QUARTERBACKS 2003

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%
18-P.Manning	IND	1,756	1	1,588	1	33.5%	1	29.2%	597	4,249	5,557	29	4	1	10	67.0%
10-T.Green	KC	1,283	2	1,338	2	25.2%	4	26.7%	555	3,978	4,607	24	4	1	12	63.2%
9-S.McNair	TEN	1,178	3	1,171	3	31.9%	2	31.6%	425	3,196	3,808	24	6	5	7	63.2%
8-M.Hasselbeck	SEA	913	4	885	4	14.4%	8	13.6%	561	3,691	4,120	26	2	1	15	61.1%
11-D.Culpepper	MIN	716	5	862	5	11.2%	9	15.7%	490	3,303	3,557	25	8	4	10	65.9%
2-A.Brooks	NO	682	6	712	8	8.0%	10	8.8%	560	3,482	3,800	24	3	10	8	59.5%
16-J.Plummer	DEN	669	7	815	6	22.4%	5	29.7%	320	2,165	2,516	15	1	1	7	63.2%
3-J.Kitna	CIN	667	8	647	9	7.3%	11	6.8%	566	3,443	3,811	26	4	4	14	62.8%
12-T.Brady	NE	583	9	564	10	5.4%	13	4.9%	568	3,439	3,632	23	8	4	12	60.2%
4-B.Favre	GB	553	10	722	7	6.2%	12	11.5%	496	3,331	3,320	32	3	2	21	65.4%
14-B.Johnson	TB	510	11	563	11	2.4%	14	3.8%	589	3,744	3,725	26	4	1	20	62.4%
5-D.McNabb	PHI	423	12	331	15	1.4%	16	-1.3%	533	3,153	3,304	16	3	3	11	58.1%
16-V.Testaverde	NYJ	401	13	344	14	19.7%	6	15.3%	205	1,346	1,592	7	1	0	2	62.4%
5-J.Garcia	SF	357	14	394	13	2.2%	15	3.6%	416	2,660	2,643	18	3	3	12	58.0%
7-B.Leftwich	JAC	324	15	206	19	0.3%	17	-3.9%	445	2,870	2,733	14	5	5	16	57.2%
8-T.Maddox	PIT	315	16	316	16	-2.3%	21	-2.3%	566	3,287	3,292	18	2	2	17	57.8%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
10-M.Bulger	STL	308	17	526	12	-2.5%	22	3.5%	575	3,636	3,307	22	2	6	22	63.3%
13-T.Rattay	SF	294	18	244	18	27.7%	3	21.1%	125	802	1,008	7	0	0	2	61.9%
9-J.Fiedler	MIA	231	19	161	21	-0.3%	18	-3.6%	339	2,090	2,035	11	2	4	12	57.2%
10-C.Pennington	NYJ	220	20	132	22	-0.7%	19	-4.9%	327	2,019	2,000	13	6	2	12	64.3%
5-K.Collins	NYG	215	21	89	25	-4.8%	24	-8.5%	533	3,045	3,007	13	6	5	15	57.1%
17-J.Delhomme	CAR	201	22	267	17	-4.6%	23	-2.4%	487	3,148	2,738	19	9	6	16	59.2%
12-T.Banks	HOU	190	23	120	23	16.4%	7	6.2%	115	651	815	5	1	0	2	60.4%
7-D.Flutie	SD	101	24	182	20	-2.0%	20	5.3%	179	1,112	1,028	9	1	4	4	55.5%
10-K.Holcomb	CLE	41	25	-6	27	-9.1%	25	-11.4%	328	1,726	1,723	10	3	2	12	64.1%
17-Q.Carter	DAL	30	26	100	24	-10.2%	27	-8.2%	550	3,232	2,768	17	4	2	20	58.0%
11-P.Ramsey	WAS	22	27	-11	29	-10.2%	26	-11.6%	375	2,044	1,882	14	2	5	9	53.3%
8-D.Carr	HOU	14	28	-9	28	-10.5%	28	-11.6%	314	1,935	1,622	9	2	1	13	57.0%
11-D.Johnson	ATL	2	29	-42	30	-11.0%	29	-13.7%	264	1,639	1,331	8	2	0	11	56.4%
12-R.Gannon	OAK	-18	30	19	26	-12.4%	30	-9.9%	244	1,230	1,166	6	2	0	4	55.6%
13-D.Kanell	DEN	-27	31	-152	36	-15.0%	31	-32.9%	108	424	527	2	3	0	4	51.5%
