FINAL Quarterback Rankings for 2008
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 (224 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 |
4,976 |
670 |
18 |
203.0 |
0.303 |
5.314 |
0.793 |
2,426 |
3.62 |
96.2 |
|
Philip Rivers |
2 |
1 |
3,942 |
534 |
15 |
157.6 |
0.295 |
4.121 |
0.772 |
1,890 |
3.54 |
105.5 |
|
Chad Pennington |
3 |
2 |
3,594 |
530 |
8 |
150.4 |
0.284 |
3.963 |
0.748 |
1,764 |
3.33 |
97.4 |
|
Peyton Manning |
4 |
5 |
3,937 |
589 |
12 |
154.2 |
0.262 |
4.047 |
0.687 |
1,810 |
3.07 |
95.0 |
|
Matt Ryan |
5 |
11 |
3,440 |
506 |
12 |
132.3 |
0.261 |
3.463 |
0.684 |
1,562 |
3.09 |
87.7 |
|
Jake Delhomme |
6 |
18 |
3,179 |
454 |
15 |
114.1 |
0.251 |
2.965 |
0.653 |
1,367 |
3.01 |
84.7 |
|
Jay Cutler |
7 |
16 |
4,657 |
684 |
20 |
168.9 |
0.247 |
4.400 |
0.643 |
2,005 |
2.93 |
86.0 |
|
Jeff Garcia |
8 |
9 |
2,760 |
434 |
8 |
104.4 |
0.241 |
2.741 |
0.631 |
1,218 |
2.81 |
90.2 |
|
Kurt Warner |
9 |
3 |
4,399 |
642 |
21 |
153.9 |
0.240 |
3.994 |
0.622 |
1,843 |
2.87 |
96.9 |
|
Matt Schaub |
10 |
7 |
2,962 |
434 |
14 |
103.7 |
0.239 |
2.694 |
0.621 |
1,240 |
2.86 |
92.7 |
|
Aaron Rodgers |
11 |
6 |
4,014 |
626 |
16 |
141.0 |
0.225 |
3.676 |
0.587 |
1,656 |
2.65 |
93.8 |
|
Kerry Collins |
12 |
23 |
2,665 |
448 |
8 |
94.0 |
0.210 |
2.464 |
0.550 |
1,081 |
2.41 |
80.2 |
|
Donovan McNabb |
13 |
15 |
3,914 |
633 |
16 |
131.3 |
0.207 |
3.416 |
0.540 |
1,535 |
2.42 |
86.4 |
|
Tony Romo |
14 |
8 |
3,366 |
498 |
21 |
102.5 |
0.206 |
2.628 |
0.528 |
1,242 |
2.49 |
91.4 |
|
Jason Campbell |
15 |
19 |
3,237 |
591 |
7 |
111.7 |
0.189 |
2.938 |
0.497 |
1,254 |
2.12 |
84.3 |
|
Matt Cassel |
16 |
10 |
3,744 |
636 |
15 |
120.0 |
0.189 |
3.121 |
0.491 |
1,386 |
2.18 |
89.4 |
|
Eli Manning |
17 |
14 |
3,074 |
526 |
12 |
98.8 |
0.188 |
2.570 |
0.489 |
1,136 |
2.16 |
86.4 |
|
Shaun Hill |
18 |
12 |
2,013 |
335 |
10 |
60.7 |
0.181 |
1.568 |
0.468 |
708 |
2.11 |
87.5 |
|
Trent Edwards |
19 |
17 |
2,673 |
433 |
15 |
78.1 |
0.180 |
2.006 |
0.463 |
924 |
2.13 |
85.4 |
|
Seneca Wallace |
20 |
13 |
1,534 |
272 |
6 |
46.9 |
0.172 |
1.219 |
0.448 |
538 |
1.98 |
87.0 |
|
David Garrard |
21 |
20 |
3,654 |
650 |
16 |
107.2 |
0.165 |
2.777 |
0.427 |
1,224 |
1.88 |
81.7 |
|
Joe Flacco |
22 |
22 |
2,875 |
512 |
14 |
80.4 |
0.157 |
2.074 |
0.405 |
919 |
1.79 |
80.3 |
|
Tyler Thigpen |
23 |
27 |
2,832 |
508 |
14 |
77.9 |
0.153 |
2.005 |
0.395 |
888 |
1.75 |
76.0 |
|
Dan Orlovsky |
24 |
29 |
1,550 |
276 |
8 |
42.3 |
0.153 |
1.087 |
0.394 |
482 |
1.75 |
72.6 |
|
Kyle Orton |
25 |
25 |
2,861 |
516 |
17 |
69.8 |
0.135 |
1.776 |
0.344 |
803 |
1.56 |
79.6 |
|
JaMarcus Russell |
26 |
26 |
2,340 |
416 |
15 |
54.9 |
0.132 |
1.390 |
0.334 |
642 |
1.54 |
77.1 |
|
Brett Favre |
27 |
21 |
3,302 |
573 |
24 |
73.9 |
0.129 |
1.853 |
0.323 |
863 |
1.51 |
81.0 |
|
Ben Roethlisberger |
28 |
24 |
3,118 |
549 |
22 |
69.1 |
0.126 |
1.735 |
0.316 |
811 |
1.48 |
80.1 |
|
Gus Frerotte |
29 |
28 |
2,000 |
349 |
16 |
40.4 |
0.116 |
0.998 |
0.286 |
473 |
1.36 |
73.7 |
|
Marc Bulger |
30 |
30 |
2,498 |
492 |
17 |
46.2 |
0.094 |
1.148 |
0.233 |
512 |
1.04 |
71.4 |
|
Derek Anderson |
31 |
32 |
1,583 |
322 |
10 |
29.3 |
0.091 |
0.732 |
0.227 |
317 |
0.98 |
66.5 |
|
Ryan Fitzpatrick |
32 |
31 |
2,016 |
470 |
14 |
20.6 |
0.044 |
0.482 |
0.103 |
186 |
0.40 |
70.0 |