Overall Quarterback Rankings after Week Eight

Quarterbacks Ranked in terms of Net Points per play and the NFL’s QB Rating

Net Points = Points Created by Yards, Plays, and Turnovers

Wins Produced = Wins Produced by Yards, Plays, and Turnovers

QB Score = All Yards – 3*All Plays – 30*All Turnovers

All Yards = Passing Yards + Rushing Yards – Yards Lost from Sacks

All Plays = Passing Attempts + Rushing Attempts + Sacks

All Turnovers = Interceptions + Fumbles Lost

Data taken from Yahoo.com

Historical Average Net Points per Play (1994-2007, Qualified Quarterbacks, Weighted for Plays) = 0.160

Historical Average Wins Produced per 100 Plays (1994-2007, Qualified Quarterbacks, Weighted for Plays) = 0.410

Historical Average QB Score per Play(1994-2007, Qualified Quarterbacks, Weighted for Plays) = 1.87

Quarterback

Rank

Net Points

per play

Rank

NFL’s QB Rating

All

Yards

All

Plays

All

Turnovers

Net

Points

Net Points

per play

Wins

Wins

Produced

per 100 plays

QB

Score

QB Score

per Play

QB

Rating

Chad Pennington

1

6

1,671

225

3

76.6

0.340

2.022

0.899

906

4.03

100.5

Drew Brees

2

4

2,508

322

8

108.5

0.337

2.849

0.885

1,302

4.04

101.6

Philip Rivers

3

1

1,979

253

8

81.0

0.320

2.118

0.837

980

3.87

107.8

Tony Romo

4

2

1,651

218

8

62.3

0.286

1.619

0.743

757

3.47

103.5

Jason Campbell

5

5

1,705

270

1

75.0

0.278

1.990

0.737

865

3.20

100.5

Eli Manning

6

14

1,553

239

4

61.4

0.257

1.615

0.676

716

3.00

88.9

Donovan McNabb

7

12

1,795

274

5

70.1

0.256

1.842

0.672

823

3.00

91.4

Jay Cutler

8

10

1,915

279

8

70.5

0.253

1.839

0.659

838

3.00

91.7

Jake Delhomme

9

16

1,717

252

8

60.3

0.239

1.565

0.621

721

2.86

88.7

Kurt Warner

10

3

1,976

286

10

67.9

0.238

1.760

0.615

818

2.86

102.1

Aaron Rodgers

11

7

1,702

264

6

62.1

0.235

1.625

0.615

730

2.77

98.8

Jeff Garcia

12

15

1,018

171

2

38.9

0.228

1.026

0.600

445

2.60

88.7

Trent Edwards

13

8

1,388

217

6

47.1

0.217

1.224

0.564

557

2.57

92.9

Kyle Orton

14

11

1,624

255

7

55.0

0.216

1.429

0.560

649

2.55

91.4

Matt Ryan

15

20

1,435

234

5

50.4

0.215

1.316

0.563

583

2.49

79.7

Matt Schaub

16

9

1,591

244

9

49.4

0.202

1.270

0.521

589

2.41

92.6

Kerry Collins

17

24

1,073

186

3

37.3

0.201

0.979

0.526

425

2.28

75.0

Dan Orlovsky

18

23

699

124

2

23.6

0.190

0.618

0.498

267

2.15

77.8

Peyton Manning

19

22

1,710

285

9

50.4

0.177

1.297

0.455

585

2.05

79.0

David Garrard

20

17

1,568

280

6

48.1

0.172

1.250

0.446

548

1.96

86.6

Gus Frerotte

21

27

1,208

200

8

31.2

0.156

0.792

0.396

368

1.84

72.6

Marc Bulger

22

21

974

195

4

24.6

0.126

0.636

0.326

269

1.38

79.5

Derek Anderson

23

31

1,217

240

6

29.0

0.121

0.743

0.310

317

1.32

67.1

Matt Cassel

24

19

1,310

256

7

30.1

0.117

0.767

0.300

332

1.30

84.6

JaMarcus Russell

25

25

1,170

224

7

25.3

0.113

0.640

0.286

288

1.29

74.4

Ben Roethlisberger

26

18

1,236

218

10

23.8

0.109

0.585

0.268

282

1.29

85.7

Brett Favre

27

13

1,501

262

13

27.4

0.104

0.667

0.254

325

1.24

89.5

Joe Flacco

28

29

1,186

227

8

23.7

0.104

0.592

0.261

265

1.17

70.5

Matt Hasselbeck

29

35

644

129

4

12.6

0.098

0.318

0.246

137

1.06

57.7

Carson Palmer

30

30

702

146

4

13.6

0.093

0.344

0.235

144

0.99

69.0

J.T. O'Sullivan

31

26

1,627

280

17

21.9

0.078

0.503

0.180

277

0.99

74.0

Jon Kitna

32

28

703

141

6

9.1

0.065

0.215

0.152

100

0.71

72.2

Tyler Thigpen

33

33

662

150

4

9.6

0.064

0.236

0.157

92

0.61

63.3

Brian Griese

34

32

777

157

7

8.8

0.056

0.202

0.129

96

0.61

64.6

Ryan Fitzpatrick

35

34

656

173

9

-10.2

-0.059

-0.312

-0.181

-133

-0.77

61.6