This is the fourteenth and final installment in the series on the most statistically dominant regular season quarterbacks in NFL history. If you’ve been following along, I appreciate it; if not, you may want to check it out from the beginning. Today we’ll be looking at career stats with a cascaded soft inflation adjustment. If you’re not familiar, cascaded is the term I use to describe the act of giving 100% credit to a player’s best season, 96% to his second best season, 92% to his third best season, and so forth.
The soft inflation adjustment is pretty simple too. First, I find the average number of quarterback plays per game for each season since 1932. Then I find the average of the aggregate of all seasons (34.7). Next comes the hard inflation adjustment, which is simply 34.7 divided by a given season’s average. To convert from hard to soft, I just take the average of the hard number and one. It’s that simple.1
Cascaded Soft Adjusted Career Stats
The following table shows the career cascaded soft inflation-adjusted stats for every qualifying quarterback since 1932. It is initially sorted by value over average (VAL), but you can search and sort to your heart’s delight. Read it thus: Peyton Manning had 9614 plays for 65181 Total Adjusted Yards at 6.78 TAY/P. For his career, he was 1.71 TAY/P better than average. He was also 2.98 better than 75% of average and 3.13 better than one standard deviation below average.2 Overall, Manning produced 12253 Total Adjusted Yards over average. He also produced 19658 and 20612 Total Adjusted Yards above replacement.
Player | ply | tay | TAY/P | Val/P | 75Rep/P | SDRep/P | Val | 75Rep | SDRep |
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Peyton Manning | 9614 | 65181 | 6.78 | 1.71 | 2.98 | 3.13 | 12253 | 19658 | 20612 |
Otto Graham | 4254 | 28475 | 6.69 | 2.57 | 3.60 | 4.80 | 9210 | 12683 | 16657 |
Dan Marino | 8655 | 52348 | 6.05 | 1.41 | 2.57 | 2.88 | 9043 | 15413 | 17255 |
Tom Brady | 8251 | 53115 | 6.44 | 1.25 | 2.54 | 2.64 | 8676 | 15971 | 16569 |
Steve Young | 5039 | 33050 | 6.56 | 1.89 | 3.06 | 3.35 | 8383 | 12719 | 13776 |
Drew Brees | 8350 | 53669 | 6.43 | 1.20 | 2.51 | 2.61 | 8370 | 15856 | 16472 |
Fran Tarkenton | 9123 | 46519 | 5.10 | 1.10 | 2.10 | 2.95 | 8216 | 13522 | 18264 |
Joe Montana | 6329 | 39459 | 6.23 | 1.66 | 2.80 | 3.14 | 8142 | 13364 | 14960 |
Johnny Unitas | 7544 | 40158 | 5.32 | 1.10 | 2.15 | 3.00 | 7684 | 12813 | 17119 |
Sammy Baugh | 5428 | 25185 | 4.64 | 1.53 | 2.31 | 3.77 | 7633 | 10496 | 16233 |
Ken Anderson | 6119 | 32537 | 5.32 | 1.31 | 2.31 | 3.00 | 7246 | 11561 | 14766 |
Sid Luckman | 3123 | 16829 | 5.39 | 2.39 | 3.14 | 4.78 | 7246 | 9118 | 13388 |
Dan Fouts | 6671 | 35827 | 5.37 | 1.15 | 2.20 | 2.74 | 6886 | 11875 | 14256 |
Norm Van Brocklin | 4372 | 25245 | 5.77 | 1.90 | 2.87 | 3.94 | 6846 | 9988 | 13567 |
Brett Favre | 10825 | 58806 | 5.43 | 0.60 | 1.81 | 2.05 | 6571 | 13741 | 15140 |
Aaron Rodgers | 4506 | 31759 | 7.05 | 1.63 | 2.98 | 3.03 | 6558 | 11588 | 11819 |
Sonny Jurgensen | 5669 | 31259 | 5.51 | 1.31 | 2.36 | 3.19 | 6326 | 10656 | 14100 |
Roger Staubach | 4316 | 23440 | 5.43 | 1.67 | 2.61 | 3.46 | 6244 | 9498 | 12458 |
Y.A. Tittle | 6632 | 33533 | 5.06 | 0.83 | 1.89 | 2.86 | 5945 | 10408 | 14521 |
Len Dawson | 5040 | 26894 | 5.34 | 1.18 | 2.22 | 3.06 | 5477 | 9108 | 12053 |
Philip Rivers | 5632 | 35456 | 6.29 | 0.94 | 2.28 | 2.34 | 4999 | 10756 | 11101 |
John Brodie | 5997 | 29936 | 4.99 | 0.81 | 1.85 | 2.68 | 4944 | 9159 | 12528 |
Tony Romo | 4556 | 29557 | 6.49 | 1.17 | 2.50 | 2.59 | 4642 | 9541 | 9905 |
Kurt Warner | 4315 | 25750 | 5.97 | 1.05 | 2.28 | 2.52 | 4429 | 8679 | 9514 |
Joe Namath | 4732 | 22874 | 4.83 | 0.91 | 1.89 | 2.88 | 4389 | 7882 | 11526 |
Daryle Lamonica | 3353 | 17638 | 5.26 | 1.35 | 2.33 | 3.31 | 4383 | 7133 | 9983 |
Cecil Isbell | 2050 | 10822 | 5.28 | 2.27 | 3.02 | 4.37 | 4368 | 5769 | 8333 |
Ben Roethlisberger | 5925 | 36411 | 6.15 | 0.86 | 2.18 | 2.27 | 4361 | 10049 | 10405 |
John Hadl | 6231 | 28816 | 4.62 | 0.61 | 1.61 | 2.53 | 4359 | 8548 | 12528 |
John Elway | 8283 | 42832 | 5.17 | 0.53 | 1.69 | 2.00 | 4301 | 10496 | 12114 |
Bert Jones | 3497 | 17792 | 5.09 | 1.13 | 2.12 | 2.87 | 4021 | 6862 | 9181 |
Jim Hart | 6370 | 28088 | 4.41 | 0.47 | 1.45 | 2.22 | 3991 | 7933 | 11505 |
Donovan McNabb | 6129 | 34215 | 5.58 | 0.64 | 1.87 | 2.10 | 3864 | 9320 | 10369 |
Bart Starr | 4588 | 23499 | 5.12 | 0.86 | 1.93 | 2.76 | 3806 | 7085 | 9661 |
Trent Green | 4068 | 23491 | 5.78 | 0.95 | 2.16 | 2.39 | 3784 | 7790 | 8576 |
Jeff Garcia | 4138 | 24144 | 5.83 | 0.99 | 2.20 | 2.42 | 3773 | 7864 | 8572 |
Roman Gabriel | 6274 | 28124 | 4.48 | 0.49 | 1.49 | 2.35 | 3625 | 7863 | 11653 |
