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 Peyton Manning DEN 16 96.5 96.5 95.3 100.0 7.8 11.9 0.0 450 659 68.3 5477 8.3 55 10 1.5 291 44.2 55.2 32 -31 1 1 3.1 10
2 Philip Rivers SDG 16 91.1 91.1 91.2 90.8 35.3 34.9 0.0 378 544 69.5 4478 8.2 32 11 2.0 233 42.8 55.7 28 72 0 5 32.1 3
3 Drew Brees NOR 16 90.5 90.5 88.2 97.2 35.7 42.5 0.0 446 650 68.6 5162 7.9 39 12 1.8 246 37.8 52.0 35 52 3 6 28.6 6
4 Nick Foles PHI 13 86.9 80.5 89.6 53.3 78.5 74.4 6.4 203 317 64.0 2891 9.1 27 2 0.6 130 41.0 47.0 57 221 3 16 40.4 4
5 Russell Wilson SEA 16 77.8 70.3 72.9 62.6 83.8 87.5 7.5 257 407 63.1 3357 8.2 26 9 2.2 157 38.6 44.8 96 539 1 31 47.9 10
6 Tony Romo DAL 15 76.7 76.7 76.9 75.8 25.0 23.1 0.0 342 535 63.9 3828 7.2 31 10 1.9 198 37.0 49.1 20 38 0 5 20.0 4
7 Josh McCown CHI 8 76.2 75.2 92.5 23.5 57.9 39.0 1.0 149 224 66.5 1829 8.2 13 1 0.4 94 42.0 51.9 13 69 1 5 53.8 3
8 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 16 75.6 75.6 73.9 80.6 31.7 45.3 0.0 375 584 64.2 4261 7.3 28 14 2.4 211 36.1 47.4 27 99 1 5 33.3 9
9 Aaron Rodgers GNB 9 74.6 73.4 86.2 34.7 60.4 50.0 1.2 193 290 66.6 2536 8.7 17 6 2.1 108 37.2 50.2 30 120 0 11 50.0 4
10 Matt Ryan ATL 16 68.3 68.3 62.0 87.1 24.3 27.2 0.0 439 651 67.4 4515 6.9 26 17 2.6 228 35.0 47.1 17 55 0 5 35.3 5
11 Andy Dalton CIN 16 67.8 64.7 57.5 86.1 63.6 68.9 3.1 363 586 61.9 4293 7.3 33 20 3.4 206 35.2 45.7 61 183 2 15 39.3 4
12 Matthew Stafford DET 16 66.1 65.8 57.6 90.3 41.8 53.5 0.3 371 634 58.5 4650 7.3 29 19 3.0 223 35.2 46.9 37 69 2 13 40.5 12
13 Tom Brady NWE 16 66.0 66.0 60.5 82.5 17.5 16.1 0.0 380 628 60.5 4343 6.9 25 11 1.8 226 36.0 45.2 32 18 0 5 18.8 9
14 Cam Newton CAR 16 65.2 57.1 55.2 62.8 95.6 99.7 8.1 292 473 61.7 3379 7.1 24 13 2.7 172 36.4 43.2 111 585 6 45 55.0 3
15 Carson Palmer ARI 16 64.9 64.9 61.2 75.8 11.5 6.4 0.0 362 572 63.3 4274 7.5 24 22 3.8 205 35.8 46.5 27 3 0 1 3.7 6
16 Colin Kaepernick SFO 16 63.9 57.0 59.6 49.4 88.2 92.1 6.8 243 416 58.4 3197 7.7 21 8 1.9 148 35.6 43.1 92 524 4 28 45.7 6
17 Andrew Luck IND 16 58.7 53.9 50.3 64.6 75.8 84.2 4.8 343 570 60.2 3822 6.7 23 9 1.6 189 33.2 44.7 63 377 4 23 55.6 6
18 Jay Cutler CHI 11 54.8 54.8 59.2 41.7 50.1 47.4 0.0 224 355 63.1 2621 7.4 19 12 3.4 125 35.2 45.2 23 118 0 7 43.5 5
