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QUARTERBACKS 2008

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

Quarterbacks

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/1/2009

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, 41 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
D.Brees [3] NO 1,921 1 1,799 1 33.9% 3 31.0% 647 4,962 6,048 34 3 1 16 65.8%
P.Manning [4] IND 1,783 2 1,780 2 36.1% 1 36.0% 572 3,967 5,467 27 0 0 11 67.1%
P.Rivers [5] SD 1,522 3 1,621 3 35.6% 2 38.7% 510 3,993 4,692 34 2 4 11 65.5%
K.Warner [6] ARI 1,404 4 1,446 5 22.4% 6 23.4% 631 4,476 5,281 30 4 7 12 67.8%
J.Cutler [7] DEN 1,380 5 1,503 4 22.0% 7 24.9% 630 4,530 5,238 25 1 0 18 62.9%
C.Pennington [8] MIA 1,172 6 1,399 6 25.7% 5 32.8% 501 3,559 4,159 19 2 1 7 67.6%
M.Ryan [9] ATL 1,167 7 1,030 8 30.9% 4 26.0% 455 3,419 3,820 16 2 1 11 61.3%
D.McNabb [10] PHI 1,048 8 1,079 7 15.6% 12 16.4% 594 3,816 4,581 23 0 4 11 61.2%
E.Manning [11] NYG 1,032 9 942 10 19.7% 9 17.0% 515 3,182 4,099 21 3 2 9 60.6%
A.Rodgers [12] GB 932 10 966 9 14.8% 14 15.7% 571 3,807 4,165 28 6 3 13 64.5%
T.Romo [13] DAL 879 11 732 14 18.5% 10 13.6% 475 3,290 3,579 26 4 5 14 61.9%
M.Schaub [14] HOU 863 12 672 17 21.7% 8 14.4% 407 2,937 3,293 15 4 4 10 67.5%
J.Delhomme [15] CAR 828 13 817 11 18.0% 11 17.6% 438 3,204 3,417 15 1 3 12 59.6%
D.Garrard [16] JAC 824 14 734 13 11.0% 15 8.6% 581 3,466 4,114 15 3 3 10 63.2%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
K.Collins [17] TEN 738 15 715 15 15.3% 13 14.4% 430 2,712 3,253 12 4 1 7 58.6%
J.Campbell [18] WAS 655 16 582 18 8.3% 18 6.1% 542 3,006 3,609 13 5 1 5 62.6%
M.Cassel [19] NE 655 17 781 12 6.4% 20 9.8% 565 3,502 3,917 21 3 4 11 63.8%
J.Garcia [20] TB 569 18 673 16 10.9% 16 14.9% 395 2,591 2,853 12 3 2 6 65.9%
J.Flacco [21] BAL 384 19 282 24 2.4% 22 -1.2% 464 2,786 2,814 14 5 2 11 60.4%
B.Favre [22] NYJ 334 20 559 19 -2.2% 26 3.8% 560 3,353 3,462 22 5 2 21 66.3%
K.Orton [23] CHI 334 21 323 21 -0.9% 25 -1.2% 495 2,875 3,071 18 1 3 12 58.9%
S.Wallace [24] SEA 295 22 286 23 7.3% 19 6.8% 258 1,482 1,686 11 1 3 3 58.8%
B.Roethlisberger [25] PIT 288 23 228 25 -2.2% 27 -4.1% 518 3,110 2,990 17 7 5 13 60.6%
T.Edwards [26] BUF 278 24 476 20 -0.3% 24 7.4% 400 2,592 2,445 11 3 4 10 65.9%
T.Jackson [27] MIN 219 25 211 27 10.0% 17 9.1% 164 1,052 1,135 9 1 2 2 59.9%
D.Orlovsky [28] DET 198 26 157 28 0.3% 23 -2.1% 273 1,552 1,664 8 3 0 7 56.5%