Boomer Esiason | 5811 | 29982 | 5.16 | 0.52 | 1.68 | 1.99 | 3624 | 8347 | 9667 |
Jim Kelly | 5265 | 28432 | 5.40 | 0.74 | 1.91 | 2.22 | 3503 | 8101 | 9392 |
Bobby Layne | 6184 | 26566 | 4.30 | 0.47 | 1.43 | 2.51 | 3490 | 7489 | 12227 |
Warren Moon | 7593 | 38235 | 5.04 | 0.39 | 1.55 | 1.85 | 3426 | 9320 | 10856 |
Charlie Conerly | 4498 | 19354 | 4.30 | 0.53 | 1.47 | 2.62 | 3308 | 6258 | 9961 |
Rich Gannon | 4830 | 25803 | 5.34 | 0.61 | 1.79 | 2.04 | 3257 | 7544 | 8429 |
Steve McNair | 5229 | 28421 | 5.44 | 0.64 | 1.84 | 2.07 | 3149 | 7851 | 8742 |
Carson Palmer | 5690 | 32985 | 5.80 | 0.55 | 1.86 | 1.97 | 3107 | 8677 | 9160 |
Bob Griese | 4722 | 21229 | 4.50 | 0.71 | 1.66 | 2.60 | 3042 | 6124 | 9394 |
Troy Aikman | 5106 | 26867 | 5.26 | 0.55 | 1.73 | 1.99 | 3008 | 7396 | 8403 |
Earl Morrall | 3806 | 18097 | 4.75 | 0.59 | 1.63 | 2.47 | 2979 | 5307 | 7447 |
Terry Bradshaw | 5458 | 24499 | 4.49 | 0.52 | 1.51 | 2.21 | 2963 | 6792 | 9484 |
Craig Morton | 5067 | 22174 | 4.38 | 0.42 | 1.41 | 2.15 | 2891 | 6039 | 8532 |
Jim Everett | 5287 | 27433 | 5.19 | 0.50 | 1.67 | 1.97 | 2879 | 7651 | 8848 |
Dutch Clark | 1668 | 7500 | 4.50 | 1.81 | 2.48 | 3.73 | 2855 | 3852 | 5729 |
Bob Waterfield | 2567 | 10856 | 4.23 | 1.06 | 1.85 | 3.35 | 2834 | 4507 | 7811 |
Joe Theismann | 4623 | 22101 | 4.78 | 0.53 | 1.59 | 2.07 | 2704 | 6568 | 8296 |
Mark Brunell | 5287 | 27966 | 5.29 | 0.51 | 1.71 | 1.93 | 2689 | 7397 | 8292 |
Steve Grogan | 4631 | 21648 | 4.67 | 0.51 | 1.55 | 2.12 | 2667 | 5998 | 8085 |
Billy Kilmer | 4183 | 18571 | 4.44 | 0.55 | 1.52 | 2.39 | 2629 | 5512 | 8228 |
Ken Stabler | 4762 | 20262 | 4.26 | 0.24 | 1.25 | 1.92 | 2627 | 5821 | 8380 |
Johnny Lujack | 1232 | 6772 | 5.50 | 2.13 | 2.97 | 4.30 | 2559 | 3545 | 5110 |
Vinny Testaverde | 7280 | 34515 | 4.74 | 0.01 | 1.19 | 1.46 | 2492 | 7224 | 8284 |
Matt Ryan | 4724 | 28437 | 6.02 | 0.56 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 2477 | 7812 | 7910 |
Matt Schaub | 3450 | 20471 | 5.93 | 0.64 | 1.97 | 2.12 | 2424 | 6199 | 6685 |
Milt Plum | 3503 | 16144 | 4.61 | 0.26 | 1.35 | 2.21 | 2402 | 5303 | 7669 |
Randall Cunningham | 5396 | 26798 | 4.97 | 0.29 | 1.46 | 1.76 | 2390 | 7044 | 8322 |
Daunte Culpepper | 3846 | 20564 | 5.35 | 0.50 | 1.71 | 1.93 | 2386 | 6241 | 6950 |
Greg Landry | 3586 | 15216 | 4.24 | 0.39 | 1.35 | 2.13 | 2271 | 4844 | 7044 |
Mark Rypien | 2767 | 14969 | 5.41 | 0.73 | 1.90 | 2.20 | 2262 | 4939 | 5650 |
Cliff Battles | 1638 | 6824 | 4.17 | 1.39 | 2.09 | 3.24 | 2089 | 3108 | 4818 |
Russell Wilson | 2141 | 14232 | 6.65 | 1.03 | 2.43 | 2.28 | 2074 | 4866 | 4554 |
Matt Hasselbeck | 5787 | 30055 | 5.19 | 0.12 | 1.39 | 1.57 | 2042 | 6911 | 7716 |
Bernie Kosar | 3744 | 18923 | 5.05 | 0.43 | 1.59 | 1.93 | 2020 | 5394 | 6460 |
Tommy Thompson | 2650 | 10340 | 3.90 | 0.72 | 1.51 | 3.05 | 2008 | 3773 | 7215 |
Arnie Herber | 2261 | 8501 | 3.76 | 0.98 | 1.68 | 2.98 | 1966 | 3219 | 5606 |
Chad Pennington | 2709 | 15019 | 5.54 | 0.64 | 1.86 | 2.11 | 1931 | 4734 | 5308 |
Frank Ryan | 3155 | 15377 | 4.87 | 0.58 | 1.65 | 2.51 | 1865 | 4616 | 6844 |
Doug Williams | 3080 | 15601 | 5.07 | 0.66 | 1.76 | 2.16 | 1778 | 4703 | 5769 |
Frankie Albert | 2626 | 13405 | 5.10 | 0.67 | 1.78 | 3.01 | 1760 | 4283 | 7050 |
Tom Flores | 2073 | 10959 | 5.29 | 0.71 | 1.85 | 2.48 | 1732 | 3742 | 4852 |
Jim McMahon | 3269 | 16624 | 5.09 | 0.52 | 1.66 | 2.02 | 1712 | 4538 | 5459 |
Eli Manning | 6440 | 35198 | 5.47 | 0.18 | 1.50 | 1.59 | 1698 | 8028 | 8432 |
Billy Wade | 3842 | 18050 | 4.70 | 0.35 | 1.44 | 2.28 | 1685 | 4977 | 7551 |
Charley Johnson | 4612 | 20250 | 4.39 | 0.28 | 1.31 | 2.15 | 1680 | 5193 | 8160 |
Brian Sipe | 4239 | 19231 | 4.54 | 0.38 | 1.42 | 1.98 | 1659 | 5239 | 7176 |
Brad Johnson | 4636 | 23392 | 5.05 | 0.25 | 1.45 | 1.67 | 1659 | 5817 | 6620 |
Ed Danowski | 1980 | 7076 | 3.57 | 0.80 | 1.49 | 2.72 | 1637 | 2834 | 5025 |
Norm Snead | 5834 | 24008 | 4.12 | -0.02 | 1.01 | 1.84 | 1622 | 5596 | 8859 |
Michael Vick | 4194 | 22526 | 5.37 | 0.26 | 1.54 | 1.69 | 1599 | 5713 | 6265 |
Phil Simms | 5373 | 25532 | 4.75 | 0.22 | 1.35 | 1.70 | 1579 | 5919 | 7278 |
Cam Newton | 2979 | 18131 | 6.09 | 0.52 | 1.91 | 1.81 | 1514 | 5261 | 5001 |
Joe Ferguson | 5751 | 23305 | 4.05 | -0.08 | 0.96 | 1.56 | 1503 | 5184 | 7657 |
Neil Lomax | 3862 | 18946 | 4.91 | 0.40 | 1.52 | 1.92 | 1494 | 5155 | 6450 |
Bob Monnett | 1308 | 5217 | 3.99 | 1.21 | 1.90 | 3.10 | 1487 | 2308 | 3734 |
Bernie Masterson | 919 | 4242 | 4.62 | 1.69 | 2.42 | 3.53 | 1467 | 2061 | 2973 |
Don Meredith | 3304 | 15209 | 4.60 | 0.31 | 1.38 | 2.22 | 1431 | 4332 | 6607 |
Marc Bulger | 3415 | 17946 | 5.25 | 0.32 | 1.56 | 1.81 | 1379 | 4891 | 5631 |
Bill Nelsen | 2558 | 11249 | 4.40 | 0.33 | 1.35 | 2.15 | 1319 | 3372 | 5074 |
