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 Russell Wilson SEA 16 93.8 85.0 89.4 71.8 84.3 84.7 8.8 329 483 68.1 4024 8.3 34 8 1.7 190 39.3 50.8 103 553 1 31 56.3 7
2 Carson Palmer ARI 16 89.5 89.5 88.2 93.4 21.6 25.3 0.0 342 537 63.7 4671 8.7 35 11 2.0 231 43.0 52.7 25 24 1 5 16.0 6
3 Drew Brees NOR 15 83.7 83.7 80.8 92.4 18.4 17.9 0.0 428 627 68.3 4870 7.8 32 11 1.8 228 36.4 48.5 24 14 1 5 20.8 5
4 Andy Dalton CIN 13 83.3 78.9 89.6 46.8 71.3 65.4 4.4 255 386 66.1 3250 8.4 25 7 1.8 148 38.3 51.2 57 142 3 15 36.8 5
5 Cam Newton CAR 16 82.0 71.6 72.4 69.0 97.2 100.0 10.4 296 495 59.8 3837 7.8 35 10 2.0 195 39.4 48.1 132 636 10 59 56.1 5
6 Tom Brady NWE 16 81.7 81.3 76.2 96.5 48.8 53.8 0.4 402 624 64.4 4770 7.6 36 7 1.1 229 36.7 47.4 34 53 3 14 41.2 6
7 Kirk Cousins WAS 16 79.6 79.6 82.2 71.9 40.3 47.4 0.0 379 543 69.8 4166 7.7 29 11 2.0 205 37.8 51.1 26 48 5 8 38.5 9
8 Matthew Stafford DET 16 71.7 70.7 67.4 80.6 52.8 56.9 1.0 398 592 67.2 4262 7.2 32 13 2.2 224 37.8 49.4 44 159 1 13 36.4 4
9 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 12 70.2 70.2 74.8 56.5 25.4 19.3 0.0 319 469 68.0 3938 8.4 21 16 3.4 175 37.3 52.6 15 29 0 4 26.7 2
10 Matt Ryan ATL 16 69.9 69.9 67.4 77.6 32.1 38.8 0.0 407 614 66.3 4591 7.5 21 16 2.6 228 37.1 50.8 36 63 0 9 33.3 12
11 Philip Rivers SDG 16 68.8 68.8 63.0 86.0 13.5 15.1 0.0 437 661 66.1 4792 7.2 29 13 2.0 227 34.3 48.2 17 28 0 2 17.6 4
12 Jay Cutler CHI 15 61.3 58.8 62.3 48.5 61.3 66.8 2.4 311 483 64.4 3659 7.6 21 11 2.3 173 35.8 47.1 38 201 1 16 63.2 8
13 Tyrod Taylor BUF 14 59.8 53.3 59.0 36.3 87.9 94.1 6.5 242 380 63.7 3035 8.0 20 6 1.6 129 33.9 42.8 104 568 4 28 46.2 9
14 Alex Smith KAN 16 58.9 52.7 55.7 43.7 89.1 89.1 6.2 307 470 65.3 3486 7.4 20 7 1.5 155 33.0 43.9 84 498 2 34 51.2 4
15 Eli Manning NYG 16 58.4 58.4 49.0 86.3 17.4 29.6 0.0 387 618 62.6 4432 7.2 35 14 2.3 206 33.3 46.7 20 61 0 5 20.0 11
16 Jameis Winston TAM 16 58.3 54.4 50.2 66.8 69.0 80.0 3.9 312 535 58.3 4042 7.6 22 15 2.8 201 37.6 45.6 54 213 6 19 42.6 6
17 Blake Bortles JAX 16 56.5 52.7 41.8 85.4 66.2 83.5 3.8 355 606 58.6 4428 7.3 35 18 3.0 220 36.3 45.1 52 310 2 24 61.5 14
