Quarterbacks: Troy Aikman (2006), Brett Favre (2016), Peyton Manning (2021) Dan Marino (2005), Kurt Warner (2017), Steve Young (2005).

Ah, the Quarterback.  As Coach Tony D’Amato said in “Any Given Sunday,” it is the most important position in the game.  It has also changed the most over the last 40 years. 

The last group of QBs that have entered Canton would relish the modern game.  Pivots have been blessed with more advantageous rule changes, so passing metrics have skyrocketed.  We also see far more mobile QBs than ever before, with their rushing numbers increasing.  As Aikman, Marino, and Young are more products of the previous era, when they depart the last five instead of players like Tom Brady and Drew Brees, the Modern Positional Average will fall more in line with what we see now.  Until then, we have to keep that in mind!

To help reflect the changing game, we are looking at the Top Five finishes in traditional stats. We will be able to examine more advanced stats in the future, but as this is a recent addition, we can’t do that to the best of our wishes.

Here are the statistics that we are using based on the last group of Quarterbacks to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

• Games Played: 211.3
• Approximate Value: 191.3
• Approximate Value per Games Played: 0.9053
• Games Started: 204.5
• Approximate Value per Games Started: 0.9353
• Approximate Value per Five-Year Peak: 83.67
• Approximate Value’s Best Five Results: 86
• MVP Top Five Finishes* **: 172
• Offensive Player of the Year* **: 14.3
• Pro Bowls: 8.5
• First Team All-Pros*: 3
• Passing Yards: 50,592
• Passing Yards Five-Year Peak: 19,370
• Top Five Passing Yards Finish*: 24.2
• Touchdown Passes: 345.3
• Touchdown Passes Five-Year Peak: 145.8
• Top Five Touchdown Pass Finish*: 25.7
• Interceptions: 202.5
• Touchdown-INT Ratio: 1.68
• Completion Percentage: 63.0%
• Completion Percentage Peak: 64.80%
• Top Five Completion Percentage Finish*: 23.3
• Passer Rating: 90.2
• Top Five Passer Rating Finish*: 21.8
• Rushing Yards 1392.2
• Rushing Touchdowns 16
• Super Bowl Wins 1.6
• Super Bowl Appearances 2.8

*This is an aggregate of the Top Five finishes (5^th = 1, 4^th = 2, 3^rd = 3, 2^nd = 4^th, 1^st = 5)
**This is a reminder that the All-Pros we use are from the AP.