Player rankings
Altitude Rankings
2016 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 | Tom Brady | NE | 75Cruising | 12 | 90.7 | $20.5M | $226.0K |
| 2 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 71Cruising | 16 | 116.1 | $20.8M | $178.8K |
| 3 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 70Cruising | 14 | 93.6 | $21.9M | $233.5K |
| 4 | Dak Prescott | DAL | 70Cruising | 15 | 84.5 | $0.7M | $8.1K |
| 5 | Kirk Cousins | WAS | 69Cruising | 16 | 110.4 | $20.0M | $180.7K |
| 6 | Drew Brees | NO | 67Cruising | 16 | 113.8 | $24.3M | $213.1K |
| 7 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 66Cruising | 16 | 97.6 | $22.0M | $225.5K |
| 8 | Jameis Winston | TB | 65Cruising | 16 | 94.7 | $6.3M | $67.0K |
| 9 | Derek Carr | LV | 64Cruising | 15 | 83.7 | $1.3M | $16.0K |
| 10 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 63Cruising | 16 | 83.4 | $20.8M | $249.7K |
| 11 | Andrew Luck | IND | 62Cruising | 15 | 78.1 | $24.6M | $314.9K |
| 12 | Alex Smith | KC | 61Cruising | 15 | 58.5 | $17.0M | $290.7K |
| 13 | Marcus Mariota | TEN | 61Cruising | 15 | 71.3 | $6.1M | $84.9K |
| 14 | Carson Palmer | ARI | 55Level | 15 | 60.9 | $21.0M | $344.6K |
| 15 | Matthew Stafford | DET | 55Level | 16 | 72.1 | — | — |
| 16 | Russell Wilson | SEA | 54Level | 16 | 50.9 | $21.9M | $429.8K |
| 17 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | 53Level | 13 | 34.5 | $19.3M | $557.8K |
| 18 | Andy Dalton | CIN | 50Level | 16 | 49.0 | $16.0M | $326.7K |
| 19 | Eli Manning | NYG | 49Level | 16 | 46.4 | $21.0M | $452.5K |
| 20 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | NYJ | 48Level | 12 | 32.1 | $12.0M | $374.0K |
| 21 | Trevor Siemian | DEN | 48Level | 13 | 30.0 | $0.6M | $19.4K |
| 22 | Sam Bradford | MIN | 47Level | 15 | 37.0 | $17.5M | $472.7K |
| 23 | Carson Wentz | PHI | 47Level | 16 | 43.9 | $6.7M | $152.0K |
| 24 | Tyrod Taylor | BUF | 47Level | 15 | 36.7 | $18.0M | $491.1K |
| 25 | Cam Newton | CAR | 47Level | 15 | 35.6 | $20.8M | $583.4K |
| 26 | Blake Bortles | JAX | 46Level | 16 | 40.7 | $5.2M | $127.0K |
| 27 | Brock Osweiler | HOU | 45Level | 14 | 24.6 | $18.0M | $732.3K |
| 28 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 42Level | 16 | 33.0 | $22.1M | $670.0K |
| 29 | Case Keenum | LA | 39Turbulence | 9 | 11.0 | — | — |
| 30 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | 37Turbulence | 10 | 9.4 | $15.6M | $1.7M |
Altitude is a historical percentile built from qualifying regular-season games. Contract values come from Over The Cap through nflverse.