Players 2016 final

1

Drew Brees

NO· 16 G

5208 Pass yards

2

Matt Ryan

ATL· 16 G

4944 Pass yards

3

Kirk Cousins

WAS· 16 G

4917 Pass yards

4

Aaron Rodgers

GB· 16 G

4428 Pass yards

5

Philip Rivers

LAC· 16 G

4386 Pass yards

Quarterbacks — 2016 · ranked by Pass yards

#	Player	Tm	G	Grade	Yds/gm	Att/gm	Yds	TD	INT	Cmp%	Y/A	Rush yds
1	Drew Brees	NO	16	70	325.5	42.1	5208	37	15	70.0%	7.7	20
2	Matt Ryan	ATL	16	73	309.0	33.4	4944	38	7	69.9%	9.3	117
3	Kirk Cousins	WAS	16	66	307.3	37.9	4917	25	12	67.0%	8.1	96
4	Aaron Rodgers	GB	16	83	276.8	38.1	4428	40	7	65.7%	7.3	369
5	Philip Rivers	LAC	16	55	274.1	36.1	4386	33	21	60.4%	7.6	35
6	Matthew Stafford	DET	16	59	270.4	37.1	4327	24	10	65.3%	7.3	207
7	Joe Flacco	BAL	16	43	269.8	42.0	4317	20	15	64.9%	6.4	58
8	Andrew Luck	IND	15	68	282.7	36.3	4240	31	13	63.5%	7.8	341
9	Carson Palmer	ARI	15	53	282.2	39.8	4233	26	14	61.0%	7.1	38
10	Russell Wilson	SEA	16	56	263.7	34.1	4219	21	11	64.7%	7.7	259
11	Andy Dalton	CIN	16	57	262.9	35.2	4206	18	8	64.7%	7.5	184
12	Jameis Winston	TB	16	52	255.6	35.4	4090	28	18	60.8%	7.2	165
13	Eli Manning	NYG	16	44	251.7	37.4	4027	26	16	63.0%	6.7	-9
14	Derek Carr	LV	15	63	262.5	37.3	3937	28	6	63.7%	7.0	70
15	Blake Bortles	JAX	16	46	244.1	39.1	3905	23	16	58.9%	6.2	359
16	Sam Bradford	MIN	15	51	258.5	36.8	3877	20	5	71.6%	7.0	53
17	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	14	62	272.8	36.4	3819	29	13	64.4%	7.5	14
18	Carson Wentz	PHI	16	42	236.4	37.9	3782	16	14	62.4%	6.2	150
19	Dak Prescott	DAL	16	65	229.2	28.7	3667	23	4	67.8%	8.0	282
20	Tom Brady	NE	12	77	296.2	36.0	3554	28	2	67.4%	8.2	64
21	Cam Newton	CAR	15	47	233.9	34.0	3509	19	14	52.9%	6.9	359
22	Alex Smith	KC	15	49	233.5	32.6	3502	15	8	67.1%	7.2	134
23	Marcus Mariota	TEN	15	60	228.4	30.1	3426	26	9	61.2%	7.6	349
24	Trevor Siemian	DEN	14	45	242.9	34.7	3401	18	10	59.5%	7.0	57
25	Tyrod Taylor	BUF	15	58	201.5	29.1	3023	17	6	61.7%	6.9	580
26	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	13	48	230.4	29.9	2995	19	12	67.1%	7.7	164
27	Brock Osweiler	HOU	15	32	197.1	34.0	2957	15	16	59.0%	5.8	131
28	Ryan Fitzpatrick	NYJ	14	34	193.6	28.8	2710	12	17	56.6%	6.7	130
29	Colin Kaepernick	SF	11	54	203.7	30.1	2241	16	4	59.2%	6.8	468
30	Case Keenum	LAR	10	35	220.1	32.2	2201	9	11	60.9%	6.8	51
31	Matt Barkley	CHI	7	37	230.1	30.9	1611	8	14	59.7%	7.5	2
32	Brian Hoyer	CHI	6	50	240.8	33.3	1445	6	0	67.0%	7.2	-2
33	Cody Kessler	CLE	9	38	153.3	21.7	1380	6	2	65.6%	7.1	18
34	Josh McCown	CLE	5	—	220.0	33.0	1100	6	6	54.5%	6.7	21
35	Jared Goff	LAR	7	23	155.6	29.3	1089	5	7	54.6%	5.3	16
36	Jay Cutler	CHI	5	—	211.8	27.4	1059	4	5	59.1%	7.7	24
37	Blaine Gabbert	SF	6	40	154.2	26.7	925	5	6	56.9%	5.8	173
38	Robert Griffin III	CLE	5	—	177.2	29.4	886	2	3	59.2%	6.0	190
39	Bryce Petty	NYJ	6	27	134.8	22.2	809	3	7	56.4%	6.1	19
40	Matt Moore	MIA	4	—	180.2	21.8	721	8	3	63.2%	8.3	-1
41	Landry Jones	PIT	7	30	79.7	12.3	558	4	2	61.6%	6.5	-4
42	Jimmy Garoppolo	NE	6	41	83.7	10.5	502	4	0	68.3%	8.0	6
43	Derek Anderson	CAR	4	—	113.2	13.2	453	2	5	67.9%	8.5	4
44	Matt Cassel	TEN	4	—	71.0	12.8	284	2	2	58.8%	5.6	3
45	Drew Stanton	ARI	5	—	38.4	9.6	192	2	3	39.6%	4.0	-3
46	Trevone Boykin	SEA	4	—	36.2	4.5	145	1	1	72.2%	8.1	1
47	EJ Manuel	BUF	5	—	26.2	5.2	131	0	0	42.3%	5.0	22
48	Ryan Mallett	BAL	4	—	6.5	1.5	26	0	1	50.0%	4.3	-6
49	Brett Hundley	GB	4	—	4.2	2.5	17	0	1	20.0%	1.7	-2
50	Joe Webb	CAR	9	17	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—	0

What this is. Finished box-score production from 2016, ranked by Pass yards. Per-game columns divide by games played, not games on the schedule, so a player who missed time is measured on the games he was in — and his season totals still show the games he missed. Minimum 4 games to be ranked, otherwise one big afternoon tops every list.

What it isn’t. None of this is a projection, a pick, or a prop recommendation — it is what already happened. Last season’s rate is a starting point for what a player does in a game, not a forecast of the next one: offense, role, and health all move underneath it. Target share and WOPR describe a player’s share of his own team’s passing game, so they compare roles, not players across teams.

About the grade. 0–100, where 50 is average for the position and 85+ is elite. It is box production, scaled by the defense it came against, pulled toward the positional average when a player has few games, then ranked within position — so a 90 quarterback and a 90 kicker are each elite for their own spot and are not comparable to each other in any other way. It needs 6 games, so players below that show — rather than a number built on a hot month.

What the grade can’t see. There is no charting behind it, so it rewards production over technique: the receiver who ran the route that freed someone else, and the back who picked up the blitz, get nothing for it. It is role-dependent by construction — a back on a run-heavy team gets more chances than an equally good back who touches it half as often. Kickers are not opponent-adjusted, because field goals are contested by distance and weather, not by the defense across the ball. And it grades a season already played; it is not a projection of the next one.

Regular season and postseason are kept separate on purpose. Playoff samples are small and the opponents are better; blending them into a season rate quietly flatters the players who got there. The grade is regular-season only, so it is not offered on the postseason split.