Strong Arm Tactics:
A History and Statistical Analysis of the Professional Quarterback
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Strong Arm Tactics: A History and Statistical Analysis of the Professional Quarterback |
Post-Season Quarterback Statistics
Football is a team game, yet winning championships and performing well under the more focused spotlight of the playoffs will always be a factor of great magnitude in ranking quarterbacks. Career postseason stats are not found in any football encyclopedia, though, so I compiled them for quarterbacks. The complete list is in the book, but in these two tables are the figures for quarterbacks who were active in 2006.
Active Quarterbacks Playoff Passing, by Yards, through 2006
| QB | Attempts | Complete | Percent | Yards | Yds/Att. | Yds./Cmp | TDs | Ints | Int% | Rating |
| Favre, Brett | 663 | 401 | 60.5% | 4902 | 7.4 | 12.2 | 34 | 26 | 3.92% | 84 |
| Manning, Peyton | 475 | 290 | 61.1% | 3495 | 7.4 | 12.1 | 18 | 15 | 3.16% | 83.1 |
| Brady, Tom | 486 | 295 | 60.7% | 3217 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 20 | 10 | 2.06% | 85.4 |
| McNabb, Donovan | 412 | 245 | 59.5% | 2524 | 6.1 | 10.3 | 17 | 12 | 2.91% | 78.8 |
| Warner, Kurt | 268 | 169 | 63.1% | 2221 | 8.3 | 13.1 | 15 | 10 | 3.73% | 92.3 |
| Brunell, Mark | 307 | 156 | 50.8% | 1833 | 6 | 11.8 | 11 | 11 | 3.58% | 66.3 |
| Hasselbeck, Matt | 260 | 150 | 57.7% | 1788 | 6.9 | 11.9 | 9 | 6 | 2.31% | 80.7 |
| McNair, Steve | 311 | 184 | 59.2% | 1764 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 5 | 11 | 3.54% | 65.6 |
| Delhomme, Jake | 178 | 104 | 58.4% | 1541 | 8.7 | 14.8 | 10 | 5 | 2.81% | 93.9 |
| Johnson, Brad | 224 | 125 | 55.8% | 1403 | 6.3 | 11.2 | 7 | 12 | 5.36% | 62.8 |
| Plummer, Jake | 197 | 122 | 61.9% | 1340 | 6.8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4.57% | 74.8 |
| Bledsoe, Drew | 252 | 129 | 51.2% | 1335 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 6 | 12 | 4.76% | 54.9 |
| Testaverde, Vinnie | 190 | 115 | 60.5% | 1329 | 7 | 11.6 | 6 | 5 | 2.63% | 81.2 |
| Collins, Kerry | 199 | 115 | 57.8% | 1275 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 13 | 10 | 5.03% | 77.8 |
| Roethlisberger, Ben | 147 | 89 | 60.5% | 1210 | 8.2 | 13.6 | 10 | 8 | 5.44% | 86.8 |
| Pennington, Chad | 178 | 107 | 60.1% | 1166 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 7 | 4 | 2.25% | 83.2 |
| Garcia, Jeff | 178 | 103 | 57.9% | 1149 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 6 | 5 | 2.81% | 76.7 |
| Culpepper, Daunte | 134 | 73 | 54.5% | 980 | 7.3 | 13.4 | 8 | 5 | 3.73% | 82.3 |
| Dilfer, Trent | 135 | 59 | 43.7% | 970 | 7.2 | 16.4 | 4 | 4 | 2.96% | 66 |
| Bulger, Marc | 113 | 68 | 60.2% | 944 | 8.4 | 13.9 | 4 | 5 | 4.42% | 80.4 |
| Brees, Drew | 123 | 78 | 63.4% | 916 | 7.4 | 11.7 | 5 | 2 | 1.63% | 92.7 |
| Grossman, Rex | 133 | 69 | 51.9% | 783 | 5.9 | 11.3 | 4 | 4 | 3.01% | 67.3 |
| Vick, Mike | 103 | 58 | 56.3% | 609 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 3 | 3 | 2.91% | 71.2 |
| Brooks, Aaron | 77 | 46 | 59.7% | 561 | 7.3 | 12.2 | 6 | 3 | 3.90% | 92 |
| Holcomb, Kelly | 43 | 26 | 60.5% | 429 | 10 | 16.5 | 3 | 1 | 2.33% | 107.6 |
| Frerotte, Gus | 74 | 34 | 45.9% | 375 | 5.1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4.05% | 49.1 |
| Kitna, Jon | 70 | 38 | 54.3% | 359 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 2 | 4 | 5.71% | 54.4 |
| Green, Trent | 54 | 32 | 59.3% | 319 | 5.9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3.70% | 73 |
| Manning, Eli | 45 | 26 | 57.8% | 274 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 2 | 4 | 8.89% | 53.4 |
| Rivers, Philip | 32 | 14 | 43.8% | 230 | 7.2 | 16.4 | 0 | 1 | 3.13% | 55.5 |
| Simms, Chris | 38 | 25 | 65.8% | 198 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 0 | 2 | 5.26% | 56.7 |
| Romo, Tony | 29 | 17 | 58.6% | 189 | 6.5 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 89.6 |
| Leftwich, Byron | 31 | 18 | 58.1% | 179 | 5.8 | 9.9 | 0 | 1 | 3.23% | 61.1 |
