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QUARTERBACKS 2004

By Anonymous
Created 07/09/2009 - 5:34pm

Quarterbacks

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/5/2009

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, 42 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
P.Manning [3] IND 2,493 1 2,516 1 60.6% 1 61.3% 520 4,608 6,190 49 4 1 10 67.9%
D.Culpepper [4] MIN 1,929 2 1,978 2 36.4% 2 37.6% 603 4,648 5,867 39 5 2 11 69.4%
T.Green [5] KC 1,481 3 1,394 4 28.1% 7 25.8% 592 4,423 5,056 27 6 4 16 66.7%
T.Brady [6] NE 1,395 4 1,283 6 33.2% 3 29.7% 503 3,618 4,420 28 2 4 13 61.0%
B.Favre [7] GB 1,344 5 1,420 3 26.1% 8 28.2% 555 4,060 4,738 30 3 1 17 64.7%
D.McNabb [8] PHI 1,322 6 1,392 5 28.9% 6 31.0% 507 3,817 4,457 31 2 4 8 64.1%
D.Brees [9] SD 1,182 7 1,227 7 33.1% 4 34.8% 426 3,166 3,760 27 5 2 7 65.7%
J.Plummer [10] DEN 1,020 8 1,038 8 18.3% 12 18.8% 547 4,161 4,198 27 2 0 20 58.7%
M.Bulger [11] STL 1,005 9 988 9 19.7% 11 19.2% 527 3,742 4,010 21 1 4 14 66.6%
C.Pennington [12] NYJ 956 10 804 12 25.9% 9 20.0% 394 2,637 3,391 16 3 1 9 65.7%
B.Roethlisberger [13] PIT 930 11 868 10 32.8% 5 29.8% 331 2,475 2,972 17 0 2 10 67.2%
B.Griese [14] TB 737 12 756 13 20.2% 10 21.0% 367 2,517 2,896 20 3 1 11 70.2%
J.Delhomme [15] CAR 623 13 833 11 6.0% 14 11.7% 575 3,709 3,779 29 7 5 15 58.3%
M.Hasselbeck [16] SEA 544 14 708 14 4.9% 15 9.8% 509 3,309 3,464 22 1 2 15 59.4%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
B.Leftwich [17] JAC 532 15 517 16 6.9% 13 6.4% 472 2,956 3,090 15 3 2 10 60.5%
V.Testaverde [18] DAL 494 16 521 15 3.6% 17 4.4% 536 3,503 3,369 17 3 4 20 60.9%
C.Palmer [19] CIN 430 17 244 18 3.9% 16 -2.6% 455 2,760 2,891 18 0 2 18 62.4%
D.Carr [20] HOU 309 18 379 17 -1.6% 18 0.5% 520 3,227 3,025 16 8 2 14 62.2%
K.Collins [21] OAK 273 19 205 19 -3.3% 19 -5.2% 547 3,417 3,174 21 4 3 20 56.4%
D.Bledsoe [22] BUF 151 20 135 23 -6.2% 20 -6.7% 484 2,717 2,654 20 4 3 15 58.3%
J.Harrington [23] DET 91 21 169 21 -8.4% 22 -6.1% 526 2,921 2,819 19 3 3 12 56.6%
B.Volek [24] TEN 86 22 173 20 -7.8% 21 -4.4% 388 2,367 2,190 18 3 3 10 61.9%
A.Brooks [25] NO 51 23 145 22 -9.8% 23 -7.2% 595 3,593 3,035 21 11 2 15 57.3%
K.Warner [26] NYG 5 24 76 24 -10.9% 24 -7.4% 319 1,899 1,630 6 8 4 4 63.0%
J.Kitna [27] CIN -1 25 -55 28 -11.3% 25 -19.2% 111 580 555 5 1 1 4 58.7%
J.Garcia [28] CLE -4 26 -106 30 -11.4% 26 -17.7% 280 1,641 1,301 10 3 6 8 57.8%
S.McNair [29] TEN -10 27 -34 26 -11.8% 27 -13.3% 233 1,277 1,276 8 2 2 9 60.6%
B.Johnson [30] TB -48 28 -43 27 -17.9% 31 -17.2% 113 628 514 3 1 1 3 63.1%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