George Ratterman | 2094 | 10759 | 5.14 | 0.60 | 1.74 | 2.91 | 1311 | 3319 | 5495 |
Doug Flutie | 2479 | 12960 | 5.23 | 0.47 | 1.66 | 1.91 | 1290 | 3736 | 4265 |
Ray Mallouf | 521 | 2954 | 5.68 | 2.46 | 3.26 | 4.76 | 1233 | 1636 | 2387 |
Steve DeBerg | 5659 | 25380 | 4.49 | 0.01 | 1.13 | 1.51 | 1232 | 5529 | 6964 |
Dave Krieg | 6128 | 27886 | 4.55 | -0.06 | 1.09 | 1.41 | 1214 | 5264 | 6582 |
Tobin Rote | 5019 | 19232 | 3.83 | -0.07 | 0.90 | 1.86 | 1206 | 4808 | 8417 |
Danny White | 3399 | 16406 | 4.83 | 0.34 | 1.46 | 1.85 | 1200 | 4404 | 5515 |
Wade Wilson | 2822 | 13132 | 4.65 | 0.03 | 1.18 | 1.52 | 1191 | 3476 | 4185 |
Ron Jaworski | 5084 | 22476 | 4.42 | 0.16 | 1.23 | 1.71 | 1190 | 5195 | 7002 |
George Blanda | 4581 | 20167 | 4.40 | 0.04 | 1.13 | 1.88 | 1162 | 4725 | 7435 |
Bobby Thomason | 2083 | 8502 | 4.08 | 0.45 | 1.36 | 2.45 | 1160 | 2778 | 4760 |
Jeff Hostetler | 2758 | 13966 | 5.06 | 0.37 | 1.54 | 1.80 | 1123 | 3866 | 4471 |
Neil O'Donnell | 3558 | 17653 | 4.96 | 0.26 | 1.44 | 1.70 | 1107 | 4355 | 5099 |
Jim Zorn | 4097 | 17680 | 4.32 | 0.20 | 1.23 | 1.79 | 1101 | 4462 | 6406 |
Frank Filchock | 1970 | 6484 | 3.29 | 0.33 | 1.07 | 2.48 | 1099 | 2327 | 4739 |
Elvis Grbac | 2599 | 13225 | 5.09 | 0.34 | 1.53 | 1.74 | 1062 | 3714 | 4201 |
Jeff George | 4326 | 20704 | 4.79 | 0.07 | 1.25 | 1.51 | 1050 | 4970 | 5817 |
Bobby Hebert | 3407 | 16499 | 4.84 | 0.21 | 1.36 | 1.70 | 1038 | 4196 | 5137 |
Bill Kenney | 2849 | 13722 | 4.82 | 0.33 | 1.45 | 1.85 | 1027 | 3708 | 4682 |
Chris Chandler | 4560 | 20924 | 4.59 | -0.14 | 1.04 | 1.30 | 991 | 4596 | 5389 |
Ace Parker | 1988 | 7440 | 3.74 | 0.47 | 1.29 | 2.47 | 958 | 2372 | 4409 |
Tony Canadeo | 913 | 3620 | 3.96 | 1.02 | 1.76 | 3.53 | 957 | 1604 | 3157 |
Ed Brown | 3073 | 13048 | 4.25 | 0.02 | 1.07 | 1.95 | 936 | 3428 | 5553 |
Pat Haden | 1725 | 7484 | 4.34 | 0.40 | 1.38 | 2.02 | 921 | 2425 | 3467 |
Bill Munson | 2757 | 11070 | 4.01 | 0.02 | 1.02 | 1.89 | 887 | 2748 | 4517 |
Tommy Kramer | 4346 | 19517 | 4.49 | 0.07 | 1.18 | 1.56 | 863 | 4618 | 5964 |
David Garrard | 2729 | 14628 | 5.36 | 0.28 | 1.55 | 1.81 | 848 | 3799 | 4428 |
Jake Delhomme | 3155 | 15992 | 5.07 | 0.10 | 1.35 | 1.62 | 837 | 4012 | 4736 |
Tuffy Leemans | 707 | 2978 | 4.21 | 1.26 | 2.00 | 3.66 | 827 | 1322 | 2440 |
Babe Parilli | 4546 | 19068 | 4.19 | -0.15 | 0.94 | 1.73 | 799 | 4211 | 6767 |
Steve Beuerlein | 3721 | 17593 | 4.73 | 0.00 | 1.19 | 1.44 | 763 | 4064 | 4808 |
Matthew Stafford | 3829 | 21744 | 5.68 | 0.15 | 1.53 | 1.48 | 754 | 5384 | 5213 |
Jay Cutler | 4725 | 25599 | 5.42 | 0.06 | 1.40 | 1.47 | 714 | 5671 | 5981 |
Jim Harbaugh | 4668 | 21837 | 4.68 | -0.02 | 1.15 | 1.43 | 710 | 4568 | 5523 |
Virgil Carter | 1151 | 5226 | 4.54 | 0.59 | 1.58 | 2.32 | 704 | 1749 | 2538 |
James Harris | 1649 | 6223 | 3.77 | 0.08 | 1.00 | 1.96 | 684 | 1945 | 3313 |
Andy Dalton | 2698 | 15660 | 5.81 | 0.24 | 1.63 | 1.54 | 676 | 4047 | 3816 |
Jeff Blake | 3719 | 18079 | 4.86 | 0.09 | 1.29 | 1.50 | 668 | 4233 | 4878 |
Jacky Lee | 1056 | 4991 | 4.73 | 0.27 | 1.38 | 2.05 | 628 | 1514 | 2063 |
Glenn Presnell | 1503 | 4452 | 2.96 | 0.30 | 0.97 | 2.25 | 600 | 1532 | 3292 |
Ken O'Brien | 4049 | 18814 | 4.65 | 0.05 | 1.20 | 1.55 | 556 | 4337 | 5529 |
Andrew Luck | 2266 | 13172 | 5.81 | 0.23 | 1.62 | 1.50 | 551 | 3511 | 3252 |
Bob Berry | 1802 | 7259 | 4.03 | 0.10 | 1.08 | 1.86 | 533 | 1997 | 3226 |
Jake Plummer | 4843 | 22781 | 4.70 | -0.09 | 1.11 | 1.35 | 532 | 5066 | 5975 |
Gary Danielson | 2498 | 11292 | 4.52 | 0.22 | 1.30 | 1.74 | 514 | 2730 | 3632 |
Vince Ferragamo | 1912 | 8273 | 4.33 | -0.10 | 1.01 | 1.40 | 512 | 2335 | 2980 |
Erik Kramer | 2476 | 11689 | 4.72 | 0.01 | 1.19 | 1.46 | 500 | 2923 | 3465 |
Steve Bartkowski | 4337 | 18170 | 4.19 | -0.04 | 1.02 | 1.54 | 488 | 4095 | 5781 |
Tony Eason | 1821 | 8438 | 4.63 | 0.13 | 1.26 | 1.62 | 480 | 2315 | 2913 |
Butch Songin | 824 | 4212 | 5.11 | 0.55 | 1.69 | 2.28 | 466 | 1378 | 1846 |
Kirk Cousins | 955 | 5856 | 6.13 | 0.44 | 1.86 | 1.64 | 460 | 1766 | 1554 |
Jay Schroeder | 3188 | 14819 | 4.65 | 0.03 | 1.19 | 1.53 | 448 | 3423 | 4341 |
Spec Sanders | 1266 | 6773 | 5.35 | 0.31 | 1.57 | 2.78 | 447 | 1964 | 3433 |
Scott Mitchell | 2546 | 11927 | 4.68 | -0.05 | 1.14 | 1.35 | 416 | 2985 | 3462 |
Brian Griese | 3086 | 14773 | 4.79 | -0.04 | 1.17 | 1.38 | 406 | 3389 | 3942 |
Colin Kaepernick | 1669 | 9664 | 5.79 | 0.18 | 1.58 | 1.43 | 368 | 2517 | 2291 |
Stan Humphries | 2700 | 12953 | 4.80 | 0.09 | 1.27 | 1.51 | 353 | 3122 | 3700 |
Nick Foles | 1300 | 7532 | 5.80 | 0.18 | 1.59 | 1.44 | 341 | 2032 | 1854 |
Paul Christman | 1922 | 6083 | 3.17 | 0.13 | 0.89 | 2.50 | 328 | 1609 | 4398 |
