Final Quarterback Rankings in 2009

Quarterbacks Ranked in terms of Wins Produced per 100 plays and the NFL’s QB Rating

Net Points = Points Created by Yards, Plays, and Turnovers

Wins Produced = Wins Produced by Yards, Plays, and Turnovers

QB Score = All Yards – 3*All Plays – 30*All Turnovers

All Yards = Passing Yards + Rushing Yards – Yards Lost from Sacks

All Plays = Passing Attempts + Rushing Attempts + Sacks

All Turnovers = Interceptions + Fumbles Lost

minimum 150 pass attempts

Data taken from Yahoo.com

Historical Average Net Points per Play (1994-2007, Qualified Quarterbacks, Weighted for Plays) = 0.160

Historical Average Wins Produced per 100 Plays (1994-2007, Qualified Quarterbacks, Weighted for Plays) = 0.410

Historical Average QB Score per Play(1994-2007, Qualified Quarterbacks, Weighted for Plays) = 1.87

Quarterback

Rank

WP100

Rank

NFL’s QB Rating

All

Yards

All

Plays

All

Turnovers

Net

Points

Net Points

per play

Wins

Wins

Produced

per 100 plays

(WP100)

QB

Score

QB Score

per Play

QB

Rating

Philip Rivers

1

3

4,137

537

12

180.8

0.337

4.75

0.885

2,166

4.03

104.4

Drew Brees

2

1

4,286

556

17

174.4

0.314

4.56

0.820

2,108

3.79

109.6

Peyton Manning

3

6

4,413

600

16

178.8

0.298

4.68

0.780

2,133

3.56

99.9

Brett Favre

4

2

3,962

574

9

167.4

0.292

4.41

0.768

1,970

3.43

107.2

Tony Romo

5

8

4,392

619

13

180.7

0.292

4.74

0.766

2,145

3.47

97.6

Tom Brady

6

9

4,356

610

15

174.6

0.286

4.57

0.750

2,076

3.40

96.2

Aaron Rodgers

7

4

4,444

649

11

183.9

0.283

4.84

0.746

2,167

3.34

103.2

Matt Schaub

8

7

4,678

656

17

184.8

0.282

4.84

0.737

2,200

3.35

98.6

Ben Roethlisberger

9

5

4,062

596

15

154.0

0.258

4.03

0.675

1,824

3.06

100.5

Donovan McNabb

10

12

3,429

515

13

126.5

0.246

3.30

0.641

1,494

2.90

92.9

Vince Young

11

18

2,124

323

9

74.9

0.232

1.95

0.603

885

2.74

82.8

Eli Manning

12

11

3,870

556

22

127.3

0.229

3.28

0.590

1,542

2.77

93.1

Kyle Orton

13

14

3,714

594

14

129.6

0.218

3.38

0.569

1,512

2.55

86.8

Joe Flacco

14

13

3,451

570

14

113.8

0.200

2.96

0.520

1,321

2.32

88.9

Kurt Warner

15

10

3,591

558

20

110.5

0.198

2.84

0.510

1,317

2.36

93.2

Jason Campbell

16

15

3,569

596

18

106.5

0.179

2.75

0.461

1,241

2.08

86.4

David Garrard

17

17

3,684

635

18

106.6

0.168

2.75

0.433

1,239

1.95

83.5

Matt Ryan

18

20

2,873

500

16

77.3

0.155

1.98

0.396

893

1.79

80.9

Carson Palmer

19

16

2,974

531

15

81.5

0.153

2.10

0.395

931

1.75

83.6

Chad Henne

20

22

2,734

493

14

73.6

0.149

1.89

0.384

835

1.69

75.2

Alex Smith

21

19

2,267

418

13

55.1

0.132

1.40

0.336

623

1.49

81.5

Marc Bulger

22

24

1,406

269

7

34.9

0.130

0.90

0.333

389

1.45

70.7

Jay Cutler

23

21

3,635

630

27

80.1

0.127

2.00

0.318

935

1.48

76.8

Matt Hasselbeck

24

23

2,939

546

20

61.6

0.113

1.54

0.283

701

1.28

75.1

Matt Cassel

25

25

2,870

585

19

50.5

0.086

1.25

0.214

545

0.93

69.9

Ryan Fitzpatrick

26

26

1,436

279

12

21.3

0.076

0.51

0.183

239

0.86

69.7

Mark Sanchez

27

28

2,355

426

23

32.6

0.077

0.76

0.178

387

0.91

63.0

Josh Freeman

28

30

1,916

341

20

24.3

0.071

0.55

0.162

293

0.86

59.9

Matthew Stafford

29

29

2,206

421

21

27.6

0.066

0.64

0.151

313

0.74

61.0

Brady Quinn

30

27

1,333

295

10

15.0

0.051

0.35

0.119

148

0.50

67.2

Jake Delhomme

31

31

1,888

361

21

14.8

0.041

0.30

0.082

175

0.48

59.4

JaMarcus Russell

32

32

1,124

297

17

-21.7

-0.073

-0.66

-0.222

-277

-0.93

50.0