19 Robert Griffin III WAS 13 53.6 49.9 50.6 47.8 74.7 75.3 3.7 274 456 60.1 3203 7.0 16 12 2.6 159 34.9 44.3 86 489 0 26 53.5 11
20 Alex Smith KAN 15 51.0 47.0 43.6 57.4 76.0 79.6 3.9 308 508 60.6 3313 6.5 23 7 1.4 168 33.1 42.0 76 431 1 24 47.4 7
21 Ryan Tannehill MIA 16 50.7 49.1 41.3 72.5 54.0 68.3 1.6 355 588 60.4 3913 6.7 24 17 2.9 204 34.7 44.1 40 238 1 12 47.5 9
22 Ryan Fitzpatrick TEN 11 45.3 42.4 45.7 32.4 69.7 76.7 2.9 217 350 62.0 2454 7.0 14 12 3.4 119 34.0 43.9 43 225 3 17 46.5 9
23 Sam Bradford STL 7 42.3 42.3 50.8 16.5 25.0 12.6 0.0 159 262 60.7 1687 6.4 14 4 1.5 86 32.8 45.8 15 31 0 2 20.0 3
24 Eli Manning NYG 16 32.2 32.2 23.5 58.1 13.5 15.7 0.0 317 551 57.5 3818 6.9 18 27 4.9 174 31.6 41.9 18 36 0 3 16.7 7
25 Christian Ponder MIN 9 31.7 30.0 39.2 2.4 68.6 68.6 1.7 152 239 63.6 1648 6.9 7 9 3.8 83 34.7 42.5 34 151 4 12 41.2 7
26 Chad Henne JAX 15 30.3 30.3 25.4 45.1 41.0 43.2 0.0 305 503 60.6 3241 6.4 13 14 2.8 152 30.2 41.8 27 77 0 7 37.0 2
27 Matt Cassel MIN 9 29.7 29.7 34.2 16.1 43.2 31.0 0.0 153 254 60.2 1807 7.1 11 9 3.5 83 32.7 41.1 18 57 1 3 27.8 3
28 Geno Smith NYJ 16 28.8 26.2 22.0 38.9 80.3 85.4 2.6 247 443 55.8 3046 6.9 12 21 4.7 148 33.4 39.5 72 366 6 24 50.0 8
29 Mike Glennon TAM 13 26.4 26.4 21.5 40.8 22.6 18.3 0.0 247 416 59.4 2608 6.3 19 9 2.2 128 30.8 39.3 27 37 0 4 22.2 7
30 Matt Schaub HOU 10 26.0 26.0 26.7 24.2 18.8 9.2 0.0 219 358 61.2 2310 6.5 10 14 3.9 116 32.4 42.2 5 24 0 1 60.0 2
31 Joe Flacco BAL 16 25.9 25.5 12.4 65.0 45.7 60.0 0.4 362 614 59.0 3912 6.4 19 22 3.6 191 31.1 38.5 27 131 1 12 59.3 8
32 Kellen Clemens STL 10 25.1 25.1 32.2 3.9 40.7 30.0 0.0 142 242 58.7 1673 6.9 8 7 2.9 81 33.5 40.3 23 64 0 5 30.4 7
33 Case Keenum HOU 8 22.6 22.4 27.1 8.5 53.9 46.0 0.1 137 253 54.2 1760 7.0 9 6 2.4 76 30.0 38.2 14 72 1 6 64.3 6
34 EJ Manuel BUF 10 21.3 19.9 19.4 21.4 73.2 72.8 1.4 180 306 58.8 1972 6.4 11 9 2.9 89 29.1 40.7 53 186 2 18 41.5 6
35 Jason Campbell CLE 9 18.4 18.4 17.4 21.7 48.1 43.9 0.0 180 317 56.8 2015 6.4 11 8 2.5 86 27.1 39.3 14 107 0 6 50.0 3
36 Terrelle Pryor OAK 11 15.7 14.0 15.1 10.7 90.0 91.2 1.7 156 272 57.4 1798 6.6 7 11 4.0 86 31.6 39.3 83 576 2 28 49.4 7
37 Brandon Weeden CLE 8 10.8 10.8 11.8 7.9 26.7 18.2 0.0 141 267 52.8 1731 6.5 9 9 3.4 81 30.3 35.0 12 44 0 2 50.0 6