Gus Frerotte | 3352 | 15557 | 4.64 | -0.18 | 1.03 | 1.26 | 315 | 3245 | 3869 |
Aaron Brooks | 3415 | 16617 | 4.87 | 0.04 | 1.25 | 1.47 | 310 | 3875 | 4533 |
Don Strock | 945 | 3973 | 4.21 | -0.02 | 1.04 | 1.57 | 308 | 989 | 1374 |
Drew Bledsoe | 7235 | 33565 | 4.64 | -0.13 | 1.06 | 1.29 | 289 | 6333 | 7507 |
Bill Dudley | 972 | 2991 | 3.08 | 0.26 | 0.96 | 2.77 | 276 | 927 | 2624 |
George Grosvenor | 883 | 2692 | 3.05 | 0.31 | 0.99 | 2.21 | 274 | 844 | 1879 |
Mike Tomczak | 2572 | 11571 | 4.50 | -0.18 | 0.99 | 1.30 | 274 | 2428 | 3030 |
Cotton Davidson | 2077 | 9520 | 4.58 | -0.02 | 1.13 | 1.73 | 274 | 2330 | 3389 |
Steve Pelluer | 1166 | 5532 | 4.74 | 0.16 | 1.30 | 1.71 | 262 | 1485 | 1940 |
Charlie Batch | 1839 | 8767 | 4.77 | -0.05 | 1.15 | 1.36 | 256 | 1993 | 2335 |
Byron Leftwich | 1769 | 8768 | 4.96 | 0.03 | 1.27 | 1.53 | 252 | 2172 | 2604 |
Steve Bono | 1828 | 8431 | 4.61 | -0.10 | 1.08 | 1.33 | 224 | 1911 | 2310 |
Jay Fiedler | 1955 | 9414 | 4.81 | 0.02 | 1.22 | 1.42 | 223 | 2279 | 2610 |
Robert Griffin | 1307 | 7413 | 5.67 | 0.13 | 1.51 | 1.44 | 220 | 1956 | 1865 |
Mike Livingston | 2437 | 8426 | 3.46 | -0.25 | 0.68 | 1.61 | 191 | 1899 | 3778 |
Jim Plunkett | 5150 | 19926 | 3.87 | -0.18 | 0.83 | 1.52 | 181 | 3819 | 6469 |
Chris Miller | 3191 | 14809 | 4.64 | -0.07 | 1.11 | 1.39 | 171 | 3267 | 4043 |
Paul Governali | 894 | 2885 | 3.23 | 0.12 | 0.89 | 2.45 | 168 | 833 | 2182 |
Charlie O'Rourke | 755 | 3442 | 4.56 | 0.10 | 1.22 | 2.60 | 128 | 905 | 1913 |
Rob Johnson | 1031 | 4890 | 4.74 | -0.01 | 1.18 | 1.37 | 109 | 1170 | 1347 |
Kyle Orton | 2858 | 14689 | 5.14 | -0.12 | 1.20 | 1.37 | 95 | 3281 | 3715 |
Don Trull | 914 | 3838 | 4.20 | -0.08 | 0.99 | 1.88 | 90 | 965 | 1679 |
Craig Erickson | 1201 | 5612 | 4.67 | -0.03 | 1.14 | 1.36 | 63 | 1349 | 1596 |
Kordell Stewart | 2940 | 13320 | 4.53 | -0.23 | 0.96 | 1.19 | 35 | 2760 | 3295 |
Jeff Kemp | 1068 | 4528 | 4.24 | -0.29 | 0.85 | 1.24 | 32 | 1020 | 1385 |
Johnny Clement | 1298 | 4695 | 3.62 | -0.10 | 0.83 | 2.25 | 10 | 1093 | 2795 |
George Shaw | 1322 | 5246 | 3.97 | -0.23 | 0.82 | 1.68 | 3 | 1123 | 2106 |
Kerry Collins | 6663 | 30048 | 4.51 | -0.35 | 0.87 | 1.10 | -8 | 5204 | 6229 |
John Friesz | 1444 | 6441 | 4.46 | -0.22 | 0.95 | 1.24 | -30 | 1316 | 1688 |
Lynn Dickey | 3903 | 15742 | 4.03 | -0.22 | 0.84 | 1.37 | -43 | 3143 | 4662 |
Shaun Hill | 1291 | 6609 | 5.12 | -0.17 | 1.15 | 1.33 | -61 | 1401 | 1627 |
Jake Locker | 803 | 4308 | 5.36 | -0.17 | 1.22 | 1.16 | -82 | 934 | 897 |
Pat Ryan | 757 | 2939 | 3.88 | -0.63 | 0.50 | 0.89 | -90 | 591 | 847 |
Ty Detmer | 1031 | 4616 | 4.48 | -0.26 | 0.93 | 1.17 | -121 | 988 | 1219 |
Brian Hoyer | 1048 | 5726 | 5.47 | -0.18 | 1.23 | 1.04 | -139 | 1255 | 1065 |
Rudy Bukich | 1672 | 5722 | 3.42 | -0.81 | 0.25 | 1.15 | -146 | 1052 | 2140 |
Jack Kemp | 4025 | 16935 | 4.21 | -0.21 | 0.89 | 1.66 | -152 | 3392 | 5737 |
Archie Manning | 5090 | 18721 | 3.68 | -0.29 | 0.70 | 1.39 | -157 | 3562 | 6193 |
Steve Spurrier | 1510 | 5231 | 3.46 | -0.28 | 0.65 | 1.60 | -162 | 1035 | 2318 |
Tim Rattay | 794 | 3495 | 4.40 | -0.45 | 0.76 | 1.03 | -163 | 621 | 814 |
Jim Finks | 2110 | 7242 | 3.43 | -0.18 | 0.73 | 1.89 | -172 | 1519 | 3759 |
Vince Evans | 1721 | 6729 | 3.91 | -0.61 | 0.52 | 0.87 | -191 | 1088 | 1499 |
Bob Lee | 966 | 2838 | 2.94 | -0.78 | 0.15 | 1.09 | -223 | 512 | 1256 |
Damon Huard | 1048 | 4635 | 4.42 | -0.47 | 0.75 | 0.99 | -226 | 840 | 1059 |
Joe Flacco | 4330 | 22911 | 5.29 | -0.15 | 1.21 | 1.26 | -227 | 4631 | 4815 |
Scott Hunter | 1104 | 3782 | 3.43 | -0.30 | 0.63 | 1.51 | -232 | 670 | 1542 |
Eddie LeBaron | 2832 | 10531 | 3.72 | -0.40 | 0.63 | 1.57 | -234 | 1970 | 3988 |
Frank Reich | 1047 | 4108 | 3.92 | -0.79 | 0.38 | 0.64 | -240 | 652 | 863 |
Steve Tensi | 1153 | 4020 | 3.49 | -0.35 | 0.61 | 1.80 | -242 | 747 | 1986 |
Gary Hogeboom | 1501 | 6434 | 4.29 | -0.29 | 0.86 | 1.20 | -252 | 1140 | 1580 |
Jason Campbell | 2794 | 14066 | 5.03 | -0.17 | 1.13 | 1.33 | -254 | 2832 | 3350 |
Roy Zimmerman | 1510 | 3697 | 2.45 | -0.55 | 0.20 | 1.89 | -265 | 662 | 2880 |
Joe Geri | 989 | 2973 | 3.01 | -0.36 | 0.48 | 1.80 | -291 | 495 | 1741 |
Seneca Wallace | 876 | 4031 | 4.60 | -0.54 | 0.75 | 0.98 | -296 | 669 | 855 |
Irv Comp | 1402 | 3182 | 2.27 | -0.62 | 0.10 | 1.88 | -323 | 584 | 2846 |
Jim Miller | 1084 | 4730 | 4.36 | -0.41 | 0.78 | 0.95 | -342 | 819 | 985 |
Rodney Peete | 2762 | 11619 | 4.21 | -0.51 | 0.67 | 0.91 | -342 | 1848 | 2347 |
Shaun King | 867 | 3671 | 4.23 | -0.52 | 0.67 | 0.88 | -346 | 618 | 789 |
Marty Domres | 1249 | 3909 | 3.13 | -0.62 | 0.32 | 1.28 | -346 | 584 | 1587 |
Shane Matthews | 871 | 3668 | 4.21 | -0.55 | 0.64 | 0.84 | -351 | 554 | 709 |
Todd Collins | 813 | 2998 | 3.69 | -1.11 | 0.09 | 0.34 | -356 | 279 | 435 |
