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Week 5 QBR Leaders

Updated: October 11, 2011, 7:21 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

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.

Alex Smith led the way with a 98.2 Total QBR in Week 5, as the 49ers routed Tampa Bay. Smith's rating was not only the highest of the week but also the highest for any quarterback in any game so far this season (minimum 15 action plays).

Ben Roethlisberger finished second with a Total QBR of 91.4, while Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady topped the 80 mark again. Kyle Orton finished with the lowest Total QBR of the week before being benched for Tim Tebow, who put up a pretty impressive 83.2 himself.

Below is the full breakdown of Total QBR and its component statistics for all 28 NFL QBs with a minimum of 10 action plays in Week 5.

Weekly Leaders: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
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Season Leaders: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
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Week 5 Total QBR Leaders

No. Name Pass EPA Run EPA Sack EPA Pen. EPA Total EPA Action Plays Clutch Wt Avg Total QBR
1 Alex Smith 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 5.0 25 0.5 98.2
2 Ben Roethlisberger 5.7 0.0 -0.2 0.2 5.6 38 0.6 91.4
3 Drew Brees 14.6 0.0 -1.8 0.3 13.2 51 1.3 86.7
4 Matt Cassel 8.6 0.8 -1.2 -0.6 7.6 39 1.0 86.5
5 Tim Tebow 0.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.9 16 0.7 83.2
6 Aaron Rodgers 10.7 -0.1 -2.3 -0.4 7.9 47 1.0 82.1
7 Tom Brady 8.8 -0.1 -2.8 2.0 8.0 47 1.0 80.1
8 Matthew Stafford 6.9 -0.6 -1.1 0.7 5.9 31 1.2 77.7
9 Curtis Painter 4.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 4.1 31 1.1 70.2
10 Philip Rivers 3.9 3.4 -3.8 0.7 4.3 38 1.0 67.1
11 Jay Cutler 7.8 -0.4 -1.8 0.5 6.1 59 1.0 66.2
12 Cam Newton 2.5 2.2 -1.0 2.1 5.8 46 1.3 64.0
13 Donovan McNabb -0.1 1.1 -0.2 0.6 1.3 31 0.4 63.0
14 Charlie Whitehurst 6.8 0.0 -2.3 -0.6 3.9 24 1.7 61.7
15 Andy Dalton 7.1 0.0 -1.4 -0.6 5.1 38 1.5 61.2
16 Michael Vick 1.8 1.5 -0.4 0.3 3.2 49 0.8 57.6
17 Ryan Fitzpatrick 1.8 0.1 -0.4 0.1 1.7 33 0.7 56.8
18 Mark Sanchez 2.6 0.0 -0.7 -0.3 1.7 29 0.8 54.9
19 Jason Campbell 3.9 0.0 -1.6 -0.1 2.3 43 1.2 46.1
20 Matt Hasselbeck 1.6 0.6 -2.0 1.2 1.4 59 0.6 45.5
21 Tarvaris Jackson 2.7 1.0 -3.4 -0.8 -0.5 35 1.2 29.9
22 Matt Ryan 1.3 -0.5 -0.9 -0.4 -0.6 40 0.9 28.8
23 Matt Schaub 0.9 -2.2 -1.7 1.4 -1.5 61 1.1 27.1
24 Blaine Gabbert 4.1 -0.9 -4.5 0.0 -1.3 35 1.5 26.2
25 Eli Manning 3.3 -1.5 -5.1 -1.3 -4.6 52 1.4 18.0
26 Josh Freeman -1.4 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -2.1 38 0.6 13.8
27 Kevin Kolb -0.9 0.0 -2.6 -0.3 -3.9 52 0.4 5.4
28 Kyle Orton -3.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -3.2 15 1.2 5.1
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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