Player rankings
Altitude Rankings
2012 regular season. Minimum 8 qualifying games. Players are ranked by their mean Altitude. One position group at a time.
QBWithin position
Quarterbacks
34 qualifying players. Ranked by season mean Altitude.
| # | Player | Team | Altitude | Games | Adjusted EPA | APY | CostCost / adj. EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peyton Manning | DEN | 74Cruising | 16 | 128.6 | $19.2M | $149.3K |
| 2 | Tom Brady | NE | 71Cruising | 16 | 124.8 | $18.0M | $144.2K |
| 3 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 70Cruising | 16 | 115.9 | $11.3M | $97.1K |
| 4 | Drew Brees | NO | 66Cruising | 16 | 113.1 | $20.0M | $176.8K |
| 5 | Tony Romo | DAL | 64Cruising | 16 | 97.3 | $11.3M | $115.6K |
| 6 | Eli Manning | NYG | 64Cruising | 16 | 90.9 | $16.3M | $178.7K |
| 7 | Russell Wilson | SEA | 64Cruising | 15 | 65.5 | $0.7M | $11.4K |
| 8 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | 64Cruising | 8 | 36.9 | $1.3M | $34.7K |
| 9 | Cam Newton | CAR | 63Cruising | 16 | 65.3 | $5.5M | $84.3K |
| 10 | Robert Griffin | WAS | 61Cruising | 15 | 57.5 | $5.3M | $91.7K |
| 11 | Josh Freeman | TB | 61Cruising | 16 | 75.2 | $2.7M | $35.9K |
| 12 | Matt Schaub | HOU | 59Level | 16 | 74.0 | $15.5M | $209.4K |
| 13 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 59Level | 13 | 63.4 | $14.7M | $231.4K |
| 14 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 57Level | 16 | 76.2 | $12.7M | $166.7K |
| 15 | Matthew Stafford | DET | 57Level | 16 | 83.3 | $12.0M | $144.1K |
| 16 | Carson Palmer | LV | 56Level | 14 | 60.0 | $10.8M | $179.0K |
| 17 | Andrew Luck | IND | 55Level | 16 | 75.9 | $5.5M | $72.9K |
| 18 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 53Level | 15 | 52.3 | $4.8M | $91.0K |
| 19 | Mike Vick | PHI | 53Level | 9 | 33.3 | $16.0M | $480.7K |
| 20 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | BUF | 52Level | 16 | 47.1 | $9.8M | $209.0K |
| 21 | Alex Smith | SF | 50Level | 8 | 20.5 | $8.0M | $390.6K |
| 22 | Sam Bradford | LA | 48Level | 16 | 33.1 | $13.0M | $392.3K |
| 23 | Jay Cutler | CHI | 46Level | 14 | 26.2 | — | — |
| 24 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 46Level | 16 | 26.4 | $15.3M | $578.8K |
| 25 | Christian Ponder | MIN | 44Level | 16 | 28.6 | $2.5M | $88.7K |
| 26 | Andy Dalton | CIN | 44Level | 16 | 25.1 | $1.3M | $51.9K |
| 27 | Jake Locker | TEN | 44Level | 10 | 13.8 | $3.1M | $228.4K |
| 28 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | 43Level | 15 | 22.4 | $3.2M | $141.4K |
| 29 | Brandon Weeden | CLE | 43Level | 15 | 28.0 | $2.0M | $72.2K |
| 30 | Chad Henne | JAX | 37Turbulence | 9 | 2.7 | $3.4M | $1.3M |
| 31 | Matt Cassel | KC | 37Turbulence | 8 | 7.7 | $10.5M | $1.4M |
| 32 | Mark Sanchez | NYJ | 35Turbulence | 15 | 5.2 | $13.5M | $2.6M |
| 33 | Blaine Gabbert | JAX | 30Turbulence | 8 | -5.3 | $3.0M | — |
| 34 | Brady Quinn | KC | 24Turbulence | 8 | -23.3 | — | — |
Altitude is a historical percentile built from qualifying regular-season games. Contract values come from Over The Cap through nflverse.