Vince Young Was An Extreme Outlier In Two Pairs of Stats

by Chase Stuart on June 23, 2018

You probably don’t think too much about Vince Young these days. The former Texas Longhorn star and Tennessee Titans disappointment last played in an NFL game back in 2011. But when I ran some queries recently, Young shocked me in a couple of stats. Let’s start with one you probably didn’t expect.

Young had a really good sack rate, particularly in 2009. But what makes Young’s sack rate really impressive is his sack rate relative to his rushing ability. In 2009, Young rushed 55 times and was sacked just 9 times. Among players with at least 200 pass attempts in a season, Young 2009 is the only instance where a player had at least 6 times as many rushing attempts as sacks; even if you drop the ratio to 5 times, only two other seasons are included.

And because Young had an insanely low average sack yards that year — he averaged just four yards lost per sack — he set another “record” that year. Young rushed 55 times and lost 36 yards on sacks; no other player has ever had more rushing attempts than sack yards lost, much less than 1.5:1 ratio that Young had that would hold up until you drop the pass attempt minimum below 120.

For his career, the numbers are similar, though obviously less extreme. Young had 282 career rushing attempts and just 83 sacks; that ratio of 3.40 rush attempts per sack is the highest among all players since 1970 (among the top 200 leaders in pass attempts). If you look at rushing yards compared to sacks, Young was at 17.58-to-1, second only to Michael Vick, who was helped by a remarkable 7.0 yards per carry average that nobody can match.

The table below shows this data for the 200 quarterbacks with the most attempts since 1970. When it comes to being a rushing quarterback and avoiding sacks, nobody can beat Vince Young:

