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QBR Season Leaders: Week 8

Updated: November 1, 2011, 8:48 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.

Despite being idle, Aaron Rodgers saw his season-long lead in Total QBR increase after second-place Tom Brady had an average game against the Steelers in Week 8. Michael Vick passes Tony Romo for sixth after defeating him head-to-head Sunday night in Philadelphia.

For the first time this season, Tim Tebow qualifies for the season-long ratings. Unfortunately for him, he enters at the bottom with a Total QBR of 12.8 for the season after a paltry 3.4 on Sunday against the Lions.

Below is the full breakdown of Total QBR and its component statistics for the 35 NFL QBs on pace for 250 action plays this season.

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

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 63.3 -0.1 -9.8 -0.1 53.4 317 0.8 86.5
2 Tom Brady 61.2 -0.3 -9.7 1.7 52.9 341 1.0 76.6
3 Drew Brees 61.1 -0.8 -11.8 1.5 50.1 400 0.9 73.1
4 Matt Hasselbeck 41.1 -0.4 -10.4 3.8 34.1 285 0.9 73.1
5 Ryan Fitzpatrick 38.4 -3.4 -5.7 8.0 37.3 284 1.0 72.2
6 Michael Vick 38.2 3.3 -7.3 -0.6 33.6 324 0.9 67.3
7 Tony Romo 39.7 2.8 -7.5 0.2 35.2 306 1.0 67.1
8 Ben Roethlisberger 45.5 1.2 -17.0 1.5 31.2 365 0.8 65.6
9 Eli Manning 53.4 -3.6 -14.3 1.0 36.4 307 1.1 64.9
10 Matt Schaub 43.5 -0.9 -11.3 0.7 32.0 303 1.0 64.3
11 Matt Ryan 36.6 2.7 -16.2 8.0 31.1 322 1.0 62.7
12 Chad Henne 15.4 6.7 -8.4 1.8 15.6 150 1.1 62.6
13 Cam Newton 46.5 11.0 -19.2 2.4 40.6 404 1.2 59.0
14 Jason Campbell 23.9 0.0 -6.1 1.4 19.2 216 1.1 58.1
15 Matt Cassel 28.3 3.7 -10.3 -2.4 19.4 256 0.9 58.0
16 Matthew Stafford 41.6 0.7 -16.2 1.0 27.0 362 1.0 55.6
17 Philip Rivers 31.1 1.8 -13.7 2.3 21.5 327 1.0 52.4
18 Kyle Orton 15.8 2.1 -10.9 3.4 10.4 192 1.1 47.9
19 Josh Freeman 18.6 6.2 -7.5 -2.2 15.2 340 1.0 47.0
20 Jay Cutler 22.3 -0.4 -12.1 0.5 10.3 298 0.8 45.7
21 Andy Dalton 21.1 -0.2 -9.7 2.3 13.6 278 1.2 45.3
22 Joe Flacco 22.2 0.7 -14.7 3.2 11.4 335 0.9 44.7
23 Donovan McNabb 10.4 5.1 -8.7 0.4 7.1 206 0.9 44.3
24 Alex Smith 27.2 -1.4 -18.2 0.9 8.4 250 1.0 42.7
25 Rex Grossman 15.8 -1.1 -9.5 2.0 7.2 198 1.1 42.6
26 Colt McCoy 17.6 2.4 -12.5 2.5 10.0 363 1.0 41.3
27 Tarvaris Jackson 20.0 3.2 -15.1 -1.9 6.2 259 0.9 40.8
28 Curtis Painter 10.1 2.1 -13.2 2.9 1.9 206 1.0 35.6
29 Mark Sanchez 15.1 -0.6 -15.3 3.3 2.6 299 1.0 35.6
30 Matt Moore 7.6 3.8 -13.4 3.1 1.2 146 1.0 35.3
31 Kevin Kolb 26.7 0.6 -30.6 3.3 0.0 297 1.1 33.1
32 John Beck 5.7 2.5 -8.3 -0.8 -0.9 118 0.7 30.1
33 Sam Bradford 7.7 -3.8 -11.0 1.0 -6.0 252 0.7 24.7
34 Blaine Gabbert 1.2 -3.4 -16.5 0.0 -18.6 238 1.0 15.4
35 Tim Tebow -0.8 0.2 -7.7 0.6 -7.7 120 0.7 12.8
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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