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QUARTERBACKS 2006

By Anonymous
Created 07/09/2009 - 5:33pm

Quarterbacks

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/3/2009

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.

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

PASSING: Minimum 100 passes, 46 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
P.Manning [3] IND 2,308 1 2,287 1 51.0% 1 50.5% 571 4,381 6,131 31 1 1 9 65.5%
D.Brees [4] NO 1,386 2 1,458 2 25.1% 2 27.0% 575 4,349 4,964 26 2 2 11 64.7%
C.Palmer [5] CIN 1,189 3 1,007 4 21.7% 4 16.7% 561 3,928 4,535 28 8 7 12 62.8%
M.Bulger [6] STL 1,142 4 1,274 3 16.6% 11 19.8% 639 4,110 4,869 24 2 3 7 63.9%
T.Brady [7] NE 1,009 5 953 5 17.4% 8 15.8% 549 3,519 4,223 24 8 3 12 62.0%
P.Rivers [8] SD 904 6 943 6 17.9% 7 19.1% 494 3,275 3,739 22 3 2 9 62.3%
C.Pennington [9] NYJ 740 7 595 11 10.4% 13 6.1% 519 3,320 3,777 17 2 4 15 65.3%
T.Romo [10] DAL 696 8 821 7 18.9% 5 24.3% 362 2,793 2,810 19 4 3 13 65.3%
D.McNabb [11] PHI 660 9 751 8 18.8% 6 23.0% 338 2,542 2,671 18 1 1 5 57.3%
S.McNair [12] BAL 627 10 660 9 9.4% 14 10.5% 482 2,973 3,309 16 5 1 12 64.3%
B.Roethlisberger [13] PIT 616 11 428 14 8.0% 15 2.2% 516 3,307 3,422 18 2 2 21 60.4%
D.Huard [14] KC 584 12 655 10 24.3% 3 28.6% 266 1,798 2,121 11 3 3 1 60.9%
E.Manning [15] NYG 519 13 475 13 3.9% 16 2.6% 548 3,125 3,500 24 6 1 17 58.2%
B.Favre [16] GB 408 14 479 12 -1.2% 19 0.6% 637 3,801 3,842 18 1 4 18 56.1%
J.Kitna [17] DET 370 15 295 18 -2.3% 21 -4.1% 664 3,929 3,886 21 1 7 21 62.7%
M.Brunell [18] WAS 363 16 344 17 10.5% 12 9.3% 274 1,710 1,846 8 2 1 4 62.8%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
J.Garcia [19] PHI 359 17 365 16 17.4% 9 17.8% 195 1,273 1,503 10 3 2 2 61.7%
J.Delhomme [20] CAR 303 18 416 15 -0.9% 18 3.0% 459 2,677 2,785 17 2 4 11 61.3%
M.Leinart [21] ARI 246 19 215 19 -1.2% 20 -2.5% 401 2,474 2,322 11 6 2 11 57.8%
T.Rattay [22] TB 201 20 160 21 17.2% 10 11.5% 107 728 844 4 1 1 2 60.8%
J.Campbell [23] WAS 140 21 159 22 -0.7% 17 0.8% 214 1,242 1,271 10 1 0 6 53.4%
T.Green [24] KC 121 22 -15 32 -2.5% 22 -12.2% 222 1,210 1,302 7 1 3 9 61.1%
D.Garrard [25] JAC 107 23 108 26 -4.8% 24 -4.8% 261 1,613 1,513 10 1 1 9 60.2%
V.Young [26] TEN 99 24 9 30 -6.9% 25 -10.8% 382 2,173 2,007 12 4 1 12 52.4%
J.Losman [27] BUF 85 25 12 29 -8.3% 27 -10.7% 481 2,808 2,565 19 4 6 13 62.8%
D.Carr [28] HOU 81 26 -50 33 -8.6% 28 -12.7% 488 2,557 2,663 11 8 6 12 68.9%
K.Warner [29] ARI 74 27 154 23 -4.7% 23 2.3% 186 1,277 1,022 6 5 3 5 64.7%
