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And he's second only to you-know-who... 
[url]http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_2755_The_Great_8.html[/url]
The article is too big to post here, but here's the list and Big Ben's section.
1. Tom Brady
2. Ben Roethlisberger
3. Kurt Warner
4. Peyton Manning
5. Phillip Rivers
6. Chad Pennington
7. Drew Brees
8. Donovan Mcnabb
I don't agree completely with the list (I wouldn't have had Rivers that high) but it's still well-put together and DEFINITELY not what most would expect. 
[url]http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_2755_The_Great_8.html[/url]
The article is too big to post here, but here's the list and Big Ben's section.
1. Tom Brady
2. Ben Roethlisberger
3. Kurt Warner
4. Peyton Manning
5. Phillip Rivers
6. Chad Pennington
7. Drew Brees
8. Donovan Mcnabb
2. Ben Roethlisberger
Type of Quarterback: Clutch Playmaker
Career: 1,189 of 1,905, 62.4%, 14,974 yards, 7.9 YPA, 101 TD, 69 INT, 89.4 passer rating
Best year: (2005) 168 of 268, 62.7%, 2,385 yards, 8.9 YPA, 17 TD, 9 INT, 98.6 passer rating
Last year: 281 of 469, 59.5%, 3,301 yards, 7.0 YPA, 17 TD, 15 INT, 80.1 passer rating
The Cold, Hard Football Fact: Big Ben's career average of 7.86 YPA is the third best in modern NFL history (since 1960).
The straight dope: The knock on Big Ben has always been that he’s been lucky to play with a great defensive club with a great commitment to the run on offense. However, teams don’t consistently win games, and don’t consistently win Super Bowls, without clutch play at quarterback -- no matter how good they are defensively or no matter how often they run the football. And, with the possible exception of No. 1 on our list, no quarterback in football today consistently produces clutch plays in key moments more often than Roethlisberger.
The 2008 season was textbook Big Ben: hamstrung by one of the worst offensive lines in the league (28th on our Offensive Hog Index), Roethlisberger had a subpar statistical season. But with everything on the line – and in the last thing we all saw at the end of the 2008 football season – Roethlisberger led his Steelers on one of the great drives in Super Bowl history, ending it with a gorgeous, clutch pass to Santonio Holmes for the game-winning touchdown. (We ranked that drive the third best in Super Bowl history earlier this year.)
However, if you’re looking for a telling stat that underscores Big Ben’s success – the underlying stats are always there if you trust in the Cold, Hard Football Facts – look no further than Big Ben’s 7.86 YPA, the sixth best mark in the history of the NFL. In modern times, only Warner (8.04 YPA) and Steve Young (7.98 YPA) were more effective at getting the ball down field.
Other quarterbacks put up bigger, better numbers. But the bottom line is that no fandom outside of New England can rest more comfortably knowing that they have a quarterback who can make plays and pull out victories in the most critical games and moments of the season.
The outlook for 2009: Big Ben & Co. find themselves playing for “team of the decade” status. With another title this year, they’ll have won three Super Bowls in the second half of the decade, after the Patriots won three in the first half of the decade. Clutch quarterbacks revel in these moments.
Type of Quarterback: Clutch Playmaker
Career: 1,189 of 1,905, 62.4%, 14,974 yards, 7.9 YPA, 101 TD, 69 INT, 89.4 passer rating
Best year: (2005) 168 of 268, 62.7%, 2,385 yards, 8.9 YPA, 17 TD, 9 INT, 98.6 passer rating
Last year: 281 of 469, 59.5%, 3,301 yards, 7.0 YPA, 17 TD, 15 INT, 80.1 passer rating
The Cold, Hard Football Fact: Big Ben's career average of 7.86 YPA is the third best in modern NFL history (since 1960).
The straight dope: The knock on Big Ben has always been that he’s been lucky to play with a great defensive club with a great commitment to the run on offense. However, teams don’t consistently win games, and don’t consistently win Super Bowls, without clutch play at quarterback -- no matter how good they are defensively or no matter how often they run the football. And, with the possible exception of No. 1 on our list, no quarterback in football today consistently produces clutch plays in key moments more often than Roethlisberger.
The 2008 season was textbook Big Ben: hamstrung by one of the worst offensive lines in the league (28th on our Offensive Hog Index), Roethlisberger had a subpar statistical season. But with everything on the line – and in the last thing we all saw at the end of the 2008 football season – Roethlisberger led his Steelers on one of the great drives in Super Bowl history, ending it with a gorgeous, clutch pass to Santonio Holmes for the game-winning touchdown. (We ranked that drive the third best in Super Bowl history earlier this year.)
However, if you’re looking for a telling stat that underscores Big Ben’s success – the underlying stats are always there if you trust in the Cold, Hard Football Facts – look no further than Big Ben’s 7.86 YPA, the sixth best mark in the history of the NFL. In modern times, only Warner (8.04 YPA) and Steve Young (7.98 YPA) were more effective at getting the ball down field.
Other quarterbacks put up bigger, better numbers. But the bottom line is that no fandom outside of New England can rest more comfortably knowing that they have a quarterback who can make plays and pull out victories in the most critical games and moments of the season.
The outlook for 2009: Big Ben & Co. find themselves playing for “team of the decade” status. With another title this year, they’ll have won three Super Bowls in the second half of the decade, after the Patriots won three in the first half of the decade. Clutch quarterbacks revel in these moments.
321 of 476, 67.4%, 3,653 yards, 7.7 YPA, 19 TD, 7 INT, 97.4 rating
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