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 Tom Brady NWE 16 100.0 95.0 95.0 95.2 68.8 77.0 6.4 401 611 65.6 5235 8.6 39 12 2.0 262 42.9 55.5 43 109 3 23 62.8 6
2 Aaron Rodgers GNB 15 100.0 94.6 96.4 89.4 78.9 86.4 9.2 343 502 68.3 4643 9.2 45 6 1.2 209 41.6 53.0 60 257 3 18 38.3 4
3 Drew Brees NOR 16 94.1 94.1 92.1 100.0 35.5 42.3 0.0 468 657 71.2 5476 8.3 46 14 2.1 279 42.5 56.5 21 86 1 5 52.4 1
4 Tony Romo DAL 16 84.9 84.9 85.8 82.4 23.2 27.0 0.0 346 522 66.3 4184 8.0 31 10 1.9 203 38.9 49.6 22 46 1 4 27.3 6
5 Matthew Stafford DET 16 79.1 79.1 74.1 93.9 27.9 37.9 0.0 421 663 63.5 5038 7.6 41 16 2.4 243 36.7 49.8 22 78 0 7 31.8 5
6 Eli Manning NYG 16 76.2 76.2 72.2 88.0 10.9 16.4 0.0 359 589 61.0 4933 8.4 29 16 2.7 218 37.0 48.3 35 15 1 2 8.6 8
7 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 15 75.1 75.1 75.1 75.3 29.4 33.6 0.0 324 513 63.2 4077 7.9 21 14 2.7 210 40.9 48.5 31 70 0 6 22.6 8
8 Philip Rivers SDG 16 73.3 73.3 69.6 84.2 25.6 31.8 0.0 366 582 62.9 4624 7.9 27 20 3.4 234 40.2 49.3 26 36 1 6 26.9 9
9 Matt Schaub HOU 10 73.1 73.1 86.5 33.0 25.3 18.6 0.0 178 292 61.0 2479 8.5 15 6 2.1 118 40.4 50.0 15 9 2 3 20.0 3
10 Matt Ryan ATL 16 72.8 72.0 69.3 80.2 52.1 55.3 0.8 347 566 61.3 4177 7.4 29 12 2.1 208 36.7 47.3 37 84 2 11 35.1 5
11 Cam Newton CAR 16 65.9 57.7 53.6 70.2 94.7 100.0 8.2 310 517 60.0 4051 7.8 21 17 3.3 176 34.0 44.2 126 706 14 53 53.2 5
12 Michael Vick PHI 13 64.4 58.3 60.1 52.9 84.1 86.1 6.1 253 423 59.8 3303 7.8 18 14 3.3 154 36.4 48.0 76 589 1 27 61.8 10
13 Alex Smith SFO 16 59.6 56.2 59.2 47.3 66.4 73.8 3.3 273 445 61.3 3144 7.1 17 5 1.1 145 32.6 42.3 52 179 2 13 36.5 7
14 Carson Palmer OAK 10 53.8 53.8 60.1 35.2 38.2 25.6 0.0 199 328 60.7 2753 8.4 13 16 4.9 123 37.5 47.2 16 20 1 5 31.3 2
15 Joe Flacco BAL 16 49.7 49.3 43.6 66.5 48.9 55.6 0.4 312 542 57.6 3610 6.7 20 12 2.2 180 33.2 42.1 39 88 1 13 35.9 11
16 Ryan Fitzpatrick BUF 16 49.0 46.3 38.3 70.6 68.0 70.0 2.6 353 569 62.0 3832 6.7 24 23 4.0 179 31.5 42.8 56 215 0 20 48.2 7
17 Matt Hasselbeck TEN 16 48.6 48.6 45.3 58.6 24.8 21.2 0.0 319 518 61.6 3571 6.9 18 14 2.7 163 31.5 42.3 20 52 0 4 30.0 4
18 Josh Freeman TAM 15 48.1 43.6 38.9 57.6 80.0 89.4 4.5 346 551 62.8 3592 6.5 16 22 4.0 170 30.9 45.3 55 238 4 25 54.5 9
19 Matt Moore MIA 13 45.5 45.5 48.3 37.0 40.5 40.0 0.0 210 347 60.5 2497 7.2 16 9 2.6 122 35.2 41.3 32 65 2 5 21.9 14
20 Jay Cutler CHI 10 44.5 44.5 50.4 26.7 36.8 30.0 0.0 182 314 58.0 2319 7.4 13 7 2.2 107 34.1 41.8 18 55 1 4 27.8 7
21 Rex Grossman WAS 13 42.0 42.0 39.7 48.8 12.0 13.3 0.0 265 458 57.9 3151 6.9 16 20 4.4 161 35.2 43.7 20 11 1 2 15.0 8
22 Kyle Orton 2TM 9 40.2 40.2 50.1 10.5 18.6 7.6 0.0 150 252 59.5 1758 7.0 9 9 3.6 97 38.5 45.0 11 13 0 2 18.2 2
23 Andy Dalton CIN 16 37.3 36.3 29.8 55.6 54.5 64.1 1.0 300 516 58.1 3398 6.6 20 13 2.5 151 29.3 39.4 37 152 1 8 29.7 4
24 Tarvaris Jackson SEA 15 37.1 36.7 35.8 39.5 48.8 57.3 0.4 271 450 60.2 3091 6.9 14 13 2.9 139 30.9 41.3 40 108 1 7 30.0 9
25 Colt McCoy CLE 13 36.1 34.2 33.2 37.1 70.6 67.6 2.0 265 463 57.2 2733 5.9 14 11 2.4 142 30.7 42.4 61 212 0 19 44.3 11
26 Mark Sanchez NYJ 16 36.1 34.5 24.6 64.2 59.8 70.6 1.5 308 543 56.7 3474 6.4 26 18 3.3 172 31.7 40.2 37 103 6 15 43.2 10
27 Kevin Kolb ARI 9 35.5 35.5 42.7 13.8 45.9 31.4 0.0 146 253 57.7 1955 7.7 9 8 3.2 87 34.4 40.3 17 65 0 6 35.3 8
28 John Skelton ARI 8 24.2 23.2 26.4 13.3 73.0 57.1 1.1 151 275 54.9 1913 7.0 11 14 5.1 81 29.5 41.9 28 128 0 11 50.0 4
29 Sam Bradford STL 10 22.9 22.9 25.5 15.3 21.4 14.4 0.0 191 357 53.5 2164 6.1 6 6 1.7 104 29.1 37.4 18 26 0 3 33.3 10
30 Tim Tebow DEN 14 19.7 17.4 20.1 9.5 90.0 96.7 2.3 126 271 46.5 1729 6.4 12 6 2.2 77 28.4 33.6 122 660 6 38 42.6 13
31 Matt Cassel KAN 9 19.5 19.2 23.3 7.0 59.4 39.5 0.3 160 269 59.5 1713 6.4 10 9 3.3 84 31.2 39.2 25 99 0 5 56.0 5
32 Christian Ponder MIN 11 15.6 14.6 13.7 17.3 77.6 67.9 1.0 158 291 54.3 1853 6.4 13 13 4.5 92 31.6 36.4 28 219 0 14 64.3 6
33 Blaine Gabbert JAX 15 13.6 13.6 10.3 23.5 47.1 46.2 0.0 210 413 50.8 2214 5.4 12 11 2.7 111 26.9 32.2 48 98 0 8 29.2 14
34 Curtis Painter IND 9 8.6 8.4 11.1 0.5 61.2 48.5 0.2 132 243 54.3 1541 6.3 6 9 3.7 71 29.2 37.1 17 107 0 7 52.9 5