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Week 6 QBR Leaders

Updated: October 18, 2011, 7:56 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.

It was a week of extremes as six QBs who played in at least four games this year set season highs in QBR in Week 6 while five set season lows. Rookie starters Andy Dalton, Cam Newton and Blaine Gabbert all set career highs.

Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers led the way, as both directed their teams to convincing wins.

Rex Grossman had his worst game of the season -- and the worst overall QBR in Week 6 -- and was eventually benched.

Below is the full breakdown of Total QBR and its component statistics for the NFL QBs with a minimum of 10 action plays in Week 6 through games of Monday Oct. 17.

Weekly Leaders: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13
Season Leaders: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13

Week 6 Total QBR Leaders

No. Name Pass EPA Run EPA Sack EPA Pen. EPA Total EPA Action Plays Clutch Wt Avg Total QBR
1 Matt Ryan 7.9 0.9 -1.6 4.4 11.6 30 1.5 92.5
2 Aaron Rodgers 5.3 0.3 -0.6 0.0 5.0 39 0.5 91.5
3 Jay Cutler 5.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.2 4.4 35 0.5 91.4
4 Eli Manning 9.7 -0.2 0.0 2.8 12.4 40 1.3 91.4
5 Andy Dalton 9.6 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 9.4 40 1.1 88.8
6 Michael Vick 5.0 1.5 -0.6 0.1 6.1 46 0.7 82.9
7 Cam Newton 1.0 7.8 -1.4 1.5 8.9 45 1.2 81.0
8 Joe Flacco 10.5 -0.1 -2.4 -1.0 7.0 42 1.2 74.5
9 Curtis Painter 3.3 0.4 -0.5 2.0 5.2 41 1.1 69.3
10 Mark Sanchez 2.3 1.0 -0.3 -0.3 2.8 31 0.9 64.4
11 Tony Romo 7.1 3.3 -2.6 -0.8 7.0 51 1.5 62.1
12 Ryan Fitzpatrick 5.8 -0.2 -3.9 3.3 4.9 39 1.4 61.6
13 Drew Brees 4.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 4.7 53 1.0 60.4
14 John Beck 1.3 0.7 -0.9 0.0 1.0 21 0.5 60.2
15 Josh Freeman 4.8 -0.8 0.0 0.0 4.0 50 1.0 57.7
16 Tom Brady 9.4 -0.3 -2.8 0.1 6.4 53 1.6 56.8
17 Christian Ponder 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.3 20 0.3 50.6
18 Ben Roethlisberger 4.1 0.4 -2.5 -0.7 1.3 34 0.7 49.5
19 Jason Campbell 2.0 -1.6 0.0 0.2 0.6 13 1.0 48.0
20 Matt Schaub 5.5 -0.2 -4.3 -0.2 0.8 46 1.1 37.6
21 Blaine Gabbert 2.2 0.8 -2.7 0.1 0.3 38 0.7 36.6
22 Matthew Stafford 5.3 0.6 -7.4 0.4 -1.0 65 1.3 29.7
23 Colt McCoy 1.7 -0.8 -1.2 -0.2 -0.6 54 0.7 28.5
24 Donovan McNabb 2.0 0.0 -2.6 0.0 -0.6 29 0.5 23.2
25 Sam Bradford 0.8 -0.7 -1.3 -0.6 -1.8 56 0.6 20.1
26 Kyle Boller 0.3 -0.4 -0.8 0.0 -0.9 24 0.7 19.6
27 Matt Moore -1.3 0.0 -1.5 0.0 -2.8 40 0.8 14.0
28 Alex Smith -0.6 -1.5 -3.9 -1.2 -7.2 43 1.5 10.3
29 Rex Grossman -2.2 0.0 -0.4 0.3 -2.2 27 0.7 9.4
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 point.

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