Overall Quarterback Rankings after Week Four

Rankings for Just Week Four are Below

Quarterbacks Ranked in terms of QB Score per play and the NFL’s QB Rating

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

Net Points = Points Created by Yards, Plays, and Turnovers

Wins Produced = Wins Produced by Yards, Plays, and Turnovers

Data taken from Yahoo.com

Historical Average QB Score per Play = 1.85

Historical Average Net Points per Play = 0.159

Historical Average Wins Produced per 100 Plays = 0.406

Quarterback

Rank

QB Score

per play

Rank

NFL’s

QB Rating

All Yards

All Plays

All

Turnovers

QB Score

QB Score

per Play

Net Points

Net Points

per play

Wins

Produced

Wins Produced

per 100 plays

QB Rating

Tony Romo

1

2

1224

137

3

723

5.28

59.8

1.577

0.437

1.151

112.9

Tom Brady

2

1

1105

128

3

631

4.93

52.1

1.373

0.407

1.072

134.7

Peyton Manning

3

4

1046

136

1

608

4.47

51.4

1.362

0.378

1.001

110.4

Jeff Garcia

4

10

771

104

0

459

4.41

39.1

1.040

0.376

1.000

98.9

Matt Schaub

5

8

984

138

4

450

3.26

37.6

0.982

0.273

0.712

101.2

David Garrard

6

7

687

106

1

339

3.20

29.1

0.769

0.274

0.725

103.8

Derek Anderson

7

16

938

125

6

383

3.06

31.3

0.803

0.250

0.643

88.4

Matt Hasselbeck

8

9

999

145

4

444

3.06

37.3

0.974

0.257

0.672

100.1

Jake Delhomme

9

3

606

97

1

285

2.94

24.7

0.653

0.255

0.673

111.9

Joey Harrington

10

11

913

146

2

415

2.84

35.9

0.946

0.246

0.648

98.2

Jay Cutler

11

18

934

131

6

361

2.76

29.7

0.761

0.226

0.581

82.8

Jon Kitna

12

6

1151

166

7

443

2.67

36.4

0.935

0.219

0.563

105.6

Carson Palmer

13

14

1138

171

6

445

2.60

37.5

0.969

0.219

0.566

90.4

Brett Favre

14

12

1153

187

4

472

2.52

40.4

1.057

0.216

0.565

97.3

Ben Roethlisberger

15

13

801

124

4

309

2.49

26.1

0.674

0.210

0.544

94.1

Jason Campbell

16

26

674

103

4

245

2.38

20.4

0.525

0.199

0.510

69.6

Chad Pennington

17

5

541

94

2

199

2.12

17.4

0.454

0.185

0.483

105.8

Donovan McNabb

18

15

893

166

3

305

1.84

27.0

0.704

0.163

0.424

88.6

Vince Young

19

17

504

92

2

168

1.83

14.9

0.387

0.162

0.421

83.3

Trent Green

20

24

938

151

7

275

1.82

23.1

0.581

0.153

0.385

72.9

Eli Manning

21

19

854

142

6

248

1.75

20.9

0.529

0.147

0.372

81.9

Damon Huard

22

21

773

134

6

191

1.43

16.2

0.403

0.121

0.301

79.6

Matt Leinart

23

29

575

113

3

146

1.29

13.3

0.340

0.118

0.301

63.8

Kelly Holcomb

24

25

360

77

1

99

1.29

9.4

0.246

0.122

0.319

70.9

Steve McNair

25

20

687

123

6

138

1.12

11.3

0.271

0.091

0.220

80.6

Marc Bulger

26

28

714

148

5

120

0.81

11.3

0.276

0.076

0.186

64.9

Josh McCown

27

23

485

85

6

50

0.59

3.8

0.072

0.044

0.085

75.2

Alex Smith

28

27

454

102

3

58

0.57

5.7

0.139

0.056

0.136

66.6

Philip Rivers

29

22

813

155

9

78

0.50

6.3

0.126

0.041

0.082

76.0

Tarvaris Jackson

30

32

355

64

5

13

0.20

0.8

-0.002

0.013

-0.003

40.0

Drew Brees

31

30

672

139

9

-15

-0.11

-1.3

-0.077

-0.009

-0.055

57.1

Rex Grossman

32

31

427

102

6

-59

-0.58

-4.3

-0.143

-0.042

-0.141

45.2

 

