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Week 3 QBR Leaders

Updated: October 6, 2011, 2:11 PM ET
By ESPN Stats & Information

Total QBR is a quarterback rating that takes into account all of a quarterback's contributions (passing, rushing, sacks, fumbles, penalties) to his team's scoring and winning and summarizes them into one number on a 0-100 scale, on which 50 is average.

Total QBR

ESPN introduces Total QBR:

For a game, the number can be interpreted as a percentile, so a score of 80 means a quarterback's performance is in the 80th percentile of all quarterbacks' games. For more about the methodology and statistics behind Total QBR, see here.

Ravens QB Joe Flacco had the best Total QBR of Week 3, thanks mostly to his first-quarter performance while the game was still in question. Flacco was dominant in the opening 15 minutes, going 8-for-13 for 181 yards and three touchdowns in the first quarter of the Ravens' 37-7 victory over the Rams. Flacco's three touchdowns traveled 18, 30 and 41 yards in the air, respectively, adding to the credit he received on those plays in QBR.

Below is the full breakdown of Total QBR and its component statistics for all 33 NFL QBs with a minimum of 10 action plays in Week 3.

Results shown here may differ from those published earlier on ESPN.com. These are due to small errors in evaluating home/road differences that were corrected prior to Week 4. ESPN regrets the error.

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Week 3 Total QBR Leaders

Rank Name Pass EPA Rush EPA Sack EPA Pen. EPA Total EPA Action Plays Clutch Weight Avg Total QBR
1 Joe Flacco 5.8 1.1 -0.8 0.3 6.5 65 0.5 85.2
2 Ryan Fitzpatrick 6.6 -1.2 0.0 2.1 7.5 50 0.8 83.6
3 Aaron Rodgers 9.6 -0.1 -0.9 -0.7 8.0 51 0.9 81.9
4 Eli Manning 9.0 -0.1 -3.2 0.0 5.7 29 1.2 81.2
5 Drew Brees 14.4 -0.7 -1.4 0.2 12.4 52 1.4 80.1
6 Chad Henne 8.5 4.4 -4.8 0.3 8.3 42 1.5 73.7
7 Matt Schaub 8.0 0.0 -0.6 0.0 7.4 45 1.2 73.3
8 Tom Brady 6.3 0.3 0.0 -0.4 6.2 50 1.0 71.0
9 Tony Romo 6.2 -0.4 1.7 1.5 9.0 45 1.6 69.8
10 Matt Hasselbeck 13.7 -1.9 -4.7 -0.4 6.6 44 1.3 68.1
11 Kyle Orton 6.5 0.0 -0.8 1.5 7.2 45 1.5 66.2
12 Jason Campbell 2.9 0.3 -1.2 2.2 4.1 38 1.2 60.1
13 Ben Roethlisberger 10.0 -0.1 -4.7 0.7 5.9 49 1.5 58.5
14 Matthew Stafford 9.1 -0.1 -4.0 -0.1 4.9 57 1.1 58.1
15 Donovan McNabb 5.1 1.1 -2.7 0.2 3.7 47 1.1 54.9
16 Josh Freeman 0.6 1.9 0.0 0.3 2.8 45 0.9 53.4
17 Tarvaris Jackson 4.1 3.1 -3.5 -0.4 3.4 43 1.4 50.0
18 Colt McCoy 1.5 -0.2 0.0 1.9 3.3 48 1.4 48.1
19 Alex Smith 8.4 0.0 -4.9 -0.6 2.9 42 1.5 47.5
20 Kevin Kolb 5.2 0.7 -6.9 2.7 1.7 49 1.5 39.9
21 Cam Newton 1.9 -1.3 0.0 0.2 0.8 43 1.4 36.9
22 Matt Ryan 4.3 0.6 -6.0 1.2 0.1 55 1.0 33.4
23 Matt Cassel 2.1 -0.3 -1.6 -0.2 0.0 31 0.9 32.6
24 Jay Cutler 2.5 -0.1 -1.9 -0.7 -0.2 48 0.8 31.9
25 Michael Vick 4.9 -4.1 -0.8 -0.4 -0.3 38 1.3 31.3
26 Mark Sanchez 2.1 -0.5 -4.3 2.2 -0.5 57 1.1 30.8
27 Philip Rivers 2.8 -0.8 -2.6 0.1 -0.5 45 0.9 30.0
28 Rex Grossman 2.5 -0.1 -4.9 0.0 -2.5 42 1.6 23.3
29 Kerry Collins -1.3 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -1.5 30 1.2 22.4
30 Andy Dalton -4.0 0.1 -0.7 0.1 -4.4 38 1.3 14.0
31 Sam Bradford -1.2 0.9 -2.2 0.5 -2.1 44 0.5 13.2
32 Blaine Gabbert 1.0 -3.0 -2.3 -0.2 -4.5 34 1.3 11.5
EPA: Expected points added (could be positive or negative) that occur as a result of an action play.
Pass EPA: Clutch-weighted expected points added by the QB through pass attempts.
Run EPA: Clutch-weighted expected points added by the QB through scrambles, designed rushes and fumbles/fumble returns on running plays.
Sack EPA: Clutch-weighted expected points added by the QB through sacks and fumbles/fumble returns on passing plays.
Penalty EPA: Clutch-weighted expected points added by the QB on penalties.
Total EPA: Total clutch-weighted expected points added by the QB.
Action Plays: Plays on which quarterback has a non-zero expected points contribution. Includes most plays that are not handoffs.
Clutch Wt Avg: Average clutch weight on QB action plays. Smaller than 1 means QB was in relatively fewer clutch situations; greater than 1 means he was in more.
Total QBR: Total Quarterback Rating, which values quarterback on all play types on a 0-to-100 scale.

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