Qualification: minimum 14 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 | Caleb Williams | CHI | 1 | 92.6 | 81.5 | 84.4 | 73.1 | 93.6 | 97.3 | 11.1 | 21 | 29 | 72.4 | 269 | 9.3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 44.8 | 58.1 | 10 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 |
| 2 | Jaxson Dart | NYG | 1 | 90.6 | 82.7 | 84.5 | 77.1 | 80.5 | 83.7 | 7.9 | 23 | 29 | 79.3 | 230 | 7.9 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 48.3 | 64.5 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 54.5 | 1 |
| 3 | Trevor Lawrence | JAX | 1 | 89.7 | 89.7 | 92.6 | 81.0 | 45.3 | 33.7 | 0.0 | 18 | 23 | 78.3 | 245 | 10.7 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 56.5 | 70.8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 |
| 4 | Lamar Jackson | BAL | 1 | 85.8 | 78.7 | 83.4 | 64.7 | 75.6 | 85.2 | 7.1 | 17 | 25 | 68.0 | 324 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 44.0 | 55.6 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 |
| 5 | Josh Allen | BUF | 1 | 80.0 | 76.3 | 75.2 | 79.5 | 61.3 | 71.5 | 3.7 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 334 | 11.5 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 44.8 | 48.4 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 |
| 6 | Bryce Young | CAR | 1 | 77.4 | 77.4 | 72.4 | 92.3 | 41.3 | 49.8 | 0.0 | 23 | 37 | 62.2 | 361 | 9.8 | 3 | 1 | 2.7 | 17 | 45.9 | 53.8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jacoby Brissett | ARI | 1 | 73.5 | 71.7 | 72.6 | 69.2 | 61.0 | 55.3 | 1.8 | 27 | 37 | 73.0 | 277 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 40.5 | 55.3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 |
| 8 | Baker Mayfield | TAM | 1 | 72.9 | 69.7 | 78.3 | 44.0 | 63.2 | 67.6 | 3.2 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 216 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 42.9 | 56.3 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 80.0 | 3 |
| 9 | Brock Purdy | SFO | 1 | 64.7 | 60.5 | 60.2 | 61.5 | 75.6 | 70.0 | 4.2 | 25 | 34 | 73.5 | 205 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.9 | 12 | 35.3 | 58.8 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 |
| 10 | Drew Lock | SEA | 1 | 63.1 | 63.1 | 73.1 | 33.1 | 42.3 | 32.6 | 0.0 | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 187 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 36.4 | 52.2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 |
| 11 | Joe Burrow | CIN | 1 | 62.1 | 59.2 | 57.8 | 63.4 | 69.0 | 62.7 | 2.9 | 25 | 35 | 71.4 | 254 | 7.3 | 1 | 1 | 2.9 | 14 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 |
| 12 | Geno Smith | NYJ | 1 | 60.4 | 60.4 | 69.5 | 33.1 | 28.9 | 27.7 | 0.0 | 19 | 24 | 79.2 | 215 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 29.2 | 50.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 1 |
| 13 | Jordan Love | GNB | 1 | 60.2 | 60.2 | 51.6 | 86.0 | 14.6 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 21 | 42 | 50.0 | 387 | 9.2 | 2 | 1 | 2.4 | 16 | 38.1 | 41.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 14 | C.J. Stroud | HOU | 1 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 55.0 | 71.1 | 30.6 | 46.6 | 0.0 | 26 | 38 | 68.4 | 274 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 28.9 | 48.8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 |
| 15 | Tyler Shough | NOR | 1 | 57.1 | 57.1 | 44.1 | 96.1 | 31.5 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 35 | 56 | 62.5 | 410 | 7.3 | 3 | 2 | 3.6 | 19 | 33.9 | 44.3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 |
| 16 | Deshaun Watson | CLE | 1 | 52.8 | 49.1 | 52.5 | 38.7 | 78.5 | 72.3 | 3.8 | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 205 | 9.3 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 9 | 40.9 | 40.7 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 83.3 | 1 |
| 17 | Jared Goff | DET | 1 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 46.7 | 53.1 | 18.2 | 22.1 | 0.0 | 26 | 39 | 66.7 | 206 | 5.3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 25.6 | 50.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 18 | Carson Wentz | MIN | 1 | 45.8 | 45.8 | 50.5 | 31.9 | 39.1 | 24.8 | 0.0 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 133 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 36.8 | 40.9 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 |
| 19 | Dak Prescott | DAL | 1 | 43.9 | 43.8 | 43.3 | 45.3 | 51.6 | 44.2 | 0.1 | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 175 | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.9 | 12 | 35.3 | 50.0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jalen Hurts | PHI | 1 | 42.0 | 38.9 | 36.0 | 47.4 | 79.7 | 73.2 | 3.1 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 203 | 8.1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 24.0 | 28.6 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 57.1 | 0 |
| 21 | Justin Herbert | LAC | 1 | 40.4 | 39.4 | 38.2 | 42.7 | 61.6 | 55.5 | 1.0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 209 | 7.7 | 1 | 1 | 3.7 | 9 | 33.3 | 40.0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 0 |
| 22 | Patrick Mahomes | KAN | 1 | 37.5 | 35.5 | 34.3 | 39.2 | 68.2 | 69.2 | 2.0 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 184 | 6.8 | 2 | 1 | 3.7 | 7 | 25.9 | 44.8 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 |
| 23 | Aaron Rodgers | PIT | 1 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 31.3 | 51.5 | 17.7 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 24 | 40 | 60.0 | 221 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 25.0 | 38.1 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kirk Cousins | LVR | 1 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 32.3 | 44.2 | 16.9 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 160 | 5.3 | 3 | 2 | 6.7 | 10 | 33.3 | 43.3 | 5 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 25 | Malik Willis | MIA | 1 | 33.8 | 31.8 | 30.3 | 36.3 | 63.1 | 79.7 | 2.0 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 220 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 7 | 25.9 | 37.5 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 |
| 26 | Jayden Daniels | WAS | 1 | 29.7 | 29.4 | 26.3 | 38.5 | 46.9 | 59.5 | 0.4 | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 164 | 4.8 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 29.4 | 37.1 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 |
| 27 | Drake Maye | NWE | 1 | 27.4 | 24.9 | 22.7 | 31.5 | 83.9 | 84.5 | 2.5 | 23 | 33 | 69.7 | 178 | 5.4 | 1 | 3 | 9.1 | 9 | 27.3 | 38.9 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 85.7 | 0 |
| 28 | Cam Ward | TEN | 1 | 27.1 | 26.2 | 30.2 | 14.4 | 64.4 | 57.1 | 0.9 | 19 | 32 | 59.4 | 140 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 18.8 | 42.9 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 |
| 29 | Daniel Jones | IND | 1 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 26.6 | 40.6 | 35.3 | 0.0 | 19 | 31 | 61.3 | 166 | 5.4 | 1 | 1 | 3.2 | 8 | 25.8 | 39.4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 |
| 30 | Matthew Stafford | LAR | 1 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 22.3 | 8.5 | 19.0 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 155 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 5 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 31 | Bo Nix | DEN | 1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 15.6 | 22.1 | 0.0 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 131 | 4.7 | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | 6 | 21.4 | 34.4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 32 | Cooper Rush | ATL | 1 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 14.0 | 20.6 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 143 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | 9.1 | 4 | 18.2 | 30.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |