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QUARTERBACKS 2009

By Aaron Schatz
Created 09/15/2009 - 3:56pm

Quarterbacks

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 3/19/2010

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, 46 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
T.Brady [3] NE 2,170 1 1,799 6 44.2% 2 34.7% 587 4,447 6,113 28 2 2 13 65.7%
P.Manning [4] IND 1,936 2 2,017 1 38.2% 5 40.3% 591 4,640 5,784 33 1 0 16 68.8%
P.Rivers [5] SD 1,915 3 1,853 5 45.9% 1 44.0% 520 4,257 5,310 28 3 3 9 65.6%
D.Brees [6] NO 1,845 4 1,884 2 41.0% 3 42.1% 538 4,323 5,375 34 2 6 11 70.9%
B.Favre [7] MIN 1,808 5 1,867 3 39.0% 4 40.6% 571 4,108 5,359 33 0 2 7 69.0%
M.Schaub [8] HOU 1,796 6 1,860 4 33.6% 6 35.2% 608 4,673 5,677 29 1 1 15 68.6%
T.Romo [9] DAL 1,589 7 1,493 8 32.3% 7 29.7% 592 4,330 5,109 26 1 4 9 63.6%
B.Roethlisberger [10] PIT 1,390 8 1,459 9 27.8% 8 29.7% 563 4,103 4,765 26 3 3 11 66.7%
A.Rodgers [11] GB 1,294 9 1,512 7 22.7% 9 28.4% 600 4,262 4,849 30 3 4 7 65.3%
E.Manning [12] NYG 1,105 10 977 11 21.1% 11 17.4% 541 3,867 4,253 27 4 6 13 62.5%
K.Warner [13] ARI 1,057 11 1,260 10 18.8% 13 24.5% 537 3,696 4,284 27 5 5 12 67.2%
K.Orton [14] DEN 887 12 920 12 13.3% 17 14.2% 578 3,778 4,129 21 2 2 11 62.4%
M.Ryan [15] ATL 828 13 582 16 16.7% 15 8.4% 470 2,844 3,519 22 3 2 13 59.1%
J.Flacco [16] BAL 815 14 878 13 12.8% 19 14.6% 542 3,521 3,863 21 5 2 11 63.6%
C.Palmer [17] CIN 739 15 779 14 12.9% 18 14.2% 498 2,995 3,482 21 4 2 11 61.3%
D.McNabb [18] PHI 619 16 648 15 8.9% 20 9.8% 485 3,369 3,319 22 6 3 9 60.5%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
C.Henne [19] MIA 586 17 424 19 7.9% 21 2.6% 479 2,755 3,281 12 4 0 13 61.2%
V.Young [20] TEN 491 18 461 17 17.7% 14 15.9% 271 1,828 2,032 10 4 0 7 59.1%
D.Garrard [21] JAC 399 19 431 18 0.1% 23 1.0% 564 3,443 3,397 15 5 6 10 61.4%
J.Campbell [22] WAS 335 20 378 20 -1.8% 25 -0.6% 555 3,363 3,338 20 6 3 14 65.1%
M.Moore [23] CAR 304 21 320 21 21.6% 10 23.3% 149 995 1,152 8 2 0 2 61.6%
C.Redman [24] ATL 236 22 164 22 19.1% 12 9.9% 127 758 950 4 1 0 3 59.0%
K.Kolb [25] PHI 180 23 160 23 16.0% 16 13.1% 100 711 778 4 0 1 2 64.6%
B.Leftwich [26] TB 115 24 13 27 5.0% 22 -9.3% 113 608 715 4 2 0 3 54.6%
B.Gradkowski [27] OAK 107 25 44 25 -0.8% 24 -6.9% 161 942 982 6 1 3 3 55.8%
S.Wallace [28] SEA -1 26 -3 28 -11.3% 26 -11.4% 134 614 662 3 3 2 2 65.5%
D.Culpepper [29] DET -30 27 -72 30 -13.9% 27 -17.8% 173 831 831 3 3 0 6 57.8%
K.Collins [30] TEN -81 28 -76 31 -16.9% 29 -16.5% 224 1,178 1,027 6 1 2 8 55.1%
A.Smith [31] SF -106 29 68 24 -15.4% 28 -8.4% 396 2,300 1,865 18 2 1 12 60.8%
M.Bulger [32] STL -134 30 34 26 -19.1% 32 -9.1% 262 1,397 1,173 5 2 1 6 57.1%
