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QUARTERBACKS 1997

By Anonymous
Created 07/09/2009 - 5:32pm

Quarterbacks

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 12/18/2009

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, 47 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
D.Marino [3] MIA 1,022 1 982 4 17.5% 7 16.3% 582 3,818 4,266 16 3 4 11 58.5%
M.Brunell [4] JAC 998 2 1,031 1 22.1% 5 23.2% 469 3,207 3,774 18 2 1 7 61.3%
S.Young [5] SF 967 3 996 2 28.1% 2 29.3% 394 2,794 3,296 19 4 0 6 68.5%
B.Favre [6] GB 936 4 984 3 14.5% 9 15.8% 552 3,866 4,217 35 4 3 16 59.4%
B.Johnson [7] MIN 837 5 724 8 15.9% 8 12.2% 481 2,991 3,648 20 3 1 12 61.4%
B.Esiason [8] CIN 819 6 832 5 53.6% 1 54.6% 197 1,507 2,134 13 1 0 2 63.4%
J.Elway [9] DEN 739 7 831 6 10.2% 10 12.8% 550 3,648 3,798 27 1 7 11 56.7%
C.Chandler [10] ATL 725 8 627 10 20.2% 6 16.0% 391 2,471 2,856 20 3 5 7 59.2%
W.Moon [11] SEA 719 9 680 9 9.3% 12 8.2% 570 3,642 3,812 25 4 3 16 59.5%
D.Bledsoe [12] NE 660 10 725 7 7.3% 13 9.1% 560 3,533 3,775 28 3 1 14 60.4%
J.George [13] OAK 516 11 607 11 3.6% 15 6.2% 586 3,540 3,511 29 3 3 8 56.3%
G.Frerotte [14] WAS 429 12 430 12 4.9% 14 5.0% 437 2,682 2,730 17 4 1 12 51.0%
T.Aikman [15] DAL 411 13 326 14 0.4% 19 -2.0% 559 3,139 3,433 19 1 4 12 57.0%
T.Dilfer [16] TB 346 14 297 17 1.5% 16 -0.3% 427 2,506 2,663 21 6 1 11 56.8%
K.Stewart [17] PIT 339 15 385 13 0.9% 18 2.6% 460 2,902 2,716 21 2 1 17 54.0%
E.Kramer [18] CHI 337 16 282 18 -0.7% 21 -2.4% 511 2,981 3,050 14 3 5 14 57.8%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
P.Justin [19] IND 331 17 313 16 25.9% 3 23.8% 152 1,028 1,163 5 0 1 3 59.7%
E.Grbac [20] KC 255 18 318 15 1.0% 17 4.0% 333 1,828 2,035 11 1 0 5 57.9%
J.Harbaugh [21] IND 232 19 228 22 0.0% 20 -0.2% 352 1,816 1,989 10 1 2 4 62.2%
G.Foley [22] NYJ 221 20 278 19 25.6% 4 35.1% 100 691 784 3 0 1 1 59.6%
S.Mitchell [23] DET 221 21 227 23 -4.6% 25 -4.4% 551 3,192 3,033 19 9 4 13 58.6%
S.Beuerlein [24] CAR 215 22 229 21 9.5% 11 10.9% 173 974 1,137 6 0 1 2 58.6%
T.Banks [25] STL 182 23 106 27 -5.5% 26 -7.8% 542 3,049 2,833 14 5 5 13 52.2%
V.Testaverde [26] BAL 158 24 223 24 -6.2% 28 -4.2% 498 2,912 2,806 18 7 3 13 57.8%
S.McNair [27] TEN 156 25 233 20 -5.5% 27 -2.7% 453 2,643 2,444 14 8 4 12 52.6%
R.Gannon [28] KC 115 26 159 26 -1.8% 22 1.7% 194 1,174 1,156 7 2 3 3 56.6%
D.Brown [29] NYG 99 27 88 29 -2.9% 24 -3.8% 199 1,043 1,102 5 0 1 3 52.5%
E.Zeier [30] BAL 68 28 166 25 -2.6% 23 9.8% 135 880 731 7 0 2 1 57.8%
T.Detmer [31] PHI 47 29 34 31 -8.2% 29 -9.0% 264 1,479 1,368 7 5 1 6 55.6%
J.Blake [32] CIN 40 30 38 30 -9.3% 30 -9.4% 361 2,003 1,851 8 2 4 7 58.4%
