Final Results

Qualification: minimum 224 pass attempts (14 per scheduled game).

How QER is calculated

QER starts with the Pass Score, then adds a gated bonus for above-average rushing efficiency and production. The bonus is worth up to 15 points and is scaled by passing quality, so running complements passing rather than replacing it. A quarterback is never penalized for not running, and the final rating is capped at 100. All percentiles are calculated among qualified quarterbacks from the same season.

QER = min(100, Pass Score + Rush Bonus)

Pass Score

The Pass Score combines Passing Efficiency (75%) with Production (25%).

Passing Efficiency

  • Success percentage (30% of Passing Efficiency): How often pass plays meet the success criteria for the down and distance.
  • Yards per attempt (25%): Passing yards gained per attempt, rewarding efficient downfield production.
  • Interception avoidance (20%): Rewards a lower percentage of attempts resulting in interceptions.
  • Passing first-down percentage (15%): The percentage of attempts that produce a first down.
  • Completion percentage (10%): The percentage of pass attempts completed.

Production

  • Passing yards (50% of Production): Total passing yardage over the season.
  • Passing touchdowns (30%): Total touchdown passes.
  • Passing first downs (20%): Total first downs produced through the air.

Rush Efficiency

Rushing production is measured per quarterback play, where QB plays = pass attempts + sacks + rushing attempts. This prevents a small number of carries from dominating the rating.

  • Successful rushes per QB play (30% of Rush Score): Estimated successful carries based on rushing attempts and rushing success percentage.
  • Rushing first downs per QB play (25%): How often rushing creates a first down.
  • Rushing yards per QB play (25%): Rushing production relative to the quarterback’s total workload.
  • Rushing touchdowns per QB play (10%): Rushing scoring production relative to total workload.
  • Fumble avoidance per QB play (10%): Rewards quarterbacks who protect the football across their total workload.

Rush Production

Season-long rushing production is measured separately from efficiency:

  • Rushing yards (50% of Rush Production): Total rushing yardage.
  • Rushing first downs (30%): Total first downs gained on the ground.
  • Rushing touchdowns (20%): Total rushing touchdowns.

Rush Bonus

Only Rush Score and Rush Production percentiles above 50 receive credit. Each above-average score is rescaled from 0 to 1. The efficiency portion is worth up to eight points and the production portion up to seven points. Their combined value is multiplied by the Passing Gate (Pass Score / 100).

Rush Bonus = Passing Gate × (8 × Rush Efficiency Index + 7 × Rush Production Index)

This allows an elite passer and runner to earn as many as 15 bonus points, while a weak passer receives only a small portion of the same rushing value. Below-average or nonexistent rushing earns no bonus and never lowers QER.