B.Quinn [33] CLE -149 31 -153 33 -19.5% 33 -19.7% 276 1,270 1,235 8 1 2 6 53.1%
T.Edwards [34] BUF -165 32 -139 32 -24.5% 38 -22.3% 207 1,019 774 6 1 0 6 60.4%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
J.Delhomme [35] CAR -171 33 -290 39 -19.0% 31 -24.5% 340 1,834 1,513 8 2 3 18 56.3%
R.Fitzpatrick [36] BUF -178 34 -243 36 -22.7% 36 -27.0% 248 1,299 996 9 1 2 9 56.2%
S.Hill [37] SF -211 35 -69 29 -31.4% 40 -17.8% 177 877 552 5 2 1 2 56.9%
J.Cutler [38] CHI -222 36 -156 34 -17.0% 30 -15.2% 594 3,552 2,766 27 7 1 26 61.3%
J.Johnson [39] TB -227 37 -301 40 -38.6% 43 -47.5% 139 675 346 4 5 0 7 50.4%
M.Sanchez [40] NYJ -266 38 -258 37 -21.9% 35 -21.5% 392 2,313 1,635 13 6 3 20 54.6%
J.Freeman [41] TB -295 39 -410 42 -26.2% 39 -32.0% 313 1,756 1,181 10 7 2 17 55.2%
K.Boller [42] STL -306 40 -283 38 -35.7% 42 -33.9% 193 789 588 3 0 1 6 56.0%
M.Hasselbeck [43] SEA -334 41 -156 35 -20.9% 34 -15.7% 529 2,886 2,300 17 8 2 16 60.2%
D.Anderson [44] CLE -340 42 -421 45 -38.9% 44 -45.5% 195 858 525 3 2 2 10 44.8%
K.Null [45] STL -401 43 -412 43 -59.1% 46 -60.5% 136 482 128 3 1 1 8 62.0%
M.Cassel [46] KC -450 44 -412 44 -24.3% 37 -23.2% 550 2,732 2,134 16 9 2 15 55.9%
M.Stafford [47] DET -529 45 -380 41 -31.8% 41 -26.0% 398 2,190 1,345 13 3 1 20 54.5%
J.Russell [48] OAK -756 46 -795 46 -57.3% 45 -59.7% 280 1,122 293 3 3 6 10 49.0%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-99 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
T.Jackson [49] MIN 111 132 80.2% 97.7% 21 201 249 1 0 0 0 66.7%
D.Carr [50] NYG 92 103 34.7% 40.2% 34 214 285 1 0 0 0 65.6%
B.Croyle [51] KC 80 41 20.4% 5.3% 43 212 324 2 1 0 0 57.5%
B.Volek [52] SD 71 83 21.7% 27.0% 32 230 271 1 0 0 1 64.5%
C.Pennington [53] MIA 32 65 -4.8% 1.7% 79 394 455 1 1 1 1 71.2%
B.Hoyer [54] NE 6 7 -7.7% -7.2% 29 124 147 0 0 0 0 70.4%
M.Vick [55] PHI 6 13 -4.7% 3.0% 13 86 82 1 0 0 0 46.2%
M.Leinart [56] ARI 5 25 -10.1% -6.1% 80 445 403 0 0 0 3 66.2%
D.Dixon [57] PIT -5 -29 -14.7% -30.2% 26 145 114 1 0 0 1 46.2%
M.Flynn [58] GB -31 -26 -45.9% -39.8% 14 88 30 0 0 0 1 58.3%
Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
K.Clemens [59] NYJ -38 -48 -33.7% -39.8% 29 105 83 0 1 0 0 52.0%
M.Brunell [60] NO -67 -109 -46.2% -68.3% 31 93 63 0 0 0 1 50.0%
C.Frye [61] OAK -76 -55 -22.9% -19.6% 94 550 419 1 0 0 4 62.4%
J.O'Sullivan [62] CIN -77 -102 -144.3% -186.7% 14 9 -59 0 0 2 0 40.0%
T.Collins [63] WAS -79 -63 -71.5% -59.6% 26 123 -2 0 2 0 0 52.2%
B.Brohm [64] BUF -84 -42 -51.8% -31.5% 31 138 52 0 0 0 2 58.6%
C.Painter [65] IND -133 -192 -79.0% -109.5% 31 67 -23 0 0 1 2 28.6%
C.Simms [66] DEN -172 -159 -154.4% -144.2% 22 -16 -136 0 0 1 1 29.4%
D.Stanton [67] DET -228 -282 -70.4% -84.4% 58 249 -1 0 0 1 6 51.9%

