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Week 13 QBR Leaders

Updated: December 6, 2011, 8:42 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

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Philip Rivers posted a Total QBR of 98.1, his best performance since the start of the 2008 season. Rivers was 8 of 10 for 209 yards on passes of 15 or more yards downfield, and all three of his TDs traveled more than 20 yards in the air.

Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Cam Newton all posted Total QBRs above 90 to lead their teams to victory on Sunday. For Newton, it was a career high, as his three rushing touchdowns broke the NFL record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a season (13).

Below is the full breakdown of Total QBR and its component statistics for the 32 NFL QBs with a minimum of 15 action plays in Week 13.

Weekly Leaders: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
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WEEK 13 TOTAL QBR LEADERS

Rank Name Pass EPA Rush EPA Sack EPA Pen. EPA Total EPA Action Plays Clutch Weight Avg Total QBR
1 Philip Rivers 13.7 0.0 0.0 -0.5 13.1 32 1.1 98.1
2 Tom Brady 10.8 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 10.1 44 0.9 93.6
3 Aaron Rodgers 14.8 5.2 -1.6 1.4 19.9 56 1.4 92.4
4 Cam Newton 4.1 3.2 -1.0 0.5 6.8 42 0.7 91.3
5 Drew Brees 6.3 0.0 -0.8 0.7 6.2 38 0.9 84.7
6 Tarvaris Jackson 4.1 -0.2 -0.7 0.0 3.3 28 0.8 76.9
7 Ben Roethlisberger 2.2 0.0 -0.6 1.0 2.7 28 0.6 76.7
8 Alex Smith 5.1 0.2 -1.6 -0.4 3.4 34 0.8 68.7
9 Josh Johnson 2.6 1.2 -1.4 0.0 2.5 35 0.6 67.7
10 Matt Moore 2.3 0.3 -0.3 0.5 2.9 36 0.7 67.4
11 Matthew Stafford 4.7 0.0 -0.8 -0.6 3.3 54 0.6 63.3
12 T.J. Yates 4.6 -0.6 -2.7 2.1 3.4 34 1.3 57.7
13 Tony Romo 14.5 -2.4 -4.8 -1.1 6.1 52 1.6 56.1
14 Kevin Kolb 6.3 0.8 -3.6 0.4 4.0 38 1.5 54.1
15 Christian Ponder 5.7 2.8 -3.0 -0.2 5.3 56 1.5 52.9
16 Dan Orlovsky 5.0 -0.2 -2.4 -0.6 1.8 44 0.7 51.7
17 Tyler Palko 5.1 -0.2 -1.6 -0.4 2.9 39 1.3 50.9
18 Tim Tebow 6.5 -0.9 -2.9 -0.8 1.9 25 1.4 49.9
19 Joe Flacco 1.6 0.2 -1.0 0.5 1.3 31 0.8 48.8
20 Blaine Gabbert 3.3 -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 1.5 44 0.8 47.1
21 Ryan Fitzpatrick 6.1 -3.4 -0.6 0.0 2.1 51 0.9 46.6
22 Eli Manning 5.3 0.0 -2.5 -0.2 2.6 46 1.4 45.6
23 Mark Sanchez 2.1 -0.9 0.0 -0.5 0.7 41 1.5 36.2
24 Matt Hasselbeck 1.4 -0.1 -1.1 0.0 0.3 31 0.9 35.8
25 Andy Dalton 1.9 -0.8 -0.5 -0.4 0.2 33 0.7 35.3
26 Carson Palmer 1.4 0.0 -1.1 -0.5 -0.2 49 0.5 31.3
27 Matt Ryan -1.3 1.3 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 53 1.0 31.2
28 Colt McCoy 0.0 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 -1.4 45 0.8 23.2
29 Rex Grossman -0.9 0.0 -3.4 -1.0 -5.3 50 1.2 13.8
30 A.J. Feeley 0.3 0.0 -2.7 0.2 -2.2 30 0.7 11.4
31 Vince Young -4.3 0.3 -0.7 -0.1 -4.9 37 0.7 4.9
32 Caleb Hanie -3.2 -0.3 -5.6 -0.2 -9.3 33 1.2 2.3
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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