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 Drew Brees NOR 16 92.8 92.8 96.1 82.9 29.0 22.3 0.0 386 536 72.0 4334 8.1 23 8 1.5 203 37.9 51.6 33 12 2 7 30.3 5
2 Tom Brady NWE 16 92.0 92.0 89.9 98.1 21.9 19.4 0.0 385 581 66.3 4577 7.9 32 8 1.4 230 39.6 49.7 25 28 0 8 32.0 7
3 Alex Smith KAN 15 84.9 79.7 81.4 74.5 71.0 72.7 5.2 341 505 67.5 4042 8.0 26 5 1.0 182 36.0 45.6 60 355 1 20 53.3 1
4 Philip Rivers LAC 16 81.2 81.2 77.3 92.9 7.1 3.2 0.0 360 575 62.6 4515 7.9 28 10 1.7 217 37.7 46.4 18 -2 0 1 11.1 8
5 Case Keenum MIN 15 79.4 78.5 83.7 63.1 52.7 54.5 0.8 325 481 67.6 3547 7.4 22 7 1.5 180 37.4 50.5 40 160 1 13 42.5 1
6 Matthew Stafford DET 16 79.3 79.3 74.9 92.6 26.3 31.0 0.0 371 565 65.7 4446 7.9 29 10 1.8 210 37.2 45.6 29 98 0 9 34.5 12
7 Matt Ryan ATL 16 78.3 78.3 80.0 73.2 41.5 45.6 0.0 342 529 64.7 4095 7.7 20 12 2.3 199 37.6 49.9 32 143 0 11 50.0 4
8 Jared Goff LAR 15 78.3 78.3 80.1 72.9 22.6 22.7 0.0 296 477 62.1 3804 8.0 28 7 1.5 177 37.1 46.6 28 51 1 3 25.0 8
9 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 15 72.4 72.4 67.7 86.8 22.9 20.2 0.0 360 561 64.2 4251 7.6 28 14 2.5 204 36.4 47.9 28 47 0 7 21.4 3
10 Jameis Winston TAM 13 71.8 71.8 76.5 57.4 37.1 42.9 0.0 282 442 63.8 3504 7.9 19 11 2.5 185 41.9 49.7 33 135 1 8 45.5 15
11 Kirk Cousins WAS 16 69.1 67.2 63.3 79.0 52.4 67.1 1.9 347 540 64.3 4093 7.6 27 13 2.4 194 35.9 45.6 49 179 4 19 49.0 13
12 Carson Wentz PHI 13 64.8 61.6 62.9 57.7 68.7 65.5 3.2 265 440 60.2 3296 7.5 33 7 1.6 161 36.6 45.3 64 299 0 27 53.1 9
13 Russell Wilson SEA 16 62.8 56.4 47.9 81.9 83.5 91.9 6.3 339 553 61.3 3983 7.2 34 11 2.0 189 34.2 43.8 95 586 3 36 50.5 14
14 Blake Bortles JAX 16 56.5 53.7 49.8 65.5 60.6 74.7 2.8 315 523 60.2 3687 7.0 21 13 2.5 195 37.3 45.2 57 322 2 20 50.9 9
15 Derek Carr OAK 15 51.3 51.3 49.1 57.9 20.3 23.1 0.0 323 515 62.7 3496 6.8 22 13 2.5 168 32.6 46.2 23 66 0 5 26.1 8
16 Josh McCown NYJ 13 50.8 50.4 57.3 29.8 49.0 55.3 0.4 267 397 67.3 2926 7.4 18 9 2.3 137 34.5 44.5 37 124 5 14 40.5 11
17 Aaron Rodgers GNB 7 49.2 48.2 60.6 11.0 63.5 37.3 1.0 154 238 64.7 1675 7.0 16 6 2.5 86 36.1 47.7 24 126 0 10 58.3 1
18 Dak Prescott DAL 16 43.8 39.6 35.4 52.1 80.6 90.3 4.2 308 490 62.9 3324 6.8 22 13 2.7 162 33.1 43.3 57 357 6 29 63.2 4
19 Tyrod Taylor BUF 15 43.5 39.0 44.2 23.5 87.4 89.0 4.5 263 420 62.6 2799 6.7 14 4 1.0 133 31.7 42.5 84 427 4 28 42.9 4
20 Marcus Mariota TEN 15 42.5 39.0 41.1 32.7 78.2 81.0 3.5 281 453 62.0 3232 7.1 13 15 3.3 149 32.9 45.0 60 312 5 23 55.0 2
21 Cam Newton CAR 16 39.1 34.4 28.9 50.8 92.9 99.7 4.7 291 492 59.1 3302 6.7 22 16 3.3 167 33.9 43.8 139 754 6 46 49.6 9
22 Eli Manning NYG 15 38.4 38.4 34.0 51.6 8.7 14.8 0.0 352 571 61.6 3468 6.1 19 13 2.3 172 30.1 44.7 12 26 1 2 16.7 11
23 Andy Dalton CIN 16 37.5 37.5 31.8 54.8 38.2 34.0 0.0 297 496 59.9 3320 6.7 25 12 2.4 163 32.9 40.9 38 99 0 10 26.3 4
24 Carson Palmer ARI 7 35.2 35.2 43.9 9.2 29.2 11.0 0.0 164 267 61.4 1978 7.4 9 7 2.6 95 35.6 43.9 14 12 0 5 35.7 2
25 Jacoby Brissett IND 16 32.0 30.9 31.5 28.9 56.3 69.4 1.1 276 469 58.8 3098 6.6 13 7 1.5 146 31.1 40.1 63 260 4 15 33.3 8
26 Jay Cutler MIA 14 27.3 27.3 27.1 28.1 18.7 13.7 0.0 266 429 62.0 2666 6.2 19 14 3.3 138 32.2 44.3 19 32 0 3 31.6 6
27 Joe Flacco BAL 16 26.7 26.7 23.2 37.3 21.1 25.8 0.0 352 549 64.1 3141 5.7 18 13 2.4 163 29.7 40.6 25 54 1 4 20.0 6
28 Mitchell Trubisky CHI 12 21.3 20.5 24.0 10.0 63.4 62.7 0.8 196 330 59.4 2193 6.6 7 7 2.1 100 30.3 35.5 41 248 2 14 39.0 10
29 Trevor Siemian DEN 11 14.0 14.0 13.2 16.1 51.1 41.3 0.0 206 349 59.0 2285 6.5 12 14 4.0 112 32.1 39.8 31 127 1 8 45.2 5
30 Brett Hundley GNB 11 9.5 8.8 9.4 6.9 83.4 71.3 0.7 192 316 60.8 1836 5.8 9 12 3.8 90 28.5 40.0 36 270 2 21 66.7 4
31 C.J. Beathard SFO 7 9.4 9.0 11.9 0.0 75.3 55.3 0.4 123 224 54.9 1430 6.4 4 6 2.7 67 29.9 37.4 26 136 3 11 65.4 3
32 DeShone Kizer CLE 15 7.4 6.7 2.0 20.6 85.0 91.3 0.8 255 476 53.6 2894 6.1 11 22 4.6 131 27.5 34.2 77 419 5 32 50.6 9