| Detmer, Koy | 14 | 7 | 50.0% | 88 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 0 | 1 | 7.14% | 40.2 |
| Garrard, David | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | 68 | 8.5 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 68.8 |
| Palmer, Carson | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 66 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 118.8 |
| Huard, Damon | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | 46 | 2.9 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 40.6 |
| Collins, Todd | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 39.6 |
| Lorenzen, Jared | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramsey, Patrick | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 79.2 |
Active Quarterbacks Playoff Rushing and Wins, through 2006
| QB | Rush Att | Yrds | Ave. | Rush TDs | Wins | Losses | % | Starts |
| Favre, Brett | 50 | 73 | 1.5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 55.0% | 20 |
| Manning, Peyton | 18 | 36 | 2.0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 53.8% | 13 |
| Brady, Tom | 36 | 66 | 1.8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | 14 |
| McNabb, Donovan | 63 | 362 | 5.7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 58.3% | 12 |
| Warner, Kurt | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 71.4% | 7 |
| Brunell, Mark | 39 | 147 | 3.8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0% | 10 |
| Hasselbeck, Matt | 44 | 107 | 2.4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 7 |
| McNair, Steve | 55 | 355 | 6.5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 50.0% | 10 |
| Delhomme, Jake | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 6 |
| Johnson, Brad | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | 7 |
| Plummer, Jake | 25 | 66 | 2.6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | 6 |
| Bledsoe, Drew | 13 | -1 | -0.1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 6 |
| Testaverde, Vinnie | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 5 |
| Collins, Kerry | 18 | 33 | 1.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | 6 |
| Roethlisberger, Ben | 28 | 112 | 4.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | 6 |
| Pennington, Chad | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 5 |
| Garcia, Jeff | 17 | 86 | 5.1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 5 |
| Culpepper, Daunte | 17 | 140 | 8.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 4 |
| Dilfer, Trent | 15 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | 6 |
| Bulger, Marc | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 3 |
| Brees, Drew | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 3 |
| Grossman, Rex | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 4 |
| Vick, Mike | 28 | 239 | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 4 |
| Brooks, Aaron | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 2 |
| Holcomb, Kelly | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Frerotte, Gus | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Kitna, Jon | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Green, Trent | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Manning, Eli | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Rivers, Philip | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Simms, Chris | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Romo, Tony | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Leftwich, Byron | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Detmer, Koy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Garrard, David | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Palmer, Carson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Huard, Damon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Collins, Todd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Lorenzen, Jared | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Ramsey, Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
