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 Deshaun Watson HOU 16 100.0 93.5 94.1 91.5 78.5 83.5 8.7 382 544 70.2 4823 8.9 33 7 1.3 221 40.6 54.5 90 444 3 31 53.3 8
2 Josh Allen BUF 16 96.4 87.2 86.6 88.8 83.4 87.4 9.2 396 572 69.2 4544 7.9 37 10 1.7 228 39.9 56.5 102 421 8 38 54.9 9
3 Aaron Rodgers GNB 16 94.2 94.0 96.0 87.9 41.3 51.8 0.2 372 526 70.7 4299 8.2 48 5 1.0 216 41.1 55.3 38 149 3 15 55.3 4
4 Patrick Mahomes KAN 15 93.9 89.3 87.4 95.3 62.4 72.2 4.5 390 588 66.3 4740 8.1 38 6 1.0 238 40.5 54.1 62 308 2 22 53.2 5
5 Ryan Tannehill TEN 16 83.6 77.7 81.3 66.8 74.6 76.6 5.9 315 481 65.5 3819 7.9 33 7 1.5 202 42.0 52.1 43 266 7 22 67.4 6
6 Kirk Cousins MIN 16 75.0 75.0 73.1 80.6 34.0 49.9 0.0 349 516 67.6 4265 8.3 35 13 2.5 212 41.1 51.2 32 156 1 16 59.4 9
7 Russell Wilson SEA 16 74.0 68.3 63.5 82.8 75.1 79.9 5.6 384 558 68.8 4212 7.5 40 13 2.3 213 38.2 51.4 83 513 2 25 50.6 7
8 Derek Carr LVR 16 70.0 70.0 70.7 67.6 37.4 50.1 0.0 348 517 67.3 4103 7.9 27 9 1.7 192 37.1 50.6 39 140 3 16 53.8 11
9 Tom Brady TAM 16 69.5 69.5 61.1 94.6 24.7 24.6 0.0 401 610 65.7 4633 7.6 40 12 2.0 233 38.2 49.6 30 6 3 6 23.3 4
10 Drew Brees NOR 12 69.2 69.2 77.1 45.7 18.1 15.0 0.0 275 390 70.5 2942 7.5 24 6 1.5 149 38.2 52.6 18 -2 2 4 22.2 6
11 Philip Rivers IND 16 65.6 65.6 65.8 65.1 10.5 1.9 0.0 369 543 68.0 4169 7.7 24 11 2.0 200 36.8 51.1 18 -8 0 0 0.0 2
12 Kyler Murray ARI 16 60.6 53.7 49.9 65.3 89.9 96.2 6.9 375 558 67.2 3971 7.1 26 12 2.2 205 36.7 48.9 133 819 11 52 57.1 9
13 Justin Herbert LAC 15 60.4 58.4 50.7 81.5 51.8 72.4 2.0 396 595 66.6 4336 7.3 31 10 1.7 216 36.3 47.8 55 234 5 20 49.1 8
14 Matthew Stafford DET 16 59.7 59.7 57.3 66.8 31.5 28.7 0.0 339 528 64.2 4084 7.7 26 10 1.9 205 38.8 47.9 29 112 0 12 51.7 2
15 Matt Ryan ATL 16 59.5 59.5 51.2 84.1 26.3 27.9 0.0 407 626 65.0 4581 7.3 26 11 1.8 242 38.7 47.8 29 92 2 8 37.9 6
16 Ryan Fitzpatrick MIA 9 58.9 56.8 70.0 17.2 73.4 43.7 2.1 183 267 68.5 2091 7.8 13 8 3.0 106 39.7 54.4 30 151 2 12 53.3 2
17 Baker Mayfield CLE 16 57.9 57.5 58.6 54.1 47.6 55.4 0.4 305 486 62.8 3563 7.3 26 8 1.6 188 38.7 49.4 54 165 1 18 46.3 8
