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 Aaron Rodgers GNB 16 99.3 92.0 94.4 84.7 71.4 82.5 7.3 341 520 65.6 4381 8.4 38 5 1.0 221 42.5 52.4 43 269 2 22 58.1 10
2 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 16 91.6 91.6 91.1 93.0 20.0 19.8 0.0 408 608 67.1 4952 8.1 32 9 1.5 244 40.1 51.6 33 27 0 6 24.2 9
3 Tony Romo DAL 15 87.7 87.7 93.8 69.4 26.6 27.7 0.0 304 435 69.9 3705 8.5 34 9 2.1 191 43.9 53.4 26 61 0 6 19.2 7
4 Drew Brees NOR 16 82.5 82.5 78.3 95.0 29.5 38.8 0.0 456 659 69.2 4952 7.5 33 17 2.6 259 39.3 52.9 27 68 1 6 40.7 7
5 Peyton Manning DEN 16 81.3 81.3 77.8 91.9 10.0 3.8 0.0 395 597 66.2 4727 7.9 39 15 2.5 227 38.0 51.6 24 -24 0 0 0.0 5
6 Andrew Luck IND 16 77.8 72.7 65.1 95.6 63.8 84.4 5.1 380 616 61.7 4761 7.7 40 16 2.6 235 38.1 47.9 64 273 3 20 42.2 13
7 Matt Ryan ATL 16 71.8 71.8 68.1 83.0 45.5 45.6 0.0 415 628 66.1 4694 7.5 28 14 2.2 233 37.1 49.0 29 145 0 10 58.6 5
8 Tom Brady NWE 16 70.1 70.1 67.6 77.7 36.9 30.3 0.0 373 582 64.1 4109 7.1 33 9 1.5 221 38.0 49.1 36 57 0 11 36.1 6
9 Philip Rivers SDG 16 67.6 67.6 64.5 76.9 37.7 44.4 0.0 379 570 66.5 4286 7.5 31 18 3.2 213 37.4 49.8 37 102 0 11 27.0 8
10 Ryan Tannehill MIA 16 65.5 61.6 58.7 70.5 64.8 77.7 3.8 392 590 66.4 4045 6.9 27 12 2.0 225 38.1 47.3 56 311 1 18 55.4 9
11 Eli Manning NYG 16 62.7 62.7 57.0 79.7 20.2 23.4 0.0 379 601 63.1 4410 7.3 30 14 2.3 219 36.4 47.4 12 31 1 4 33.3 7
12 Russell Wilson SEA 16 61.2 54.0 54.5 52.8 89.8 99.1 7.2 285 452 63.1 3475 7.7 20 7 1.5 161 35.6 42.5 118 849 6 47 54.2 11
13 Alex Smith KAN 15 60.5 57.0 61.4 43.8 70.6 70.2 3.5 303 464 65.3 3265 7.0 18 6 1.3 179 38.6 46.4 49 254 1 15 46.9 4
14 Joe Flacco BAL 16 58.1 57.1 54.5 65.2 54.5 57.5 1.0 344 554 62.1 3986 7.2 27 12 2.2 194 35.0 47.8 39 70 2 17 43.6 5
15 Ryan Fitzpatrick HOU 12 56.9 53.1 62.0 26.2 80.6 66.2 3.8 197 312 63.1 2483 8.0 17 8 2.6 120 38.5 45.9 50 184 2 13 46.0 5
16 Mark Sanchez PHI 9 54.9 54.9 65.8 22.3 47.8 39.4 0.0 198 309 64.1 2418 7.8 14 11 3.6 119 38.5 50.6 34 87 1 5 35.3 7
17 Matthew Stafford DET 16 49.3 49.0 42.3 69.1 43.1 54.7 0.3 363 602 60.3 4257 7.1 22 12 2.0 212 35.2 43.3 43 93 2 11 27.9 8
18 Andy Dalton CIN 16 42.6 39.3 36.0 49.2 79.8 75.3 3.3 309 481 64.2 3398 7.1 19 17 3.5 160 33.3 45.8 60 169 4 21 46.7 3
19 Colin Kaepernick SFO 16 42.4 38.3 34.4 50.2 84.7 86.6 4.1 289 478 60.5 3369 7.0 19 10 2.1 164 34.3 42.5 104 639 1 28 46.2 8
20 Teddy Bridgewater MIN 13 42.3 39.8 42.8 30.8 74.4 67.0 2.5 259 402 64.4 2919 7.3 14 12 3.0 137 34.1 44.7 47 209 1 15 46.8 3
21 Jay Cutler CHI 15 41.8 40.7 32.9 64.2 50.2 68.8 1.1 370 561 66.0 3812 6.8 28 18 3.2 181 32.3 46.6 39 191 2 14 38.5 12
22 Carson Palmer ARI 6 41.5 41.5 54.1 3.8 19.2 9.8 0.0 141 224 62.9 1626 7.3 11 3 1.3 82 36.6 43.8 8 25 0 1 25.0 3
23 Cam Newton CAR 14 38.9 34.5 33.1 38.4 90.9 96.2 4.5 262 448 58.5 3127 7.0 18 12 2.7 156 34.8 44.9 103 539 5 48 61.2 9
24 Brian Hoyer CLE 14 38.3 38.3 38.3 38.3 27.0 21.2 0.0 242 438 55.3 3326 7.6 12 13 3.0 163 37.2 41.1 24 39 0 5 25.0 4
25 Shaun Hill STL 9 37.1 37.1 48.4 3.4 13.3 13.9 0.0 145 229 63.3 1657 7.2 8 7 3.1 82 35.8 47.0 10 10 1 1 20.0 7
26 Kyle Orton BUF 12 35.7 35.7 35.5 36.2 18.3 17.3 0.0 287 447 64.2 3018 6.8 18 10 2.2 148 33.1 44.8 15 14 1 2 20.0 3
27 Austin Davis STL 10 34.9 34.9 42.2 13.0 19.8 16.4 0.0 180 284 63.4 2001 7.0 12 9 3.2 106 37.3 46.6 16 36 0 2 18.8 5
28 Derek Carr OAK 16 25.9 25.9 18.4 48.4 38.1 43.6 0.0 348 599 58.1 3270 5.5 21 12 2.0 163 27.2 39.5 29 92 0 12 37.9 10
29 Nick Foles PHI 8 23.0 23.0 25.5 15.8 48.1 31.6 0.0 186 311 59.8 2163 7.0 13 10 3.2 101 32.5 44.1 16 68 0 6 62.5 4
30 Drew Stanton ARI 9 20.9 20.8 26.6 3.1 53.6 25.9 0.1 132 240 55.0 1711 7.1 7 5 2.1 77 32.1 39.4 25 63 0 5 32.0 1
31 Geno Smith NYJ 14 18.7 17.4 15.4 23.6 77.2 71.4 1.3 219 367 59.7 2525 6.9 13 13 3.5 119 32.4 41.8 59 238 1 18 42.4 8
32 Blake Bortles JAX 14 9.2 8.4 3.8 22.5 79.8 77.2 0.7 280 475 58.9 2908 6.1 11 17 3.6 136 28.6 37.9 56 419 0 29 62.5 7
33 Josh McCown TAM 11 7.9 7.6 5.9 12.5 62.7 62.3 0.3 184 327 56.3 2206 6.7 11 14 4.3 100 30.6 40.2 25 127 3 12 48.0 10