Overall Quarterback Rankings after Week Ten

Quarterbacks Ranked in terms of Net Points per play 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

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

Net Points

per play

Rank

NFL’s QB Rating

All

Yards

All

Plays

All

Turnovers

Net

Points

Net Points

per play

Wins

Wins

Produced

per 100 plays

QB

Score

QB Score

per Play

QB

Rating

Drew Brees

1

4

2,934

383

11

121.1

0.316

3.170

0.828

1,455

3.80

96.1

Philip Rivers

2

2

2,286

292

10

91.6

0.314

2.390

0.819

1,110

3.80

106.3

Chad Pennington

3

6

2,151

309

5

91.3

0.295

2.405

0.778

1,074

3.48

92.6

Tony Romo

4

3

1,651

218

8

62.3

0.286

1.619

0.743

757

3.47

103.5

Kurt Warner

5

1

2,636

365

10

103.6

0.284

2.707

0.742

1,241

3.40

106.4

Jay Cutler

6

14

2,692

377

12

100.4

0.266

2.614

0.693

1,201

3.19

89.5

Donovan McNabb

7

10

2,377

359

7

92.8

0.258

2.435

0.678

1,090

3.04

90.7

Jeff Garcia

8

13

1,357

214

3

53.9

0.252

1.421

0.664

625

2.92

89.6

Matt Ryan

9

11

1,883

288

6

71.6

0.248

1.875

0.651

839

2.91

89.9

Jason Campbell

10

7

1,871

321

3

71.8

0.224

1.895

0.590

818

2.55

92.4

Kyle Orton

11

9

1,739

272

7

60.5

0.222

1.576

0.579

713

2.62

90.8

Aaron Rodgers

12

5

2,112

342

8

72.4

0.212

1.889

0.552

846

2.47

93.3

Peyton Manning

13

18

2,192

356

9

73.5

0.206

1.913

0.537

854

2.40

84.8

Kerry Collins

14

21

1,533

272

3

55.5

0.204

1.463

0.538

627

2.31

78.8

Eli Manning

15

15

1,856

303

8

60.6

0.200

1.573

0.519

707

2.33

88.8

David Garrard

16

16

2,042

355

7

67.0

0.189

1.748

0.493

767

2.16

87.6

Matt Schaub

17

8

1,710

263

11

49.1

0.187

1.255

0.477

591

2.25

91.0

Trent Edwards

18

17

1,757

283

11

48.4

0.171

1.236

0.437

578

2.04

86.9

Dan Orlovsky

19

23

981

175

4

29.6

0.169

0.769

0.439

336

1.92

76.7

Jake Delhomme

20

22

1,774

282

12

47.4

0.168

1.204

0.427

568

2.01

77.9

Joe Flacco

21

20

1,589

289

8

42.5

0.147

1.092

0.378

482

1.67

79.7

Tyler Thigpen

22

24

1,137

226

4

31.1

0.138

0.809

0.358

339

1.50

76.3

Brett Favre

23

12

1,867

313

14

42.8

0.137

1.073

0.343

508

1.62

89.8

Matt Cassel

24

19

1,782

337

9

44.6

0.132

1.145

0.340

501

1.49

84.2

Derek Anderson

25

31

1,435

276

7

35.9

0.130

0.922

0.334

397

1.44

68.9

Gus Frerotte

26

26

1,516

255

12

32.9

0.129

0.820

0.322

391

1.53

74.0

Carson Palmer

27

30

702

146

4

13.6

0.093

0.344

0.235

144

0.99

69.0

Ben Roethlisberger

28

25

1,547

283

14

23.6

0.083

0.563

0.199

278

0.98

76.0

J.T. O'Sullivan

29

27

1,627

280

17

21.9

0.078

0.503

0.180

277

0.99

74.0

Marc Bulger

30

28

1,226

248

9

19.3

0.078

0.471

0.190

212

0.85

73.5

JaMarcus Russell

31

29

1,226

249

9

18.8

0.075

0.457

0.184

209

0.84

69.0

Brian Griese

32

33

777

157

7

8.8

0.056

0.202

0.129

96

0.61

64.6

Ryan Fitzpatrick

33

32

861

209

10

-4.3

-0.021

-0.161

-0.077

-66

-0.32

66.6