Rk	Player	From	To	Tm	Att	Sk	Sk Rt	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush Yds/Sk	Rush Att/Sack
1	Vince Young	2006	2011	TOT	1304	83	6.0%	282	1459	17.58	3.40
2	Kordell Stewart	1995	2005	TOT	2358	170	6.7%	560	2874	16.91	3.29
3	Cam Newton	2011	2017	CAR	3420	256	7.0%	828	4320	16.88	3.23
4	Doug Flutie	1986	2005	TOT	2151	107	4.7%	338	1634	15.27	3.16
5	Michael Vick	2001	2015	TOT	3217	316	8.9%	873	6109	19.33	2.76
6	Steve McNair	1995	2007	TOT	4544	254	5.3%	669	3590	14.13	2.63
7	Doug Williams	1978	1989	TOT	2507	84	3.2%	220	884	10.52	2.62
8	Jeff Garcia	1999	2009	TOT	3676	181	4.7%	468	2140	11.82	2.59
9	Bobby Douglass	1970	1978	TOT	1030	143	12.2%	359	2246	15.71	2.51
10	Tyrod Taylor	2011	2017	TOT	1271	129	9.2%	310	1711	13.26	2.40
11	David Woodley	1980	1985	TOT	1300	84	6.1%	201	856	10.19	2.39
12	Russell Wilson	2012	2017	SEA	2834	248	8.0%	578	3275	13.21	2.33
13	Robert Griffin	2012	2016	TOT	1210	123	9.2%	275	1670	13.58	2.24
14	Colin Kaepernick	2011	2016	SFO	1692	171	9.2%	375	2300	13.45	2.19
15	David Garrard	2002	2010	JAX	2281	179	7.3%	380	1746	9.75	2.12
16	Steve Young	1985	1999	TOT	4149	358	7.9%	722	4239	11.84	2.02
17.5	Dak Prescott	2016	2017	DAL	949	57	5.7%	114	639	11.21	2.00
17.5	Steve Walsh	1989	1999	TOT	1317	40	2.9%	80	47	1.18	2.00
19	Ryan Fitzpatrick	2005	2017	TOT	4039	231	5.4%	454	2075	8.98	1.97
20	Jay Fiedler	1995	2005	TOT	1717	114	6.2%	219	854	7.49	1.92
21.5	Quincy Carter	2001	2004	TOT	960	80	7.7%	152	518	6.48	1.90
21.5	Tarvaris Jackson	2006	2015	TOT	1073	90	7.7%	171	636	7.07	1.90
23	Mark Malone	1980	1989	TOT	1648	86	5%	159	628	7.30	1.85
24	Andrew Luck	2012	2016	CLT	2651	156	5.6%	286	1442	9.24	1.83
25	Josh Freeman	2009	2015	TOT	2048	112	5.2%	205	946	8.45	1.83
26	Carson Wentz	2016	2017	PHI	1047	61	5.5%	110	449	7.36	1.80
27	Steve Grogan	1975	1990	NWE	3593	247	6.4%	445	2176	8.81	1.80
28	Vince Evans	1977	1995	TOT	1390	118	7.8%	212	1129	9.57	1.80
29	Steve Pelluer	1984	1990	TOT	974	81	7.7%	142	858	10.59	1.75
30	Marcus Mariota	2015	2017	OTI	1274	88	6.5%	154	913	10.38	1.75
31	Mike Tomczak	1985	1999	TOT	2337	114	4.7%	198	526	4.61	1.74
32	Rich Gannon	1987	2004	TOT	4206	302	6.7%	521	2449	8.11	1.73
33	Daunte Culpepper	1999	2009	TOT	3199	298	8.5%	514	2652	8.90	1.72
34	Jeff Blake	1992	2005	TOT	3241	248	7.1%	418	2027	8.17	1.69
35	Steve Bono	1985	1999	TOT	1701	76	4.3%	125	257	3.38	1.64
36	Randall Cunningham	1985	2001	TOT	4289	484	10.1%	775	4928	10.18	1.60
37	Andy Dalton	2011	2017	CIN	3556	220	5.8%	346	1049	4.77	1.57
38	Jim Harbaugh	1987	2000	TOT	3918	361	8.4%	561	2787	7.72	1.55
39	Aaron Brooks	2000	2006	TOT	2963	235	7.3%	362	1534	6.53	1.54
40	Jeff Hostetler	1985	1997	TOT	2338	207	8.1%	316	1391	6.72	1.53
41	Jim Zorn	1976	1987	TOT	3149	213	6.3%	322	1504	7.06	1.51
42	Jake Plummer	1997	2006	TOT	4350	284	6.1%	428	1853	6.52	1.51
43	Donovan McNabb	1999	2011	TOT	5374	410	7.1%	616	3459	8.44	1.50
44	John Elway	1983	1998	DEN	7250	516	6.6%	774	3407	6.60	1.50
45	Jim McMahon	1982	1996	TOT	2573	226	8.1%	338	1631	7.22	1.50
46	Byron Leftwich	2003	2012	TOT	1605	92	5.4%	137	415	4.51	1.49
47	Mike Phipps	1970	1981	TOT	1799	172	8.7%	254	1278	7.43	1.48
48	Jameis Winston	2015	2017	TAM	1544	95	5.8%	140	513	5.40	1.47
49	Joe Montana	1979	1994	TOT	5391	313	5.5%	457	1676	5.35	1.46
50	Nick Foles	2012	2017	TOT	1386	80	5.5%	116	350	4.38	1.45
51	Aaron Rodgers	2005	2017	GNB	4895	363	6.9%	525	2670	7.36	1.45
52	Terry Bradshaw	1970	1983	PIT	3901	307	7.3%	444	2257	7.35	1.45
53	Kyle Boller	2003	2011	TOT	1519	123	7.5%	176	572	4.65	1.43
54	Peyton Manning	1998	2015	TOT	9380	303	3.1%	431	667	2.20	1.42
55	Jason Campbell	2006	2014	TOT	2518	170	6.3%	240	1204	7.08	1.41
56	Boomer Esiason	1984	1997	TOT	5205	318	5.8%	447	1598	5.03	1.41
57	Greg Landry	1970	1984	TOT	2092	280	11.8%	390	2373	8.48	1.39
58	Don Majkowski	1987	1996	TOT	1905	180	8.6%	248	1114	6.19	1.38
59	Jim Miller	1995	2002	TOT	1046	40	3.7%	55	4	0.10	1.38
60	Alex Smith	2005	2017	TOT	4613	388	7.8%	529	2433	6.27	1.36
61	Derek Carr	2014	2017	RAI	2247	91	3.9%	124	366	4.02	1.36
62	Blake Bortles	2014	2017	JAX	2229	164	6.9%	223	1410	8.60	1.36
63	Brock Osweiler	2012	2017	TOT	987	62	5.9%	84	245	3.95	1.35
64	Case Keenum	2012	2017	TOT	1258	71	5.3%	96	323	4.55	1.35
65	Derek Anderson	2006	2017	TOT	1604	76	4.5%	101	227	2.99	1.33