Teddy Bridgewater | 946 | 5030 | 5.32 | -0.39 | 1.04 | 0.79 | -359 | 959 | 729 |
Richard Todd | 3811 | 14937 | 3.92 | -0.35 | 0.72 | 1.21 | -373 | 2899 | 4426 |
Bubby Brister | 2523 | 10386 | 4.12 | -0.58 | 0.60 | 0.89 | -378 | 1817 | 2427 |
Pete Liske | 1079 | 3676 | 3.41 | -0.47 | 0.50 | 1.32 | -378 | 576 | 1391 |
Harry Newman | 1118 | 2489 | 2.23 | -0.38 | 0.27 | 1.60 | -410 | 293 | 1731 |
Parker Hall | 1726 | 4594 | 2.66 | -0.37 | 0.39 | 1.73 | -410 | 783 | 2884 |
Steve Ramsey | 1304 | 4237 | 3.25 | -0.46 | 0.47 | 1.43 | -415 | 626 | 1755 |
Johnny Green | 773 | 3041 | 3.93 | -0.64 | 0.51 | 1.18 | -416 | 395 | 887 |
Derek Anderson | 1644 | 7349 | 4.47 | -0.68 | 0.61 | 0.82 | -418 | 1221 | 1507 |
Vince Young | 1603 | 7528 | 4.70 | -0.38 | 0.89 | 1.11 | -419 | 1370 | 1688 |
Glenn Dobbs | 1616 | 7722 | 4.78 | -0.30 | 0.97 | 2.19 | -430 | 1506 | 3369 |
Gary Cuozzo | 1653 | 5668 | 3.43 | -0.57 | 0.43 | 1.25 | -466 | 788 | 1865 |
Alex Smith | 4113 | 20917 | 5.09 | -0.29 | 1.06 | 1.08 | -471 | 4023 | 4025 |
Tarvaris Jackson | 1272 | 5795 | 4.56 | -0.65 | 0.65 | 0.81 | -481 | 830 | 1010 |
Al Woodall | 766 | 2341 | 3.06 | -0.78 | 0.18 | 1.02 | -482 | 206 | 813 |
Cody Carlson | 772 | 2870 | 3.72 | -0.94 | 0.23 | 0.54 | -510 | 259 | 476 |
Pete Beathard | 1744 | 5914 | 3.39 | -0.55 | 0.44 | 1.50 | -533 | 866 | 2445 |
Tommy Maddox | 1310 | 5410 | 4.13 | -0.68 | 0.52 | 0.75 | -542 | 846 | 1101 |
Matt Moore | 851 | 3663 | 4.30 | -1.01 | 0.31 | 0.46 | -550 | 379 | 487 |
Josh Freeman | 2228 | 11136 | 5.00 | -0.40 | 0.95 | 1.06 | -555 | 2138 | 2367 |
Jim Hardy | 1406 | 3752 | 2.67 | -0.70 | 0.15 | 1.54 | -576 | 420 | 2106 |
Don Majkowski | 2282 | 9610 | 4.21 | -0.50 | 0.68 | 0.98 | -576 | 1659 | 2242 |
Trent Edwards | 1034 | 4576 | 4.42 | -0.69 | 0.59 | 0.85 | -589 | 634 | 896 |
David Woodley | 1730 | 6934 | 4.01 | -0.46 | 0.65 | 1.02 | -601 | 1118 | 1686 |
Patrick Ramsey | 1000 | 4032 | 4.03 | -0.82 | 0.40 | 0.63 | -615 | 399 | 620 |
Frankie Sinkwich | 1138 | 2987 | 2.63 | -0.74 | 0.10 | 1.78 | -617 | 260 | 2097 |
Jim Ninowski | 1510 | 5327 | 3.53 | -0.88 | 0.22 | 1.05 | -620 | 579 | 1473 |
Kent Graham | 1487 | 6091 | 4.10 | -0.62 | 0.56 | 0.82 | -646 | 808 | 1142 |
Lamar McHan | 2429 | 8254 | 3.40 | -0.68 | 0.34 | 1.25 | -669 | 1227 | 2948 |
Kelly Holcomb | 970 | 3728 | 3.84 | -1.02 | 0.20 | 0.44 | -672 | 294 | 485 |
Harry Gilmer | 901 | 2256 | 2.50 | -1.05 | -0.16 | 1.01 | -677 | -9 | 897 |
Derek Carr | 1192 | 6073 | 5.10 | -0.61 | 0.82 | 0.57 | -686 | 971 | 685 |
Steve Walsh | 1396 | 5531 | 3.96 | -0.78 | 0.41 | 0.66 | -688 | 729 | 1051 |
A.J. Feeley | 811 | 3031 | 3.74 | -1.18 | 0.05 | 0.28 | -691 | 126 | 273 |
Kevin Kolb | 851 | 3700 | 4.35 | -1.02 | 0.32 | 0.46 | -697 | 312 | 416 |
Joe Reed | 793 | 1927 | 2.43 | -1.28 | -0.35 | 0.64 | -701 | -69 | 623 |
Mike Pagel | 1907 | 7485 | 3.93 | -0.59 | 0.54 | 0.91 | -709 | 970 | 1577 |
David Archer | 855 | 2901 | 3.39 | -1.08 | 0.04 | 0.40 | -724 | 103 | 377 |
Matt Cassel | 2871 | 13543 | 4.72 | -0.62 | 0.72 | 0.85 | -729 | 2190 | 2553 |
Quincy Carter | 1142 | 4692 | 4.11 | -0.73 | 0.48 | 0.69 | -734 | 532 | 759 |
Marc Wilson | 2388 | 9400 | 3.94 | -0.60 | 0.53 | 0.89 | -740 | 1296 | 2000 |
Steve Dils | 1098 | 3811 | 3.47 | -1.04 | 0.09 | 0.52 | -746 | 179 | 593 |
Chris Simms | 574 | 1940 | 3.38 | -1.51 | -0.29 | -0.02 | -752 | -97 | 52 |
Terry Hanratty | 592 | 1170 | 1.98 | -1.95 | -0.97 | -0.17 | -753 | -295 | 97 |
Brandon Weeden | 1015 | 4764 | 4.70 | -0.85 | 0.54 | 0.46 | -753 | 535 | 469 |
Ray Evans | 348 | 495 | 1.42 | -2.17 | -1.27 | 0.22 | -756 | -444 | 77 |
Cotton Price | 514 | 850 | 1.66 | -1.64 | -0.82 | 0.66 | -757 | -370 | 342 |
Colt McCoy | 975 | 4322 | 4.43 | -1.01 | 0.35 | 0.42 | -760 | 338 | 403 |
Chuck Ortmann | 315 | 250 | 0.79 | -2.53 | -1.70 | -0.55 | -762 | -512 | -164 |
Ted Marchibroda | 658 | 1708 | 2.60 | -1.31 | -0.33 | 0.49 | -770 | -171 | 352 |
Ryan Fitzpatrick | 3839 | 19352 | 5.04 | -0.39 | 0.97 | 1.00 | -776 | 3431 | 3472 |
Steve Fuller | 1488 | 5407 | 3.63 | -0.75 | 0.35 | 0.71 | -778 | 552 | 1005 |
Matt Robinson | 680 | 1643 | 2.42 | -1.56 | -0.57 | 0.00 | -789 | -196 | 163 |
Danny Wuerffel | 418 | 1044 | 2.50 | -2.23 | -1.05 | -0.81 | -790 | -355 | -267 |
Hugh Millen | 1096 | 3973 | 3.62 | -1.03 | 0.13 | 0.48 | -795 | 233 | 565 |
John Reaves | 846 | 2079 | 2.46 | -1.35 | -0.40 | 0.40 | -798 | -187 | 412 |
Doug Pederson | 592 | 1571 | 2.65 | -2.10 | -0.91 | -0.68 | -804 | -333 | -241 |
Chris Cagle | 498 | 491 | 0.99 | -1.68 | -1.02 | 0.25 | -805 | -478 | 137 |
Pat Sullivan | 313 | 243 | 0.78 | -2.91 | -1.99 | -0.97 | -811 | -548 | -254 |
Ryan Lindley | 275 | 633 | 2.30 | -3.24 | -1.85 | -1.92 | -812 | -461 | -478 |