J.Plummer [30] DEN 66 28 -2 31 -8.1% 26 -11.2% 338 1,932 1,844 11 3 2 13 55.4%
R.Grossman [31] CHI 60 29 212 20 -9.3% 29 -4.7% 512 3,221 2,728 23 2 5 20 54.7%
M.Hasselbeck [32] SEA 23 30 118 25 -10.2% 31 -6.4% 406 2,294 2,056 18 0 2 15 57.1%
B.Leftwich [33] JAC 13 31 138 24 -10.1% 30 0.0% 194 1,113 1,020 7 0 0 5 59.0%
D.Bledsoe [34] DAL 2 32 20 28 -11.0% 32 -9.4% 190 1,176 925 7 1 1 8 53.9%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
J.Cutler [35] DEN -15 33 68 27 -12.7% 33 -4.2% 156 961 779 9 3 1 5 59.1%
D.Anderson [36] CLE -94 34 -120 37 -22.8% 39 -26.1% 124 730 517 5 1 0 8 56.9%
J.Harrington [37] MIA -98 35 -241 42 -14.9% 34 -20.4% 403 2,126 1,963 12 3 0 15 58.1%
C.Weinke [38] CAR -100 36 -103 35 -25.7% 41 -26.1% 106 570 416 2 1 0 4 58.3%
D.Culpepper [39] MIA -109 37 -77 34 -23.1% 40 -19.6% 154 785 584 2 3 0 3 60.9%
A.Smith [40] SF -126 38 -119 36 -15.3% 35 -15.1% 476 2,723 2,249 16 5 2 16 58.8%
C.Simms [41] TB -154 39 -215 41 -32.5% 44 -41.0% 110 571 372 1 0 0 7 55.2%
S.Wallace [42] SEA -165 40 -130 38 -28.3% 42 -24.7% 157 864 549 8 1 3 7 58.2%
B.Johnson [43] MIN -202 41 -186 40 -17.8% 36 -17.3% 468 2,558 2,154 9 5 3 15 62.5%
C.Frye [44] CLE -216 42 -245 43 -18.7% 37 -19.7% 444 2,248 2,006 10 1 5 15 64.7%
M.Vick [45] ATL -253 43 -144 39 -20.1% 38 -16.3% 437 2,247 1,919 20 4 1 11 52.7%
A.Brooks [46] OAK -373 44 -272 44 -38.4% 45 -31.0% 221 956 601 3 1 3 7 57.9%
B.Gradkowski [47] TB -451 45 -443 45 -31.5% 43 -31.1% 353 1,512 1,171 9 3 4 9 54.5%
A.Walter [48] OAK -658 46 -619 46 -45.6% 46 -43.6% 329 1,416 644 3 3 7 11 53.5%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
C.Batch [49] PIT 278 262 64.6% 60.3% 57 502 673 5 0 0 0 58.5%
S.Rosenfels [50] HOU 158 156 47.3% 46.6% 40 268 431 3 0 0 1 69.2%
A.Feeley [51] PHI 153 152 50.7% 50.5% 40 336 407 3 0 1 0 70.3%
K.Boller [52] BAL 118 95 19.9% 14.0% 60 457 467 5 1 1 2 60.0%
M.Schaub [53] ATL 95 74 47.2% 34.2% 29 200 263 1 0 0 1 66.7%
C.Lemon [54] MIA 73 69 4.9% 4.0% 70 388 467 2 0 0 1 58.5%
Q.Gray [55] JAC 50 60 26.5% 34.1% 24 162 174 0 0 0 0 59.1%
B.Bollinger [56] MIN 27 3 7.7% -8.9% 24 104 155 0 0 0 0 72.2%
B.Basanez [57] CAR 24 28 24.0% 28.8% 11 56 90 0 0 0 0 54.5%
M.Cassel [58] NE -52 -49 -90.4% -85.0% 11 15 -18 0 0 1 0 62.5%
A.Rodgers [59] GB -54 -68 -59.4% -71.9% 19 50 17 0 0 1 0 40.0%
M.Tuiasosopo [60] OAK -82 -71 -100.7% -88.2% 13 68 -38 1 0 0 2 46.2%
J.Martin [61] NO -83 -101 -57.3% -67.7% 29 185 32 1 2 1 1 66.7%
B.Griese [62] CHI -84 -87 -52.3% -54.0% 35 198 50 1 0 0 2 56.3%
K.Collins [63] TEN -205 -201 -45.8% -45.2% 94 514 197 1 0 0 6 47.2%
