vcczar Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 The following are how many seasons a QB has been top 3 in a category in a season. In 1946-1955, I decrease this to top 2 because there are fewer teams. From 1932-1945, I do the top QB because fewer QBs are throwing. Obviously all QBs must throw enough to qualify. From 1960-1969, I combine both the NFL and AFL. I also combine the AAFC and NFL in the late 1940s since that league became part of the NFL just as the AFL did. The NFL considers AFL and AAFC stats as NFL career stats is the primary reason I include them. Prior to 1932, passing TDs was the only passing stat recorded, so I can't include those QBs, but if you are curious, Benny Friedman had 66 TDs in this era, which wouldn't be surpassed until the mid-1940s. QBs that routinely threw a lot are somewhat hampered in these % rankings, such as Dan Marino. Marino put up tons of yards and TDs, but he threw way more to get those yards and TDs. Brees is similarly hurt, but he was far more accurate than the already accurate Marino. A lot of major winners, such as Brady, Aikman, Roethlisberger, Bradshaw, Starr, Jim Kelly, etc. are hardly represented, if at all, possibly because Defense or RBs carried the teams. Most Accurate QB (Comp%) Gold Medal: Drew Brees, 12 seasons Silver Medal: Peyton Manning, 10 seasons Bronze Medals: Sammy Baugh and Joe Montana, 9 seasons Honorable Mentions to Steve Young and YA Tittle for 8 seasons. Most Deadly QB (TD%) Gold Medal: Aaron Rodgers, 7 seasons Silver Medal: Brett Favre, 6 seasons Bronze Medal: Peyton Manning, 5 seasons Honorable Mentions to Steve Young, Johnny Unitas, Len Dawson, and Boomer Esiason for 4 seasons. Most Error-Free QB (Low INT%) Gold Medal: Aaron Rodgers, 9 seasons Silver Medal: Fran Tarkenton, 6 seasons Bronze Medals: Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Sammy Baugh, and Ken Anderson, 5 seasons No honorable mentions because of so many bronze medals. Best Big Gain QB (Adjusted Yards Per Att%) Gold Medals: Aaron Rodgers and Steve Young, 7 seasons Silver Medals: Johnny Unitas and Peyton Manning, 6 seasons Bronze Medals: Otto Graham and Roger Staubach, 5 seasons No honorable mentions because of so many medal winners. Most Consistently Top-Rated QB (Rating) Gold Medal: Steve Young, 7 seasons Silver Medal: Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning, 6 seasons Bronze Medals: Otto Graham, Roger Staubach, Bart Starr, Drew Brees Aaron Rodgers wins 3 gold medals and Steve Young wins two gold medals. In fact, if we score them like the olympics, we get: Aaron Rodgers, 11 pts Peyton Manning, 7 pts Steve Young, 6 pts Drew Brees, 4 pts Sammy Baugh, Joe Montana, Brett Favre, Fran Tarkenton, Johnny Unitas, Otto Graham, Roger Staubach, 2 pts Tom Brady, Ken Anderson, Bart Starr, 1 pt QBs by Decades (won't count them if they played only a couple years in a decade): 1930s: Baugh 1940s: Baugh, Graham 1950s: Unitas, Graham, Starr 1960s: Tarkenton, Unitas, Starr 1970s: Tarkenton, Staubach, Anderson 1980s: SYoung, Montana, Anderson 1990s: SYoung, Montana, Favre 2000s: Rodgers, PManning, Brees, Favre, Brady 2010s: Rodgers, PManning, Brees, Brady 2020s: Rodgers, Brady Somehow Ken Anderson is not in the Hall of Fame. The concentration of these top skilled QBs is the 2000s decade. Green Bay has three top-skilled QBs. SYoung-Montana and Rodgers-Favre were on the same team together. I think the top candidates to join this list someday are Mahomes and Burrows. No other QB that has played at least a full season that is active today seems likely to get here. Even Burrows is a stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvikings1 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 One criticism that I have is ignoring the rushing aspect. Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen are 2 QBs that should have a shot at joining Rodgers and Favre in the 2020s. But rushing is a big part of their games (especially Lamar who already has an MVP). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, jvikings1 said: One criticism that I have is ignoring the rushing aspect. Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen are 2 QBs that should have a shot at joining Rodgers and Favre in the 2020s. But rushing is a big part of their games (especially Lamar who already has an MVP). I might do that but then I’d also have to take sacks and yards lost to sacks in account. The issue with that is those stats only go back so far. I might just have a mark for being a rushing QB that was top 10 in rushing yards or rushing TDs in a season. This would help Cam Newton and Michael Vick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I'm not seeing Doug Flutie or Vinny Testaverde anywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, 10centjimmy said: I'm not seeing Doug Flutie or Vinny Testaverde anywhere... Flutie would make the list if I include Canadian stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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