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 Jeff Garcia SFO 16 96.2 88.8 86.4 96.1 69.8 86.7 7.4 355 561 63.3 4278 7.6 31 10 1.8 206 36.7 49.9 72 414 4 24 47.2 7
2 Daunte Culpepper MIN 16 92.5 82.4 79.4 91.4 85.8 96.7 10.1 297 474 62.7 3937 8.3 33 16 3.4 188 39.7 48.2 89 470 7 36 56.2 11
3 Peyton Manning IND 16 87.9 87.9 84.0 99.5 37.7 46.7 0.0 357 571 62.5 4413 7.7 33 15 2.6 213 37.3 50.3 37 116 1 11 35.1 5
4 Rich Gannon OAK 16 86.8 77.3 77.3 77.4 87.7 94.8 9.5 284 473 60.0 3430 7.3 28 11 2.3 177 37.4 46.5 89 529 4 35 58.4 9
5 Brian Griese DEN 10 85.9 85.9 96.1 55.6 46.2 38.8 0.0 216 336 64.3 2688 8.0 19 4 1.2 138 41.1 51.3 29 102 1 8 41.4 5
6 Kurt Warner STL 11 78.7 78.7 81.2 71.2 11.4 5.5 0.0 235 347 67.7 3429 9.9 21 18 5.2 153 44.1 55.6 18 17 0 3 22.2 4
7 Elvis Grbac KAN 15 75.0 75.0 69.3 92.0 25.0 39.7 0.0 326 547 59.6 4169 7.6 28 14 2.6 197 36.0 45.1 30 110 1 6 36.7 7
8 Mark Brunell JAX 16 72.4 70.2 68.6 75.0 55.8 65.3 2.2 311 512 60.7 3640 7.1 20 14 2.7 177 34.6 46.1 48 236 2 13 47.9 7
9 Trent Green STL 8 72.1 72.1 84.1 36.1 47.1 32.1 0.0 145 240 60.4 2063 8.6 16 5 2.1 92 38.3 45.8 20 69 1 6 35.0 3
10 Steve Beuerlein CAR 16 69.9 69.9 66.8 79.2 33.5 45.3 0.0 324 533 60.8 3730 7.0 19 18 3.4 198 37.1 46.6 44 106 1 13 31.8 9
11 Kerry Collins NYG 16 64.7 64.7 59.3 80.9 16.2 27.4 0.0 311 529 58.8 3610 6.8 22 13 2.5 195 36.9 44.5 41 65 1 5 19.5 7
12 Steve McNair TEN 16 64.3 60.7 62.9 54.2 69.8 69.5 3.6 248 396 62.6 2847 7.2 15 13 3.3 141 35.6 45.0 72 403 0 23 44.4 12
13 Gus Frerotte DEN 10 60.0 60.0 74.0 17.9 49.7 29.1 0.0 138 232 59.5 1776 7.7 9 8 3.4 87 37.5 48.8 22 64 1 6 45.5 5
14 Brett Favre GNB 16 57.3 57.3 49.0 82.3 20.9 33.6 0.0 338 580 58.3 3812 6.6 20 16 2.8 194 33.4 44.4 27 108 0 7 40.7 9
15 Jeff Blake NOR 11 54.9 51.5 58.0 32.1 75.2 67.9 3.4 184 302 60.9 2025 6.7 13 9 3.0 103 34.1 45.7 57 243 1 19 52.6 7
16 Donovan McNabb PHI 16 54.6 48.6 40.5 72.7 85.9 97.0 6.0 330 569 58.0 3365 5.9 21 13 2.3 181 31.8 42.8 86 629 6 32 58.1 7
17 Doug Flutie BUF 11 50.3 49.3 61.7 12.1 63.0 50.3 1.0 132 231 57.1 1700 7.4 8 3 1.3 70 30.3 44.8 36 161 1 10 44.4 5
18 Drew Bledsoe NWE 16 47.8 47.2 42.4 61.5 48.6 59.1 0.6 312 531 58.8 3291 6.2 17 13 2.4 165 31.1 43.4 47 158 2 14 44.7 9
19 Jon Kitna SEA 15 46.5 46.3 43.7 54.1 49.5 53.6 0.2 259 418 62.0 2658 6.4 18 19 4.5 143 34.2 44.6 48 127 1 15 47.9 17
20 Rob Johnson BUF 12 45.7 43.1 46.7 32.3 70.9 68.2 2.5 175 306 57.2 2125 6.9 12 7 2.3 102 33.3 39.7 42 307 1 16 47.6 4
21 Brad Johnson WAS 12 43.6 43.6 45.1 39.1 22.7 26.1 0.0 228 365 62.5 2505 6.9 11 15 4.1 120 32.9 42.3 22 58 1 6 27.3 5
22 Shaun King TAM 16 43.4 39.6 33.9 56.5 79.4 85.5 3.8 233 428 54.4 2769 6.5 18 13 3.0 142 33.2 40.6 73 353 5 25 46.6 4
23 Vinny Testaverde NYJ 16 42.0 42.0 28.9 81.2 10.3 7.0 0.0 328 590 55.6 3732 6.3 21 25 4.2 178 30.2 43.6 25 32 0 3 12.0 7
24 Jay Fiedler MIA 15 34.3 32.0 29.0 40.9 76.1 70.8 2.3 204 357 57.1 2402 6.7 14 14 3.9 106 29.7 41.3 54 267 1 23 48.1 2
25 Chris Chandler ATL 14 33.8 33.8 34.6 31.2 21.4 15.3 0.0 192 331 58.0 2236 6.8 10 12 3.6 106 32.0 39.9 21 60 0 4 38.1 7
26 Kordell Stewart PIT 16 30.9 27.4 29.0 22.7 91.8 92.4 3.5 151 289 52.2 1860 6.4 11 8 2.8 91 31.5 38.6 78 436 7 29 46.2 8
27 Troy Aikman DAL 11 30.9 30.9 38.3 8.5 30.3 8.0 0.0 156 262 59.5 1632 6.2 7 14 5.3 83 31.7 45.8 10 13 0 5 60.0 2
28 Jake Plummer ARI 14 28.5 28.5 20.8 51.8 45.5 46.8 0.0 270 475 56.8 2946 6.2 13 21 4.4 134 28.2 41.4 37 183 0 12 45.9 8
29 Trent Dilfer BAL 11 25.2 25.2 29.5 12.3 27.7 21.4 0.0 134 226 59.3 1502 6.6 12 11 4.9 69 30.5 41.4 20 75 0 4 25.0 8
30 Tony Banks BAL 11 23.1 23.1 27.7 9.4 22.3 10.0 0.0 150 274 54.7 1578 5.8 8 8 2.9 84 30.7 41.5 19 57 0 3 31.6 5
31 Charlie Batch DET 15 21.6 20.9 14.1 41.5 58.9 60.5 0.6 221 412 53.6 2489 6.0 13 15 3.6 117 28.4 35.5 44 199 2 12 40.9 6
32 Cade McNown CHI 10 16.2 14.9 16.7 9.4 81.1 77.6 1.3 154 280 55.0 1646 5.9 8 9 3.2 67 23.9 36.2 50 326 3 18 46.0 8
33 Akili Smith CIN 12 13.6 13.2 17.6 0.0 65.3 55.8 0.4 118 267 44.2 1253 4.7 3 6 2.2 59 22.1 27.4 41 232 0 17 53.7 14
34 Ryan Leaf SDG 11 7.9 7.9 3.3 21.8 17.4 15.8 0.0 161 322 50.0 1883 5.8 11 18 5.6 82 25.5 34.3 28 54 0 6 25.0 12