S.Rosenfels [29] HOU 183 27 140 29 3.7% 21 0.2% 184 1,391 1,250 6 2 1 10 67.4%
S.Hill [30] SF 180 28 306 22 -2.4% 28 3.8% 313 1,912 1,896 13 6 1 8 63.7%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
T.Thigpen [31] KC 146 29 219 26 -6.2% 30 -3.7% 447 2,500 2,584 18 2 0 11 55.3%
C.Palmer [32] CIN 54 30 -56 33 -5.0% 29 -17.4% 142 690 787 3 2 0 4 59.4%
G.Frerotte [33] MIN 16 31 25 30 -10.4% 31 -10.0% 337 2,134 1,729 12 3 1 15 59.3%
B.Griese [34] TB -14 32 -19 32 -12.3% 33 -12.7% 193 1,028 956 5 0 1 7 60.4%
D.Anderson [35] CLE -15 33 -140 35 -11.9% 32 -18.5% 302 1,527 1,525 9 5 1 8 50.2%
J.Kitna [36] DET -76 34 -119 34 -19.9% 37 -25.0% 137 698 590 5 2 1 5 57.1%
J.Russell [37] OAK -122 35 -4 31 -16.0% 34 -11.3% 402 2,313 1,862 13 4 7 8 54.1%
D.Culpepper [38] DET -165 36 -274 38 -32.0% 38 -45.8% 127 691 410 4 3 1 6 53.1%
R.Fitzpatrick [39] CIN -185 37 -327 41 -18.0% 35 -23.3% 411 1,762 1,914 8 4 4 8 59.7%
M.Bulger [40] STL -259 38 -149 36 -19.8% 36 -16.1% 485 2,550 2,054 11 1 4 12 57.1%
J.Losman [41] BUF -321 39 -293 40 -57.1% 41 -53.1% 116 465 127 2 2 3 4 63.0%
M.Hasselbeck [42] SEA -334 40 -262 37 -34.2% 39 -29.2% 230 1,116 713 5 1 0 10 52.4%
J.O'Sullivan [43] SF -414 41 -292 39 -37.3% 40 -29.7% 257 1,594 708 8 4 6 11 58.4%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
B.Leftwich [44] PIT 175 170 66.0% 63.8% 38 281 420 2 0 0 0 60.0%
D.Carr [45] NYG 128 113 138.4% 120.8% 14 137 242 2 0 0 0 75.0%
J.Sorgi [46] IND 109 62 38.8% 17.3% 30 178 324 0 0 0 0 73.3%
B.Croyle [47] KC 21 19 -0.1% -1.3% 30 141 186 0 0 0 0 69.0%
T.Brady [48] NE 13 23 4.3% 16.7% 11 78 82 0 0 0 0 63.6%
C.Henne [49] MIA 8 17 -2.3% 7.8% 12 67 82 0 0 0 0 58.3%
D.Stanton [50] DET -21 -11 -27.6% -19.9% 23 84 77 1 0 0 0 52.9%
M.Leinart [51] ARI -26 -20 -23.9% -21.3% 31 248 127 1 1 1 1 51.7%
B.Bollinger [52] DAL -52 -59 -55.2% -61.5% 20 49 24 1 0 0 1 58.8%
C.Frye [53] SEA -58 -82 -46.3% -60.9% 26 64 54 2 0 0 2 52.2%
B.Quinn [54] CLE -68 26 -23.1% -6.6% 90 509 367 2 0 0 2 50.6%
Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
R.Grossman [55] CHI -70 -94 -27.9% -33.7% 65 249 240 2 0 0 2 52.4%
J.Palmer [56] CIN -70 -84 -85.5% -99.9% 14 30 -20 0 0 0 1 58.3%
K.Kolb [57] PHI -139 -175 -75.7% -92.1% 34 144 -16 0 0 0 4 50.0%
V.Young [58] TEN -150 -121 -69.7% -58.1% 40 219 2 1 2 0 2 61.1%
T.Green [59] STL -204 -181 -52.9% -48.2% 79 471 116 0 0 0 6 52.8%
B.Johnson [60] DAL -207 -232 -50.7% -55.5% 88 364 139 2 1 0 5 52.6%