K.Boller [31] BAL -119 29 -199 32 -14.9% 28 -17.5% 496 2,377 2,347 13 3 6 10 56.7%
T.Rattay [32] SF -125 30 -136 31 -16.6% 30 -17.1% 363 1,979 1,651 10 5 6 10 61.1%
J.McCown [33] ARI -144 31 -21 25 -16.3% 29 -11.9% 444 2,309 2,073 11 7 4 9 57.4%
P.Ramsey [34] WAS -167 32 -76 29 -20.2% 32 -15.2% 297 1,555 1,259 10 5 1 10 62.4%
E.Manning [35] NYG -170 33 -238 34 -23.9% 33 -28.9% 210 1,030 846 6 2 1 9 49.2%
K.Dorsey [36] SF -208 34 -289 35 -25.0% 34 -30.4% 242 1,160 927 6 2 3 9 54.7%
L.McCown [37] CLE -251 35 -349 37 -50.0% 40 -65.3% 113 479 177 4 2 0 7 49.0%
M.Brunell [38] WAS -257 36 -211 33 -27.1% 35 -24.3% 255 1,075 950 7 3 3 6 50.0%
C.Hutchinson [39] CHI -357 37 -289 36 -43.6% 38 -37.4% 187 741 414 4 4 3 3 57.1%
J.Quinn [40] CHI -365 38 -372 38 -64.6% 41 -65.7% 114 330 53 1 2 0 3 52.0%
A.Feeley [41] MIA -385 39 -546 41 -27.4% 36 -34.3% 385 1,788 1,378 11 5 5 15 54.4%
M.Vick [42] ATL -479 40 -427 39 -31.4% 37 -29.2% 369 2,062 1,253 14 7 6 11 56.9%
J.Fiedler [43] MIA -480 41 -482 40 -46.8% 39 -47.0% 219 1,049 419 7 4 3 8 53.2%
C.Krenzel [44] CHI -662 42 -580 42 -83.9% 42 -74.8% 152 576 -155 3 1 6 6 46.8%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
C.Nall [45] GB 250 240 92.3% 88.1% 37 362 533 4 1 0 0 69.7%
K.Holcomb [46] CLE 141 124 12.7% 9.8% 93 706 668 7 0 0 5 68.6%
Q.Carter [47] NYJ 124 83 16.0% 7.0% 70 429 536 3 1 0 1 60.3%
R.Gannon [48] OAK 120 26 15.9% -5.3% 72 492 508 3 2 1 2 62.1%
D.Flutie [49] SD 118 146 45.8% 59.6% 38 269 327 1 0 0 0 54.1%
J.Martin [50] STL 52 42 16.3% 10.7% 33 193 225 0 1 0 0 53.3%
J.Sorgi [51] IND 46 14 10.9% -4.5% 31 162 230 2 1 0 0 58.6%
R.Davey [52] NE 20 25 24.9% 34.8% 10 54 71 0 0 0 0 40.0%
D.Johnson [53] TEN 3 -8 -7.3% -19.8% 13 62 75 0 0 0 0 50.0%
M.McMahon [54] DET 3 5 -8.1% -6.5% 16 65 92 0 0 0 0 73.3%
B.Bollinger [55] NYJ -1 -1 -12.5% -12.7% 10 52 46 0 0 0 0 55.6%
R.Grossman [56] CHI -6 67 -12.2% 0.8% 88 583 442 1 0 2 3 56.6%
D.Garrard [57] JAC -24 -23 -16.2% -15.9% 78 339 353 2 0 0 1 52.8%
Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
T.Dilfer [58] SEA -44 -66 -22.1% -27.4% 63 347 266 1 0 0 3 43.1%
D.Henson [59] DAL -47 -74 -46.6% -67.0% 20 65 43 1 0 1 1 55.6%
D.Pederson [60] GB -77 -67 -64.1% -57.2% 24 131 12 0 0 0 2 47.8%
T.Maddox [61] PIT -104 -142 -36.4% -45.5% 68 306 191 1 0 2 2 51.7%
C.Pickett [62] SF -108 -127 -161.7% -187.8% 12 41 -89 0 1 0 2 40.0%
S.Rosenfels [63] MIA -141 -200 -66.5% -89.4% 42 244 13 1 2 0 3 41.0%
J.Blake [64] PHI -145 -134 -70.2% -65.7% 38 109 0 1 0 1 1 50.0%
K.Detmer [65] PHI -160 -160 -70.1% -70.1% 42 176 1 0 0 1 2 46.2%
