Overall Quarterback Rankings after Week Fourteen

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 (182 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

4,034

531

15

166.0

0.313

4.345

0.818

1,991

3.75

96.2

Chad Pennington

2

7

3,012

439

6

129.2

0.294

3.409

0.777

1,515

3.45

93.7

Matt Ryan

3

10

2,944

421

8

122.0

0.290

3.208

0.762

1,441

3.42

92.0

Philip Rivers

4

1

3,114

420

13

121.7

0.290

3.177

0.756

1,464

3.49

102.0

Jay Cutler

5

12

3,789

541

16

141.5

0.261

3.687

0.682

1,686

3.12

89.2

Kurt Warner

6

2

3,868

543

18

141.2

0.260

3.671

0.676

1,699

3.13

99.1

Tony Romo

7

3

2,722

367

16

93.3

0.254

2.408

0.656

1,141

3.11

96.9

Jeff Garcia

8

6

2,219

355

5

86.5

0.244

2.279

0.642

1,004

2.83

94.4

Matt Schaub

9

8

2,118

307

12

69.4

0.226

1.790

0.583

837

2.73

93.1

Peyton Manning

10

13

3,163

505

12

110.6

0.219

2.887

0.572

1,288

2.55

88.8

Shaun Hill

11

5

1,309

204

6

43.7

0.214

1.134

0.556

517

2.53

95.5

Aaron Rodgers

12

9

3,212

509

14

107.7

0.212

2.800

0.550

1,265

2.49

92.1

Eli Manning

13

11

2,657

432

10

91.2

0.211

2.379

0.551

1,061

2.46

90.1

Kerry Collins

14

20

2,274

381

7

80.0

0.210

2.096

0.550

921

2.42

81.4

Donovan McNabb

15

17

3,239

521

14

107.2

0.206

2.784

0.534

1,256

2.41

85.2

Jake Delhomme

16

22

2,499

387

14

77.1

0.199

1.985

0.513

918

2.37

81.1

Sage Rosenfels

17

25

1,410

194

12

37.4

0.193

0.939

0.484

468

2.41

79.5

Jason Campbell

18

15

2,712

488

7

92.0

0.188

2.413

0.495

1,038

2.13

85.4

Trent Edwards

19

18

2,340

374

14

67.1

0.179

1.719

0.460

798

2.13

85.1

Kyle Orton

20

19

2,322

399

12

65.8

0.165

1.694

0.424

765

1.92

83.5

Matt Cassel

21

16

3,072

546

14

88.5

0.162

2.289

0.419

1,014

1.86

85.3

Joe Flacco

22

21

2,373

422

11

68.1

0.161

1.761

0.417

777

1.84

81.3

David Garrard

23

23

2,914

533

13

81.6

0.153

2.110

0.396

925

1.74

80.9

Tyler Thigpen

24

26

2,059

381

9

57.4

0.151

1.485

0.390

646

1.70

77.3

Brett Favre

25

14

2,685

467

17

66.7

0.143

1.694

0.363

774

1.66

88.2

Ben Roethlisberger

26

24

2,452

441

16

56.2

0.127

1.419

0.322

649

1.47

80.1

Gus Frerotte

27

27

2,000

349

16

40.4

0.116

0.998

0.286

473

1.36

73.7

JaMarcus Russell

28

29

1,752

333

12

34.3

0.103

0.855

0.257

393

1.18

70.1

Derek Anderson

29

32

1,583

322

10

29.3

0.091

0.732

0.227

317

0.98

66.5

J.T. O'Sullivan

30

28

1,626

282

17

21.4

0.076

0.490

0.174

270

0.96

73.6

Marc Bulger

31

30

1,881

384

16

22.9

0.060

0.535

0.139

249

0.65

68.0

Matt Hasselbeck

32

33

1,166

239

10

14.2

0.059

0.330

0.138

149

0.62

57.8

Ryan Fitzpatrick

33

31

1,564

376

14

4.8

0.013

0.061

0.016

16

0.04

66.9