Overall Quarterback Rankings after Week Three

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 = 0.159

Historical Average Wins Produced per 100 Plays = 0.406

Historical Average QB Score per Play = 1.85

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

Philip Rivers

1

1

835

91

2

41.5

0.456

1.094

1.202

502

5.52

124.8

Jay Cutler

2

3

927

117

2

43.2

0.369

1.140

0.975

516

4.41

110.6

Tony Romo

3

6

861

100

4

36.0

0.360

0.938

0.938

441

4.41

103.2

Drew Brees

4

5

953

122

3

41.5

0.340

1.089

0.893

497

4.07

103.9

Kurt Warner

5

2

700

96

1

32.4

0.338

0.857

0.893

382

3.98

111.7

Kerry Collins

6

14

398

53

1

17.6

0.332

0.463

0.873

209

3.94

90.5

Aaron Rodgers

7

7

822

122

1

36.4

0.298

0.963

0.790

426

3.49

102.9

Donovan McNabb

8

8

818

120

2

33.8

0.281

0.889

0.740

398

3.32

102.8

Eli Manning

9

13

729

113

1

31.1

0.275

0.822

0.727

360

3.19

91.1

Jason Campbell

10

9

634

105

0

28.0

0.266

0.744

0.709

319

3.04

100.1

J.T. O'Sullivan

11

4

708

102

3

26.0

0.255

0.676

0.663

312

3.06

104.6

Chad Pennington

12

15

557

90

1

22.3

0.248

0.589

0.654

257

2.86

87.9

Trent Edwards

13

12

692

105

3

24.0

0.229

0.625

0.596

287

2.73

96.6

Matt Ryan

14

19

500

81

2

17.0

0.209

0.442

0.545

197

2.43

77.0

Peyton Manning

15

23

759

128

4

22.0

0.172

0.567

0.443

255

1.99

73.1

Kyle Orton

16

18

554

101

2

17.0

0.168

0.442

0.438

191

1.89

79.0

Brett Favre

17

10

587

105

4

13.1

0.125

0.330

0.314

152

1.45

98.7

JaMarcus Russell

18

16

372

71

2

8.6

0.121

0.219

0.309

99

1.39

87.5

Matt Hasselbeck

19

28

542

107

3

12.0

0.112

0.305

0.285

131

1.22

60.1

Brian Griese

20

24

553

101

4

11.2

0.111

0.280

0.278

130

1.29

71.3

Matt Cassel

21

17

431

89

2

9.6

0.108

0.246

0.276

104

1.17

87.0

Jon Kitna

22

21

660

122

5

12.7

0.104

0.314

0.257

144

1.18

73.6

Tarvaris Jackson

23

26

353

73

2

6.8

0.093

0.172

0.236

74

1.01

64.8

Jake Delhomme

24

20

508

105

3

9.4

0.090

0.236

0.225

103

0.98

74.7

Carson Palmer

25

27

494

105

3

8.6

0.082

0.215

0.204

89

0.85

63.8

Joe Flacco

26

29

286

59

2

4.6

0.079

0.114

0.193

49

0.83

55.7

Marc Bulger

27

22

447

101

3

5.6

0.055

0.134

0.132

54

0.53

73.2

Ben Roethlisberger

28

11

405

78

4

4.1

0.052

0.090

0.115

51

0.65

98.6

David Garrard

29

25

510

105

5

4.2

0.040

0.089

0.085

45

0.43

68.1

Derek Anderson

30

31

397

109

5

-5.5

-0.050

-0.169

-0.155

-80

-0.73

43.5

Matt Schaub

31

30

346

83

6

-6.9

-0.083

-0.211

-0.254

-83

-1.00

50.3

Tyler Thigpen

32

32

263

76

4

-6.3

-0.083

-0.187

-0.246

-85

-1.12

38.3