S.King [66] ARI -173 -195 -41.0% -44.7% 92 454 231 1 3 1 4 56.6%
J.Navarre [67] ARI -180 -174 -82.6% -80.0% 41 160 -42 1 0 0 4 45.0%
C.Simms [68] TB -209 -209 -47.6% -47.7% 85 396 177 1 1 2 3 57.5%
M.Schaub [69] ATL -250 -214 -63.2% -55.6% 74 315 46 1 1 0 4 47.1%
C.Chandler [70] STL -331 -301 -86.7% -79.8% 69 406 -98 2 0 1 8 56.5%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 34 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
M.Vick [42] ATL 243 1 246 1 30.5% 6 30.9% 106 919 979 3 2
D.Culpepper [4] MIN 80 2 80 2 7.3% 17 7.2% 70 418 489 2 2
J.Garcia [28] CLE 77 3 77 3 39.2% 4 38.9% 28 175 290 2 0
A.Brooks [25] NO 70 4 75 4 21.6% 12 23.9% 40 210 316 4 0
D.Carr [20] HOU 67 5 64 5 10.8% 16 9.7% 55 315 370 0 0
D.McNabb [8] PHI 52 6 44 6 22.7% 10 17.1% 30 231 231 3 2
C.Pennington [12] NYJ 47 7 39 8 20.7% 13 15.3% 24 135 214 1 1
B.Roethlisberger [13] PIT 39 8 37 9 12.9% 15 11.9% 28 173 204 1 0
T.Green [5] KC 38 9 36 10 48.4% 1 45.5% 14 94 133 0 0
D.Brees [9] SD 37 10 35 11 6.9% 18 6.1% 29 104 228 2 0
M.Bulger [11] STL 34 11 43 7 29.1% 7 39.7% 16 92 140 3 0
D.Garrard [57] JAC 33 12 35 12 40.4% 3 43.9% 11 77 121 1 0
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
S.McNair [29] TEN 27 13 27 13 15.3% 14 15.0% 19 131 136 1 1
R.Grossman [56] CHI 25 14 26 14 45.8% 2 48.4% 9 50 91 1 0
K.Boller [31] BAL 25 15 15 18 2.5% 22 -2.9% 37 206 179 1 2
C.Palmer [19] CIN 24 16 25 15 37.6% 5 38.8% 9 59 91 1 0
B.Volek [24] TEN 20 17 21 16 25.3% 8 26.7% 9 52 85 1 0
M.Hasselbeck [16] SEA 14 18 16 17 3.8% 21 5.6% 15 105 94 1 1
T.Rattay [32] SF 14 19 14 19 23.1% 9 21.9% 9 56 62 0 0
J.Delhomme [15] CAR 14 20 12 21 1.7% 23 0.4% 16 78 104 1 0
K.Collins [21] OAK 11 21 13 20 22.6% 11 26.6% 8 41 49 0 0
V.Testaverde [18] DAL 8 22 5 24 4.3% 19 -2.3% 11 48 57 1 0
P.Manning [3] IND 8 23 9 23 4.1% 20 7.5% 8 53 53 0 0
J.Harrington [23] DET 5 24 10 22 -8.8% 25 -6.0% 34 185 126 0 0
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
T.Brady [6] NE 5 25 5 25 -7.7% 24 -7.9% 16 52 96 0 1
B.Leftwich [17] JAC 4 26 4 26 -9.1% 26 -9.1% 30 156 113 2 0
J.Plummer [10] DEN 0 27 4 27 -11.9% 27 -10.4% 44 223 168 1 2
Q.Carter [47] NYJ -2 28 -6 29 -17.8% 29 -26.6% 8 26 25 0 1
J.McCown [33] ARI -3 29 3 28 -14.0% 28 -10.4% 26 124 102 2 1
J.Fiedler [43] MIA -6 30 -13 32 -22.4% 30 -33.4% 9 62 29 0 1
C.Krenzel [44] CHI -9 31 -10 31 -26.5% 32 -28.7% 11 45 23 0 0
D.Bledsoe [22] BUF -9 32 -10 30 -26.4% 31 -27.1% 11 53 25 0 1
M.Brunell [38] WAS -22 33 -21 33 -43.9% 33 -41.7% 13 64 -1 0 0
B.Griese [14] TB -44 34 -41 34 -75.6% 34 -70.3% 14 26 -53 0 1

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