 

 

Week Four Quarterback Rankings

Quarterbacks Ranked in terms of QB Score per play and the NFL’s QB Rating

Quarterback

Rank

QB Score

per play

Rank

NFL’s

QB Rating

All Yards

All Plays

All

Turnovers

QB Score

QB Score

per Play

Net Points

Net Points

per play

Wins

Produced

Wins Produced

per 100 plays

QB Rating

Tony Romo

1

4

355

37

1

214

5.78

17.6

0.463

0.475

1.251

115.6

Derek Anderson

2

7

204

21

1

111

5.29

9.0

0.234

0.428

1.117

109.5

Matt Hasselbeck

3

6

275

36

1

137

3.81

11.4

0.299

0.318

0.832

109.7

Joey Harrington

4

3

213

32

0

117

3.66

10.1

0.269

0.316

0.839

121.7

Matt Schaub

5

10

330

46

1

162

3.52

13.5

0.355

0.294

0.771

101.8

Jeff Garcia

6

15

186

29

0

99

3.41

8.6

0.229

0.296

0.788

81.4

Brett Favre

7

8

339

50

1

159

3.18

13.4

0.351

0.267

0.702

108.0

Peyton Manning

8

2

190

31

0

97

3.13

8.5

0.226

0.274

0.728

130.6

Damon Huard

9

13

261

33

2

102

3.09

8.2

0.209

0.249

0.634

86.0

Trent Edwards

10

12

217

31

1

94

3.03

7.9

0.205

0.254

0.661

98.5

Tom Brady

11

5

229

34

1

97

2.85

8.2

0.213

0.241

0.628

115.0

Jon Kitna

12

1

214

32

1

88

2.75

7.3

0.189

0.227

0.590

137.3

Chad Pennington

13

14

287

41

2

104

2.54

8.6

0.219

0.209

0.533

84.8

Matt Leinart

14

20

98

18

0

44

2.44

3.9

0.105

0.219

0.583

71.4

Steve McNair

15

16

309

54

1

117

2.17

10.3

0.269

0.190

0.498

78.1

Daunte Culpepper

16

9

98

20

0

38

1.90

3.5

0.094

0.176

0.468

102.4

Carson Palmer

17

22

226

36

2

58

1.61

4.8

0.118

0.133

0.328

65.7

Kelly Holcomb

18

19

227

44

1

65

1.48

5.9

0.152

0.134

0.346

72.4

Ben Roethlisberger

19

18

231

40

2

51

1.28

4.3

0.106

0.108

0.264

72.9

Kurt Warner

20

11

126

23

1

27

1.17

2.2

0.054

0.096

0.234

99.7

Jay Cutler

21

17

142

24

2

10

0.42

0.5

0.004

0.022

0.018

75.7

Eli Manning

22

23

124

30

1

4

0.13

0.7

0.014

0.023

0.046

65.4

Trent Green

23

25

137

27

2

-4

-0.15

-0.4

-0.019

-0.014

-0.071

55.1

David Carr

24

26

165

49

1

-12

-0.24

-0.1

-0.007

-0.002

-0.015

54.4

Philip Rivers

25

27

200

43

3

-19

-0.44

-1.7

-0.059

-0.039

-0.137

44.8

Brian Griese

26

21

242

60

3

-28

-0.47

-1.8

-0.063

-0.030

-0.104

68.3

Marc Bulger

27

28

94

28

1

-20

-0.71

-1.3

-0.038

-0.045

-0.136

42.7

Donovan McNabb

28

24

80

47

1

-91

-1.94

-6.6

-0.180

-0.140

-0.383

61.0

Trent Dilfer

29

29

85

38

2

-89

-2.34

-6.9

-0.192

-0.181

-0.505

23.3