66	Christian Ponder	2011	2014	MIN	1057	95	8.2%	126	639	6.73	1.33
67	Mark Brunell	1994	2011	TOT	4640	390	7.8%	513	2421	6.21	1.32
68	Roger Staubach	1970	1979	DAL	2911	301	9.4%	395	2204	7.32	1.31
69	Mark Rypien	1988	2001	TOT	2613	97	3.6%	127	166	1.71	1.31
70	Blaine Gabbert	2011	2017	TOT	1397	133	8.7%	171	631	4.74	1.29
71	Matt Cassel	2005	2017	TOT	2666	209	7.3%	266	1012	4.84	1.27
72	Elvis Grbac	1994	2001	TOT	2445	129	5%	163	388	3.01	1.26
73	Troy Aikman	1989	2000	DAL	4715	259	5.2%	327	1016	3.92	1.26
74	Matt Ryan	2008	2017	ATL	5593	279	4.8%	351	1023	3.67	1.26
75	Erik Kramer	1987	1999	TOT	2299	122	5%	153	217	1.78	1.25
76	Brian Griese	1998	2008	TOT	2796	193	6.5%	238	582	3.02	1.23
77	Tom Brady	2000	2017	NWE	8805	452	4.9%	557	968	2.14	1.23
78	Steve Fuller	1979	1986	TOT	1066	152	12.5%	186	908	5.97	1.22
79	Rick Mirer	1993	2003	TOT	2043	199	8.9%	242	1130	5.68	1.22
80	Kent Graham	1992	2001	TOT	1339	100	6.9%	121	424	4.24	1.21
81	James Harris	1970	1979	TOT	1113	92	7.6%	111	342	3.72	1.21
82	Jay Cutler	2006	2017	TOT	4920	322	6.1%	386	1682	5.22	1.20
83	Warren Moon	1984	2000	TOT	6823	458	6.3%	543	1736	3.79	1.19
84	Mike Pagel	1982	1993	TOT	1509	115	7.1%	136	831	7.23	1.18
85	Drew Brees	2001	2017	TOT	9294	378	3.9%	440	736	1.95	1.16
86	Jay Schroeder	1985	1994	TOT	2808	208	6.9%	242	761	3.66	1.16
87	Kirk Cousins	2012	2017	WAS	2096	106	4.8%	123	379	3.58	1.16
88	Brett Favre	1991	2010	TOT	10169	525	4.9%	602	1844	3.51	1.15
89	Joey Harrington	2002	2007	TOT	2538	124	4.7%	142	402	3.24	1.15
90	David Carr	2002	2012	TOT	2267	267	10.5%	305	1328	4.97	1.14
91	Joe Ferguson	1973	1990	TOT	4519	312	6.5%	353	1217	3.90	1.13
92	Dan Marino	1983	1999	MIA	8358	270	3.1%	301	87	0.32	1.11
93	Chad Pennington	2000	2010	TOT	2471	162	6.2%	180	465	2.87	1.11
94	Kerry Collins	1995	2011	TOT	6261	337	5.1%	374	686	2.04	1.11
95	Scott Mitchell	1991	2001	TOT	2346	155	6.2%	172	485	3.13	1.11
96	Rodney Peete	1989	2004	TOT	2346	244	9.4%	270	1139	4.67	1.11
97	Wade Wilson	1981	1998	TOT	2428	217	8.2%	239	1025	4.72	1.10
98	Brad Johnson	1994	2008	TOT	4326	251	5.5%	276	657	2.62	1.10
99	Bobby Hebert	1985	1996	TOT	3121	178	5.4%	195	602	3.38	1.10
100	Tony Banks	1996	2005	TOT	2356	227	8.8%	246	881	3.88	1.08
101	Shaun Hill	2005	2016	TOT	1225	84	6.4%	91	326	3.88	1.08
102	Pat Haden	1976	1981	RAM	1363	115	7.8%	124	609	5.30	1.08
103	Ty Detmer	1993	2003	TOT	946	67	6.6%	72	177	2.64	1.07
104	Charlie Batch	1998	2012	TOT	1604	161	9.1%	172	637	3.96	1.07
105	Bert Jones	1973	1982	TOT	2551	232	8.3%	247	1429	6.16	1.06
106	Matt Schaub	2004	2016	TOT	3274	178	5.2%	189	360	2.02	1.06
107	Brian Hoyer	2009	2017	TOT	1410	81	5.4%	86	121	1.49	1.06
108	Dave Brown	1992	2001	TOT	1634	181	10%	192	669	3.70	1.06
109	Josh McCown	2002	2017	TOT	2518	228	8.3%	241	1076	4.72	1.06
110	Mark Sanchez	2009	2016	TOT	2285	161	6.6%	169	449	2.79	1.05
111	Joe Theismann	1974	1985	WAS	3602	340	8.6%	355	1815	5.34	1.04
112.5	Stan Humphries	1989	1997	TOT	2516	144	5.4%	150	356	2.47	1.04
112.5	Jake Delhomme	1999	2011	TOT	2932	168	5.4%	175	328	1.95	1.04
114	Vinny Testaverde	1987	2007	TOT	6701	417	5.9%	430	1661	3.98	1.03
115	Joe Flacco	2008	2017	RAV	5291	317	5.7%	326	766	2.42	1.03
116	Fran Tarkenton	1970	1978	TOT	3445	238	6.5%	244	1002	4.21	1.03
117	Gary Danielson	1976	1988	TOT	1932	183	8.7%	186	857	4.68	1.02
118.5	Scott Brunner	1980	1985	TOT	1046	71	6.4%	72	137	1.93	1.01
118.5	Ryan Tannehill	2012	2016	MIA	2637	213	7.5%	216	1065	5.00	1.01
120	Matt Hasselbeck	1999	2015	TOT	5330	360	6.3%	365	1231	3.42	1.01
121.5	Jim Everett	1986	1997	TOT	4923	257	5%	257	596	2.32	1.00
121.5	John Brodie	1970	1973	SFO	1069	31	2.8%	31	98	3.16	1.00
123	Ken Anderson	1971	1986	CIN	4475	398	8.2%	397	2220	5.58	1.00
124	Brian Sipe	1974	1983	CLE	3439	224	6.1%	223	762	3.40	1.00
125	Bubby Brister	1986	2000	TOT	2212	193	8%	191	546	2.83	0.99
126	Mike Livingston	1970	1979	KAN	1590	141	8.1%	139	578	4.10	0.99
127	Richard Todd	1976	1985	TOT	2967	264	8.2%	259	932	3.53	0.98
128	Chris Chandler	1988	2004	TOT	4005	380	8.7%	371	1310	3.45	0.98
129	J.P. Losman	2004	2011	TOT	952	108	10.2%	105	490	4.54	0.97
130	Archie Manning	1971	1984	TOT	3642	396	9.8%	384	2197	5.55	0.97
131	Jon Kitna	1997	2011	TOT	4442	323	6.8%	313	956	2.96	0.97
132	Tony Romo	2004	2016	DAL	4335	248	5.4%	238	620	2.50	0.96
