QUARTERBACKS 2002

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, 47 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
12-R.Gannon	OAK	1,494	1	1,579	1	23.4%	4	25.3%	658	4,544	5,518	26	6	3	10	68.1%
10-C.Pennington	NYJ	1,411	2	1,482	2	40.6%	1	43.2%	423	3,041	4,120	22	1	1	5	69.6%
10-T.Green	KC	1,231	3	1,203	3	27.3%	3	26.4%	501	3,636	4,262	26	1	0	12	61.3%
18-P.Manning	IND	1,089	4	1,044	5	16.2%	7	15.0%	618	4,160	4,692	27	3	2	19	66.7%
5-K.Collins	NYG	1,007	5	1,093	4	16.6%	6	19.0%	586	4,031	4,292	19	7	1	14	61.6%
5-J.Garcia	SF	950	6	990	6	15.9%	9	17.0%	546	3,272	4,126	21	0	1	10	62.6%
8-M.Hasselbeck	SEA	882	7	871	7	19.8%	5	19.4%	451	3,077	3,496	15	0	4	10	64.0%
9-S.McNair	TEN	815	8	783	9	13.5%	10	12.6%	519	3,310	3,772	22	5	2	15	61.4%
12-T.Brady	NE	796	9	830	8	8.6%	16	9.4%	638	3,735	4,335	28	4	4	14	62.8%
14-B.Johnson	TB	744	10	780	10	13.3%	11	14.5%	472	2,948	3,461	22	5	2	6	62.6%
14-B.Griese	DEN	735	11	697	13	12.6%	12	11.4%	474	3,076	3,490	15	2	0	15	67.1%
11-D.Bledsoe	BUF	632	12	690	14	3.3%	20	4.6%	676	4,177	4,389	24	6	4	15	61.7%
10-M.Bulger	STL	611	13	751	12	34.6%	2	45.0%	222	1,721	1,908	14	0	1	6	65.7%
4-B.Favre	GB	601	14	774	11	4.2%	18	8.6%	591	3,705	3,968	27	4	4	16	62.0%
8-T.Maddox	PIT	531	15	417	19	9.5%	13	5.1%	407	2,714	2,797	20	2	2	15	62.6%
7-M.Vick	ATL	513	16	511	16	7.3%	17	7.3%	454	2,812	2,933	16	2	3	8	55.9%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
3-J.Kitna	CIN	452	17	408	20	3.2%	21	1.8%	499	3,108	3,159	16	4	4	16	62.7%
11-D.Culpepper	MIN	442	18	325	22	0.1%	22	-2.9%	607	3,683	3,777	18	10	7	21	60.9%
8-M.Brunell	JAC	423	19	466	17	3.8%	19	5.3%	442	2,580	2,859	17	3	2	7	60.5%
9-J.Fiedler	MIA	397	20	521	15	8.9%	14	15.2%	305	1,955	2,132	14	1	1	9	61.7%
9-D.Brees	SD	338	21	419	18	-1.5%	25	0.9%	555	3,201	3,270	17	2	0	15	61.1%
2-A.Brooks	NO	333	22	158	26	-1.8%	27	-6.7%	575	3,348	3,333	27	5	6	15	53.8%
10-K.Stewart	PIT	313	23	349	21	16.1%	8	19.3%	177	1,176	1,350	6	1	2	5	66.5%
5-D.McNabb	PHI	263	24	304	23	-1.0%	24	0.6%	391	2,203	2,445	17	1	4	6	58.9%
15-J.Miller	CHI	221	25	160	25	-0.8%	23	-3.7%	337	1,921	2,026	13	4	2	9	57.7%
10-K.Holcomb	CLE	145	26	221	24	8.8%	15	19.2%	111	762	783	8	0	1	4	61.0%
7-C.Redman	BAL	116	27	-20	34	-1.8%	26	-12.7%	197	1,022	1,160	7	2	3	3	53.6%
2-T.Couch	CLE	115	28	35	30	-7.4%	29	-10.0%	482	2,733	2,609	18	4	2	17	62.0%
14-A.Feeley	PHI	92	29	76	27	-2.0%	28	-3.6%	165	983	938	6	2	0	5	56.2%
11-P.Ramsey	WAS	21	30	-18	33	-9.7%	30	-12.4%	250	1,456	1,212	9	3	5	6	52.0%
