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I've been doing a little research on the success of NFL QBs and I came up with a decent way to measure exactly how successful a QB has been. I decided to borrow a formula from someone on this board. Sorry but I don't remember who it was.
It works like this. I awarded 1 point for a QB's team making the playoffs, 2 if his team won the WC game, 3 if he won the divisional game, 4 for a conference win and 5 for a SB win. For example, in the playoffs just concluded, Peyton received 5 points, Newton 4, Brady and Wilson 3 and so on.
I then calculated the the average points for each player for the seasons played. If a player was injured, like Brady in 2008 and Manning in 2011, I didn't count that season in the total average. In the chart below the first column headed by PG is the average playoff points that the player had for his entire career. The next column is the total points and the next (PS%) is what % of the seasons he played that he made the playoffs.
HOF QBs and some of the current QBs are included. Let me know what you think.
PG Pts PS%
Wilson 3.25 -- 13 -- 1000
Brady 3.21 -- 45 -- 929
Staubach 3.13 -- 25 -- 875
Montana 2.83 -- 34 -- 917
Bradshaw 2.38 -- 31 -- 692
Kaepernick 2.33 -- 7 -- 667
Manning P 2.28 -- 41 -- 889
Kelly 2.18 -- 24 -- 727
Flacco 2.13 -- 17 -- 750
Starr 2.07 -- 29 -- 429
Aikman 2 -- 24 -- 667
Rodgers 2 -- 16 -- 875
Young 2 -- 20 -- 700
Elway 1.94 -- 31 -- 625
Roethlisberger 1.83 -- 22 -- 667
Unitas 1.62 -- 21 -- 385
Newton 1.6 -- 8 -- 600
Griese 1.5 -- 21 -- 500
Luck 1.5 -- 6 -- 750
Favre 1.37 -- 26 -- 579
Dawson 1.29 -- 18 -- 357
Marino 1.29 -- 22 -- 588
Tarkenton 1.28 -- 23 -- 444
Manning E 1.27 -- 14 -- 455
Rivers 1.1 -- 11 -- 500
Brees 1 -- 14 -- 429
Dalton 1 -- 5 -- 1000
Hasselbeck 1 -- 11 -- 545
Romo 0.88 -- 7 -- 500
Moon 0.87 -- 13 -- 600
Fouts 0.71 -- 10 -- 286
Smith 0.67 -- 6 -- 333
Namath 0.58 -- 7 -- 167
Palmer 0.45 -- 5 -- 364
It works like this. I awarded 1 point for a QB's team making the playoffs, 2 if his team won the WC game, 3 if he won the divisional game, 4 for a conference win and 5 for a SB win. For example, in the playoffs just concluded, Peyton received 5 points, Newton 4, Brady and Wilson 3 and so on.
I then calculated the the average points for each player for the seasons played. If a player was injured, like Brady in 2008 and Manning in 2011, I didn't count that season in the total average. In the chart below the first column headed by PG is the average playoff points that the player had for his entire career. The next column is the total points and the next (PS%) is what % of the seasons he played that he made the playoffs.
HOF QBs and some of the current QBs are included. Let me know what you think.
PG Pts PS%
Wilson 3.25 -- 13 -- 1000
Brady 3.21 -- 45 -- 929
Staubach 3.13 -- 25 -- 875
Montana 2.83 -- 34 -- 917
Bradshaw 2.38 -- 31 -- 692
Kaepernick 2.33 -- 7 -- 667
Manning P 2.28 -- 41 -- 889
Kelly 2.18 -- 24 -- 727
Flacco 2.13 -- 17 -- 750
Starr 2.07 -- 29 -- 429
Aikman 2 -- 24 -- 667
Rodgers 2 -- 16 -- 875
Young 2 -- 20 -- 700
Elway 1.94 -- 31 -- 625
Roethlisberger 1.83 -- 22 -- 667
Unitas 1.62 -- 21 -- 385
Newton 1.6 -- 8 -- 600
Griese 1.5 -- 21 -- 500
Luck 1.5 -- 6 -- 750
Favre 1.37 -- 26 -- 579
Dawson 1.29 -- 18 -- 357
Marino 1.29 -- 22 -- 588
Tarkenton 1.28 -- 23 -- 444
Manning E 1.27 -- 14 -- 455
Rivers 1.1 -- 11 -- 500
Brees 1 -- 14 -- 429
Dalton 1 -- 5 -- 1000
Hasselbeck 1 -- 11 -- 545
Romo 0.88 -- 7 -- 500
Moon 0.87 -- 13 -- 600
Fouts 0.71 -- 10 -- 286
Smith 0.67 -- 6 -- 333
Namath 0.58 -- 7 -- 167
Palmer 0.45 -- 5 -- 364