T.Jackson [64] MIN -238 -236 -52.7% -52.3% 89 469 137 2 2 1 4 58.8%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 37 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
M.Vick [45] ATL 275 1 268 1 36.4% 4 35.2% 119 1,038 1,054 2 4
D.McNabb [11] PHI 95 2 85 2 58.9% 1 51.9% 24 217 318 3 1
V.Young [26] TEN 58 3 75 3 3.1% 14 7.6% 75 551 413 7 4
D.Garrard [25] JAC 56 4 64 4 17.0% 8 21.0% 37 260 293 0 1
S.McNair [12] BAL 55 5 58 5 34.4% 5 37.1% 21 135 214 1 1
C.Frye [44] CLE 42 6 47 6 6.7% 9 9.0% 40 215 259 3 2
P.Manning [3] IND 42 7 41 7 48.2% 2 48.1% 10 54 147 4 0
M.Hasselbeck [32] SEA 33 8 28 8 38.6% 3 31.6% 14 112 123 0 1
J.Campbell [23] WAS 29 9 26 9 23.0% 7 19.2% 17 114 130 0 0
T.Brady [7] NE 25 10 22 12 4.4% 13 2.8% 26 121 167 0 1
C.Pennington [9] NYJ 23 11 22 13 4.6% 12 4.0% 24 119 152 0 0
S.Wallace [42] SEA 21 12 23 11 30.3% 6 35.0% 10 123 84 0 1
D.Carr [28] HOU 20 13 24 10 -3.0% 17 -1.3% 40 212 209 2 2
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
J.Garcia [19] PHI 17 14 14 14 6.2% 10 3.1% 15 87 108 0 1
B.Roethlisberger [13] PIT 15 15 7 19 -1.9% 16 -7.0% 23 105 138 2 1
T.Romo [10] DAL 14 16 12 17 0.1% 15 -1.4% 21 109 117 0 1
M.Leinart [21] ARI 13 17 13 15 4.7% 11 4.8% 14 63 89 2 0
B.Gradkowski [47] TB 11 18 7 20 -6.1% 21 -8.4% 35 167 156 0 2
J.Plummer [30] DEN 9 19 13 16 -4.4% 19 -1.8% 20 123 110 1 2
B.Johnson [43] MIN 9 20 4 23 -4.6% 20 -8.7% 21 83 108 1 1
T.Jackson [64] MIN 6 21 12 18 -3.7% 18 3.5% 15 77 69 1 0
J.Kitna [17] DET 4 22 0 26 -9.2% 23 -12.3% 28 153 93 2 3
A.Smith [40] SF 3 23 -3 27 -10.5% 25 -13.6% 32 161 135 2 3
C.Palmer [5] CIN 2 24 2 24 -9.3% 24 -10.1% 14 47 69 0 0
T.Green [24] KC 2 25 2 25 -8.2% 22 -9.4% 11 57 48 0 1
B.Leftwich [33] JAC 0 26 5 22 -12.3% 26 -7.0% 16 49 66 2 1
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
A.Brooks [46] OAK -1 27 6 21 -13.1% 27 -6.3% 18 125 68 0 1
K.Boller [52] BAL -16 28 -23 31 -40.4% 31 -52.9% 11 43 4 0 1
E.Manning [15] NYG -17 29 -19 28 -38.8% 30 -41.6% 11 33 7 0 2
J.Harrington [37] MIA -19 30 -24 32 -33.6% 29 -39.6% 12 28 20 0 1
M.Brunell [18] WAS -19 31 -21 30 -52.0% 33 -55.5% 9 31 -10 0 2
B.Favre [16] GB -24 32 -25 33 -55.4% 34 -58.0% 10 30 -16 1 2
J.Losman [27] BUF -24 33 -21 29 -25.7% 28 -23.8% 32 135 71 1 3
A.Walter [48] OAK -42 34 -39 34 -101.5% 36 -95.5% 9 30 -64 0 3
P.Rivers [8] SD -45 35 -47 35 -41.7% 32 -42.7% 24 60 6 0 2
D.Brees [4] NO -51 36 -55 36 -72.4% 35 -77.9% 16 57 -57 0 3
J.Cutler [35] DEN -65 37 -66 37 -159.0% 37 -160.0% 9 10 -120 0 4

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