THE TOP 40 QUARTERBACKS, 1995-2006

RANKED ACCORDING TO QB SCORE PER PLAY

QB SCORE = ALL YARDS – 3* ALL PLAYS – 50* ALL TURNOVERS

(Historical per play average is 1.1)

Quarterback

Team

Year

QB Score Rank,

1995-2006

NFL's

QB Rating Rank,

1995-2006

Yards

Plays

Turnovers

QB Score

QB Score per Play

NFL's QB Rating

Peyton Manning

Colts

2004

1

1

4,494

535

11

2,339

4.37

121.11

Randall Cunningham

Vikings

1998

2

4

3,704

477

11

1,723

3.61

106.04

Peyton Manning

Colts

2006

3

16

4,347

594

10

2,065

3.48

100.95

Donovan McNabb

Eagles

2006

4

35

2,719

369

8

1,212

3.28

95.53

Peyton Manning

Colts

2005

5

9

3,711

503

12

1,602

3.18

104.06

Kurt Warner

Rams

2000

6

23

3,331

385

19

1,226

3.18

98.25

Steve Young

49ers

1997

7

7

3,008

441

6

1,385

3.14

104.72

Kurt Warner

Rams

1999

8

3

4,244

551

18

1,691

3.07

109.24

Jeff Garcia

49ers

2000

9

28

4,537

657

11

2,016

3.07

97.58

Daunte Culpepper

Vikings

2004

10

2

4,885

682

15

2,089

3.06

110.94

Brian Griese

Broncos

2000

11

10

2,651

382

7

1,155

3.02

102.88

Troy Aikman

Cowboys

1995

12

48

3,247

467

9

1,396

2.99

93.56

Chad Pennington

Jets

2002

13

8

3,034

450

7

1,334

2.96

104.21

Peyton Manning

Colts

2003

14

21

4,186

612

11

1,800

2.94

99.01

Drew Brees

Saints

2006

15

33

4,345

614

14

1,803

2.94

96.23

Trent Green

Chiefs

2002

16

54

3,774

527

13

1,543

2.93

92.60

Donovan McNabb

Eagles

2004

17

6

3,903

542

14

1,577

2.91

104.74

Troy Aikman

Cowboys

1998

18

88

2,341

346

6

1,003

2.90

88.46

Trent Green

Chiefs

2003

19

55

3,992

569

13

1,635

2.87

92.58

Vinny Testaverde

Jets

1998

20

12

3,220

464

10

1,328

2.86

101.61

Trent Green

Rams

2000

21

11

1,987

284

7

785

2.76

101.79

Steve McNair

Titans

2003

22

19

3,245

457

13

1,224

2.68

100.36

Ben Roethlisberger

Steelers

2005

23

22

2,325

322

10

859

2.67

98.55

Matt Hasselbeck

Seahawks

2005

24

24

3,429

509

11

1,352

2.66

98.21

Rich Gannon

Raiders

2002

25

30

4,631

704

13

1,869

2.65

97.34

Drew Brees

Chargers

2004

26

5

3,113

471

9

1,250

2.65

104.78

Peyton Manning

Colts

2000

27

41

4,398

628

17

1,664

2.65

94.71

Doug Flutie

Bills

1998

28

100

2,881

414

11

1,089

2.63

87.43

Mark Brunell

Jaguars

1997

29

65

3,349

516

9

1,351

2.62

91.17

Chris Chandler

Falcons

1998

30

17

2,992

408

14

1,068

2.62

100.89

Jake Plummer

Broncos

2005

31

72

3,382

524

9

1,360

2.60

90.22

Neil O'Donnell

Steelers

1995

32

97

2,889

455

7

1,174

2.58

87.72

Jim Harbaugh

Colts

1995

33

18

2,591

402

7

1,035

2.57

100.74

Doug Flutie

Bills

2000

34

108

1,793

277

5

712

2.57

86.50

Trent Green

Chiefs

2005

35

74

3,892

574

14

1,470

2.56

90.13

Trent Green

Chiefs

2004

36

37

4,449

613

21

1,560

2.54

95.24

Scott Mitchell

Lions

1995

37

60

4,297

650

14

1,647

2.53

92.26

Damon Huard

Chiefs

2006

38

27

1,781

269

6

674

2.51

98.02

Brett Favre

Packers

2004

39

57

4,023

568

18

1,419

2.50

92.42

Steve Young

49ers

1998

40

14

4,390

635

18

1,585

2.50

101.13

A quarterback must attempt 224 passes in a season to qualify for rankings. 

From 1995-2006, 387 quarterbacks met the minimum pass attempt qualifications