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QBR Season Leaders: Week 6

Updated: October 18, 2011, 8:18 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 season, a Total QBR of 65 or better is roughly Pro Bowl level, and a rating of 75-plus is MVP level. For more about the methodology and statistics behind Total QBR, see here.

Aaron Rodgers widens his season lead with another 90-plus QBR in Week 6. Since 2008 only Philip Rivers and Matt Ryan have had more games with a 90-plus QBR than Rodgers (11).

Tom Brady had his worst game of the season but remains in second place behind Rodgers.

At the bottom Blaine Gabbert moved further away from last with a career-high 36.6 QBR in Week 6. Ousted starter Kerry Collins remains in the QBR cellar.

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2011 Total QBR Leaders

No. Name Pass EPA Run EPA Sack EPA Pen. EPA Total EPA Action Plays Clutch Wt Avg Total QBR
1 Aaron Rodgers 51.3 -0.6 -6.2 -0.7 43.7 275 0.8 85.5
2 Tom Brady 57.9 -0.3 -7.6 1.1 51.0 295 1.1 78.8
3 Matt Hasselbeck 38.8 -0.3 -9.7 1.8 30.6 210 0.9 77.7
4 Drew Brees 52.0 -0.7 -7.8 1.0 44.5 308 1.0 74.8
5 Ryan Fitzpatrick 33.4 -2.3 -5.3 7.2 33.0 248 1.1 70.9
6 Tony Romo 36.0 2.5 -5.1 0.3 33.7 232 1.2 70.1
7 Michael Vick 33.4 1.3 -5.7 -0.5 28.5 281 1.0 64.5
8 Matt Ryan 31.8 3.2 -14.1 5.5 26.4 272 1.0 63.3
9 Chad Henne 15.4 6.7 -8.4 1.8 15.6 150 1.1 62.6
10 Eli Manning 42.2 -2.2 -13.9 1.5 27.5 252 1.1 62.5
11 Philip Rivers 25.8 3.1 -9.9 3.3 22.3 235 1.0 62.0
12 Jason Campbell 23.9 0.0 -6.1 1.4 19.2 216 1.1 58.1
13 Matt Schaub 29.7 -2.4 -9.1 0.9 19.2 243 1.0 56.3
14 Ben Roethlisberger 25.8 1.5 -14.3 1.6 14.6 254 0.8 55.4
15 Matthew Stafford 34.1 -1.0 -12.5 1.1 21.7 290 1.1 55.0
16 Matt Cassel 17.4 2.3 -7.1 -1.4 11.3 174 0.9 55.0
17 Cam Newton 27.3 6.2 -10.4 3.5 26.6 315 1.2 54.9
18 Joe Flacco 19.1 0.7 -6.8 -1.7 11.3 221 0.8 52.6
19 Josh Freeman 18.6 6.2 -7.0 -2.0 15.8 281 1.0 50.5
20 Kyle Orton 15.8 2.1 -10.9 3.4 10.4 192 1.1 47.9
21 Donovan McNabb 10.4 5.1 -8.7 0.4 7.1 206 0.9 44.3
22 Jay Cutler 19.3 -0.4 -11.0 0.0 7.9 261 0.8 44.2
23 Colt McCoy 13.0 0.6 -6.3 2.5 9.8 264 1.0 44.0
24 Andy Dalton 16.9 0.6 -9.2 1.4 9.7 234 1.3 42.9
25 Rex Grossman 15.8 -1.1 -9.5 2.0 7.2 198 1.1 42.6
26 Curtis Painter 11.8 0.4 -11.4 3.7 4.4 123 1.3 41.4
27 Tarvaris Jackson 17.3 3.3 -13.9 -1.7 5.0 212 1.0 40.2
28 Alex Smith 24.3 -2.0 -18.1 0.3 4.5 219 1.1 38.5
29 Kevin Kolb 26.3 -0.9 -22.7 0.4 3.1 220 1.2 36.6
30 Mark Sanchez 9.7 -1.6 -14.3 1.3 -5.0 246 0.9 27.2
31 Sam Bradford 7.7 -3.8 -11.0 1.0 -6.0 252 0.7 24.7
32 Blaine Gabbert 3.5 -2.2 -11.8 0.4 -10.1 166 1.0 18.8
33 Kerry Collins -2.9 -0.8 -6.1 1.0 -8.8 116 0.8 13.6
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.
Note: Any perceived ties in QBR are broken by going to the next decimal place.

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