B.Hoying [33] PHI 13 31 -37 35 -10.3% 32 -13.5% 254 1,456 1,270 11 2 5 6 57.1%
B.Tolliver [34] ATL 9 32 -13 33 -10.0% 31 -12.9% 133 589 636 5 6 0 1 55.7%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
K.Graham [35] ARI -25 33 20 32 -12.6% 33 -9.9% 269 1,348 1,292 4 1 4 4 52.2%
N.O'Donnell [36] NYJ -50 34 88 28 -12.7% 34 -8.3% 514 2,658 2,446 17 3 6 7 56.8%
R.Peete [37] PHI -51 35 -27 34 -17.1% 36 -14.3% 134 786 619 4 3 2 4 59.1%
J.Hostetler [38] WAS -74 36 -170 38 -18.6% 38 -28.2% 157 890 698 5 1 1 9 54.9%
B.Hobert [39] BUF -75 37 -108 37 -18.3% 37 -21.4% 168 991 743 6 2 1 10 49.4%
D.Kanell [40] NYG -75 38 -84 36 -15.0% 35 -15.5% 325 1,727 1,459 11 2 4 8 53.6%
J.Plummer [41] ARI -213 39 -278 40 -21.3% 39 -24.4% 352 1,986 1,402 15 1 5 14 53.8%
D.Wuerffel [42] NO -272 40 -303 41 -52.8% 45 -57.5% 113 470 156 4 1 1 7 46.2%
A.Van Pelt [43] BUF -315 41 -361 42 -49.1% 44 -54.5% 133 775 241 2 2 1 10 49.2%
S.Humphries [44] SD -319 42 -191 39 -31.4% 41 -23.3% 247 1,339 833 5 2 5 6 54.0%
R.Mirer [45] CHI -420 43 -454 44 -64.7% 47 -69.1% 121 329 59 0 2 2 5 51.5%
K.Collins [46] CAR -500 44 -638 47 -30.0% 40 -35.2% 412 1,942 1,452 11 4 4 20 53.2%
C.Whelihan [47] SD -505 45 -512 45 -42.2% 43 -42.6% 263 1,187 621 6 3 3 10 49.8%
H.Shuler [48] NO -574 46 -568 46 -54.8% 46 -54.4% 229 1,176 277 2 2 4 14 52.7%
T.Collins [49] BUF -581 47 -436 43 -32.1% 42 -26.9% 438 2,267 1,456 12 6 2 13 55.1%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
R.Johnson [50] JAC 108 104 40.9% 38.8% 34 315 314 2 0 0 1 78.6%
S.Matthews [51] JAC 107 69 30.4% 15.7% 42 274 353 0 0 1 0 65.0%
J.Kitna [52] SEA 67 117 10.8% 27.1% 48 347 337 1 1 0 2 70.5%
M.Tomczak [53] PIT 62 82 30.4% 44.1% 24 185 204 1 0 0 2 66.7%
B.Brister [54] DEN 7 11 1.9% 9.7% 10 55 53 0 0 0 0 66.7%
M.Rypien [55] STL -6 -22 -13.6% -19.8% 41 267 192 0 0 0 2 48.7%
J.Garrett [56] DAL -18 -30 -30.8% -44.5% 16 38 49 0 0 0 0 71.4%
W.Wilson [57] DAL -20 -35 -23.2% -32.2% 27 99 106 0 0 0 0 57.1%
R.Cunningham [58] MIN -50 -115 -19.7% -30.7% 95 446 395 6 3 1 4 50.6%
S.Bono [59] GB -52 -56 -103.9% -111.9% 11 14 -26 0 0 1 0 50.0%
C.Erickson [60] MIA -56 -63 -41.7% -45.3% 32 131 71 0 2 0 1 46.4%
F.Reich [61] DET -58 -72 -41.9% -49.5% 30 121 72 0 0 0 2 36.7%
Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
S.Stenstrom [62] CHI -79 -85 -79.2% -84.4% 17 61 -14 0 0 1 1 57.1%
S.Walsh [63] TB -85 -99 -83.6% -95.8% 18 58 -21 0 1 0 1 35.3%
T.Philcox [64] SD -92 -126 -55.7% -72.4% 36 139 41 0 2 0 1 59.3%
T.Graziani [65] ATL -111 -112 -90.2% -90.8% 24 34 -38 0 0 0 1 30.4%
S.Case [66] ARI -119 -165 -44.1% -56.9% 65 245 128 0 1 2 1 52.7%
J.Brohm [67] SF -127 -122 -77.2% -74.7% 29 126 -18 0 2 1 1 66.7%
J.Friesz [68] SEA -127 -134 -67.0% -70.1% 38 125 10 0 1 0 2 42.9%