18 Jared Goff LAR 15 53.1 53.1 51.7 57.4 32.9 39.6 0.0 370 552 67.0 3952 7.2 20 13 2.4 194 35.1 51.8 51 99 4 12 37.3 7
19 Mitchell Trubisky CHI 10 51.8 50.5 59.6 23.1 66.2 47.2 1.3 199 297 67.0 2055 6.9 16 8 2.7 124 41.8 53.7 33 195 1 12 63.6 6
20 Teddy Bridgewater CAR 15 49.8 47.1 47.4 46.2 63.4 75.4 2.7 340 492 69.1 3733 7.6 15 11 2.2 174 35.4 46.1 53 279 5 18 50.9 6
21 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 15 47.2 47.2 41.8 63.5 15.4 13.8 0.0 399 608 65.6 3803 6.3 33 10 1.6 193 31.7 48.6 25 11 0 3 12.0 5
22 Gardner Minshew II JAX 9 44.6 44.6 50.2 27.8 44.6 38.2 0.0 216 327 66.1 2259 6.9 16 5 1.5 117 35.8 48.0 29 153 1 10 55.2 5
23 Joe Burrow CIN 10 43.9 43.9 47.2 34.0 47.1 49.4 0.0 264 404 65.3 2688 6.7 13 5 1.2 150 37.1 47.2 37 142 3 14 54.1 9
24 Lamar Jackson BAL 15 43.9 38.8 36.8 44.7 89.9 97.9 5.1 242 376 64.4 2757 7.3 26 9 2.4 138 36.7 46.2 159 1005 7 56 51.6 10
25 Cam Newton NWE 15 34.1 30.1 32.0 24.4 92.6 96.2 4.0 242 368 65.8 2657 7.2 8 10 2.7 133 36.1 45.9 137 592 12 55 54.0 6
26 Nick Mullens SFO 10 32.6 32.6 35.4 24.1 11.3 10.6 0.0 211 326 64.7 2437 7.5 12 12 3.7 120 36.8 47.5 9 8 0 1 22.2 6
27 Andy Dalton DAL 11 30.8 30.8 34.0 21.2 45.0 27.9 0.0 216 333 64.9 2170 6.5 14 8 2.4 116 34.8 48.2 28 114 0 11 50.0 2
28 Daniel Jones NYG 14 28.9 27.7 24.3 37.8 62.2 67.4 1.2 280 448 62.5 2943 6.6 11 10 2.2 157 35.0 42.8 65 423 1 17 44.6 10
29 Tua Tagovailoa MIA 10 28.1 27.1 32.9 9.6 72.5 41.8 1.0 186 290 64.1 1814 6.3 11 5 1.7 100 34.5 47.7 36 109 3 13 52.8 1
30 Drew Lock DEN 13 19.5 19.4 12.4 40.1 47.6 55.0 0.1 254 443 57.3 2933 6.6 16 15 3.4 145 32.7 41.1 44 160 3 13 52.3 8
31 Nick Foles CHI 9 13.0 13.0 14.3 9.1 20.3 10.9 0.0 202 312 64.7 1852 5.9 10 8 2.6 93 29.8 43.9 16 1 1 2 12.5 2
32 Alex Smith WAS 8 12.7 12.7 16.0 2.6 12.6 6.3 0.0 168 252 66.7 1582 6.3 6 8 3.2 73 29.0 43.4 10 3 0 0 10.0 2
33 Carson Wentz PHI 12 12.4 11.5 4.5 32.5 76.2 78.4 0.9 251 437 57.4 2620 6.0 16 15 3.4 130 29.7 40.0 52 276 5 25 63.5 10
34 Sam Darnold NYJ 12 10.0 9.7 7.6 15.9 63.5 55.6 0.3 217 364 59.6 2208 6.1 9 11 3.0 109 29.9 38.3 37 217 2 13 59.5 4
35 Dwayne Haskins WAS 7 5.5 5.5 7.3 0.3 26.3 21.3 0.0 148 241 61.4 1439 6.0 5 7 2.9 73 30.3 37.9 20 46 1 6 40.0 6