Boley Dancewicz | 457 | 608 | 1.33 | -1.88 | -1.08 | 0.42 | -819 | -464 | 209 |
Sam Vacanti | 521 | 1758 | 3.37 | -1.75 | -0.47 | 0.72 | -823 | -180 | 418 |
Tommy Wade | 109 | -408 | -3.72 | -7.92 | -6.87 | -5.95 | -824 | -715 | -618 |
Brady Quinn | 603 | 2243 | 3.72 | -1.58 | -0.25 | -0.07 | -824 | -109 | -7 |
Harry Hopp | 223 | -161 | -0.72 | -3.71 | -2.96 | -1.10 | -825 | -659 | -245 |
Bud Schwenk | 1204 | 3863 | 3.21 | -0.77 | 0.23 | 1.77 | -827 | 232 | 2000 |
Bob Davis | 718 | 1233 | 1.72 | -1.94 | -1.03 | 0.13 | -832 | -286 | 498 |
George Herring | 260 | 327 | 1.26 | -3.23 | -2.11 | -1.44 | -840 | -548 | -376 |
Art Schlichter | 276 | 373 | 1.35 | -3.11 | -1.99 | -1.64 | -840 | -556 | -464 |
Billy Patterson | 415 | 367 | 0.88 | -2.15 | -1.39 | -0.17 | -847 | -545 | -60 |
Jerry Golsteyn | 279 | 144 | 0.52 | -3.49 | -2.49 | -1.82 | -850 | -607 | -442 |
Gary Marangi | 436 | 613 | 1.41 | -2.21 | -1.30 | -0.27 | -857 | -497 | -84 |
Jack Jacobs | 986 | 1961 | 1.99 | -1.29 | -0.47 | 1.10 | -863 | -144 | 1257 |
Dick Wood | 1402 | 5464 | 3.90 | -0.77 | 0.39 | 0.97 | -868 | 602 | 1332 |
Bill Troup | 420 | 581 | 1.38 | -2.36 | -1.42 | -0.74 | -871 | -532 | -276 |
Bobby Hoying | 536 | 1446 | 2.70 | -2.02 | -0.84 | -0.56 | -873 | -306 | -172 |
Mark Malone | 1857 | 7085 | 3.82 | -0.70 | 0.43 | 0.82 | -877 | 839 | 1462 |
Frank Patrick | 218 | -330 | -1.52 | -4.74 | -3.93 | -2.97 | -885 | -735 | -552 |
Dick Shiner | 1065 | 2991 | 2.81 | -1.29 | -0.26 | 0.53 | -888 | -87 | 644 |
Browning Nagle | 488 | 1143 | 2.34 | -2.23 | -1.08 | -0.72 | -890 | -437 | -293 |
Donald Hollas | 470 | 1179 | 2.51 | -2.17 | -1.00 | -0.68 | -902 | -417 | -280 |
Chad Hutchinson | 477 | 1298 | 2.72 | -2.06 | -0.87 | -0.66 | -906 | -382 | -291 |
Mickey Slaughter | 750 | 2436 | 3.25 | -1.43 | -0.26 | 0.27 | -920 | -109 | 264 |
Bobby Douglass | 2173 | 6534 | 3.01 | -0.77 | 0.17 | 1.06 | -923 | 716 | 2323 |
David Whitehurst | 1253 | 3919 | 3.13 | -0.89 | 0.12 | 0.67 | -925 | 186 | 835 |
Randy Hedberg | 140 | -431 | -3.09 | -6.64 | -5.75 | -4.78 | -927 | -803 | -667 |
Josh McCown | 2205 | 9625 | 4.37 | -0.86 | 0.44 | 0.51 | -929 | 1219 | 1331 |
Whizzer White | 1002 | 2060 | 2.06 | -1.00 | -0.24 | 0.93 | -934 | -213 | 892 |
Steve Romanik | 653 | 1147 | 1.76 | -1.69 | -0.83 | 0.41 | -943 | -447 | 281 |
Eric Hipple | 1881 | 7224 | 3.84 | -0.64 | 0.48 | 0.87 | -945 | 828 | 1473 |
Adrian Burk | 1579 | 4379 | 2.77 | -0.80 | 0.09 | 1.20 | -947 | 271 | 1788 |
Bruce Gradkowski | 815 | 2775 | 3.40 | -1.66 | -0.39 | -0.16 | -955 | -157 | 0 |
Paul McDonald | 987 | 3290 | 3.33 | -1.14 | -0.02 | 0.35 | -956 | -2 | 345 |
Chris Weinke | 771 | 2549 | 3.31 | -1.50 | -0.30 | -0.14 | -959 | -188 | -78 |
Ken Dorsey | 430 | 1019 | 2.37 | -2.53 | -1.31 | -0.99 | -960 | -485 | -363 |
Jon Kitna | 4856 | 21193 | 4.36 | -0.50 | 0.71 | 0.93 | -961 | 3249 | 4051 |
Cliff Stoudt | 896 | 2897 | 3.23 | -1.27 | -0.14 | 0.29 | -962 | -138 | 209 |
Rex Grossman | 1660 | 7024 | 4.23 | -0.86 | 0.41 | 0.60 | -968 | 723 | 994 |
Billy Joe Tolliver | 1867 | 7373 | 3.95 | -0.78 | 0.40 | 0.67 | -969 | 808 | 1222 |
Ryan Tannehill | 2418 | 12473 | 5.16 | -0.46 | 0.95 | 0.80 | -986 | 2159 | 1813 |
Rusty Hilger | 539 | 1283 | 2.38 | -2.24 | -1.09 | -0.65 | -986 | -469 | -276 |
Mike McMahon | 626 | 1879 | 3.00 | -1.83 | -0.62 | -0.42 | -987 | -328 | -216 |
Bill Mackrides | 553 | 703 | 1.27 | -2.18 | -1.32 | 0.02 | -992 | -582 | 60 |
Blake Bortles | 1198 | 5789 | 4.83 | -0.88 | 0.55 | 0.30 | -999 | 672 | 378 |
Stan Heath | 167 | -433 | -2.59 | -6.00 | -5.14 | -3.63 | -1004 | -862 | -608 |
Scott Bull | 307 | 36 | 0.12 | -3.56 | -2.64 | -1.84 | -1005 | -742 | -508 |
Joe Pisarcik | 1158 | 3123 | 2.70 | -1.24 | -0.25 | 0.38 | -1010 | -134 | 484 |
Dave Wilson | 1148 | 3733 | 3.25 | -1.22 | -0.10 | 0.28 | -1018 | 18 | 389 |
Don Jackson | 150 | -629 | -4.19 | -6.85 | -6.18 | -4.89 | -1030 | -930 | -735 |
David Klingler | 848 | 2670 | 3.15 | -1.52 | -0.35 | -0.11 | -1040 | -220 | -30 |
Dave Ryan | 517 | 269 | 0.52 | -2.18 | -1.50 | 0.26 | -1044 | -727 | 139 |
Todd Blackledge | 1004 | 3190 | 3.18 | -1.33 | -0.20 | 0.16 | -1051 | -118 | 206 |
Heath Shuler | 672 | 2008 | 2.99 | -1.78 | -0.59 | -0.39 | -1052 | -319 | -199 |
John Roach | 539 | 1024 | 1.90 | -2.44 | -1.36 | -0.43 | -1060 | -559 | -84 |
Charlie Frye | 798 | 2658 | 3.33 | -1.58 | -0.35 | -0.11 | -1069 | -236 | -55 |
George Terlep | 259 | 56 | 0.21 | -4.52 | -3.34 | -2.03 | -1071 | -792 | -483 |
J.P. Losman | 1125 | 4139 | 3.68 | -1.24 | -0.01 | 0.23 | -1071 | 127 | 366 |
Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1187 | 4752 | 4.00 | -0.98 | 0.27 | 1.50 | -1074 | 331 | 1727 |
