Overall Quarterback Rankings after Week Twelve

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

minimum 14 passing attempts per game played by team (154 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

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

3,516

449

12

150.6

0.335

3.948

0.879

1,809

4.03

99.9

Chad Pennington

2

7

2,651

380

6

113.1

0.298

2.981

0.784

1,331

3.50

93.7

Philip Rivers

3

1

2,732

356

13

105.0

0.295

2.733

0.768

1,274

3.58

103.3

Tony Romo

4

3

2,177

291

11

80.1

0.275

2.079

0.715

974

3.35

101.8

Kurt Warner

5

2

3,363

468

14

128.1

0.274

3.340

0.714

1,539

3.29

102.4

Matt Ryan

6

13

2,412

357

7

96.1

0.269

2.524

0.707

1,131

3.17

88.3

Jay Cutler

7

16

3,132

447

14

114.8

0.257

2.988

0.668

1,371

3.07

87.0

Jeff Garcia

8

5

1,768

276

5

67.6

0.245

1.774

0.643

790

2.86

94.5

Kerry Collins

9

18

1,997

338

4

75.6

0.224

1.991

0.589

863

2.55

81.9

Peyton Manning

10

15

2,763

449

10

96.3

0.214

2.514

0.560

1,116

2.49

87.2

Jason Campbell

11

12

2,260

400

4

83.1

0.208

2.191

0.548

940

2.35

90.2

Eli Manning

12

8

2,231

365

9

74.4

0.204

1.936

0.530

866

2.37

91.6

Kyle Orton

13

14

1,996

331

8

65.4

0.198

1.702

0.514

763

2.31

88.1

Aaron Rodgers

14

10

2,610

424

12

83.5

0.197

2.165

0.511

978

2.31

90.5

Matt Cassel

15

11

2,652

446

10

87.8

0.197

2.288

0.513

1,014

2.27

90.5

Donovan McNabb

16

20

2,756

441

14

85.9

0.195

2.218

0.503

1,013

2.30

81.1

Jake Delhomme

17

22

2,166

343

12

65.5

0.191

1.686

0.492

777

2.27

80.5

Matt Schaub

18

9

1,710

263

11

49.1

0.187

1.255

0.477

591

2.25

91.0

Trent Edwards

19

17

2,223

350

14

62.9

0.180

1.608

0.459

753

2.15

86.6

David Garrard

20

19

2,472

446

10

73.5

0.165

1.907

0.428

834

1.87

81.8

Brett Favre

21

6

2,319

387

15

60.2

0.156

1.531

0.396

708

1.83

94.1

Tyler Thigpen

22

24

1,644

308

8

42.8

0.139

1.100

0.357

480

1.56

77.4

Ben Roethlisberger

23

21

2,089

361

14

50.1

0.139

1.266

0.351

586

1.62

80.5

Joe Flacco

24

23

1,941

363

10

49.1

0.135

1.260

0.347

552

1.52

78.7

Gus Frerotte

25

25

1,736

310

13

35.9

0.116

0.895

0.289

416

1.34

75.0

JaMarcus Russell

26

26

1,515

289

9

33.2

0.115

0.841

0.291

378

1.31

75.0

Derek Anderson

27

30

1,486

291

9

31.1

0.107

0.785

0.270

343

1.18

66.0

J.T. O'Sullivan

28

27

1,626

282

17

21.4

0.076

0.490

0.174

270

0.96

73.6

Marc Bulger

29

28

1,514

309

12

20.8

0.067

0.496

0.161

227

0.73

73.0

Matt Hasselbeck

30

31

914

192

9

6.9

0.036

0.142

0.074

68

0.35

54.9

Ryan Fitzpatrick

31

29

1,269

306

11

4.7

0.015

0.072

0.024

21

0.07

70.2