RUSHING: Minimum 8 rushes, 38 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
A.Rodgers [11] GB 136 1 136 1 46.0% 3 46.0% 43 324 489 5 1
J.Cribbs [68] CLE 71 2 58 4 11.0% 15 6.9% 56 383 382 1 1
J.Campbell [22] WAS 61 3 65 3 21.0% 10 23.2% 33 243 274 1 1
D.Garrard [21] JAC 57 4 69 2 4.4% 21 7.8% 60 337 385 3 3
D.McNabb [18] PHI 56 5 57 5 43.0% 4 44.1% 20 154 193 2 1
B.Quinn [33] CLE 53 6 53 6 42.7% 5 42.4% 16 101 193 1 0
J.Freeman [41] TB 53 7 49 8 33.8% 6 31.2% 23 165 205 0 0
R.Fitzpatrick [36] BUF 50 8 51 7 26.5% 9 27.9% 25 146 209 1 0
C.Palmer [17] CIN 46 9 44 10 19.6% 11 18.3% 25 104 209 3 0
M.Sanchez [40] NYJ 42 10 48 9 13.4% 13 17.8% 27 119 214 3 1
T.Romo [9] DAL 41 11 41 12 59.6% 1 58.9% 16 121 137 1 0
J.Cutler [38] CHI 41 12 34 14 15.1% 12 10.9% 28 180 203 1 1
D.Brees [6] NO 39 13 42 11 49.3% 2 55.1% 9 46 136 2 0
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
B.Roethlisberger [10] PIT 35 14 38 13 10.9% 16 12.8% 22 98 195 2 1
M.Stafford [47] DET 33 15 30 15 27.8% 8 23.6% 18 110 137 2 0
J.Russell [48] OAK 33 16 29 16 32.9% 7 27.9% 12 52 130 0 0
M.Ryan [15] ATL 27 17 24 17 10.4% 17 8.1% 19 61 148 1 0
M.Vick [55] PHI 26 18 15 20 8.4% 18 -0.6% 21 98 156 2 0
V.Young [20] TEN 26 19 18 18 -1.6% 25 -4.8% 44 286 235 2 4
B.Gradkowski [27] OAK 16 20 17 19 7.9% 19 8.5% 15 103 98 0 1
J.Johnson [39] TB 15 21 8 23 4.4% 20 -3.5% 20 145 103 0 2
E.Manning [12] NYG 12 22 12 22 11.5% 14 11.6% 10 81 63 0 3
D.Culpepper [29] DET 10 23 3 24 0.1% 24 -8.9% 15 92 84 0 0
T.Edwards [34] BUF 9 24 13 21 0.9% 22 6.7% 14 106 74 0 0
K.Boller [42] STL 8 25 -3 30 0.8% 23 -17.2% 13 68 66 0 1
D.Stanton [67] DET 4 26 -1 26 -2.5% 26 -14.2% 8 34 44 1 0
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
C.Henne [19] MIA 3 27 1 25 -5.2% 27 -9.3% 9 39 45 1 0
M.Hasselbeck [43] SEA 3 28 -3 29 -9.3% 28 -14.7% 20 123 82 0 1
A.Smith [31] SF 0 29 -2 28 -11.9% 29 -15.0% 14 61 57 0 0
J.Delhomme [35] CAR -1 30 -3 31 -13.9% 31 -17.1% 11 60 45 0 1
P.Rivers [5] SD -1 31 -1 27 -13.9% 30 -13.5% 16 60 55 1 0
K.Orton [14] DEN -6 32 -4 32 -18.6% 32 -16.9% 17 77 49 0 0
T.Brady [3] NE -10 33 -9 33 -19.5% 33 -18.7% 18 55 74 1 0
S.Wallace [28] SEA -13 34 -15 34 -38.7% 36 -44.0% 8 7 5 1 0
J.Flacco [16] BAL -29 35 -22 35 -32.7% 35 -27.8% 25 70 35 0 0
M.Cassel [46] KC -33 36 -35 36 -29.9% 34 -31.0% 38 196 54 0 2
P.White [69] MIA -43 37 -39 37 -57.5% 38 -53.7% 20 74 -31 0 1
M.Schaub [8] HOU -50 38 -49 38 -42.9% 37 -42.0% 26 83 2 0 1
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