42 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
18-P.Manning	IND	2,497	1	2,522	1	60.9%	1	61.6%	519	4,608	6,189	49	4	1	10	67.9%
11-D.Culpepper	MIN	1,930	2	1,978	2	36.4%	2	37.6%	603	4,648	5,869	39	5	2	11	69.4%
10-T.Green	KC	1,481	3	1,394	4	28.1%	7	25.8%	592	4,423	5,055	27	6	4	16	66.6%
12-T.Brady	NE	1,394	4	1,283	6	33.2%	3	29.7%	503	3,618	4,419	28	2	4	13	61.0%
4-B.Favre	GB	1,344	5	1,420	3	26.1%	8	28.2%	555	4,060	4,738	30	3	1	17	64.6%
5-D.McNabb	PHI	1,323	6	1,392	5	28.9%	6	31.0%	507	3,817	4,458	31	2	4	8	64.0%
9-D.Brees	SD	1,181	7	1,227	7	33.1%	4	34.8%	426	3,166	3,759	27	5	2	7	65.7%
16-J.Plummer	DEN	1,019	8	1,038	8	18.3%	12	18.8%	547	4,161	4,197	27	2	0	20	58.5%
10-M.Bulger	STL	1,005	9	988	9	19.7%	11	19.2%	527	3,742	4,010	21	1	4	14	66.6%
10-C.Pennington	NYJ	956	10	804	12	25.9%	9	20.0%	394	2,637	3,391	16	3	1	9	65.5%
7-B.Roethlisberger	PIT	931	11	868	10	32.8%	5	29.8%	331	2,475	2,973	17	0	2	10	66.8%
8-B.Griese	TB	737	12	756	13	20.2%	10	21.0%	367	2,517	2,896	20	3	1	11	70.0%
17-J.Delhomme	CAR	624	13	833	11	6.0%	14	11.7%	575	3,709	3,780	29	7	5	15	58.2%
8-M.Hasselbeck	SEA	543	14	708	14	4.9%	15	9.8%	509	3,309	3,462	22	1	2	15	59.1%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
7-B.Leftwich	JAC	531	15	517	16	6.9%	13	6.4%	472	2,956	3,090	15	3	2	10	60.5%
16-V.Testaverde	DAL	496	16	521	15	3.7%	17	4.4%	536	3,503	3,372	17	3	4	20	60.5%
9-C.Palmer	CIN	429	17	244	18	3.8%	16	-2.6%	455	2,760	2,889	18	0	2	18	61.8%
8-D.Carr	HOU	308	18	379	17	-1.6%	18	0.5%	520	3,227	3,023	16	8	2	14	61.6%
5-K.Collins	OAK	272	19	205	19	-3.3%	19	-5.2%	547	3,417	3,174	21	4	3	20	56.3%
11-D.Bledsoe	BUF	150	20	135	23	-6.2%	20	-6.7%	484	2,717	2,652	20	4	3	15	58.3%
3-J.Harrington	DET	91	21	169	21	-8.4%	22	-6.1%	526	2,921	2,820	19	3	3	12	56.6%
7-B.Volek	TEN	85	22	173	20	-7.8%	21	-4.4%	388	2,367	2,190	18	3	3	10	61.8%
2-A.Brooks	NO	50	23	145	22	-9.8%	23	-7.2%	595	3,593	3,034	21	11	2	15	57.0%
13-K.Warner	NYG	5	24	76	24	-10.9%	24	-7.4%	319	1,899	1,630	6	8	4	4	63.0%
3-J.Kitna	CIN	1	25	-55	28	-11.0%	25	-19.2%	111	580	558	5	1	1	4	58.7%
5-J.Garcia	CLE	-3	26	-106	30	-11.3%	26	-17.7%	280	1,641	1,303	10	3	6	8	57.4%
9-S.McNair	TEN	-11	27	-34	26	-11.8%	27	-13.3%	233	1,277	1,275	8	2	2	9	60.0%
14-B.Johnson	TB	-49	28	-43	27	-17.9%	31	-17.2%	113	628	514	3	1	1	3	63.1%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
7-K.Boller	BAL	-118	29	-199	32	-14.9%	28	-17.5%	496	2,377	2,348	13	3	6	10	56.7%