J.Everett [69] SD -132 -152 -42.3% -47.1% 80 419 171 1 2 0 4 48.0%
D.Nussmeier [70] NO -226 -219 -107.6% -104.5% 40 144 -117 0 0 1 3 56.3%
J.Druckenmiller [71] SF -258 -257 -87.5% -87.4% 57 203 -79 1 0 0 4 40.4%
K.Holcomb [72] IND -396 -354 -82.1% -74.4% 89 451 -90 1 1 3 7 61.6%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 36 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
S.McNair [27] TEN 172 1 173 1 21.5% 9 21.8% 87 677 768 8 5
K.Stewart [17] PIT 142 2 142 2 16.9% 11 17.0% 79 486 707 11 3
M.Brunell [4] JAC 90 3 88 3 37.4% 4 35.7% 37 264 345 2 2
E.Grbac [20] KC 83 4 81 5 61.5% 1 59.5% 21 178 277 1 0
J.Blake [32] CIN 77 5 83 4 26.1% 7 29.0% 39 240 327 3 1
R.Gannon [28] KC 57 6 48 8 38.4% 3 30.5% 23 130 215 2 0
T.Dilfer [16] TB 49 7 46 9 44.5% 2 41.3% 17 111 178 1 0
S.Young [5] SF 48 8 57 6 15.3% 13 20.6% 35 212 239 3 0
J.Plummer [41] ARI 45 9 48 7 11.8% 16 13.9% 36 220 238 2 0
B.Johnson [7] MIN 36 10 40 10 12.8% 14 15.1% 24 149 191 0 0
N.O'Donnell [36] NYJ 31 11 30 11 26.6% 6 26.0% 16 83 130 1 0
J.Harbaugh [21] IND 30 12 28 13 7.5% 17 5.9% 33 209 182 0 1
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
D.Bledsoe [12] NE 27 13 25 15 12.7% 15 10.5% 17 63 141 0 0
R.Cunningham [58] MIN 27 14 26 14 23.3% 8 22.8% 15 137 117 0 0
B.Favre [6] GB 26 15 28 12 0.7% 19 1.5% 36 210 212 1 1
J.Elway [9] DEN 18 16 15 17 -2.4% 22 -4.0% 36 217 180 1 3
W.Moon [11] SEA 18 17 17 16 33.7% 5 30.8% 8 48 69 1 0
T.Detmer [31] PHI 16 18 15 20 18.6% 10 16.7% 9 49 74 1 0
K.Collins [46] CAR 13 19 15 19 4.9% 18 7.4% 14 72 86 1 0
D.Brown [29] NYG 12 20 13 22 15.4% 12 15.0% 9 36 64 1 0
V.Testaverde [26] BAL 12 21 13 21 -3.4% 24 -1.6% 24 144 116 0 1
C.Chandler [10] ATL 10 22 15 18 -5.4% 26 -2.3% 29 163 135 0 1
R.Mirer [45] CHI 8 23 6 23 -3.9% 25 -6.0% 15 80 85 1 0
A.Van Pelt [43] BUF 5 24 5 24 0.3% 20 -1.3% 8 34 43 1 0
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
C.Whelihan [47] SD 4 25 -1 27 -3.0% 23 -14.8% 8 32 42 0 0
J.George [13] OAK 4 26 4 25 -1.1% 21 -1.2% 9 52 33 0 0
B.Hoying [33] PHI -2 27 0 26 -16.2% 28 -11.4% 13 82 40 0 0
S.Mitchell [23] DET -3 28 -2 28 -14.5% 27 -13.4% 23 81 97 1 2
B.Hobert [39] BUF -10 29 -8 29 -31.1% 31 -26.2% 10 46 15 0 0
E.Kramer [18] CHI -16 30 -12 31 -23.3% 29 -20.9% 22 88 65 2 2
H.Shuler [48] NO -16 31 -16 32 -33.8% 34 -32.5% 13 45 17 1 1
T.Aikman [15] DAL -17 32 -12 30 -29.0% 30 -23.7% 20 79 35 0 1
K.Graham [35] ARI -26 33 -17 33 -32.0% 33 -27.3% 13 23 31 2 0
T.Banks [25] STL -31 34 -33 35 -31.8% 32 -33.1% 32 189 43 1 4
G.Frerotte [14] WAS -32 35 -31 34 -41.9% 35 -41.1% 16 69 4 2 3
T.Collins [49] BUF -51 36 -51 36 -64.8% 36 -65.1% 23 57 -48 0 2
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