Factoid
There were lots of good quarterbacks last year. Comparing to recent years, in fact, six of the top 21 quarterbacks of the last ten years were guys who played last season.
Vick, Manning, Rodgers, Brees, Brady, Rivers – they all put up good numbers last year.
For the chart below, we’re looking at per game production. So a guy throwing 20 TDs in eight games would come in ahead of a player throwing 35 TDs in 16 games. Not necessarily the best way to do it, but it’s how the numbers are presented below.
If you go with cumulative stats, than a quarterback throwing 28 TDs in 16 games comes in a head of a player throwing 24 TDs in nine games, which is also clearly flawed.
LEADING QUARTERBACKS OF THE LAST 10 YEARS
Top per-game producers since 2001, using the scoring system of 1 point for every 20 yards and 6 points for TDs:
St Yds TDs Pts Year
16 307 3.25 34.8 2007 Tom Brady, N.E.
16 287 3.06 32.7 2004 Peyton Manning, Ind.
16 320 2.56 31.4 2004 Daunte Culpepper, Minn.
11 311 2.64 31.3 2010 Michael Vick, Phil.
15 295 2.40 29.1 2009 Drew Brees, N.O.
8 293 2.38 28.9 2004 Billy Volek, Tenn.
16 306 2.25 28.8 2001 Kurt Warner, St.L.
16 317 2.13 28.6 2008 Drew Brees, N.O.
16 297 2.19 28.0 2009 Aaron Rodgers, G.B.
16 271 2.38 27.8 2007 Tony Romo, Dall.
10 275 2.30 27.5 2002 Donovan McNabb, Phil.
15 273 2.27 27.3 2004 Donovan McNabb, Phil.
16 295 2.06 27.1 2010 Peyton Manning, Ind.
15 285 2.13 27.1 2010 Aaron Rodgers, G.B.
16 277 2.19 27.0 2006 Peyton Manning, Ind.
10 286 2.10 26.9 2006 Donovan McNabb, Phil.
16 289 2.06 26.8 2010 Drew Brees, N.O.
16 280 2.06 26.4 2009 Peyton Manning, Ind.
14 279 2.07 26.4 2003 Daunte Culpepper, Minn.
16 246 2.31 26.2 2010 Tom Brady, N.E.
16 298 1.88 26.1 2010 Philip Rivers, S.D.
16 303 1.81 26.0 2002 Rich Gannon, Oak.
16 302 1.81 26.0 2009 Matt Schaub, Hou.
15 294 1.87 25.9 2009 Ben Roethlisberger, Pitt.
16 237 2.31 25.7 2001 Jeff Garcia, S.F.
—Ian Allan
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Posted by DAVID DIGREGORIO | Jun. 20 at 12:08 AM
Will it happen again this year?
Posted by IAN ALLAN | Jun. 20 at 02:17 AM
I believe passing stats will be down this year. The lockout, I think, will favor defenses; it's easier to play defense than offense. And there also will be an impact from the changes to the kickoff rules, with lots of drives starting from the 20. League-wide, I think you'll see probably about 40-50 fewer TD passes.