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QBR Season Leaders: Week 9

Updated: November 11, 2011, 11:50 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.

With another spectacular game (94.5 Total QBR on Sunday in San Diego), Aaron Rodgers increased his Total QBR for the season to a ridiculous 88.0, more than 13 points higher than any other qualifying QB this season. Drew Brees made the big move at the top of the rankings, passing Tom Brady for second after Brady struggled against the Giants and Brees played well in a victory over Tampa Bay.

Tim Tebow's 36.0 Total QBR against Oakland wasn't great, but it was enough to take him out of last place in the rankings.

Below is the full breakdown of Total QBR and its component statistics for the 34 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
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Season Leaders: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
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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 72.4 3.7 -12.4 1.3 64.9 361 0.9 88.0
2 Drew Brees 66.3 -0.1 -11.8 1.4 55.9 440 0.9 74.4
3 Tom Brady 70.8 0.8 -13.5 0.8 58.9 397 1.1 73.4
4 Matt Hasselbeck 50.2 -2.2 -11.7 4.8 41.0 336 0.9 72.6
5 Tony Romo 48.7 4.0 -7.5 0.1 45.3 345 1.0 71.0
6 Ben Roethlisberger 55.3 2.8 -18.5 1.5 41.1 409 0.9 68.4
7 Eli Manning 61.7 -3.3 -14.3 4.8 49.0 355 1.2 68.2
8 Matt Ryan 41.1 2.4 -16.8 8.1 34.8 352 1.0 64.4
9 Matt Schaub 45.0 -0.6 -11.3 0.6 33.7 330 1.0 64.4
10 Michael Vick 38.5 4.7 -8.0 0.3 35.5 370 1.0 63.5
11 Ryan Fitzpatrick 30.9 -3.6 -5.7 8.2 29.7 322 1.0 61.6
12 Cam Newton 46.5 11.0 -19.2 2.4 40.6 404 1.2 59.0
13 Jason Campbell 23.9 0.0 -6.1 1.4 19.2 216 1.1 58.1
14 Matthew Stafford 41.6 0.7 -16.2 1.0 27.0 362 1.0 55.6
15 Matt Cassel 31.2 3.5 -13.7 -1.7 19.2 316 0.9 54.1
16 Jay Cutler 30.4 -1.2 -12.1 2.7 19.8 339 0.9 53.5
17 Joe Flacco 35.6 0.7 -18.3 5.9 23.9 389 0.9 53.1
18 Andy Dalton 31.9 -1.2 -10.4 2.4 22.7 328 1.2 50.4
19 Matt Moore 16.0 3.8 -13.4 3.3 9.8 175 1.0 50.0
20 Philip Rivers 30.9 1.3 -14.4 3.5 21.2 383 1.0 49.8
21 Josh Freeman 21.6 5.6 -7.6 -1.5 18.0 390 0.9 48.3
22 Kyle Orton 15.8 2.1 -10.9 3.4 10.4 192 1.1 47.9
23 Donovan McNabb 10.4 5.1 -8.7 0.4 7.1 206 0.9 44.3
24 Alex Smith 30.8 -0.9 -19.8 -0.6 9.6 282 1.0 42.8
25 Rex Grossman 15.8 -1.1 -9.5 2.0 7.2 198 1.1 42.6
26 Colt McCoy 18.7 1.9 -13.7 2.7 9.7 395 0.9 40.7
27 Tarvaris Jackson 19.8 2.1 -15.6 -1.2 5.2 297 0.9 38.5
28 Mark Sanchez 19.5 -2.1 -16.1 4.5 5.8 339 1.0 38.1
29 Kevin Kolb 26.7 0.6 -30.6 3.3 0.0 297 1.1 33.1
30 Curtis Painter 9.4 2.0 -14.2 2.8 -0.1 238 1.0 32.9
31 Sam Bradford 14.9 -4.0 -15.3 1.2 -3.2 299 0.8 29.5
32 John Beck 4.9 2.2 -9.1 -1.1 -3.1 175 0.8 26.9
33 Tim Tebow 1.3 1.0 -9.7 0.2 -7.2 164 0.8 19.4
34 Blaine Gabbert 1.2 -3.4 -16.5 0.0 -18.6 238 1.0 15.4
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 place.

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