133	Gus Frerotte	1994	2008	TOT	3106	207	6.2%	197	315	1.52	0.95
134	Bob Avellini	1975	1984	CHI	1110	110	9%	104	225	2.05	0.95
135	Trent Dilfer	1994	2007	TOT	3172	263	7.7%	248	853	3.24	0.94
136	Jack Trudeau	1986	1995	TOT	1644	103	5.9%	97	186	1.81	0.94
137	Jim Kelly	1986	1996	BUF	4779	323	6.3%	304	1049	3.25	0.94
138	Craig Erickson	1992	1997	TOT	1092	82	7%	77	201	2.45	0.94
139	Trent Green	1997	2008	TOT	3740	259	6.5%	243	914	3.53	0.94
140	Matthew Stafford	2009	2017	DET	4850	289	5.6%	271	949	3.28	0.94
141	Brandon Weeden	2012	2015	TOT	965	66	6.4%	61	201	3.05	0.92
142	Ben Roethlisberger	2004	2017	PIT	6493	477	6.8%	438	1252	2.62	0.92
143	Eric Hipple	1980	1989	DET	1546	160	9.4%	145	550	3.44	0.91
144	Carson Palmer	2004	2017	TOT	6307	340	5.1%	301	474	1.39	0.89
145	Philip Rivers	2004	2017	SDG	6492	379	5.5%	335	573	1.51	0.88
146	Rex Grossman	2003	2012	TOT	1562	92	5.6%	81	106	1.15	0.88
147	Dan Pastorini	1971	1983	TOT	3055	246	7.5%	216	685	2.78	0.88
148	Tommy Kramer	1977	1990	TOT	3651	249	6.4%	214	531	2.13	0.86
149	Chris Miller	1987	1999	TOT	2892	209	6.7%	178	814	3.89	0.85
150	Jim Plunkett	1971	1986	TOT	3701	380	9.3%	323	1337	3.52	0.85
151	Dave Krieg	1980	1998	TOT	5311	494	8.5%	417	1261	2.55	0.84
152	Matt Moore	2007	2017	TOT	983	79	7.4%	66	93	1.18	0.84
153	Neil O'Donnell	1991	2003	TOT	3229	259	7.4%	215	446	1.72	0.83
154	Eli Manning	2004	2017	NYG	7396	359	4.6%	296	540	1.50	0.82
155	Drew Bledsoe	1993	2006	TOT	6717	467	6.5%	385	764	1.64	0.82
156	Chad Henne	2008	2017	TOT	1956	149	7.1%	122	355	2.38	0.82
157	John Hadl	1970	1977	TOT	2175	161	6.9%	131	461	2.86	0.81
158	Billy Joe Tolliver	1989	1999	TOT	1707	125	6.8%	99	320	2.56	0.79
159	David Whitehurst	1977	1983	GNB	980	99	9.2%	77	242	2.44	0.78
160	Kyle Orton	2005	2014	TOT	2712	165	5.7%	126	296	1.79	0.76
161	Sam Bradford	2010	2017	TOT	2887	190	6.2%	144	333	1.75	0.76
162	Tony Eason	1983	1990	TOT	1564	177	10.2%	134	503	2.84	0.76
163	Tim Couch	1999	2003	CLE	1714	166	8.8%	124	556	3.35	0.75
164	Norm Snead	1970	1976	TOT	1360	73	5.1%	54	133	1.82	0.74
165	Phil Simms	1979	1993	NYG	4647	477	9.3%	349	1252	2.62	0.73
166	Tommy Maddox	1992	2005	TOT	1200	94	7.3%	68	128	1.36	0.72
167	John Friesz	1990	2000	TOT	1364	74	5.1%	53	29	0.39	0.72
168	Ron Jaworski	1974	1989	TOT	4117	363	8.1%	257	859	2.37	0.71
169	Steve Spurrier	1970	1976	TOT	955	71	6.9%	50	206	2.90	0.70
170	Gary Hogeboom	1980	1989	TOT	1325	118	8.2%	83	161	1.36	0.70
171	Dan Fouts	1973	1987	SDG	5604	319	5.4%	224	476	1.49	0.70
172	Danny Kanell	1996	2003	TOT	956	63	6.2%	44	49	0.78	0.70
173	Steve DeBerg	1978	1998	TOT	5024	296	5.6%	204	200	0.68	0.69
174	Bob Griese	1970	1980	MIA	2491	234	8.6%	161	505	2.16	0.69
175	Steve Beuerlein	1988	2003	TOT	3328	332	9.1%	225	496	1.49	0.68
176	Marc Wilson	1980	1990	TOT	2081	210	9.2%	141	611	2.91	0.67
177	Roman Gabriel	1970	1977	TOT	2267	154	6.4%	103	326	2.12	0.67
178	Kurt Warner	1998	2009	TOT	4070	260	6%	173	286	1.10	0.67
179	Danny White	1976	1988	DAL	2950	241	7.6%	159	482	2.00	0.66
180	Bernie Kosar	1985	1996	TOT	3365	273	7.5%	180	265	0.97	0.66
181	Randy Wright	1984	1988	GNB	1119	85	7.1%	55	173	2.04	0.65
182	Vince Ferragamo	1977	1986	TOT	1615	94	5.5%	60	77	0.82	0.64
183	Bill Kenney	1980	1988	KAN	2430	195	7.4%	123	191	0.98	0.63
184	Neil Lomax	1981	1988	CRD	3153	362	10.3%	222	969	2.68	0.61
185	Billy Kilmer	1970	1978	TOT	2028	136	6.3%	82	129	0.95	0.60
186	Steve Dils	1979	1988	TOT	972	80	7.6%	45	71	0.89	0.56
187	Damon Huard	1998	2008	TOT	946	94	9%	52	148	1.57	0.55
188	Jim Hart	1970	1984	TOT	4183	233	5.3%	120	135	0.58	0.52
189	Steve Bartkowski	1975	1986	TOT	3456	356	9.3%	178	239	0.67	0.50
190	Craig Morton	1970	1982	TOT	3201	343	9.7%	170	453	1.32	0.50
191	Ken O'Brien	1984	1993	TOT	3602	353	8.9%	174	394	1.12	0.49
192	Daryle Lamonica	1970	1974	RAI	981	61	5.9%	29	63	1.03	0.48
193	Lynn Dickey	1971	1985	TOT	3125	297	8.7%	140	121	0.41	0.47
194	Jeff George	1990	2001	TOT	3967	358	8.3%	168	307	0.86	0.47
195	Marc Bulger	2002	2009	RAM	3171	254	7.4%	118	300	1.18	0.46
196	Dave Wilson	1981	1988	NOR	1039	99	8.7%	45	23	0.23	0.45
197	Ken Stabler	1970	1984	TOT	3793	281	6.9%	118	93	0.33	0.42
198	Len Dawson	1970	1975	KAN	1344	154	10.3%	60	220	1.43	0.39
199	Joe Namath	1970	1977	TOT	1719	96	5.3%	35	21	0.22	0.36
200	Charley Johnson	1970	1975	TOT	1345	107	7.4%	31	19	0.18	0.29

