Player rankings
Altitude Rankings
2014 regular season. Minimum 8 qualifying games. Players are ranked by their mean Altitude. One position group at a time.
QBWithin position
Quarterbacks
30 qualifying players. Ranked by season mean Altitude.
| # | Player | Team | Altitude | Games | Adjusted EPA | APY | CostCost / adj. EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peyton Manning | DEN | 74Cruising | 16 | 122.0 | $19.2M | $157.4K |
| 2 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 72Cruising | 16 | 113.5 | $22.0M | $193.8K |
| 3 | Tony Romo | DAL | 71Cruising | 15 | 89.5 | $18.0M | $201.2K |
| 4 | Drew Brees | NO | 66Cruising | 16 | 98.6 | $20.0M | $202.8K |
| 5 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 65Cruising | 16 | 107.2 | — | — |
| 6 | Andrew Luck | IND | 65Cruising | 16 | 105.9 | $5.5M | $52.2K |
| 7 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 62Cruising | 16 | 75.1 | $20.1M | $267.7K |
| 8 | Tom Brady | NE | 61Cruising | 16 | 94.8 | $11.4M | $120.2K |
| 9 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 61Cruising | 16 | 80.9 | $20.8M | $256.4K |
| 10 | Mark Sanchez | PHI | 60Cruising | 9 | 43.5 | $2.3M | $51.7K |
| 11 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 59Level | 16 | 80.4 | $15.3M | $190.2K |
| 12 | Andy Dalton | CIN | 57Level | 16 | 51.7 | $16.0M | $309.4K |
| 13 | Eli Manning | NYG | 56Level | 16 | 73.3 | $16.3M | $221.8K |
| 14 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | HOU | 55Level | 11 | 34.4 | $3.6M | $105.5K |
| 15 | Brian Hoyer | CLE | 51Level | 14 | 35.9 | $1.0M | $27.3K |
| 16 | Geno Smith | NYJ | 49Level | 11 | 33.0 | $1.3M | $38.0K |
| 17 | Cam Newton | CAR | 48Level | 14 | 34.3 | $5.5M | $160.5K |
| 18 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | 48Level | 16 | 41.0 | $3.2M | $77.3K |
| 19 | Drew Stanton | ARI | 47Level | 8 | 20.2 | — | — |
| 20 | Matthew Stafford | DET | 46Level | 16 | 43.1 | $17.7M | $409.7K |
| 21 | Russell Wilson | SEA | 46Level | 16 | 29.5 | $0.7M | $25.4K |
| 22 | Alex Smith | KC | 46Level | 15 | 20.7 | $17.0M | $820.1K |
| 23 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | 45Level | 16 | 25.8 | $19.0M | $736.4K |
| 24 | Teddy Bridgewater | MIN | 45Level | 13 | 19.6 | $1.7M | $87.2K |
| 25 | Jay Cutler | CHI | 44Level | 15 | 28.7 | $18.1M | $631.4K |
| 26 | Kyle Orton | BUF | 42Level | 12 | 19.0 | $5.5M | $289.6K |
| 27 | Austin Davis | LA | 42Level | 9 | 7.7 | $0.6M | $74.0K |
| 28 | Josh McCown | TB | 41Level | 10 | 7.7 | $5.0M | $648.2K |
| 29 | Derek Carr | LV | 39Turbulence | 16 | 11.3 | $1.3M | $119.2K |
| 30 | Blake Bortles | JAX | 24Turbulence | 14 | -39.4 | $5.2M | — |
Altitude is a historical percentile built from qualifying regular-season games. Contract values come from Over The Cap through nflverse.