Player rankings
Altitude Rankings
2011 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 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 83Cruising | 14 | 128.9 | $12.7M | $98.5K |
| 2 | Drew Brees | NO | 78Cruising | 16 | 157.9 | — | — |
| 3 | Tom Brady | NE | 72Cruising | 16 | 136.2 | $18.0M | $132.2K |
| 4 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 69Cruising | 16 | 115.1 | $15.3M | $132.9K |
| 5 | Eli Manning | NYG | 67Cruising | 16 | 105.3 | $16.3M | $154.4K |
| 6 | Matt Schaub | HOU | 65Cruising | 10 | 50.1 | $8.0M | $159.8K |
| 7 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 64Cruising | 15 | 77.2 | $11.3M | $145.6K |
| 8 | Mike Vick | PHI | 63Cruising | 13 | 61.0 | $16.0M | $262.3K |
| 9 | Carson Palmer | LV | 63Cruising | 10 | 52.9 | $10.8M | $203.3K |
| 10 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 62Cruising | 15 | 73.5 | $14.7M | $199.5K |
| 11 | Cam Newton | CAR | 61Cruising | 16 | 67.0 | $5.5M | $82.1K |
| 12 | Tony Romo | DAL | 60Cruising | 15 | 68.1 | $11.3M | $165.1K |
| 13 | Matthew Stafford | DET | 57Level | 16 | 78.4 | $12.0M | $153.1K |
| 14 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 55Level | 16 | 59.9 | $4.8M | $79.5K |
| 15 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | BUF | 52Level | 16 | 55.5 | $9.8M | $177.1K |
| 16 | Rex Grossman | WAS | 51Level | 13 | 39.8 | — | — |
| 17 | Matt Hasselbeck | TEN | 49Level | 15 | 40.4 | $6.7M | $164.9K |
| 18 | Jay Cutler | CHI | 47Level | 10 | 23.0 | $5.7M | $246.9K |
| 19 | Andy Dalton | CIN | 47Level | 16 | 38.6 | $1.3M | $33.7K |
| 20 | Matt Cassel | KC | 43Level | 9 | 4.4 | $10.5M | $2.4M |
| 21 | Matt Moore | MIA | 43Level | 13 | 12.9 | $2.5M | $194.4K |
| 22 | Alex Smith | SF | 43Level | 16 | 12.2 | $4.0M | $328.3K |
| 23 | Mark Sanchez | NYJ | 43Level | 16 | 15.3 | $9.5M | $619.0K |
| 24 | Josh Freeman | TB | 42Level | 15 | 24.5 | $2.7M | $110.2K |
| 25 | Tarvaris Jackson | SEA | 40Level | 15 | 14.4 | — | — |
| 26 | Colt McCoy | CLE | 37Turbulence | 13 | 10.2 | $0.6M | $62.4K |
| 27 | Tim Tebow | DEN | 36Turbulence | 10 | -9.7 | — | — |
| 28 | Christian Ponder | MIN | 35Turbulence | 9 | 4.2 | $2.5M | $601.2K |
| 29 | Kevin Kolb | ARI | 35Turbulence | 8 | 2.6 | $12.4M | $4.7M |
| 30 | John Skelton | ARI | 35Turbulence | 8 | 4.0 | — | — |
| 31 | Curtis Painter | IND | 30Turbulence | 8 | -4.2 | — | — |
| 32 | Blaine Gabbert | JAX | 23Turbulence | 14 | -34.8 | $3.0M | — |
| 33 | Sam Bradford | LA | 20Turbulence | 10 | -28.0 | $13.0M | — |
Altitude is a historical percentile built from qualifying regular-season games. Contract values come from Over The Cap through nflverse.