So Young was great at avoiding sacks for a rushing quarterback. He was also great at winning games for a quarterback who threw a ton of interceptions (or, perhaps more accurately stated, he was terrible at avoiding interceptions for a guy who won so many games). Young threw 51 interceptions on just 1,304 attempts, a 3.9% interception rate. There were 37 quarterbacks who threw at least 1,000 passes from 2006 to 2011 (the years spanning Young’s career); Young’s 3.91% interception rate ranked 2nd to last, only ahead of Rex Grossman and his 3.95% rate. ^[1]A separate but noteworthy question to ask: did Young throw so many interceptions because he never wanted to take a sack? But during this period, Young went 31-19, a .620 winning percentage that ranked 9th among those 37 quarterbacks.

How do we compare players across eras? Well, for each season, we know what the average interception rate was; therefore, we know how many interceptions a quarterback would have thrown if he had an average rate. For Young, over the course of his 1,304 pass attempts, this means he would have been expected to throw 40.2 interceptions if he was an average quarterback. Since he threw 51, it means he averaged 127% as many interceptions as the average passer (51 divided by 40.2). Among all quarterbacks since 1970 with at least 1,000 pass attempts, Young’s 127% average was 1.77 standard deviations above average (also known as his INT Z-Score).

Young posted a career winning percentage of 0.620, which was 1.09 standard deviations above average for this group of quarterbacks. If you combine the two, it means Young was 2.86 standard deviations above average in INT rate and winning percentage, which is the most of any quarterback. He’s followed by a pair of Raiders who were gamblers and winners in Ken Stabler and Daryle Lamonica, and then some quarterbacks who weren’t very good but played on good teams in Mike Tomczak, Jay Fiedler, and Mark Sanchez.