Rank Player Team G QER Pass Score Pass Efficiency Production Rush Score Rush Production Rush Bonus Cmp Att Cmp% Yds Y/A TD Int Int% 1D 1D% Succ% Rush Att Rush Yds Rush TD Rush 1D Rush Succ% Fumbles
1 Steve Young SFO 16 100.0 96.2 97.9 91.1 98.0 100.0 14.1 324 461 70.3 3969 8.6 35 10 2.2 188 40.8 55.9 58 293 7 27 60.3 4
2 Dan Marino MIA 16 83.4 83.4 79.4 95.4 10.5 14.6 0.0 385 615 62.6 4453 7.2 30 17 2.8 214 34.8 49.0 22 -6 1 2 9.1 9
3 Jim Everett NOR 16 77.6 77.6 76.1 82.3 19.5 16.1 0.0 346 540 64.1 3855 7.1 22 18 3.3 193 35.7 49.6 15 35 0 2 20.0 3
4 Brett Favre GNB 16 76.8 71.8 65.8 89.6 64.3 83.4 5.0 363 582 62.4 3882 6.7 33 14 2.4 200 34.4 46.2 42 202 2 14 35.7 7
5 John Elway DEN 14 76.4 68.9 69.5 67.3 81.1 92.0 7.5 307 494 62.1 3490 7.1 16 10 2.0 162 32.8 45.2 58 235 4 17 56.9 11
6 Troy Aikman DAL 14 74.9 74.9 85.4 43.4 44.5 42.7 0.0 233 361 64.5 2676 7.4 13 12 3.3 133 36.8 50.1 30 62 1 4 20.0 2
7 Jeff George ATL 16 72.4 72.4 69.6 80.7 20.7 32.1 0.0 322 524 61.5 3734 7.1 23 18 3.4 184 35.1 48.4 30 66 0 2 23.3 12
8 Warren Moon MIN 15 70.1 70.1 64.6 86.4 25.9 36.2 0.0 371 601 61.7 4264 7.1 18 19 3.2 201 33.4 48.1 27 55 0 6 33.3 9
9 Joe Montana KAN 14 69.0 69.0 70.4 64.5 15.9 10.7 0.0 299 493 60.6 3283 6.7 16 9 1.8 172 34.9 46.7 18 17 0 2 16.7 7
10 Jim Kelly BUF 14 66.1 66.0 66.2 65.5 34.3 50.7 0.1 285 448 63.6 3114 7.0 22 17 3.8 152 33.9 49.8 25 77 1 5 32.0 11
11 Stan Humphries SDG 15 65.5 65.5 66.1 63.8 15.7 9.3 0.0 264 453 58.3 3209 7.1 17 12 2.6 160 35.3 42.9 19 19 0 1 21.1 6
12 Drew Bledsoe NWE 16 64.3 64.3 53.5 96.8 40.0 42.5 0.0 400 691 57.9 4555 6.6 25 27 3.9 242 35.0 48.2 44 40 0 13 36.4 9
13 Craig Erickson TAM 15 62.7 60.8 63.8 51.6 61.8 59.1 1.9 225 399 56.4 2919 7.3 16 10 2.5 127 31.8 43.5 26 68 1 11 46.2 6
14 Jeff Hostetler RAI 16 62.4 57.4 53.1 70.4 74.5 83.6 4.9 263 455 57.8 3334 7.3 20 16 3.5 149 32.7 42.5 46 159 2 18 47.8 10
15 Steve Walsh CHI 12 49.8 49.8 58.8 22.5 24.6 21.2 0.0 208 343 60.6 2078 6.1 10 8 2.3 113 32.9 48.3 30 4 1 4 13.3 7
16 Dave Brown NYG 15 48.2 44.0 46.7 36.1 80.0 83.8 4.2 201 350 57.4 2536 7.2 12 16 4.6 121 34.6 41.1 60 196 2 17 38.3 11
17 Randall Cunningham PHI 14 46.0 40.8 34.7 59.1 89.8 95.7 5.2 265 490 54.1 3229 6.6 16 13 2.7 146 29.8 39.8 65 288 3 25 52.3 10
18 Jeff Blake CIN 10 44.4 40.2 42.9 32.1 87.5 80.2 4.1 156 306 51.0 2154 7.0 14 9 2.9 96 31.4 41.2 37 204 1 14 54.1 6
19 Boomer Esiason NYJ 15 43.6 43.6 39.6 55.5 34.1 41.6 0.0 255 440 58.0 2782 6.3 17 13 3.0 136 30.9 42.9 28 59 0 7 28.6 11
20 Neil O’Donnell PIT 14 39.2 37.9 38.8 35.2 61.2 61.1 1.3 212 370 57.3 2443 6.6 13 9 2.4 114 30.8 39.3 31 80 1 9 35.5 4
21 Vinny Testaverde CLE 14 38.4 38.4 36.1 45.5 47.0 38.8 0.0 207 376 55.1 2575 6.8 16 18 4.8 125 33.2 41.8 21 37 2 5 38.1 3
22 Jay Schroeder ARI 9 32.4 32.4 40.7 7.5 41.1 30.9 0.0 133 238 55.9 1510 6.3 4 7 2.9 74 31.1 43.0 16 59 0 3 31.3 5
23 Chris Miller RAM 13 29.0 29.0 27.6 33.0 47.5 52.3 0.1 173 317 54.6 2104 6.6 16 14 4.4 99 31.2 40.6 20 100 0 6 40.0 7
24 Rick Mirer SEA 13 28.7 27.2 27.1 27.5 73.8 62.3 1.5 195 381 51.2 2151 5.6 11 7 1.8 108 28.3 37.7 34 153 0 11 44.1 2
25 Steve Beuerlein ARI 9 19.7 19.7 22.6 11.1 48.8 40.2 0.0 130 255 51.0 1545 6.1 5 9 3.5 82 32.2 38.5 22 39 1 6 31.8 8
26 Scott Mitchell DET 9 16.8 16.8 18.2 12.5 21.4 21.8 0.0 119 246 48.4 1456 5.9 10 11 4.5 83 33.7 38.4 15 24 1 2 13.3 8
27 Billy Joe Tolliver HOU 10 11.8 11.6 14.3 3.4 63.4 46.2 0.2 121 240 50.4 1287 5.4 6 7 2.9 67 27.9 35.6 12 37 2 8 66.7 7
28 Heath Shuler WAS 11 10.5 10.4 8.6 15.7 61.2 50.4 0.2 120 265 45.3 1658 6.3 10 12 4.5 73 27.5 33.2 26 103 0 5 30.8 3
29 David Klingler CIN 10 10.2 10.0 11.8 4.5 62.0 50.5 0.2 131 231 56.7 1327 5.7 6 9 3.9 60 26.0 37.6 17 85 0 6 58.8 7