A.Walter [61] OAK -213 -232 -77.8% -83.8% 53 163 -33 0 1 0 3 45.8%
D.Huard [62] KC -228 -217 -54.7% -52.7% 90 414 112 2 2 1 4 62.5%
B.Gradkowski [63] CLE -234 -269 -192.2% -219.1% 25 8 -215 0 0 0 3 33.3%
K.Dorsey [64] CLE -242 -343 -52.8% -70.3% 99 349 139 0 2 0 6 47.3%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 32 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
R.Fitzpatrick [39] CIN 88 1 86 2 21.7% 6 20.7% 48 308 390 2 2
J.Campbell [18] WAS 88 2 84 3 44.2% 3 41.5% 31 273 319 1 0
M.Cassel [19] NE 82 3 79 5 15.8% 9 14.7% 50 291 405 2 0
D.Garrard [16] JAC 80 4 83 4 9.6% 12 10.5% 64 328 452 2 1
T.Thigpen [31] KC 78 5 87 1 15.2% 10 18.1% 56 386 391 3 2
A.Rodgers [12] GB 73 6 68 6 16.3% 8 14.2% 42 211 358 4 0
S.Hill [30] SF 38 7 41 7 24.5% 5 27.4% 17 117 164 2 1
J.Losman [41] BUF 33 8 33 9 58.4% 1 57.9% 8 66 111 2 1
C.Pennington [8] MIA 32 9 29 12 36.8% 4 32.1% 13 77 120 1 0
J.Russell [37] OAK 31 10 35 8 18.6% 7 22.2% 15 129 146 1 1
M.Hasselbeck [42] SEA 28 11 29 11 46.2% 2 47.9% 11 69 102 0 0
T.Edwards [26] BUF 28 12 33 10 8.0% 14 11.4% 25 130 166 3 2
J.O'Sullivan [43] SF 20 13 20 15 9.1% 13 8.9% 22 151 116 0 1
J.Garcia [20] TB 20 14 22 14 -1.0% 17 0.3% 30 143 174 1 2
M.Schaub [14] HOU 19 15 9 19 4.0% 15 -4.5% 21 76 133 2 2
J.Cutler [7] DEN 16 16 24 13 -4.0% 18 0.0% 40 215 182 2 2
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
K.Collins [17] TEN 11 17 13 16 10.4% 11 15.9% 8 61 58 0 0
S.Wallace [24] SEA 8 18 10 18 1.3% 16 3.4% 12 81 64 0 0
J.Flacco [21] BAL 5 19 0 22 -9.0% 19 -11.9% 32 189 138 2 4
P.Rivers [5] SD 3 20 10 17 -9.8% 20 -4.3% 21 89 104 0 2
T.Romo [13] DAL 0 21 -4 23 -12.2% 21 -18.4% 11 58 46 0 1
B.Roethlisberger [25] PIT -2 22 -7 24 -13.6% 22 -17.8% 23 110 88 2 2
K.Orton [23] CHI -3 23 6 20 -15.4% 24 -5.9% 15 54 62 3 2
T.Jackson [27] MIN -4 24 5 21 -15.2% 23 -7.7% 21 136 77 0 2
D.Brees [3] NO -7 25 -9 25 -24.0% 25 -27.1% 8 34 26 0 1
D.Culpepper [38] DET -16 26 -23 26 -34.5% 28 -45.7% 12 24 14 1 1
P.Manning [4] IND -20 27 -26 27 -35.2% 29 -42.0% 10 31 16 1 1
S.Rosenfels [29] HOU -27 28 -28 29 -60.6% 31 -62.5% 9 38 -22 0 1
D.Anderson [35] CLE -29 29 -39 31 -41.1% 30 -50.3% 18 52 5 0 2
M.Ryan [9] ATL -34 30 -27 28 -30.0% 26 -26.4% 31 126 59 1 2
D.McNabb [10] PHI -38 31 -36 30 -31.3% 27 -30.3% 34 151 56 2 3
B.Favre [22] NYJ -42 32 -45 32 -71.3% 32 -76.2% 12 41 -46 1 3
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