The table below shows this data for all quarterbacks with at least 1,000 pass attempts and 32 starts since 1970:

Quarterback	INT	Exp INT	Perc	Att	Record	Win %	INT Z-Score	Win % Z-Score	Sum
Vince Young	51	40.2	127%	1304	31-19	0.62	1.77	1.09	2.86
Ken Stabler	222	186.5	119%	3793	96-49-1	0.661	1.29	1.48	2.77
Daryle Lamonica	138	146.7	94%	2601	66-16-6	0.784	-0.24	2.65	2.41
Mike Tomczak	106	84.3	126%	2337	42-31	0.575	1.7	0.66	2.36
Jay Fiedler	66	55.8	118%	1717	37-23	0.617	1.24	1.06	2.3
Mark Sanchez	86	64.3	134%	2285	37-35	0.514	2.2	0.08	2.28
David Woodley	63	56.5	112%	1300	34-18-1	0.651	0.83	1.38	2.21
Terry Bradshaw	210	197.0	107%	3901	107-51	0.677	0.53	1.63	2.16
Steve Grogan	208	166.6	125%	3593	75-60	0.556	1.65	0.48	2.13
Danny White	132	126.9	104%	2950	62-30	0.674	0.37	1.6	1.97
Rex Grossman	60	47.8	126%	1562	25-22	0.532	1.69	0.25	1.94
Trent Dilfer	129	101.5	127%	3172	58-55	0.513	1.79	0.07	1.86
Vince Ferragamo	91	71.4	127%	1615	27-26	0.509	1.8	0.04	1.84
Tommy Maddox	54	38.9	139%	1200	15-20-1	0.431	2.51	-0.71	1.8
Ed Brown	138	121.1	114%	1987	55-38-5	0.587	0.98	0.77	1.75
Rudy Bukich	74	65.7	113%	1190	21-14-3	0.592	0.89	0.82	1.72
Marc Wilson	102	84.4	121%	2081	32-28	0.533	1.4	0.27	1.66
Ben Roethlisberger	174	180.2	97%	6493	135-63	0.682	-0.09	1.68	1.59
Mike Phipps	108	92.6	117%	1799	38-31-2	0.549	1.14	0.42	1.56
Jake Delhomme	101	91.1	111%	2932	56-40	0.583	0.79	0.74	1.53
Kordell Stewart	84	76.5	110%	2358	48-34	0.585	0.73	0.76	1.49
Brett Favre	336	325.3	103%	10169	186-112	0.624	0.32	1.13	1.45
Jim Kelly	175	172.0	102%	4779	101-59	0.631	0.23	1.2	1.42
Frank Ryan	111	117.8	94%	2133	57-27-3	0.672	-0.24	1.59	1.35
Jack Kemp	183	182.8	100%	3073	65-37-3	0.633	0.13	1.22	1.34
Jay Schroeder	108	105.5	102%	2808	61-38	0.616	0.26	1.05	1.32
Pete Beathard	84	72.9	115%	1282	18-16-1	0.529	1.06	0.22	1.28
Peyton Manning	251	283.7	88%	9380	186-79	0.702	-0.59	1.87	1.28
Rodney Peete	92	78.7	117%	2346	45-42	0.517	1.16	0.11	1.27
Cam Newton	94	87.6	107%	3421	62-45-1	0.579	0.57	0.7	1.26
Andrew Luck	68	67.1	101%	2651	43-27	0.614	0.2	1.04	1.24
Jim McMahon	90	100.6	89%	2573	67-30	0.691	-0.53	1.76	1.23
Otto Graham	135	190.9	71%	2626	57-13-1	0.81	-1.68	2.9	1.21
Stan Humphries	84	83.9	100%	2516	50-31	0.617	0.12	1.06	1.19
Brian Griese	99	89.4	111%	2796	45-38	0.542	0.78	0.35	1.13
Bobby Hebert	124	115.2	108%	3121	56-44	0.56	0.59	0.52	1.11
Earl Morrall	148	153.5	96%	2689	63-36-3	0.632	-0.1	1.21	1.11
Jake Plummer	161	139.7	115%	4350	69-67	0.507	1.06	0.02	1.08
Wade Wilson	102	90.8	112%	2428	36-33	0.522	0.88	0.15	1.03
Andy Dalton	93	91.4	102%	3556	63-44-2	0.587	0.23	0.78	1.01
Jay Cutler	160	135.9	118%	4920	74-79	0.484	1.21	-0.21	1.01
Derek Anderson	60	47.6	126%	1604	20-27	0.426	1.73	-0.76	0.97
Eli Manning	228	205.6	111%	7396	111-103	0.519	0.79	0.13	0.92
Steve Walsh	50	45.6	110%	1317	20-18	0.526	0.71	0.2	0.91
Bob Avellini	69	57.7	120%	1110	23-27	0.46	1.32	-0.43	0.89
James Harris	59	61.7	96%	1149	25-16	0.61	-0.15	0.99	0.84
Lynn Dickey	179	143.1	125%	3125	45-63-3	0.419	1.66	-0.82	0.84
Elvis Grbac	81	79.9	101%	2445	40-30	0.571	0.21	0.63	0.83
Zeke Bratkowski	122	90.2	135%	1484	16-30-1	0.351	2.29	-1.47	0.82
Tony Romo	117	123.9	94%	4335	78-49	0.614	-0.22	1.03	0.81
Kurt Warner	128	128.1	100%	4070	67-49	0.578	0.11	0.69	0.8
Bob Griese	172	184.3	93%	3429	92-56-3	0.619	-0.29	1.08	0.79
George Blanda	277	254.0	109%	4007	53-50-1	0.514	0.68	0.09	0.76
Mark Malone	81	66.7	121%	1648	23-30	0.434	1.44	-0.68	0.76
Bobby Layne	243	257.3	94%	3700	80-51-4	0.607	-0.22	0.97	0.75
Ryan Fitzpatrick	136	108.6	125%	4039	48-70-1	0.408	1.67	-0.93	0.74
Gary Hogeboom	60	53.1	113%	1325	18-19	0.486	0.91	-0.18	0.73
Richard Todd	161	135.9	118%	2967	48-59-1	0.449	1.26	-0.54	0.72
Pat Haden	60	68.2	88%	1363	35-19-1	0.645	-0.62	1.33	0.72
Mark Rypien	88	93.8	94%	2613	47-31	0.603	-0.26	0.92	0.67
Christian Ponder	36	28.9	125%	1057	14-21-1	0.403	1.63	-0.98	0.66
Tarvaris Jackson	35	31.9	110%	1073	17-17	0.5	0.71	-0.05	0.66
Jim Plunkett	198	180.8	110%	3701	72-72	0.5	0.7	-0.05	0.65
Bill Nelsen	101	101.1	100%	1905	40-31-3	0.561	0.11	0.53	0.64
Al Dorow	93	77.8	120%	1207	19-25	0.432	1.32	-0.7	0.62
Babe Parilli	220	206.2	107%	3330	49-46-7	0.515	0.53	0.09	0.62
Marcus Mariota	34	30.2	113%	1274	20-22	0.476	0.9	-0.28	0.62
Jeff Hostetler	71	77.9	91%	2338	51-32	0.614	-0.43	1.04	0.61
Dave Krieg	199	200.2	99%	5311	98-77	0.56	0.08	0.52	0.6
Norm Van Brocklin	178	198.9	89%	2895	61-36-4	0.624	-0.53	1.13	0.6
Roger Staubach	109	154.5	71%	2958	85-29	0.746	-1.69	2.29	0.59
Vince Evans	74	57.0	130%	1390	14-25	0.359	1.96	-1.39	0.56
John Elway	226	263.2	86%	7250	148-82-1	0.643	-0.75	1.31	0.56
Craig Morton	187	191.8	97%	3786	81-62-1	0.566	-0.04	0.58	0.54
Russell Wilson	56	70.5	79%	2834	65-30-1	0.682	-1.14	1.68	0.54
Joe Flacco	130	141.1	92%	5291	92-62	0.597	-0.37	0.87	0.51
Charlie Conerly	167	199.4	84%	2833	58-31-1	0.65	-0.88	1.38	0.49
