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QBR Season Leaders: Week 4

Updated: October 4, 2011, 7:47 AM 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

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For a season, a Total QBR of 65 or better is roughly Pro Bowl level and a rating of 75+ is MVP level. For more about the methodology and statistics behind Total QBR, see here.

With his spectacular Week 4 performance, Aaron Rodgers moves barely ahead of Tom Brady for the overall lead in Total QBR this season. Matt Hasselbeck's great game vaults him into third place on the year, while Ryan Fitzpatrick's rough performance drops him from second all the way down to fifth. Jaguars rookie Blaine Gabbert brings up the rear with a Total QBR of 12.1 through Week 4.

Below is the full breakdown of Total QBR and its component statistics for the 32 NFL QBs on pace for 250 action plays this season.

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2011 Total QBR Leaders

Rank Name Pass EPA Rush EPA Sack EPA Pen. EPA Total EPA Action Plays Clutch Weight Avg Total QBR
1 Aaron Rodgers 35.3 -0.8 -3.4 -0.3 30.8 189 0.8 85.5
2 Tom Brady 39.7 0.1 -2.1 -1.1 36.7 195 1.0 85.1
3 Matt Hasselbeck 37.2 -0.9 -7.7 0.6 29.2 151 1.1 82.4
4 Matt Schaub 23.3 0.0 -3.1 -0.3 19.9 136 1.0 76.7
5 Ryan Fitzpatrick 25.8 -2.2 -1.0 3.8 26.4 176 1.1 74.7
6 Drew Brees 33.2 -0.8 -6.1 0.3 26.6 204 1.0 73.3
7 Tony Romo 28.9 -0.8 -2.5 1.1 26.8 181 1.1 72.8
8 Eli Manning 28.8 -0.5 -8.9 0.0 19.4 160 1.0 68.9
9 Chad Henne 15.4 6.7 -8.4 1.8 15.6 150 1.1 62.6
10 Jason Campbell 18.0 1.5 -4.5 1.3 16.3 160 1.1 62.3
11 Michael Vick 26.5 -1.4 -5.1 -0.9 19.1 186 1.1 62.0
12 Matthew Stafford 21.9 -1.0 -4.0 -0.1 16.8 194 0.9 61.4
13 Philip Rivers 21.9 -0.3 -6.1 2.6 18.0 197 1.0 60.9
14 Matt Ryan 22.6 2.8 -11.6 1.5 15.4 202 0.9 58.5
15 Kyle Orton 18.7 2.1 -10.9 3.6 13.6 177 1.1 54.7
16 Josh Freeman 15.3 7.0 -6.6 -1.9 13.9 193 1.1 54.0
17 Ben Roethlisberger 16.1 1.2 -11.6 2.1 7.7 182 0.9 48.3
18 Rex Grossman 17.9 -1.1 -9.1 1.7 9.4 171 1.2 46.9
19 Colt McCoy 11.3 1.4 -5.1 2.8 10.4 210 1.1 46.8
20 Cam Newton 23.7 -3.8 -8.1 0.0 11.8 224 1.2 46.6
21 Alex Smith 20.8 -0.5 -14.2 0.7 6.7 151 1.1 45.3
22 Donovan McNabb 8.4 4.0 -5.9 -0.2 6.4 146 1.1 45.0
23 Joe Flacco 8.6 0.8 -4.3 -0.7 4.4 179 0.7 43.3
24 Tarvaris Jackson 14.6 2.3 -10.5 -0.9 5.5 177 0.9 43.0
25 Kevin Kolb 27.6 -0.9 -20.0 0.7 7.4 168 1.4 42.6
26 Matt Cassel 8.8 1.5 -5.9 -0.8 3.7 135 0.9 42.1
27 Jay Cutler 6.3 0.0 -8.7 -0.3 -2.6 167 0.8 28.0
28 Andy Dalton 0.2 0.8 -7.8 2.0 -4.7 156 1.2 26.6
29 Sam Bradford 7.0 -3.1 -9.7 1.6 -4.2 196 0.8 25.9
30 Mark Sanchez 4.7 -2.6 -13.4 1.8 -9.4 186 0.9 20.0
31 Kerry Collins -2.9 -0.8 -6.1 1.0 -8.8 116 0.8 13.6
32 Blaine Gabbert -2.8 -2.1 -4.6 0.4 -9.1 93 1.0 12.1
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" through pass attempts by the QB.
Run EPA: Clutch-weighted "expected points added" through scrambles, designed rushes and fumbles/fumble returns on running plays by the QB.
Sack EPA: Clutch-weighted "expected points added" through sacks and fumbles/fumble returns on passing plays by the QB.
Penalty EPA: Clutch-weighted "expected points added" on penalties by the QB.
Total EPA: Total clutch-weighted "expected points added" by the QB.

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