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 Rich Gannon OAK 16 97.0 95.0 94.8 95.6 49.5 64.8 2.0 418 618 67.6 4689 7.6 26 10 1.6 227 36.7 54.1 50 156 3 11 36.0 9
2 Chad Pennington NYJ 15 89.0 89.0 97.6 63.2 45.2 35.5 0.0 275 399 68.9 3120 7.8 22 6 1.5 168 42.1 52.3 29 49 2 8 31.0 2
3 Trent Green KAN 16 84.1 79.8 79.5 80.8 69.2 66.0 4.2 287 470 61.1 3690 7.9 26 13 2.8 177 37.7 47.6 31 225 1 12 74.2 1
4 Matt Hasselbeck SEA 16 80.0 75.5 85.3 46.1 73.9 65.2 4.5 267 419 63.7 3075 7.3 15 10 2.4 160 38.2 48.1 40 202 1 17 65.0 5
5 Peyton Manning IND 16 77.5 76.1 70.3 93.5 52.1 60.0 1.3 392 591 66.3 4200 7.1 27 19 3.2 213 36.0 47.6 38 148 2 11 44.7 6
6 Drew Bledsoe BUF 16 77.2 77.2 72.3 91.9 31.6 42.1 0.0 375 610 61.5 4359 7.1 24 15 2.5 222 36.4 47.3 27 67 2 10 48.1 11
7 Kerry Collins NYG 16 77.0 77.0 75.4 81.6 8.8 3.7 0.0 335 545 61.5 4073 7.5 19 14 2.6 193 35.4 47.6 44 -3 0 0 4.5 8
8 Steve McNair TEN 16 71.4 64.4 61.5 73.2 85.5 87.4 7.0 301 492 61.2 3387 6.9 22 15 3.0 179 36.4 47.0 82 440 3 29 48.8 9
9 Brian Griese DEN 13 69.4 68.5 74.8 49.7 56.6 51.3 0.8 291 436 66.7 3214 7.4 15 15 3.4 157 36.0 51.9 37 107 1 11 48.6 2
10 Brett Favre GNB 16 67.2 67.2 61.6 83.9 24.4 29.7 0.0 341 551 61.9 3658 6.6 27 16 2.9 189 34.3 48.0 25 73 0 6 28.0 10
11 Brad Johnson TAM 13 65.6 65.6 69.0 55.5 19.5 18.5 0.0 281 451 62.3 3049 6.8 22 6 1.3 144 31.9 47.5 13 30 0 4 53.8 8
12 Daunte Culpepper MIN 16 63.1 56.1 49.1 77.1 85.8 98.4 7.0 333 549 60.7 3853 7.0 18 23 4.2 189 34.4 46.5 106 609 10 47 59.4 23
13 Jeff Garcia SFO 16 62.0 55.8 51.6 68.4 87.1 86.8 6.2 328 528 62.1 3344 6.3 21 10 1.9 173 32.8 45.7 73 353 3 30 50.7 2
14 Tom Brady NWE 16 60.0 58.9 49.2 88.1 53.4 59.7 1.1 373 601 62.1 3764 6.3 28 14 2.3 185 30.8 46.0 42 110 1 20 54.8 11
15 Tommy Maddox PIT 15 56.7 56.7 60.9 44.2 17.6 21.8 0.0 234 377 62.1 2836 7.5 20 16 4.2 137 36.3 46.7 19 43 0 4 21.1 8
16 Michael Vick ATL 15 52.7 46.3 48.3 40.2 94.5 98.4 6.4 231 421 54.9 2936 7.0 16 8 1.9 140 33.3 39.9 113 777 8 45 53.1 9
17 Jay Fiedler MIA 11 51.9 49.2 59.8 17.4 76.1 58.5 2.6 179 292 61.3 2024 6.9 14 9 3.1 111 38.0 46.2 28 99 3 12 53.6 3
18 Aaron Brooks NOR 16 50.3 47.2 36.9 78.1 68.7 75.8 3.1 283 528 53.6 3572 6.8 27 15 2.8 165 31.2 39.9 62 253 2 21 46.8 11
19 Jon Kitna CIN 14 49.3 49.3 48.6 51.1 38.4 43.7 0.0 294 473 62.2 3178 6.7 16 16 3.4 159 33.6 46.1 24 57 4 9 41.7 10
20 Mark Brunell JAX 15 48.9 47.7 51.0 37.7 61.1 55.2 1.2 245 416 58.9 2788 6.7 17 7 1.7 140 33.7 42.4 43 207 0 11 44.2 5
21 Donovan McNabb PHI 10 45.0 39.9 44.4 26.5 92.3 93.5 5.1 211 361 58.4 2289 6.3 17 6 1.7 108 29.9 44.7 63 460 6 35 65.1 6
22 Drew Brees SDG 16 40.6 40.3 34.4 58.1 50.8 54.5 0.3 320 526 60.8 3284 6.2 17 16 3.0 164 31.2 42.7 38 130 1 11 31.6 2
23 Jeff Blake BAL 11 33.6 33.3 39.4 15.3 54.7 46.3 0.2 165 295 55.9 2084 7.1 13 11 3.7 97 32.9 40.3 39 106 1 10 30.8 8
24 Rodney Peete CAR 14 33.2 33.2 34.8 28.4 9.7 14.0 0.0 223 381 58.5 2630 6.9 15 14 3.7 116 30.4 40.8 22 14 0 3 18.2 10
25 Tim Couch CLE 14 30.8 30.8 26.9 42.3 43.4 35.3 0.0 273 443 61.6 2842 6.4 18 18 4.1 129 29.1 40.6 23 77 0 9 47.8 6
26 Jim Miller CHI 10 29.8 29.8 35.5 12.7 17.1 12.4 0.0 180 314 57.3 1944 6.2 13 9 2.9 98 31.2 43.0 13 11 0 3 30.8 6
27 Jake Plummer ARI 16 24.1 22.3 13.5 48.7 71.9 80.0 1.7 284 530 53.6 2972 5.6 18 20 3.8 147 27.7 40.1 46 283 2 22 60.9 13
28 Patrick Ramsey WAS 9 19.1 19.1 24.0 4.4 20.3 15.0 0.0 117 227 51.5 1539 6.8 9 8 3.5 67 29.5 38.8 13 -1 1 3 23.1 9
29 Shane Matthews WAS 8 15.9 15.9 20.1 3.5 28.9 14.8 0.0 124 237 52.3 1251 5.3 11 6 2.5 66 27.8 38.2 12 31 0 2 33.3 1
30 David Carr HOU 16 14.5 13.6 11.5 20.2 67.9 77.7 0.9 233 444 52.5 2592 5.8 9 15 3.4 118 26.6 34.2 59 282 3 16 44.1 21
31 Chad Hutchinson DAL 9 10.0 10.0 12.3 3.2 32.4 26.9 0.0 127 250 50.8 1555 6.2 7 8 3.2 65 26.0 33.1 18 74 0 3 33.3 12
32 Joey Harrington DET 14 9.0 9.0 5.6 19.4 11.7 6.9 0.0 215 429 50.1 2294 5.3 12 16 3.7 111 25.9 36.4 7 4 0 0 14.3 2