Player rankings
Altitude Rankings
2008 regular season. Minimum 8 qualifying games. Players are ranked by their mean Altitude. One position group at a time.
QBWithin position
Quarterbacks
33 qualifying players. Ranked by season mean Altitude.
| # | Player | Team | Altitude | Games | Adjusted EPA | APY | CostCost / adj. EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drew Brees | NO | 75Cruising | 16 | 135.7 | $10.0M | $73.7K |
| 2 | Peyton Manning | IND | 72Cruising | 15 | 108.3 | — | — |
| 3 | Jay Cutler | DEN | 69Cruising | 16 | 115.4 | $5.7M | $49.2K |
| 4 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 68Cruising | 16 | 98.3 | — | — |
| 5 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 63Cruising | 15 | 63.1 | $11.3M | $178.4K |
| 6 | Tony Romo | DAL | 63Cruising | 13 | 63.4 | $11.3M | $177.4K |
| 7 | Chad Pennington | MIA | 63Cruising | 16 | 70.2 | — | — |
| 8 | Kurt Warner | ARI | 61Cruising | 16 | 86.1 | — | — |
| 9 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 59Level | 16 | 69.4 | $12.7M | $183.0K |
| 10 | Donovan McNabb | PHI | 59Level | 16 | 71.1 | — | — |
| 11 | Jake Delhomme | CAR | 57Level | 16 | 50.2 | — | — |
| 12 | Eli Manning | NYG | 57Level | 16 | 52.9 | — | — |
| 13 | Brett Favre | NYJ | 54Level | 16 | 50.6 | — | — |
| 14 | Matt Cassel | NE | 54Level | 15 | 51.1 | $0.4M | $7.0K |
| 15 | Shaun Hill | SF | 54Level | 9 | 26.8 | $2.0M | $74.5K |
| 16 | Kerry Collins | TEN | 53Level | 14 | 38.2 | — | — |
| 17 | Jeff Garcia | TB | 52Level | 12 | 31.5 | — | — |
| 18 | Matt Schaub | HOU | 50Level | 11 | 39.6 | $8.0M | $202.2K |
| 19 | Seneca Wallace | SEA | 50Level | 8 | 17.8 | — | — |
| 20 | Trent Edwards | BUF | 48Level | 13 | 30.0 | — | — |
| 21 | Tyler Thigpen | KC | 47Level | 12 | 26.5 | — | — |
| 22 | David Garrard | JAX | 46Level | 16 | 30.4 | — | — |
| 23 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 43Level | 15 | 15.7 | $14.7M | $934.8K |
| 24 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 42Level | 16 | 13.2 | $4.8M | $361.3K |
| 25 | Derek Anderson | CLE | 41Level | 9 | 10.4 | $8.0M | $766.9K |
| 26 | Kyle Orton | CHI | 40Level | 15 | 17.2 | $3.0M | $174.4K |
| 27 | Dan Orlovsky | DET | 37Turbulence | 8 | 4.0 | — | — |
| 28 | Jason Campbell | WAS | 36Turbulence | 16 | -8.0 | $7.5M | — |
| 29 | JaMarcus Russell | LV | 34Turbulence | 13 | -8.8 | — | — |
| 30 | Gus Frerotte | MIN | 32Turbulence | 10 | 2.7 | — | — |
| 31 | J.T. O'Sullivan | SF | 30Turbulence | 8 | -3.8 | — | — |
| 32 | Marc Bulger | LA | 27Turbulence | 14 | -15.8 | — | — |
| 33 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | CIN | 22Turbulence | 11 | -29.0 | $0.9M | — |
Altitude is a historical percentile built from qualifying regular-season games. Contract values come from Over The Cap through nflverse.