Chad Pennington is one of the most consistent quarterbacks of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Pennington delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.
Career Value · VORP
128 career value over replacement — #812 all-time of 4,695. 21.3/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #18 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2000 · +2.3 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | ||||||
| 2000 | 24 | NYJ | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 40.0% | 67 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 17.4 | — | 127.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | NYJ | 2 | — | — | 10 | 20 | 50.0% | 92 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 5.6 | — | 79.6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 26 | NYJ | 15 | — | 27.7 | 275 | 399 | 68.9% | 3,120 | 22 | 6 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 104.2 | 22 | 29 | 49 | 2 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 7 | 24.1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 27 | NYJ | 10 | — | 1.6 | 189 | 297 | 63.6% | 2,139 | 13 | 12 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 82.9 | 25 | 21 | 42 | 2 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 6 | 28.6 | 1 |
| 2004 | 28 | NYJ | 13 | — | 15.9 | 242 | 370 | 65.4% | 2,673 | 16 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 91.0 | 18 | 34 | 126 | 1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 12 | 35.3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 29 | NYJ | 3 | — | — | 49 | 83 | 59.0% | 530 | 2 | 3 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 70.9 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 30 | NYJ | 16 | — | 5.5 | 313 | 485 | 64.5% | 3,352 | 17 | 16 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 82.6 | 29 | 36 | 111 | 0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 12 | 33.3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 31 | NYJ | 9 | — | 0.0 | 179 | 260 | 68.8% | 1,766 | 10 | 9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 86.2 | 26 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 9 | 45.0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 32 | MIA | 16 | — | 31.9 | 321 | 476 | 67.4% | 3,653 | 19 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 97.4 | 23 | 31 | 58 | 1 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 6 | 19.4 | 0 |
| 2009 | 33 | MIA | 3 | — | — | 51 | 74 | 68.9% | 413 | 1 | 2 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 76.0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 |
| 2010 | 34 | MIA | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | — | 83.3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 89 | — | 82.6 | 1,632 | 2,471 | 66.0% | 17,824 | 102 | 64 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 90.1 | 160 | 182 | 463 | 7 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 56 | 30.8 | 4 | |
Postseason all-time ranks
A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.
Worth 128 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 18% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
6 seasons × ~21.3 surplus ≈ VORP 128
Derek Carr
QB
86% match