Player rankings
Altitude Rankings
2018 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 | Patrick Mahomes | KC | 83Cruising | 16 | 157.9 | $4.1M | $26.0K |
| 2 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | TB | 75Cruising | 8 | 65.4 | $3.3M | $50.4K |
| 3 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 73Cruising | 16 | 99.7 | $20.8M | $208.8K |
| 4 | Andrew Luck | IND | 71Cruising | 16 | 115.4 | $24.6M | $213.2K |
| 5 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 71Cruising | 16 | 129.0 | $21.9M | $169.4K |
| 6 | Jared Goff | LA | 70Cruising | 16 | 108.6 | $7.0M | $64.3K |
| 7 | Drew Brees | NO | 69Cruising | 15 | 105.0 | $25.0M | $238.1K |
| 8 | Jameis Winston | TB | 68Cruising | 11 | 73.7 | $6.3M | $86.0K |
| 9 | Nick Mullens | SF | 66Cruising | 8 | 45.6 | $0.5M | $11.5K |
| 10 | Mitchell Trubisky | CHI | 64Cruising | 14 | 69.7 | $7.3M | $104.2K |
| 11 | Matt Ryan | ATL | 64Cruising | 16 | 97.6 | $30.0M | $307.3K |
| 12 | Tom Brady | NE | 63Cruising | 16 | 90.7 | — | — |
| 13 | Carson Wentz | PHI | 59Level | 11 | 51.9 | $6.7M | $128.5K |
| 14 | Baker Mayfield | CLE | 58Level | 14 | 63.0 | $8.2M | $129.7K |
| 15 | Andy Dalton | CIN | 58Level | 11 | 47.3 | $16.0M | $338.6K |
| 16 | Cam Newton | CAR | 57Level | 14 | 56.2 | $20.8M | $369.3K |
| 17 | Russell Wilson | SEA | 57Level | 16 | 51.5 | $21.9M | $424.8K |
| 18 | Joe Flacco | BAL | 54Level | 9 | 36.2 | $22.1M | $610.7K |
| 19 | Sam Darnold | NYJ | 51Level | 13 | 31.0 | $7.6M | $244.1K |
| 20 | Eli Manning | NYG | 50Level | 16 | 41.7 | $21.0M | $503.5K |
| 21 | Deshaun Watson | HOU | 50Level | 16 | 41.8 | $3.5M | $82.9K |
| 22 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 49Level | 15 | 50.9 | $33.5M | $657.8K |
| 23 | Matthew Stafford | DET | 49Level | 16 | 36.4 | $27.0M | $742.3K |
| 24 | Kirk Cousins | MIN | 48Level | 16 | 36.9 | $28.0M | $758.2K |
| 25 | Alex Smith | WAS | 47Level | 10 | 18.0 | $23.5M | $1.3M |
| 26 | Derek Carr | LV | 46Level | 16 | 34.0 | $25.0M | $736.3K |
| 27 | Marcus Mariota | TEN | 44Level | 14 | 16.9 | $6.1M | $357.6K |
| 28 | Dak Prescott | DAL | 42Level | 16 | 28.8 | $0.7M | $23.6K |
| 29 | Josh Allen | BUF | 42Level | 12 | 10.9 | $5.3M | $484.4K |
| 30 | Case Keenum | DEN | 42Level | 16 | 27.6 | $18.0M | $653.3K |
| 31 | Blake Bortles | JAX | 36Turbulence | 11 | 9.2 | $17.5M | $1.9M |
| 32 | Ryan Tannehill | MIA | 34Turbulence | 11 | -15.2 | $19.3M | — |
| 33 | Josh Rosen | ARI | 21Turbulence | 13 | -41.1 | $4.4M | — |
Altitude is a historical percentile built from qualifying regular-season games. Contract values come from Over The Cap through nflverse.