Gus Frerotte	106	97.8	108%	3106	45-47-1	0.489	0.63	-0.15	0.48
Carson Palmer	187	178.1	105%	6307	92-88-1	0.511	0.43	0.05	0.48
Johnny Unitas	253	300.4	84%	5186	118-64-4	0.645	-0.85	1.33	0.48
Tom Brady	160	253.3	63%	8805	196-55	0.781	-2.15	2.62	0.48
Joe Namath	220	206.1	107%	3762	62-63-4	0.496	0.54	-0.09	0.45
Eric Hipple	70	65.3	107%	1546	28-29	0.491	0.56	-0.14	0.42
Jameis Winston	44	36.5	121%	1544	18-27	0.4	1.39	-1	0.39
Vinny Testaverde	267	228.0	117%	6701	90-123-1	0.423	1.17	-0.79	0.38
Doug Flutie	68	73.4	93%	2151	38-28	0.576	-0.34	0.67	0.33
John Hadl	268	264.4	101%	4687	82-76-9	0.518	0.2	0.12	0.32
Randall Cunningham	134	155.3	86%	4289	82-52-1	0.611	-0.72	1.01	0.28
Kirk Cousins	55	50.6	109%	2096	26-30-1	0.465	0.65	-0.39	0.26
Len Dawson	183	216.1	85%	3741	94-57-8	0.616	-0.82	1.06	0.23
Josh Freeman	68	58.4	116%	2048	25-36	0.41	1.13	-0.91	0.22
Joe Theismann	138	164.8	84%	3602	77-47	0.621	-0.88	1.1	0.22
Charley Johnson	181	180.0	101%	3392	59-57-8	0.508	0.16	0.02	0.18
Milt Plum	127	140.4	90%	2419	56-41-6	0.573	-0.47	0.64	0.17
Philip Rivers	166	177.6	93%	6492	106-86	0.552	-0.28	0.44	0.16
Don Meredith	111	126.5	88%	2308	48-33-4	0.588	-0.63	0.79	0.15
Jon Kitna	165	142.0	116%	4442	50-74	0.403	1.12	-0.97	0.14
Kyle Boller	54	47.9	113%	1519	20-27	0.426	0.9	-0.76	0.14
Scott Mitchell	81	74.7	108%	2346	32-39	0.451	0.64	-0.52	0.12
Dave Brown	58	52.3	111%	1634	26-34	0.433	0.79	-0.69	0.1
Tim Couch	67	55.8	120%	1714	22-37	0.373	1.35	-1.26	0.09
Y.A. Tittle	248	290.6	85%	4395	78-52-5	0.596	-0.78	0.86	0.08
Jack Concannon	63	58.9	107%	1110	20-24-1	0.456	0.55	-0.47	0.08
Matt Ryan	126	149.2	84%	5593	95-63	0.601	-0.84	0.91	0.07
Dan Marino	252	305.6	82%	8358	147-93	0.613	-0.96	1.02	0.06
Steve Bono	42	56.7	74%	1701	28-14	0.667	-1.48	1.53	0.06
Phil Simms	157	186.0	84%	4647	95-64	0.597	-0.84	0.88	0.04
Adrian Burk	89	77.7	115%	1079	15-23-3	0.402	1.02	-0.98	0.04
Erik Kramer	79	75.1	105%	2299	31-36	0.463	0.44	-0.41	0.03
Brad Johnson	122	139.2	88%	4326	72-53	0.576	-0.64	0.67	0.03
Troy Aikman	141	159.2	89%	4715	94-71	0.57	-0.58	0.61	0.03
Steve Young	107	142.8	75%	4149	94-49	0.657	-1.42	1.45	0.02
Matt Hasselbeck	153	162.1	94%	5330	85-75	0.531	-0.23	0.25	0.02
Chris Chandler	146	134.9	108%	4005	67-85	0.441	0.63	-0.62	0.01
Tommy Kramer	158	157.8	100%	3651	54-56	0.491	0.13	-0.14	-0.01
Michael Vick	88	95.9	92%	3217	61-51-1	0.544	-0.39	0.37	-0.02
Dan Pastorini	161	158.8	101%	3055	56-61	0.479	0.2	-0.26	-0.05
Drew Brees	228	262.6	87%	9294	142-106	0.573	-0.69	0.64	-0.05
Matt Cassel	81	75.2	108%	2667	35-45	0.438	0.59	-0.65	-0.06
Joe Montana	139	214.0	65%	5391	117-47	0.713	-2.04	1.98	-0.06
Billy Kilmer	146	159.6	91%	2984	61-52-1	0.539	-0.4	0.32	-0.08
Bubby Brister	78	79.1	99%	2212	37-38	0.493	0.03	-0.12	-0.08
Drew Bledsoe	206	214.7	96%	6717	98-95	0.508	-0.13	0.02	-0.11
Matt Schaub	90	94.7	95%	3274	47-45	0.511	-0.19	0.05	-0.13
Steve McNair	119	145.5	82%	4544	91-62	0.595	-1	0.85	-0.15
Warren Moon	233	243.6	96%	6823	102-101	0.502	-0.15	-0.03	-0.18
Ryan Tannehill	66	66.6	99%	2637	37-40	0.481	0.06	-0.24	-0.18
Dan Fouts	242	254.8	95%	5604	86-84-1	0.506	-0.19	0	-0.18
Blake Bortles	64	53.4	120%	2229	21-40	0.344	1.34	-1.53	-0.2
Bart Starr	138	180.0	77%	3149	94-57-6	0.618	-1.32	1.07	-0.25
Trent Green	114	119.7	95%	3740	56-57	0.496	-0.17	-0.09	-0.27
Steve Beuerlein	112	111.5	100%	3328	47-55	0.461	0.15	-0.43	-0.28
Eddie LeBaron	141	118.4	119%	1796	26-52-3	0.34	1.29	-1.58	-0.29
Jim Hart	247	261.9	94%	5076	87-88-5	0.497	-0.23	-0.08	-0.31
Jack Trudeau	69	62.4	111%	1644	19-30	0.388	0.77	-1.12	-0.35
Brian Sipe	149	162.5	92%	3439	57-55	0.509	-0.39	0.03	-0.36
Rick Mirer	76	65.7	116%	2043	24-44	0.353	1.09	-1.45	-0.37
Charlie Batch	52	52.1	100%	1604	25-30	0.455	0.1	-0.48	-0.38
Craig Erickson	38	35.2	108%	1092	14-21	0.4	0.61	-1	-0.39
Nick Foles	29	35.3	82%	1386	22-17	0.564	-0.98	0.56	-0.42
Joe Ferguson	209	214.0	98%	4519	79-92	0.462	-0.02	-0.41	-0.44
Boomer Esiason	184	189.3	97%	5205	80-93	0.462	-0.05	-0.41	-0.46
Kerry Collins	196	197.9	99%	6261	81-99	0.45	0.06	-0.53	-0.47
Case Keenum	27	31.1	87%	1258	20-18	0.526	-0.68	0.2	-0.48
Chad Pennington	64	76.4	84%	2471	44-37	0.543	-0.88	0.36	-0.52
Gary Cuozzo	55	63.5	87%	1182	21-19	0.525	-0.71	0.19	-0.52
Daunte Culpepper	106	101.7	104%	3199	41-59	0.41	0.38	-0.91	-0.53
Lamar McHan	108	94.4	114%	1442	24-47-2	0.342	1.01	-1.55	-0.54
Matthew Stafford	118	127.0	93%	4850	60-65	0.48	-0.32	-0.24	-0.56
Kyle Orton	69	78.6	88%	2712	42-40	0.512	-0.63	0.06	-0.56
Alex Smith	96	125.8	76%	4613	88-62-1	0.586	-1.34	0.77	-0.57
Don Majkowski	67	70.6	95%	1905	26-30-1	0.465	-0.2	-0.39	-0.58
Ron Jaworski	164	188.0	87%	4117	73-69-1	0.514	-0.66	0.08	-0.58
Tom Flores	92	101.9	90%	1715	31-32-4	0.493	-0.48	-0.12	-0.6
John Brodie	224	247.4	91%	4491	74-77-8	0.491	-0.46	-0.14	-0.6
Bob Berry	64	62.8	102%	1173	20-29-3	0.413	0.24	-0.88	-0.63