Geno Smith | 981 | 4325 | 4.41 | -1.19 | 0.21 | 0.05 | -1076 | 200 | 55 |
Stan Gelbaugh | 457 | 679 | 1.49 | -3.09 | -1.95 | -1.56 | -1087 | -682 | -546 |
John McCormick | 627 | 1665 | 2.66 | -1.98 | -0.82 | -0.16 | -1095 | -442 | -71 |
Jack Concannon | 1701 | 5092 | 2.99 | -1.03 | -0.03 | 0.77 | -1095 | 138 | 1247 |
Jack Thompson | 987 | 3122 | 3.16 | -1.26 | -0.16 | 0.25 | -1097 | -109 | 272 |
Jack Scarbath | 460 | 516 | 1.12 | -2.52 | -1.61 | -0.44 | -1097 | -699 | -189 |
Al Dorow | 1797 | 6466 | 3.60 | -0.75 | 0.33 | 1.03 | -1098 | 633 | 1784 |
Jeff Komlo | 533 | 956 | 1.79 | -2.40 | -1.35 | -0.93 | -1109 | -628 | -437 |
John Skelton | 650 | 2316 | 3.57 | -1.85 | -0.50 | -0.41 | -1123 | -288 | -231 |
Anthony Wright | 711 | 2082 | 2.93 | -1.93 | -0.72 | -0.48 | -1123 | -399 | -248 |
Karl Sweetan | 815 | 2005 | 2.46 | -1.66 | -0.63 | 0.28 | -1126 | -395 | 281 |
Andrew Walter | 389 | 615 | 1.58 | -3.30 | -2.08 | -1.84 | -1168 | -737 | -651 |
Ed Matesic | 868 | 905 | 1.04 | -1.50 | -0.86 | 0.56 | -1201 | -678 | 499 |
Chad Henne | 2090 | 9715 | 4.65 | -0.75 | 0.60 | 0.70 | -1202 | 1147 | 1356 |
George Izo | 416 | 246 | 0.59 | -3.74 | -2.66 | -1.81 | -1205 | -836 | -548 |
Zeke Bratkowski | 2114 | 6273 | 2.97 | -1.33 | -0.25 | 0.60 | -1210 | 202 | 1421 |
Fred Enke | 1239 | 2795 | 2.26 | -1.25 | -0.37 | 1.03 | -1211 | -305 | 1275 |
Christian Ponder | 1192 | 5203 | 4.36 | -1.12 | 0.25 | 0.24 | -1217 | 304 | 297 |
Jimmy Clausen | 519 | 1506 | 2.90 | -2.56 | -1.19 | -1.12 | -1218 | -565 | -533 |
Bob Avellini | 1536 | 4096 | 2.67 | -1.07 | -0.14 | 0.70 | -1228 | -43 | 1167 |
Akili Smith | 560 | 1248 | 2.23 | -2.51 | -1.32 | -1.12 | -1232 | -650 | -549 |
Randy Wright | 1234 | 4133 | 3.35 | -1.18 | -0.05 | 0.36 | -1279 | 10 | 489 |
Joe Kapp | 1371 | 4079 | 2.98 | -1.11 | -0.09 | 0.69 | -1311 | -12 | 970 |
Craig Whelihan | 595 | 1452 | 2.44 | -2.27 | -1.10 | -0.81 | -1312 | -631 | -468 |
Tim Couch | 1907 | 7562 | 3.97 | -0.82 | 0.38 | 0.57 | -1317 | 700 | 1015 |
Sam Etcheverry | 430 | 634 | 1.48 | -3.15 | -2.00 | -1.30 | -1318 | -835 | -539 |
Don Panciera | 380 | 370 | 0.97 | -3.58 | -2.44 | -1.17 | -1318 | -899 | -429 |
Sam Bradford | 2398 | 11618 | 4.85 | -0.65 | 0.72 | 0.72 | -1324 | 1644 | 1640 |
Scott Brunner | 1421 | 4327 | 3.05 | -1.44 | -0.32 | 0.09 | -1346 | 116 | 647 |
Tony Banks | 2690 | 10759 | 4.00 | -0.75 | 0.44 | 0.68 | -1355 | 1147 | 1689 |
JaMarcus Russell | 760 | 2424 | 3.19 | -1.94 | -0.66 | -0.37 | -1357 | -424 | -212 |
Dave Brown | 1907 | 7029 | 3.69 | -1.07 | 0.12 | 0.32 | -1368 | 405 | 712 |
Danny Kanell | 1013 | 3126 | 3.09 | -1.65 | -0.47 | -0.21 | -1389 | -347 | -107 |
Kelly Stouffer | 505 | 744 | 1.47 | -3.15 | -2.00 | -1.61 | -1409 | -881 | -702 |
Dean McAdams | 655 | 453 | 0.69 | -2.28 | -1.54 | 0.22 | -1412 | -957 | 128 |
Davey O'Brien | 1116 | 1872 | 1.68 | -1.35 | -0.59 | 0.56 | -1450 | -629 | 626 |
Jack Trudeau | 1807 | 6084 | 3.37 | -1.26 | -0.10 | 0.23 | -1495 | 153 | 622 |
King Hill | 1169 | 2880 | 2.46 | -1.80 | -0.73 | 0.18 | -1501 | -566 | 253 |
Ronnie Cahill | 324 | -546 | -1.68 | -4.69 | -3.94 | -2.17 | -1520 | -1277 | -704 |
Kent Nix | 883 | 1746 | 1.98 | -2.04 | -1.04 | -0.20 | -1530 | -764 | -100 |
Joe Lillard | 631 | 168 | 0.27 | -2.55 | -1.85 | -0.74 | -1532 | -1103 | -434 |
Dan Darragh | 414 | -112 | -0.27 | -4.08 | -3.13 | -1.99 | -1559 | -1196 | -763 |
Randy Johnson | 1857 | 4631 | 2.49 | -1.51 | -0.51 | 0.38 | -1608 | -288 | 924 |
Trent Dilfer | 3513 | 13492 | 3.84 | -0.94 | 0.26 | 0.48 | -1623 | 1320 | 1939 |
Mike Phipps | 2621 | 6827 | 2.60 | -1.23 | -0.27 | 0.55 | -1672 | 56 | 1695 |
David Carr | 2737 | 10340 | 3.78 | -1.08 | 0.13 | 0.37 | -1729 | 745 | 1279 |
Joey Harrington | 2704 | 11045 | 4.09 | -0.78 | 0.44 | 0.67 | -1732 | 1140 | 1706 |
Dennis Shaw | 1412 | 3378 | 2.39 | -1.45 | -0.49 | 0.29 | -1750 | -541 | 464 |
Johnny Gildea | 490 | -625 | -1.27 | -3.89 | -3.23 | -1.87 | -1750 | -1456 | -844 |
Blaine Gabbert | 1188 | 4462 | 3.75 | -1.78 | -0.40 | -0.46 | -1770 | -320 | -391 |
Rick Norton | 513 | -119 | -0.23 | -4.14 | -3.16 | -1.98 | -1788 | -1362 | -849 |
Kim McQuilken | 391 | -713 | -1.83 | -5.47 | -4.56 | -3.54 | -1792 | -1491 | -1152 |
Mike Taliaferro | 1265 | 2572 | 2.03 | -2.01 | -1.00 | -0.06 | -1868 | -815 | 188 |
Dan Pastorini | 4102 | 11921 | 2.91 | -0.91 | 0.05 | 0.86 | -1873 | 986 | 3643 |
Hugh McCullough | 634 | -234 | -0.37 | -3.37 | -2.62 | -1.41 | -1941 | -1521 | -839 |
Frank Tripucka | 2198 | 6577 | 2.99 | -1.24 | -0.18 | 0.68 | -1942 | -37 | 1603 |
Ryan Leaf | 739 | 1400 | 1.89 | -2.84 | -1.65 | -1.44 | -1960 | -1140 | -992 |
Mark Sanchez | 2438 | 10804 | 4.43 | -0.99 | 0.36 | 0.44 | -1963 | 927 | 1108 |
