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QBR Season Leaders: Week 10

Updated: November 15, 2011, 12:52 PM 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.

Tony Romo, Tom Brady and Drew Brees all had stellar weeks, but were unable to gain much ground on Aaron Rodgers in Week 10. Rodgers had another strong game on Monday night, posting an 84.8 Total QBR. He has been the best QB in the league by a fairly wide margin.

Despite a win against the Colts in Week 10, Blaine Gabbert remains the worst of the 34 QBs who qualify this season.

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
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 78.1 3.0 -13.5 1.7 69.2 405 0.8 87.8
2 Drew Brees 80.5 -0.1 -11.8 1.9 70.5 487 0.9 77.6
3 Tom Brady 81.1 0.0 -13.5 2.4 70.1 442 1.1 75.5
4 Tony Romo 56.6 3.9 -7.5 0.3 53.3 374 1.0 74.8
5 Matt Hasselbeck 52.0 -1.4 -12.1 5.1 43.6 372 0.9 72.6
6 Ben Roethlisberger 64.9 2.5 -21.8 1.6 47.2 452 0.9 68.7
7 Eli Manning 69.1 -4.1 -15.3 4.6 54.4 400 1.2 67.8
8 Matt Schaub 50.1 -0.7 -11.7 0.7 38.4 352 1.0 66.7
9 Matt Ryan 45.7 3.7 -17.7 9.7 41.4 413 1.1 62.5
10 Ryan Fitzpatrick 30.2 -3.1 -6.4 8.7 29.4 363 0.9 59.8
11 Michael Vick 35.9 7.7 -8.9 -0.6 34.1 421 1.0 58.1
12 Jason Campbell 23.9 0.0 -6.1 1.4 19.2 216 1.1 58.1
13 Cam Newton 47.6 10.8 -21.2 2.3 39.6 460 1.1 56.8
14 Jay Cutler 31.9 -2.1 -12.8 3.0 20.1 365 0.9 52.8
15 Matthew Stafford 41.6 0.3 -17.1 1.0 25.8 430 0.9 52.6
16 Joe Flacco 36.4 1.6 -18.6 6.6 25.9 451 0.9 52.4
17 Matt Moore 22.5 4.0 -17.2 3.2 12.4 212 1.0 50.6
18 Matt Cassel 31.0 5.2 -18.2 -1.2 16.8 355 0.9 48.8
19 Andy Dalton 31.5 -1.2 -10.4 2.2 22.1 360 1.2 48.4
20 Kyle Orton 15.8 2.1 -10.9 3.4 10.4 192 1.1 47.9
21 Alex Smith 38.8 -1.0 -21.4 -0.6 15.8 325 1.1 46.9
22 Philip Rivers 30.1 1.1 -17.7 3.8 17.4 441 1.0 45.1
23 Josh Freeman 21.2 6.1 -9.9 -2.0 15.4 434 0.9 45.0
24 Donovan McNabb 10.4 5.1 -8.7 0.4 7.1 206 0.9 44.3
25 Tarvaris Jackson 24.1 2.2 -16.0 -2.1 8.2 335 0.9 41.0
26 Colt McCoy 26.7 -2.3 -15.7 2.5 11.2 433 1.0 40.7
27 Rex Grossman 15.7 -1.1 -12.4 2.0 4.2 238 1.1 37.6
28 Mark Sanchez 21.5 -1.3 -19.5 3.9 4.5 392 1.0 36.4
29 Kevin Kolb 26.7 0.6 -30.6 3.3 0.0 297 1.1 33.1
30 Sam Bradford 17.8 -2.5 -17.2 0.3 -1.6 334 0.9 31.6
31 John Beck 4.9 2.2 -9.1 -1.1 -3.1 175 0.8 26.9
32 Curtis Painter 8.0 -0.3 -17.2 2.6 -6.9 266 1.0 26.4
33 Tim Tebow 3.7 2.1 -9.7 -0.5 -4.4 183 0.8 25.3
34 Blaine Gabbert 3.1 -2.9 -18.7 0.1 -18.5 267 1.0 17.5
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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