13-T.Rattay	SF	-126	30	-136	31	-16.7%	30	-17.1%	363	1,979	1,651	10	5	6	10	61.1%
12-J.McCown	ARI	-143	31	-21	25	-16.2%	29	-11.9%	444	2,309	2,074	11	7	4	9	57.2%
11-P.Ramsey	WAS	-187	32	-98	29	-21.3%	32	-16.5%	297	1,555	1,232	10	5	1	10	62.4%
10-E.Manning	NYG	-195	33	-263	34	-25.7%	34	-30.8%	210	1,030	813	6	2	1	9	49.0%
7-K.Dorsey	SF	-208	34	-289	35	-25.0%	33	-30.4%	242	1,160	926	6	2	3	9	54.4%
12-L.McCown	CLE	-251	35	-349	37	-50.0%	40	-65.3%	113	479	177	4	2	0	7	49.0%
8-M.Brunell	WAS	-258	36	-211	33	-27.1%	35	-24.3%	255	1,075	949	7	3	3	6	49.8%
9-C.Hutchinson	CHI	-358	37	-289	36	-43.7%	38	-37.4%	187	741	413	4	4	3	3	57.1%
12-J.Quinn	CHI	-364	38	-372	38	-64.5%	41	-65.7%	114	330	54	1	2	0	3	52.0%
7-A.Feeley	MIA	-385	39	-546	41	-27.5%	36	-34.3%	385	1,788	1,377	11	5	5	15	53.8%
7-M.Vick	ATL	-479	40	-427	39	-31.4%	37	-29.2%	369	2,062	1,254	14	7	6	11	56.6%
9-J.Fiedler	MIA	-480	41	-482	40	-46.8%	39	-47.0%	219	1,049	419	7	4	3	8	53.2%
16-C.Krenzel	CHI	-662	42	-580	42	-83.8%	42	-74.8%	152	576	-154	3	1	6	6	46.8%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
16-C.Nall	GB	251	240	92.4%	88.1%	37	362	534	4	1	0	0	69.7%
10-K.Holcomb	CLE	141	124	12.6%	9.8%	93	706	667	7	0	0	5	67.8%
17-Q.Carter	NYJ	124	83	15.9%	7.0%	70	429	535	3	1	0	1	60.3%
12-R.Gannon	OAK	120	26	15.9%	-5.3%	72	492	507	3	2	1	2	61.2%
7-D.Flutie	SD	118	146	45.9%	59.6%	38	269	327	1	0	0	0	54.1%
11-J.Martin	STL	52	42	16.2%	10.7%	33	193	225	0	1	0	0	53.3%
12-J.Sorgi	IND	46	14	10.9%	-4.5%	31	162	230	2	1	0	0	58.6%
6-R.Davey	NE	20	25	24.8%	34.8%	10	54	71	0	0	0	0	40.0%
12-D.Johnson	TEN	3	-8	-7.3%	-19.8%	13	62	75	0	0	0	0	50.0%
8-M.McMahon	DET	3	5	-8.1%	-6.5%	16	65	92	0	0	0	0	73.3%
5-B.Bollinger	NYJ	-1	-1	-12.6%	-12.7%	10	52	46	0	0	0	0	55.6%
8-R.Grossman	CHI	-6	67	-12.2%	0.8%	88	583	442	1	0	2	3	56.6%
9-D.Garrard	JAC	-25	-23	-16.3%	-15.9%	78	339	353	2	0	0	1	52.8%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
4-T.Dilfer	SEA	-45	-66	-22.1%	-27.4%	63	347	266	1	0	0	3	43.1%
7-D.Henson	DAL	-47	-74	-46.6%	-67.0%	20	65	43	1	0	1	1	55.6%
18-D.Pederson	GB	-77	-67	-63.7%	-57.2%	24	131	13	0	0	0	2	47.8%
8-T.Maddox	PIT	-104	-142	-36.4%	-45.5%	68	306	190	1	0	2	2	50.8%
3-C.Pickett	SF	-108	-127	-161.7%	-187.8%	12	41	-89	0	1	0	2	40.0%
18-S.Rosenfels	MIA	-142	-200	-66.5%	-89.4%	42	244	13	1	2	0	3	41.0%
11-J.Blake	PHI	-146	-134	-70.3%	-65.7%	38	109	0	1	0	1	1	50.0%
10-K.Detmer	PHI	-160	-160	-70.3%	-70.1%	42	176	0	0	0	1	2	45.0%
4-S.King	ARI	-173	-195	-41.0%	-44.7%	92	454	231	1	3	1	4	56.0%