Kyle Boller | 1755 | 6006 | 3.42 | -1.52 | -0.29 | -0.02 | -1997 | -288 | 106 |
Rick Mirer | 2375 | 8555 | 3.60 | -1.14 | 0.04 | 0.26 | -2057 | 249 | 698 |
Ralph Guglielmi | 1149 | 2136 | 1.86 | -2.47 | -1.39 | -0.47 | -2227 | -1233 | -358 |
Gary Huff | 1117 | 1382 | 1.24 | -2.43 | -1.51 | -0.51 | -2354 | -1462 | -460 |
First off, let’s talk about the effect of cascading players’ seasonal values and what that actually implies from a practical standpoint. The point is to reward players with higher peaks and penalize players who accumulated a great deal of value by virtue of simply playing for a long time (players you might call compilers). Comparing today’s results with the results from the regular soft inflation adjustment, we can see how cascading value actually changes quarterback rankings.
The modern trio of Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees have had extended peaks that have been greater in both duration and amplitude than we are used to seeing. Generally, quarterbacks cement their legacies based on a few great years surrounded by a few more good years. Our 21st Century Quarterback Trinity sort of skewed public perception on what it means to play like a Hall of Famer.3 Because they have had such tremendous success, and sustained that success over a large number of plays, their rankings don’t change much when we cascade their values. Manning remains on top of every list, while Brady and Brees only drop one spot apiece in both “VAL” and “75REP.”
Otto Graham and Dan Marino switch places, with the Browns legend leapfrogging the Dolphin after cascading adjustments are made. This is because, despite having arguably the greatest season in quarterback history (1984), Marino rarely produced anywhere close to that elite level. For the most part, he was just very good for a very long time. Graham, on the other hand, was so far ahead of his peers that calling them peers almost seems like an insult to Otto.
Joe Montana, another regular season stat monster/noted champion, actually drops a few spots on the list. The reason for this is that, aside from two ultra efficient seasons, he didn’t produce at a historically high level. However, he is one of the few quarterbacks in history to have at least a decade worth of above average play (as measured by TAY/P). Further, he is the only quarterback with thirteen above average seasons and zero below average ones.4
Montana’s monkey-ridden successor, Steve Young, actually gains ground here. His case is simple: outside of Tampa Bay, his career was basically nothing but peak years. Cascading his values mitigates the impact of his poor seasons with the Bucs, as well as his forgettable final bout. What’s left is a chunk of seasons comparable to anything Graham, Peyton, or Aaron Rodgers ever gave us. His significant decline in the postseason separates him from his predecessor in the quarterback pantheon of the public consciousness, but when it came to doing the thing to actually get his team to the playoffs, he got the job done.
Brett Favre gets more than his share of grief from the analytics community and stats aficionados. Thus, you’d think that focusing on peak rather than longevity would bring him down significantly. In fact, the opposite is true. He ranked eighteenth in career soft inflated value, but he ranks fifteenth in value in the table above. Favre only had five below average seasons, which sounds like a lot until you realize he offset that with fourteen positive campaigns. The effect of his bad seasons is muffled, while his prime seasons stand out. That’s by value over average, a measure of career dominance. If we use the replacement level rankings, which are more a measure of total actual value added during a career, his fifth place ranking doesn’t change. Stats guys, calm down. Favre was great.
That’s all for today. I hope you enjoyed this superfluous series on regular season quarterback statistical dominance. Thanks for following along.
- Here are two examples: the average for 1932 was 16.1, so the hard inflation adjustment is 34.7/16.1, or 2.151. For 2015, there were 40.8 quarterback player per game, so the hard inflation adjustment is 34.7/40.8, or 0.851. That means the soft inflation adjustment for 1932 is 1.567 ((2.151 + 1)/2 ), and the adjustment for 2015 is 0.925 ((0.851 +1)/2). ↩
- For the uninitiated, those are the two measures of replacement-level play that I have been using throughout this series. ↩
- No, none is the first to have this type of career, but the fact that three men did it concurrently is unprecedented at the position. ↩
- Otto Graham and Norm Van Brocklin are the only other quarterbacks with ten positive seasons and no negative seasons. ↩