Tony Eason	51	63.6	80%	1564	28-23	0.549	-1.1	0.41	-0.68
Bobby Thomason	90	96.5	93%	1346	19-22-1	0.464	-0.29	-0.39	-0.68
Chad Henne	63	56.0	112%	1956	18-35	0.34	0.88	-1.58	-0.69
Jim Everett	175	175.0	100%	4923	64-89	0.418	0.12	-0.83	-0.71
Donovan McNabb	117	168.0	70%	5374	98-62-1	0.612	-1.75	1.01	-0.74
Tony Banks	73	77.0	95%	2356	35-43	0.449	-0.2	-0.54	-0.74
Randy Johnson	90	69.0	130%	1286	10-38-1	0.214	1.99	-2.77	-0.78
Rich Gannon	104	140.4	74%	4206	76-56	0.576	-1.47	0.67	-0.8
Norm Snead	257	236.5	109%	4353	52-99-7	0.351	0.65	-1.47	-0.81
Tobin Rote	191	199.5	96%	2907	48-63-4	0.435	-0.14	-0.67	-0.81
Billy Wade	134	151.7	88%	2523	40-43-2	0.482	-0.6	-0.22	-0.82
Dick Wood	71	72.0	99%	1194	13-19-2	0.412	0.04	-0.89	-0.85
Aaron Brooks	92	94.8	97%	2963	38-52	0.422	-0.06	-0.79	-0.86
Steve Bartkowski	144	160.0	90%	3456	59-68	0.465	-0.49	-0.39	-0.88
Aaron Rodgers	78	131.2	59%	4895	94-48	0.662	-2.37	1.49	-0.89
Gary Danielson	78	88.4	88%	1932	28-31-1	0.475	-0.61	-0.29	-0.9
Shaun Hill	30	34.8	86%	1225	17-18	0.486	-0.73	-0.19	-0.92
Randy Wright	57	44.8	127%	1119	7-25	0.219	1.79	-2.73	-0.93
Marc Bulger	93	98.7	94%	3171	41-54	0.432	-0.24	-0.7	-0.94
Jim Harbaugh	117	133.3	88%	3918	66-74	0.471	-0.63	-0.32	-0.96
Josh McCown	78	70.0	111%	2518	23-50	0.315	0.83	-1.81	-0.99
Frank Tripucka	124	117.4	106%	1745	17-32-1	0.35	0.47	-1.48	-1.01
Greg Landry	103	118.2	87%	2300	44-51-3	0.464	-0.67	-0.39	-1.06
Joey Harrington	85	80.2	106%	2538	26-50	0.342	0.49	-1.55	-1.07
Jim Zorn	141	149.3	94%	3149	44-62	0.415	-0.22	-0.86	-1.08
Fran Tarkenton	266	348.1	76%	6467	124-109-6	0.531	-1.33	0.25	-1.08
Billy Joe Tolliver	64	58.8	109%	1707	15-32	0.319	0.66	-1.77	-1.11
Steve DeBerg	204	206.5	99%	5024	53-86-1	0.382	0.04	-1.17	-1.13
David Garrard	54	68.9	78%	2281	39-37	0.513	-1.21	0.07	-1.14
Doug Williams	93	110.6	84%	2507	38-42-1	0.475	-0.86	-0.29	-1.14
Byron Leftwich	42	50.6	83%	1605	24-26	0.48	-0.92	-0.24	-1.17
Steve Fuller	41	47.1	87%	1066	19-23	0.452	-0.68	-0.51	-1.18
Cotton Davidson	108	110.4	98%	1752	20-33-1	0.38	-0.01	-1.2	-1.21
Sonny Jurgensen	189	232.6	81%	4262	69-73-7	0.487	-1.03	-0.18	-1.21
Chris Miller	102	103.2	99%	2892	34-58	0.37	0.05	-1.29	-1.25
Steve Spurrier	60	59.4	101%	1151	13-24-1	0.355	0.18	-1.43	-1.25
Blaine Gabbert	43	36.4	118%	1397	11-34	0.244	1.23	-2.48	-1.25
Bert Jones	101	126.4	80%	2551	47-49	0.49	-1.12	-0.15	-1.27
Jeff Blake	99	104.1	95%	3241	39-61	0.39	-0.18	-1.1	-1.28
Ken Anderson	160	219.4	73%	4475	91-81	0.529	-1.55	0.22	-1.32
Mike Livingston	83	93.0	89%	1751	31-43-1	0.42	-0.54	-0.81	-1.36
Brian Hoyer	30	34.9	86%	1410	16-21	0.432	-0.74	-0.69	-1.44
Bill Kenney	86	102.3	84%	2430	34-43	0.442	-0.86	-0.61	-1.47
Mark Brunell	108	149.2	72%	4640	78-73	0.517	-1.58	0.11	-1.47
Jim Finks	88	98.1	90%	1382	18-27	0.4	-0.51	-1	-1.52
Bobby Douglass	64	62.1	103%	1178	16-36-1	0.311	0.31	-1.85	-1.54
Derek Carr	44	54.1	81%	2247	28-34	0.452	-1.03	-0.51	-1.54
Mike Pagel	63	62.4	101%	1509	17-36-1	0.324	0.18	-1.73	-1.55
Roman Gabriel	149	239.8	62%	4498	86-64-7	0.57	-2.21	0.61	-1.59
Neil O'Donnell	68	106.2	64%	3229	55-45	0.55	-2.09	0.42	-1.67
Jeff Garcia	83	116.9	71%	3676	58-58	0.5	-1.66	-0.05	-1.72
Bill Munson	80	103.1	78%	1982	27-34-5	0.447	-1.26	-0.56	-1.82
John Friesz	42	45.5	92%	1364	13-25	0.342	-0.35	-1.55	-1.9
Bernie Kosar	87	127.0	69%	3365	53-54-1	0.495	-1.82	-0.1	-1.91
Colin Kaepernick	30	42.7	70%	1692	28-30	0.483	-1.71	-0.22	-1.93
David Carr	71	71.2	100%	2267	23-56	0.291	0.1	-2.04	-1.94
Kent Graham	33	44.3	74%	1339	17-21	0.447	-1.45	-0.55	-2.01
Jeff George	113	131.0	86%	3967	46-78	0.371	-0.73	-1.28	-2.01
Jason Campbell	60	74.6	80%	2518	32-47	0.405	-1.09	-0.96	-2.04
Neil Lomax	90	130.0	69%	3153	47-52-2	0.475	-1.77	-0.29	-2.06
Sam Bradford	57	75.8	75%	2887	34-45-1	0.431	-1.41	-0.71	-2.11
Ken O'Brien	98	138.9	71%	3602	50-59-1	0.459	-1.69	-0.44	-2.13
Tyrod Taylor	18	30.2	60%	1271	22-20	0.524	-2.37	0.17	-2.19
Robert Griffin	26	31.7	82%	1210	15-25	0.375	-0.98	-1.24	-2.22
Archie Manning	173	183.2	94%	3642	35-101-3	0.263	-0.22	-2.31	-2.53

Some interesting notes on the very bottom of the list. Archie Manning is by far the biggest outlier in this direction; he was above-average at avoiding interceptions and yet still had the 4th worst winning percentage in this study. Robert Griffin is next: he has gone 6-19 as a starter since his rookie season. Tyrod Taylor, Ken O’Brien, and Sam Bradford round out the next three: those three players were really good at avoiding interceptions but also took a ton of sacks and didn’t play on very good teams.

What stands out to you?

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↑1	A separate but noteworthy question to ask: did Young throw so many interceptions because he never wanted to take a sack?

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