18 Marcus Mariota TEN 12 51.0 48.8 53.8 33.8 61.3 69.4 2.2 230 370 62.2 2818 7.6 19 10 2.7 142 38.4 44.9 34 252 2 11 44.1 10
19 Brian Hoyer HOU 11 48.1 48.1 54.0 30.3 35.0 27.1 0.0 224 369 60.7 2606 7.1 19 7 1.9 130 35.2 46.7 15 44 0 6 40.0 6
20 Ryan Tannehill MIA 16 46.3 46.3 38.8 69.1 38.2 48.2 0.0 363 586 61.9 4208 7.2 24 12 2.0 195 33.3 42.0 32 141 1 8 37.5 10
21 Ryan Fitzpatrick NYJ 16 44.3 40.9 32.8 65.1 75.0 81.2 3.4 335 562 59.6 3905 6.9 31 15 2.7 197 35.1 44.4 60 270 2 23 48.3 5
22 Aaron Rodgers GNB 16 43.8 41.3 35.3 59.3 63.8 78.2 2.5 347 572 60.7 3821 6.7 31 8 1.4 177 30.9 43.0 58 344 1 20 48.3 8
23 Teddy Bridgewater MIN 16 42.8 40.6 42.6 34.9 63.5 72.1 2.1 292 447 65.3 3231 7.2 14 9 2.0 153 34.2 40.9 44 192 3 18 38.6 8
24 Josh McCown CLE 8 42.1 41.8 48.9 20.6 54.4 48.4 0.3 186 292 63.7 2109 7.2 12 4 1.4 96 32.9 43.2 20 98 1 10 55.0 9
25 Derek Carr OAK 16 41.3 41.3 32.4 67.9 38.4 40.0 0.0 350 573 61.1 3987 7.0 32 13 2.3 188 32.8 43.9 33 138 0 8 39.4 10
26 Brock Osweiler DEN 8 40.1 40.1 48.7 14.0 49.6 39.0 0.0 170 275 61.8 1967 7.2 10 6 2.2 92 33.5 46.3 21 61 1 6 42.9 4
27 Sam Bradford PHI 14 39.5 39.5 37.7 45.0 16.2 18.1 0.0 346 532 65.0 3725 7.0 19 14 2.6 170 32.0 45.2 26 39 0 2 23.1 10
28 Joe Flacco BAL 10 31.1 31.1 32.3 27.5 37.1 33.8 0.0 266 413 64.4 2791 6.8 14 12 2.9 125 30.3 45.7 13 23 3 6 53.8 5
29 Matt Hasselbeck IND 8 29.8 29.8 37.0 8.4 21.3 8.5 0.0 156 256 60.9 1690 6.6 9 5 2.0 87 34.0 44.1 16 15 0 2 25.0 3
30 Blaine Gabbert SFO 8 23.0 22.1 24.9 13.7 70.6 55.7 0.9 178 282 63.1 2031 7.2 10 7 2.5 85 30.1 38.4 32 185 1 10 50.0 4
31 Colin Kaepernick SFO 9 15.9 14.8 18.9 2.4 80.3 69.9 1.1 144 244 59.0 1615 6.6 6 5 2.0 73 29.9 38.6 45 256 1 15 57.8 5
32 Peyton Manning DEN 10 15.8 15.8 14.5 19.6 11.0 2.6 0.0 198 331 59.8 2249 6.8 9 17 5.1 110 33.2 40.6 6 -6 0 0 0.0 1
33 Andrew Luck IND 7 12.5 11.9 10.4 16.5 76.6 54.6 0.6 162 293 55.3 1881 6.4 15 12 4.1 92 31.4 42.2 33 196 0 13 60.6 3
34 Ryan Mallett 2TM 8 10.7 10.7 14.1 0.6 33.8 15.3 0.0 136 244 55.7 1336 5.5 5 6 2.5 77 31.6 41.2 5 15 1 2 60.0 0
35 Nick Foles STL 11 5.6 5.6 3.4 12.1 27.2 20.1 0.0 190 337 56.4 2052 6.1 7 10 3.0 85 25.2 33.0 17 20 1 4 29.4 5