11-S.Beuerlein	DEN	-12	31	44	29	-12.6%	33	-5.4%	132	892	611	6	3	1	5	58.6%
17-Q.Carter	DAL	-13	32	-31	36	-12.0%	31	-13.3%	243	1,370	1,178	7	2	2	8	57.3%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
11-J.Blake	BAL	-22	33	-25	35	-12.2%	32	-12.3%	329	1,912	1,608	13	2	5	10	55.9%
17-D.Wuerffel	WAS	-36	34	-40	38	-16.6%	35	-17.2%	103	649	482	3	1	1	6	63.7%
4-T.Dilfer	SEA	-74	35	46	28	-17.9%	39	-6.9%	179	1,165	781	4	1	1	6	56.3%
6-R.Lucas	MIA	-75	36	-135	39	-17.7%	38	-22.9%	177	995	819	4	4	3	6	57.9%
9-R.Peete	CAR	-83	37	16	31	-14.2%	34	-10.5%	418	2,527	2,036	15	3	6	13	58.8%
13-K.Warner	STL	-94	38	-352	45	-17.2%	36	-33.9%	241	1,312	1,119	3	6	2	11	66.1%
11-R.Johnson	TB	-95	39	-136	40	-25.0%	43	-30.9%	107	461	422	1	0	2	2	65.5%
6-S.Matthews	WAS	-100	40	-13	32	-17.5%	37	-12.0%	250	1,237	1,127	11	1	0	6	52.5%
12-J.Martin	STL	-112	41	-33	37	-19.8%	40	-13.7%	203	1,143	885	7	0	2	10	64.2%
8-M.McMahon	DET	-196	42	-284	43	-31.8%	44	-41.0%	161	860	497	7	2	1	9	42.8%
3-J.Harrington	DET	-273	43	-236	42	-20.7%	42	-19.4%	444	2,352	1,937	12	0	1	15	50.2%
12-C.Chandler	CHI	-311	44	-200	41	-37.4%	45	-28.0%	185	872	535	4	0	3	4	64.0%
16-J.Plummer	ARI	-345	45	-305	44	-20.5%	41	-19.5%	580	2,868	2,483	18	5	5	18	54.2%
7-C.Hutchinson	DAL	-581	46	-527	46	-47.2%	47	-43.8%	283	1,346	522	7	3	9	8	51.4%
8-D.Carr	HOU	-1,115	47	-1,026	47	-46.9%	46	-44.0%	538	2,290	999	9	13	5	15	52.7%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
11-D.Johnson	ATL	141	43	25.7%	0.1%	60	437	500	2	3	0	2	66.1%
10-K.Detmer	PHI	114	118	51.1%	53.4%	29	216	302	2	0	0	0	67.9%
17-C.Sauter	CHI	56	23	71.1%	23.3%	10	63	131	0	0	0	0	66.7%
18-D.Pederson	GB	54	46	19.5%	15.0%	28	126	213	1	0	0	0	70.4%
12-J.Delhomme	NO	53	47	81.6%	72.7%	11	107	117	0	0	0	0	80.0%
82-A.Randle El	PIT	32	31	32.7%	31.3%	10	79	103	0	0	0	0	87.5%
7-D.Flutie	SD	12	12	10.7%	10.6%	10	64	63	0	0	0	0	30.0%
13-T.Rattay	SF	7	-14	-8.8%	-15.8%	48	212	267	2	2	0	0	60.5%
16-V.Testaverde	NYJ	-21	-71	-14.6%	-22.5%	95	484	472	3	0	2	3	65.1%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
11-A.Smith	CIN	-65	-174	-42.2%	-94.8%	36	82	79	0	0	1	1	36.4%
10-S.King	TB	-73	-92	-55.6%	-67.0%	28	75	33	0	0	0	1	37.0%
9-D.Garrard	JAC	-82	-61	-36.4%	-29.9%	52	191	149	1	0	0	2	51.1%
16-C.Weinke	CAR	-154	-161	-70.0%	-72.8%	45	139	1	0	0	0	3	44.7%
12-R.Fasani	CAR	-198	-275	-76.4%	-101.9%	50	112	-25	0	2	0	3	34.9%
12-J.McCown	ARI	-232	-217	-183.3%	-172.1%	24	20	-209	0	0	1	2	38.9%
