Week One Quarterback Rankings

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

3

347

28

1

233

8.32

18.9

0.674

0.497

1.776

128.5

Tom Brady

2

1

301

29

0

214

7.38

17.7

0.612

0.472

1.627

146.6

Peyton Manning

3

5

288

30

0

198

6.60

16.5

0.550

0.439

1.463

125.4

Matt Hasselbeck

4

7

211

28

0

127

4.54

10.8

0.386

0.287

1.026

113.5

Jake Delhomme

5

4

213

30

0

123

4.10

10.5

0.351

0.280

0.933

125.7

Matt Schaub

6

10

205

25

1

100

4.00

8.2

0.329

0.214

0.855

101.5

Jason Campbell

7

27

238

27

2

97

3.59

7.7

0.284

0.195

0.721

54.2

Jay Cutler

8

16

317

44

1

155

3.52

13.1

0.297

0.343

0.779

81.6

Eli Manning

9

8

309

43

1

150

3.49

12.6

0.294

0.331

0.771

113.1

Ben Roethlisberger

10

6

161

25

0

86

3.44

7.5

0.298

0.198

0.794

114.3

Jeff Garcia

11

13

193

31

0

100

3.23

8.7

0.281

0.232

0.748

91.7

David Garrard

12

14

224

37

0

113

3.05

9.9

0.268

0.263

0.712

88.8

Jon Kitna

13

9

301

41

2

118

2.88

9.7

0.236

0.248

0.605

102.7

Tarvaris Jackson

14

17

173

25

1

68

2.72

5.7

0.227

0.146

0.584

75.1

Chad Pennington

15

2

140

26

0

62

2.38

5.6

0.214

0.148

0.570

130.5

Trent Green

16

15

207

40

0

87

2.18

7.9

0.198

0.210

0.526

87.5

Carson Palmer

17

11

181

36

0

73

2.03

6.7

0.186

0.178

0.495

100.3

Josh McCown

18

12

286

46

2

88

1.91

7.4

0.161

0.188

0.409

93.0

Donovan McNabb

19

23

189

38

1

45

1.18

4.2

0.109

0.106

0.279

60.7

Marc Bulger

20

19

180

46

0

42

0.91

4.5

0.097

0.119

0.259

70.2

Derek Anderson

21

20

171

30

2

21

0.70

1.5

0.051

0.032

0.105

65.2

Rex Grossman

22

28

122

26

1

14

0.54

1.4

0.054

0.032

0.125

53.7

Joey Harrington

23

22

177

39

2

0

0.00

0.2

0.006

-0.003

-0.007

61.8

Alex Smith

24

24

138

37

1

-3

-0.08

0.2

0.004

0.000

-0.001

59.3

Philip Rivers

25

18

168

39

2

-9

-0.23

-0.6

-0.016

-0.026

-0.067

73.3

Damon Huard

26

29

147

37

2

-24

-0.65

-1.7

-0.046

-0.055

-0.149

53.6

Drew Brees

27

32

191

43

3

-28

-0.65

-2.4

-0.056

-0.078

-0.181

38.9

Brett Favre

28

25

167

47

2

-34

-0.72

-2.4

-0.051

-0.074

-0.157

58.2

J.P. Losman

29

26

85

25

1

-20

-0.80

-1.3

-0.053

-0.040

-0.161

57.0

Matt Leinart

30

31

135

35

2

-30

-0.86

-2.2

-0.064

-0.069

-0.197

41.1

Vince Young

31

30

94

30

1

-26

-0.87

-1.7

-0.056

-0.050

-0.165

47.9

Steve McNair

32

21

188

37

4

-43

-1.16

-4.4

-0.119

-0.136

-0.368

63.7