Most effective QBs on third-and-long

October, 9, 2009
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By Mike Sando

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando


Hank Gargiulo of ESPN Stats & Information told me 49ers quarterback Shaun Hill has the NFL's highest completion percentage this season on third-and-8 or longer.

Thanks, I said, but let's see how many of those completed passes produced first downs.

No problem, Hank replied.

And so this chart was born.

Leading Passers, Third-and-8 or Longer (min. 10 attempts)
Comp. Att. Yards TD INT Percent First Downs
Joe Flacco
14 22 203 3 2 54.5
Eli Manning
11 14 185 2 0 50.0
Mark Sanchez
12 16 134 1 1 41.2
Philip Rivers
10 20 169 1 1 40.9
Brett Favre
19 24 227 1 0 40.0
Ben Roethlisberger
8 14 132 0 1 40.0
Carson Palmer
13 21 198 1 0 39.1
Matt Ryan
8 13 106 1 1 38.5
Seneca Wallace
6 11 100 1 0 35.7
David Garrard
10 19 136 1 1 30.0
Kerry Collins
9 16 114 0 0 29.4
Matthew Stafford
13 19 158 1 2 28.6
Tom Brady
5 11 63 0 0 28.6
Drew Brees
12 18 169 1 0 26.3
Tony Romo
10 17 94 0 2 26.3
Jason Campbell
9 14 108 0 0 25.0
Kurt Warner
11 21 122 0 2 23.8
Brady Quinn
7 11 76 1 1 23.1
Shaun Hill
18 21 226 0 0 22.2
Matt Schaub
9 16 96 1 0 22.2
Peyton Manning
9 14 100 0 1 21.4
Kyle Orton
12 19 133 0 0 20.0
JaMarcus Russell
10 19 124 0 0 18.2
Jay Cutler
3 10 48 0 2 18.2
Matt Cassel
13 17 99 0 0 16.7
Jake Delhomme
5 11 70 1 1 16.7
Derek Anderson
3 12 35 0 2 16.7
Aaron Rodgers
10 20 117 0 0 12.5
Trent Edwards
10 18 69 0 0 9.1
Byron Leftwich
6 15 34 0 1 6.7
Marc Bulger
4 10 25 0 0 0.0
NFL Totals
317 550 3,888 17 23 24.7%

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