My QB Study

The 8 contestants:

Brett Favre- Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons
Dan Marino- Miami Dolphins
John Elway- Denver Broncos
Peyton Manning- Indianapolis Colts
Troy Aikman- Dallas Cowboys
Joe Monatana- San Fransisco 49ers
Steve Young- San Fransisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccanears
Tom Brady- New England Patriots

8 contestants... contestant with the least points at the end is the winner... points are awarded by rank... 8 being the worst 1 being the best

First off, games started, and seasons played. unranked just fyi

1. Brett Favre- 285 games started/ 19 seasons
2. Dan Marino- 240 games started/ 17 seasons
3. John Elway- 231 games started/ 16 seasons
4. Peyton Manning- 192 games started/ 12 seasons
5. Troy Aikman- 165 games started/ 12 seasons
6. Joe Montana- 164 games started/ 15 seasons
7. Steve Young- 143 games started/ 15 seasons
8. Tom Brady- 129 games started/ 10 seasons

Completions per game started

1. Manning- 22.5
2. Favre- 21.3
3. Montana- 20.8
4. Brady- 20.71
5. Marino- 20.69
6. Young- 18.7
7. Elway- 17.8
8. Aikman- 17.6

Attempts per game started

1. Marino- 34.8
2. Favre- 34.4
3. Manning- 34.0
4. Montana- 32.8
5. Brady- 32.7
6. Elway- 31.4
7. Young- 29.0
8. Aikman- 28.6

**COMPLETION % (completion per game started/attempt per game started*100))**

1. Manning- 66.2%
2. Young- 64.5%
3. Brady- 63.3%
4. Montana- 63.2%
5. Favre- 61.9%
6. Aikman- 61.5%
7. Marino- 59.5%
8. Elway- 56.7%

Yards per game started

1. Manning- 261.1
2. Marino- 255.7
3. Montana- 247.3
4. Favre- 243.3
5. Brady- 239.1
6. Young- 231.6
7. Elway- 222.8
8. Aikman- 199.6

Touchdown Passes per game started

1. Manning- 1.90
2. Marino- 1.75
3. Favre- 1.744
4. Brady- 1.740
5. Montana- 1.66
6. Young- 1.62
7. Elway- 1.30
8. Aikman- 1.00

**PERCENT OF PASSES THAT ARE TOUCHDOWNS(TDs/pass attempts*100)**

1. Manning- 5.60%
2. Young- 5.59%
3. Brady- 5.33%
4. Favre- 5.07%
5. Montana- 5.06%
6. Marino- 5.03%
7. Elway- 4.14%
8. Aikman- 3.50%

Interceptions per game started

1. Young- 0.75
2. Brady- 0.77
3. Montana- 0.847
4. Aikman- 0.854
5. Manning- 0.94
6. Elway- 0.98
7. Marino- 1.05
8. Favre- 1.11

**PERCENT OF PASSES THAT ARE INTERCEPTIONS (INT/pass attempts*100)**

1. Brady- 2.35%
2. Montana- 2.578%
3. Young- 2.579%
4. Manning- 2.77%
5. Aikman- 2.99%
6. Marino- 3.02%
7. Elway- 3.12%
8. Favre- 3.23%

Touchdown to Interception margin (TDs-INTs)

1. Manning- +185
2. Favre- +180
3. Marino- +168
4. Montana- +134
5. Brady- +126
6. Young- +125
7. Elway- +74
8. Aikman- +23

**TOUCHDOWN TO INTERCEPTION %(TDs/ TDs+INTs)**

1. Brady 69.4%
2. Young- 68.4%
3. Manning- 67.0%
4. Montana- 66.3%
5. Marino- 62.5%
6. Favre- 61.1%
7. Elway- 57.0%
8. Aikman- 52.9%

Yards per pass attempt

1. Young- 8.0
2. Manning- 7.7
3. Montana- 7.5
4. Marino- 7.34
5. Brady- 7.31
6. Elway- 7.1
7. Favre- 7.06
8. Aikman- 7.00

Yards per completion

1. Elway- 12.5
2. Young- 12.4
3. Marino- 12.35
4. Montana- 11.9
5. Manning- 11.8
6. Brady- 11.5
7. Favre- 11.39
8. Aikman- 11.37

Career QB rating

1. Young- 96.8
2. Manning- 95.2
3. Brady- 93.3
4. Montana- 92.3
5. Favre- 86.6
6. Marino- 86.4
7. Aikman- 81.6
8. Elway- 79.9

**NET YARDS GAINED PER PASS ATTEMPT ((passing yards-sack yards)/(passes attempted+times sacked))**

1. Manning- 7.2
2. Young- 6.89
2. Marino- 6.88
4. Montana- 6.7
5. Brady- 6.6
6. Favre- 6.5
7. Aikman- 6.3
8. Elway- 6.1

Sacks per game started

1. Manning- 1.12
2. Marino- 1.13
3. Aikman- 1.57
4. Brady- 1.70
5. Favre- 1.76
6. Montana- 1.91
7. Elway- 2.23
8. Young- 2.50

Sack % (times sacked/ (pass attempt+times sacked))*100

1. Marino- 3.1%
2. Manning- 3.2%
3. Favre- 4.89%
4. Brady- 4.9%
5. Aikman- 5.2%
6. Montana- 5.5%
7. Elway- 6.6%
8. Young- 7.9%

Playoff winning % (playoff wins/playoff apearances*100)

1. Brady- 82.4%
2. Aikman- 73.3%
3. Montana- 69.6%
4. Elway- 66.6%
5. Favre- 57.1%
6. Young- 53.3%
7. Manning- 46.7%
8. Marino- 44.4%

Pro Bowl % (pro bowl nominations/seasons)

1. Manning- 83.3%
2. Favre- 57.9*
3. Elway- 56.3%
4. Montana- 53.3%
5. Marino- 52.9%
6. Aikman- 50.0%*
6. Brady- 50.0%*
8. Young- 46.7%
*NOTE: Aikman and Brady tied for sixth

Net rush yards per game started

1. Young- 29.64
2. Elway- 14.75
3. Montana- 10.22
4. Favre- 6.44
5. Aikman- 6.16
6. Brady- 4.47
7. Manning- 3.67
8. Marino- 0.36

Fumbles per game started

1. Manning- 0.28
2. Montana- 0.32
3. Aikman- 0.35
4. Marino- 0.46
5. Young- 0.48
6. Brady- 0.53
7. Favre- 0.56
8. Elway- 0.59

TIME TO TALLY IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


1. PEYTON MANNING- 50 POINTS
2. JOE MONTANA- 76 POINTS*
2. STEVE YOUNG- 76 POINTS*
4. TOM BRADY- 79 POINTS
5. DAN MARINO- 87 POINTS
6. BRETT FAVRE- 93 POINTS
7. JOHN ELWAY- 120 POINTS
8. TROY AIKMAN- 141 POINTS

*NOTE: Montana and Young tied for second