16-J.Navarre	ARI	-181	-174	-82.7%	-80.0%	41	160	-42	1	0	0	4	45.0%
2-C.Simms	TB	-209	-209	-47.6%	-47.7%	85	396	177	1	1	2	3	57.5%
8-M.Schaub	ATL	-250	-214	-63.2%	-55.6%	74	315	46	1	1	0	4	47.1%
12-C.Chandler	STL	-331	-301	-86.8%	-79.8%	69	406	-98	2	0	1	8	56.5%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 34 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
7-M.Vick	ATL	243	1	246	1	30.5%	6	30.9%	106	919	979	3	2
11-D.Culpepper	MIN	80	2	80	2	7.3%	17	7.2%	70	418	489	2	2
5-J.Garcia	CLE	77	3	77	3	39.2%	4	38.9%	28	175	290	2	0
2-A.Brooks	NO	70	4	75	4	21.6%	12	23.9%	40	210	316	4	0
8-D.Carr	HOU	67	5	64	5	10.8%	16	9.7%	55	315	370	0	0
5-D.McNabb	PHI	52	6	44	6	22.7%	10	17.1%	30	231	231	3	2
10-C.Pennington	NYJ	47	7	39	8	20.7%	13	15.3%	24	135	214	1	1
7-B.Roethlisberger	PIT	39	8	37	9	12.9%	15	11.9%	28	173	204	1	0
10-T.Green	KC	38	9	36	10	48.4%	1	45.5%	14	94	133	0	0
9-D.Brees	SD	37	10	35	11	6.9%	18	6.1%	29	104	228	2	0
10-M.Bulger	STL	34	11	43	7	29.1%	7	39.7%	16	92	140	3	0
9-D.Garrard	JAC	33	12	35	12	40.4%	3	43.9%	11	77	121	1	0
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
9-S.McNair	TEN	27	13	27	13	15.3%	14	15.0%	19	131	136	1	1
8-R.Grossman	CHI	25	14	26	14	45.8%	2	48.4%	9	50	91	1	0
7-K.Boller	BAL	25	15	15	18	2.5%	22	-2.9%	37	206	179	1	2
9-C.Palmer	CIN	24	16	25	15	37.6%	5	38.8%	9	59	91	1	0
7-B.Volek	TEN	20	17	21	16	25.3%	8	26.7%	9	52	85	1	0
8-M.Hasselbeck	SEA	14	18	16	17	3.8%	21	5.6%	15	105	94	1	1
13-T.Rattay	SF	14	19	14	19	23.1%	9	21.9%	9	56	62	0	0
17-J.Delhomme	CAR	14	20	12	21	1.7%	23	0.4%	16	78	104	1	0
5-K.Collins	OAK	11	21	13	20	22.6%	11	26.6%	8	41	49	0	0
16-V.Testaverde	DAL	8	22	5	24	4.3%	19	-2.3%	11	48	57	1	0
18-P.Manning	IND	8	23	9	23	4.1%	20	7.5%	8	53	53	0	0
3-J.Harrington	DET	5	24	10	22	-8.8%	25	-6.0%	34	185	126	0	0
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
12-T.Brady	NE	5	25	5	25	-7.7%	24	-7.9%	16	52	96	0	1
7-B.Leftwich	JAC	4	26	4	26	-9.1%	26	-9.1%	30	156	113	2	0
16-J.Plummer	DEN	0	27	4	27	-11.9%	27	-10.4%	44	223	168	1	2
17-Q.Carter	NYJ	-2	28	-6	29	-17.8%	29	-26.6%	8	26	25	0	1
12-J.McCown	ARI	-3	29	3	28	-14.0%	28	-10.4%	26	124	102	2	1
9-J.Fiedler	MIA	-6	30	-13	32	-22.4%	30	-33.4%	9	62	29	0	1
16-C.Krenzel	CHI	-9	31	-10	31	-26.5%	32	-28.7%	11	45	23	0	0
11-D.Bledsoe	BUF	-9	32	-10	30	-26.4%	31	-27.1%	11	53	25	0	1
8-M.Brunell	WAS	-22	33	-21	33	-43.9%	33	-41.7%	13	64	-1	0	0
8-B.Griese	TB	-44	34	-41	34	-75.6%	34	-70.3%	14	26	-53	0	1