10-H.Burris	CHI	-241	-343	-78.0%	-106.3%	56	188	-38	3	1	2	5	35.3%
12-G.Frerotte	CIN	-258	-250	-55.3%	-53.9%	94	378	137	1	2	0	4	53.0%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 37 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
5-D.McNabb	PHI	205	1	197	1	51.8%	2	49.3%	57	469	710	6	1
7-M.Vick	ATL	172	2	184	2	19.5%	10	21.7%	103	825	820	8	4
9-S.McNair	TEN	147	3	149	3	37.6%	4	38.3%	58	449	555	3	1
5-J.Garcia	SF	146	4	142	4	35.8%	5	34.5%	56	381	563	3	0
11-D.Culpepper	MIN	117	5	115	5	9.2%	17	8.8%	95	614	674	10	6
16-J.Plummer	ARI	115	6	113	6	43.9%	3	42.7%	35	286	418	2	0
10-T.Green	KC	97	7	93	7	61.6%	1	58.8%	27	228	321	1	0
8-M.Hasselbeck	SEA	70	8	62	8	23.7%	9	20.0%	33	207	304	1	0
2-A.Brooks	NO	66	9	57	9	12.5%	16	9.5%	47	267	347	2	0
12-T.Brady	NE	50	10	40	11	14.3%	14	9.1%	27	120	256	1	1
9-D.Garrard	JAC	48	11	34	16	32.9%	6	20.0%	21	144	191	2	1
18-P.Manning	IND	39	12	34	14	15.3%	11	12.3%	26	155	193	2	1
8-D.Carr	HOU	39	13	41	10	6.0%	20	6.8%	45	293	245	3	3
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
9-J.Fiedler	MIA	37	14	37	12	15.3%	12	14.9%	22	113	186	3	1
8-M.McMahon	DET	36	15	34	15	32.5%	7	30.7%	13	99	142	3	1
12-R.Gannon	OAK	35	16	36	13	8.4%	18	9.0%	31	171	205	3	0
8-M.Brunell	JAC	31	17	28	17	5.5%	21	4.1%	34	213	198	0	0
11-D.Bledsoe	BUF	30	18	26	18	14.4%	13	11.2%	18	78	152	2	1
17-D.Wuerffel	WAS	21	19	18	22	30.2%	8	23.2%	9	77	87	0	0
2-T.Couch	CLE	21	20	20	21	12.8%	15	11.2%	16	73	111	0	0
10-K.Stewart	PIT	20	21	21	19	-1.5%	24	-0.6%	34	186	182	2	1
14-B.Griese	DEN	17	22	17	23	-1.2%	23	-1.4%	26	118	156	1	0
6-R.Lucas	MIA	14	23	20	20	-3.9%	26	-0.6%	27	132	159	2	1
11-R.Johnson	TB	14	24	9	26	7.1%	19	0.8%	14	73	85	0	0
12-R.Fasani	CAR	12	25	14	24	3.6%	22	5.3%	17	96	88	0	0
11-J.Blake	BAL	8	26	13	25	-5.7%	28	-0.9%	22	118	104	1	1
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
9-D.Brees	SD	7	27	4	28	-7.4%	29	-9.0%	28	141	110	1	0
7-C.Hutchinson	DAL	6	28	7	27	-2.0%	25	-0.1%	14	81	53	0	0
10-H.Burris	CHI	5	29	3	29	-5.6%	27	-8.8%	16	102	72	0	1
3-J.Kitna	CIN	3	30	0	31	-9.5%	30	-12.1%	18	57	84	4	2
10-C.Pennington	NYJ	-1	31	1	30	-13.4%	31	-11.5%	19	58	77	2	0
14-B.Johnson	TB	-5	32	-2	32	-21.6%	32	-15.9%	10	43	29	0	1
17-Q.Carter	DAL	-10	33	-14	33	-22.4%	33	-26.0%	21	98	47	0	1
4-B.Favre	GB	-19	34	-18	34	-37.2%	34	-36.1%	15	75	11	0	2
9-R.Peete	CAR	-26	35	-26	35	-56.7%	35	-56.2%	9	29	-18	1	1
8-T.Maddox	PIT	-31	36	-33	36	-76.4%	36	-79.0%	10	52	-38	0	2
5-K.Collins	NYG	-32	37	-35	37	-76.5%	37	-81.5%	12	27	-39	0	0