2016 Playoff Passing Numbers

by Chase Stuart on February 11, 2017

These two were the top passers of the 2016 postseason

With the 2016 postseason in the books, who were the best and worst passers? There are 11 playoff games every year, and since there were no games where a starting quarterback was injured or benched during the game, that gives us 22 quarterback performances to evaluate.

The best performance belongs to Matt Ryan against the Packers in the NFC Championship Game. Ryan threw for 392 yards with 4 TDs and 0 interceptions or sacks. That’s 472 Adjusted Net Yards and it came on 38 dropbacks, which translates to a 12.42 ANY/A average. His opponent, Green Bay, allowed 6.85 ANY/A to passers this year; that means over the course of 38 dropbacks, Ryan produced 212 Adjusted Net Yards of Value above average.

Using that methodology, here are the single game playoff passing numbers from the 2016 postseason:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	H/R	Opp	Result	Week	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	SOS	VALUE
1	Matt Ryan	ATL		GNB	W 44-21	C	38	392	4	0	0	0	12.42	6.85	212
2	Tom Brady	NWE		PIT	W 36-17	C	42	384	3	0	2	10	9.86	5.89	175
3	Aaron Rodgers	GNB		NYG	W 38-13	W	40	362	4	0	5	31	9.13	5.34	171
4	Matt Ryan	ATL		SEA	W 36-20	D	37	338	3	0	3	15	9.58	5.94	146
5	Matt Ryan	ATL	N	NWE	L 28-34	S	23	284	2	0	5	44	10.00	5.78	118
6	Dak Prescott	DAL		GNB	L 31-34	D	38	302	3	1	2	11	7.65	6.85	32
7	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	@	DAL	W 34-31	D	43	355	2	1	3	29	6.98	6.37	28
8	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT		MIA	W 30-12	W	18	197	2	2	1	9	7.26	6.02	24
9	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	@	NWE	L 17-36	C	47	314	1	1	0	0	6.15	5.78	17
10	Tom Brady	NWE	N	ATL	W 34-28	S	62	466	2	1	5	24	6.52	6.31	14
11	Brock Osweiler	HOU		OAK	W 27-14	W	25	168	1	0	0	0	7.52	6.96	14
12	Russell Wilson	SEA		DET	W 26-6	W	30	224	2	0	3	14	7.58	7.28	10
13	Tom Brady	NWE		HOU	W 34-16	D	38	287	2	2	2	8	5.73	5.66	3
14	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	@	KAN	W 18-16	D	31	224	0	1	1	6	5.41	5.76	-11
15	Matt Moore	MIA	@	PIT	L 12-30	W	36	289	1	1	5	36	5.56	5.89	-13
16	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	@	ATL	L 21-44	C	45	287	3	1	2	19	6.02	6.31	-14
17	Matthew Stafford	DET	@	SEA	L 6-26	W	32	205	0	0	3	23	5.20	5.94	-26
18	Eli Manning	NYG	@	GNB	L 13-38	W	44	299	1	1	2	4	5.87	6.85	-45
19	Russell Wilson	SEA	@	ATL	L 20-36	D	30	225	2	2	3	17	4.79	6.31	-50
20	Alex Smith	KAN		PIT	L 16-18	D	34	172	1	1	1	6	4.03	5.89	-65
21	Brock Osweiler	HOU	@	NWE	L 16-34	D	40	197	1	3	3	17	1.51	5.78	-184
22	Connor Cook	OAK	@	HOU	L 14-27	W	45	161	1	3	3	22	0.50	5.66	-248

And here were the cumulative results:

Rk	Quarterback	Value
1	Matt Ryan	476
2	Tom Brady	192
3	Aaron Rodgers	185
4	Dak Prescott	32
5	Ben Roethlisberger	30
6	Matt Moore	-13
7	Matthew Stafford	-26
8	Russell Wilson	-40
9	Eli Manning	-45
10	Alex Smith	-65
11	Brock Osweiler	-170
12	Connor Cook	-248

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