7-M.Vick	ATL	-71	32	-105	34	-21.1%	37	-25.8%	110	510	479	4	2	1	3	50.0%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
8-T.Hasselbeck	WAS	-78	33	-78	31	-17.6%	33	-17.6%	188	983	874	5	1	1	7	53.7%
2-T.Couch	CLE	-104	34	-93	33	-18.1%	34	-17.4%	228	1,269	1,055	7	2	3	6	59.6%
2-A.Wright	BAL	-120	35	-91	32	-20.9%	36	-18.5%	202	1,100	815	9	5	1	8	53.4%
3-R.Mirer	OAK	-149	36	-143	35	-21.2%	38	-20.8%	242	1,138	987	3	2	1	5	53.0%
11-J.Blake	ARI	-149	37	-214	38	-17.3%	32	-20.0%	393	2,193	1,743	13	3	3	15	57.0%
14-B.Griese	MIA	-184	38	-234	40	-31.3%	42	-36.7%	144	727	486	5	0	4	6	56.9%
11-D.Bledsoe	BUF	-257	39	-278	41	-19.1%	35	-19.7%	528	2,630	2,272	11	5	8	11	58.3%
12-C.Chandler	CHI	-275	40	-192	37	-32.6%	43	-26.1%	210	1,006	673	3	4	0	7	56.0%
9-D.Brees	SD	-287	41	-374	45	-23.8%	40	-27.6%	378	1,984	1,448	11	1	4	15	58.2%
8-K.Boller	BAL	-289	42	-225	39	-30.6%	41	-26.3%	246	1,254	802	7	4	4	9	52.7%
3-J.Palmer	NYG	-299	43	-306	42	-48.8%	46	-49.7%	132	459	232	3	1	1	4	52.2%
15-K.Kittner	ATL	-336	44	-342	44	-57.3%	47	-58.1%	120	398	129	2	0	0	6	38.9%
12-J.McCown	ARI	-401	45	-377	46	-43.2%	44	-41.2%	195	874	452	5	8	2	5	57.6%
3-J.Harrington	DET	-436	46	-315	43	-23.4%	39	-20.0%	568	2,872	2,279	17	5	0	22	56.2%
10-K.Stewart	CHI	-550	47	-496	47	-44.8%	45	-41.4%	275	1,267	575	7	2	3	11	51.2%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
7-B.Volek	TEN	234	201	35.9%	29.3%	74	496	718	4	0	1	1	64.7%
12-G.Frerotte	MIN	203	243	33.8%	42.7%	71	667	640	7	1	0	2	58.5%
14-N.O'Donnell	TEN	187	149	83.7%	64.1%	27	232	414	2	0	0	1	66.7%
9-D.Garrard	JAC	72	66	66.8%	60.4%	12	86	173	1	0	0	0	75.0%
8-M.Brunell	JAC	66	11	0.1%	-9.3%	93	436	563	2	0	0	0	65.9%
5-Tr.Brown	BUF	34	8	12.5%	-5.4%	19	153	162	0	0	0	1	77.8%
15-T.Collins	KC	13	20	6.0%	15.0%	12	74	78	0	0	0	0	75.0%
4-T.Bouman	NO	-7	-1	-18.5%	-12.7%	15	73	66	1	0	1	0	53.8%
17-R.Johnson	WAS	-14	-28	-31.5%	-52.7%	10	24	36	0	0	0	0	71.4%
8-M.Tuiasosopo	OAK	-17	7	-17.5%	-8.7%	46	310	202	0	1	0	3	58.1%
10-S.King	TB	-44	-51	-36.6%	-40.7%	25	105	79	1	0	0	1	68.2%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FK	FL	INT	C%
8-R.Grossman	CHI	-53	-12	-21.5%	-13.5%	80	430	344	2	3	0	1	53.4%
17-T.Martin	OAK	-65	-56	-79.9%	-69.9%	17	64	-10	0	0	1	1	37.5%
7-R.Johnson	OAK	-70	-74	-97.3%	-102.5%	14	48	-30	0	0	0	1	46.2%
4-T.Dilfer	SEA	-78	-66	-129.4%	-111.1%	10	21	-53	1	1	1	1	50.0%
9-R.Peete	CAR	-85	-77	-131.9%	-120.1%	13	-1	-58	0	0	0	0	40.0%
10-A.Van Pelt	BUF	-144	-136	-207.5%	-196.7%	13	42	-137	0	0	0	3	41.7%
8-M.McMahon	DET	-152	-153	-87.8%	-88.3%	33	78	-48	0	0	0	2	29.0%
