Overall Quarterback Rankings after Week Nine

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

2,508

322

8

108.5

0.337

2.849

0.885

1,302

4.04

101.6

Philip Rivers

2

1

1,979

253

8

81.0

0.320

2.118

0.837

980

3.87

107.8

Chad Pennington

3

6

1,944

269

4

86.1

0.320

2.272

0.845

1,017

3.78

95.2

Tony Romo

4

3

1,651

218

8

62.3

0.286

1.619

0.743

757

3.47

103.5

Donovan McNabb

5

8

2,148

320

6

85.6

0.268

2.250

0.703

1,008

3.15

92.0

Kurt Warner

6

2

2,307

324

10

86.2

0.266

2.244

0.693

1,035

3.19

104.2

Jeff Garcia

7

13

1,357

214

3

53.9

0.252

1.421

0.664

625

2.92

89.6

Jake Delhomme

8

14

1,717

252

8

60.3

0.239

1.565

0.621

721

2.86

88.7

Jay Cutler

9

16

2,222

327

11

76.5

0.234

1.982

0.606

911

2.79

86.9

Aaron Rodgers

10

5

2,001

311

8

70.2

0.226

1.830

0.589

828

2.66

95.3

Jason Campbell

11

7

1,871

321

3

71.8

0.224

1.895

0.590

818

2.55

92.4

Kyle Orton

12

10

1,739

272

7

60.5

0.222

1.576

0.579

713

2.62

90.8

Matt Ryan

13

17

1,637

263

6

57.3

0.218

1.497

0.569

668

2.54

85.4

Eli Manning

14

12

1,672

270

7

55.7

0.206

1.449

0.537

652

2.41

89.7

Peyton Manning

15

20

1,964

314

9

64.4

0.205

1.670

0.532

752

2.39

83.3

Trent Edwards

16

11

1,649

258

9

50.7

0.196

1.305

0.506

605

2.34

90.8

Kerry Collins

17

27

1,250

226

3

42.9

0.190

1.126

0.498

482

2.13

72.9

Matt Schaub

18

9

1,710

263

11

49.1

0.187

1.255

0.477

591

2.25

91.0

Dan Orlovsky

19

23

981

175

4

29.6

0.169

0.769

0.439

336

1.92

76.7

David Garrard

20

18

1,805

327

7

54.1

0.165

1.406

0.430

614

1.88

83.7

Gus Frerotte

21

22

1,376

224

9

36.7

0.164

0.933

0.417

434

1.94

77.6

Joe Flacco

22

25

1,424

262

8

35.1

0.134

0.896

0.342

398

1.52

75.6

Derek Anderson

23

31

1,435

276

7

35.9

0.130

0.922

0.334

397

1.44

68.9

Matt Cassel

24

19

1,534

295

8

36.8

0.125

0.941

0.319

409

1.39

83.4

Brett Favre

25

15

1,700

293

14

33.8

0.115

0.834

0.284

401

1.37

87.8

Marc Bulger

26

24

1,176

233

7

24.2

0.104

0.610

0.262

267

1.15

76.4

Matt Hasselbeck

27

35

644

129

4

12.6

0.098

0.318

0.246

137

1.06

57.7

Tyler Thigpen

28

32

848

182

4

17.5

0.096

0.448

0.246

182

1.00

67.6

Carson Palmer

29

30

702

146

4

13.6

0.093

0.344

0.235

144

0.99

69.0

Ben Roethlisberger

30

21

1,281

239

11

20.1

0.084

0.483

0.202

234

0.98

79.6

J.T. O'Sullivan

31

26

1,627

280

17

21.9

0.078

0.503

0.180

277

0.99

74.0

JaMarcus Russell

32

29

1,226

249

9

18.8

0.075

0.457

0.184

209

0.84

69.0

Jon Kitna

33

28

703

141

6

9.1

0.065

0.215

0.152

100

0.71

72.2

Brian Griese

34

34

777

157

7

8.8

0.056

0.202

0.129

96

0.61

64.6

Ryan Fitzpatrick

35

33

861

209

10

-4.3

-0.021

-0.161

-0.077

-66

-0.32

66.6