Player rankings
Altitude Rankings
2015 regular season. Minimum 8 qualifying games. Players are ranked by their mean Altitude. One position group at a time.
QBWithin position
Quarterbacks
32 qualifying players. Ranked by season mean Altitude.
| # | Player | Team | Altitude | Games | Adjusted EPA | APY | CostCost / adj. EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carson Palmer | ARI | 79Cruising | 16 | 123.6 | $16.5M | $133.5K |
| 2 | Andy Dalton | CIN | 76Cruising | 12 | 83.4 | $16.0M | $191.8K |
| 3 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 69Cruising | 12 | 92.4 | $21.9M | $236.5K |
| 4 | Kirk Cousins | WAS | 65Cruising | 16 | 88.1 | $0.6M | $7.3K |
| 5 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | NYJ | 65Cruising | 15 | 80.9 | $3.6M | $44.8K |
| 6 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 64Cruising | 16 | 90.4 | $20.8M | $229.6K |
| 7 | Russell Wilson | SEA | 63Cruising | 16 | 87.3 | $21.9M | $251.0K |
| 8 | Jameis Winston | TB | 63Cruising | 16 | 81.8 | $6.3M | $77.5K |
| 9 | Cam Newton | CAR | 61Cruising | 16 | 75.0 | $20.8M | $276.6K |
| 10 | Tom Brady | NE | 61Cruising | 16 | 88.2 | $11.4M | $129.3K |
| 11 | Drew Brees | NO | 58Level | 15 | 88.4 | $20.0M | $226.3K |
| 12 | Eli Manning | NYG | 57Level | 16 | 81.1 | $21.0M | $258.9K |
| 13 | Jay Cutler | CHI | 57Level | 14 | 56.5 | $18.1M | $320.1K |
| 14 | Blake Bortles | JAX | 53Level | 16 | 54.3 | $5.2M | $95.1K |
| 15 | Derek Carr | LV | 52Level | 15 | 53.7 | $1.3M | $25.0K |
| 16 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 52Level | 16 | 67.0 | $20.8M | $310.4K |
| 17 | Tyrod Taylor | BUF | 51Level | 14 | 36.5 | $1.1M | $30.6K |
| 18 | Peyton Manning | DEN | 51Level | 9 | 28.3 | $17.0M | $601.5K |
| 19 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 50Level | 10 | 37.9 | $20.1M | $530.6K |
| 20 | Marcus Mariota | TEN | 49Level | 11 | 31.2 | $6.1M | $193.9K |
| 21 | Brian Hoyer | HOU | 48Level | 11 | 28.5 | $5.3M | $184.1K |
| 22 | Sam Bradford | PHI | 48Level | 14 | 38.7 | — | — |
| 23 | Brock Osweiler | DEN | 47Level | 8 | 13.9 | $0.9M | $63.2K |
| 24 | Matthew Stafford | DET | 46Level | 16 | 37.9 | $17.7M | $465.6K |
| 25 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 46Level | 16 | 28.8 | $22.0M | $762.8K |
| 26 | Matt Hasselbeck | IND | 45Level | 8 | 15.4 | $3.0M | $195.4K |
| 27 | Alex Smith | KC | 43Level | 16 | 21.9 | $17.0M | $777.1K |
| 28 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | 43Level | 16 | 31.2 | $19.3M | $617.1K |
| 29 | Teddy Bridgewater | MIN | 42Level | 16 | 10.8 | $1.7M | $157.9K |
| 30 | Blaine Gabbert | SF | 38Turbulence | 8 | -2.6 | $2.0M | — |
| 31 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | 32Turbulence | 8 | -9.0 | $19.0M | — |
| 32 | Nick Foles | LA | 25Turbulence | 11 | -19.1 | $12.3M | — |
Altitude is a historical percentile built from qualifying regular-season games. Contract values come from Over The Cap through nflverse.