7-C.Redman	BAL	-176	-204	-149.3%	-170.9%	20	10	-137	0	1	2	2	53.8%
11-S.Beuerlein	DEN	-188	-156	-54.0%	-46.9%	73	404	97	2	3	0	5	54.1%
4-D.Ragone	HOU	-232	-263	-92.1%	-102.9%	49	80	-85	0	3	0	1	50.0%
13-K.Warner	STL	-243	-208	-67.3%	-59.2%	72	314	18	1	3	3	1	58.5%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 35 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
11-D.Culpepper	MIN	127	1	126	1	25.4%	5	24.8%	64	441	543	4	3
5-D.McNabb	PHI	84	2	78	4	14.8%	14	12.7%	56	376	413	3	2
5-J.Garcia	SF	84	3	82	3	17.1%	11	16.4%	49	324	405	8	2
16-J.Plummer	DEN	79	4	88	2	34.4%	3	39.8%	28	213	306	3	1
7-M.Vick	ATL	70	5	60	6	29.3%	4	23.1%	33	261	290	1	1
10-K.Stewart	CHI	65	6	65	5	8.8%	15	8.8%	53	296	377	3	1
7-D.Flutie	SD	47	7	48	8	24.2%	8	25.1%	25	173	204	2	1
12-J.McCown	ARI	47	8	42	11	24.4%	7	20.8%	25	165	199	1	0
10-M.Bulger	STL	46	9	49	7	45.3%	1	49.0%	13	91	164	4	0
9-S.McNair	TEN	41	10	38	12	17.0%	12	15.4%	26	144	196	4	1
2-A.Brooks	NO	40	11	42	10	4.5%	16	5.4%	40	190	269	2	1
8-D.Carr	HOU	40	12	47	9	21.5%	9	27.0%	22	154	181	2	1
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
9-D.Brees	SD	36	13	32	13	42.2%	2	36.4%	14	90	133	0	0
10-T.Green	KC	33	14	30	14	21.0%	10	18.1%	17	89	149	2	0
7-B.Leftwich	JAC	30	15	27	15	15.6%	13	13.1%	18	115	148	2	1
10-C.Pennington	NYJ	26	16	23	16	24.6%	6	20.4%	12	47	111	2	0
17-Q.Carter	DAL	23	17	17	18	-4.2%	22	-6.2%	49	262	265	2	2
11-J.Blake	ARI	22	18	15	20	2.4%	18	-2.0%	29	178	160	2	2
9-J.Fiedler	MIA	19	19	21	17	-0.9%	19	0.4%	26	101	167	3	1
8-M.Hasselbeck	SEA	13	20	16	19	-2.0%	21	0.6%	25	135	120	3	1
11-P.Ramsey	WAS	9	21	11	21	4.5%	17	7.8%	9	66	61	1	0
3-J.Kitna	CIN	6	22	2	23	-6.1%	23	-10.0%	19	134	81	0	1
5-K.Collins	NYG	4	23	7	22	-1.4%	20	5.2%	8	57	37	0	0
3-J.Harrington	DET	2	24	-4	26	-10.0%	24	-16.1%	19	100	81	0	1
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
11-D.Bledsoe	BUF	-1	25	-1	24	-14.2%	25	-13.4%	10	38	47	2	1
12-T.Brady	NE	-4	26	-7	28	-14.7%	26	-16.7%	22	80	97	1	1
3-R.Mirer	OAK	-5	27	-2	25	-18.3%	28	-14.5%	15	87	42	1	1
4-B.Favre	GB	-8	28	-5	27	-31.4%	30	-23.2%	8	24	12	0	0
17-J.Delhomme	CAR	-9	29	-8	29	-18.0%	27	-17.1%	23	55	90	1	0
2-A.Wright	BAL	-10	30	-10	30	-24.2%	29	-23.7%	16	87	37	0	1
8-T.Hasselbeck	WAS	-14	31	-12	31	-42.1%	32	-38.7%	9	46	1	0	1
11-D.Johnson	ATL	-20	32	-25	33	-54.6%	34	-65.3%	8	25	-12	1	1
8-K.Boller	BAL	-26	33	-30	34	-39.5%	31	-43.1%	19	63	8	0	1
14-B.Johnson	TB	-27	34	-24	32	-46.2%	33	-43.1%	13	46	-5	0	1
18-P.Manning	IND	-39	35	-41	35	-69.6%	35	-71.6%	13	39	-42	0	1