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QBR Season Leaders: Week 13

Updated: December 6, 2011, 8:41 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.

Aaron Rodgers remains atop the season-long Total QBR rankings, posting a 92.4 Total QBR in Week 13. Rodgers has reached a Total QBR of 80-plus in 10 of his 12 games and 90-plus in six of the 12.

Philip Rivers posted a Total QBR of 98.1 Monday night, his best single-game rating since the start of the 2008 season, and jumped to 16th place on the season. Blaine Gabbert posted a career-high 47.1 Total QBR, but it was not enough for him to get out of last place on the 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 103.6 9.8 -17.0 6.3 102.7 557 0.9 87.0
2 Drew Brees 95.5 0.8 -12.5 1.8 85.6 569 0.9 79.5
3 Tom Brady 103.7 0.9 -18.7 2.2 88.1 565 1.1 76.6
4 Tony Romo 91.7 -1.5 -16.0 -0.2 74.0 514 1.1 71.0
5 Matt Schaub 50.1 -0.7 -11.7 0.7 38.4 352 1.0 66.7
6 Ben Roethlisberger 70.6 1.2 -23.4 2.7 51.1 524 0.9 66.2
7 Matt Hasselbeck 53.4 -0.3 -14.5 4.6 43.2 473 0.9 64.0
8 Matt Ryan 58.0 4.3 -18.6 9.8 53.5 556 1.0 63.1
9 Eli Manning 81.0 -4.1 -22.6 4.9 59.2 544 1.1 62.3
10 Jay Cutler 41.5 -1.3 -12.8 2.9 30.3 404 0.9 59.5
11 Matt Moore 42.9 1.4 -20.9 4.4 27.8 321 1.0 59.1
12 Ryan Fitzpatrick 48.0 -5.7 -9.8 8.2 40.8 518 1.0 58.7
13 Michael Vick 35.9 7.7 -8.9 -0.6 34.1 421 1.0 58.1
14 Jason Campbell 23.9 0.0 -6.1 1.4 19.2 216 1.1 58.1
15 Cam Newton 56.5 17.7 -26.7 2.7 50.2 596 1.1 56.8
16 Philip Rivers 56.6 1.4 -20.2 4.0 41.7 551 1.0 55.9
17 Joe Flacco 49.1 -0.7 -20.2 8.5 36.7 546 0.9 55.3
18 Matthew Stafford 57.6 0.0 -18.8 -0.5 38.2 584 0.9 55.1
19 Carson Palmer 25.7 -3.3 -8.4 -0.5 13.5 231 0.8 55.1
20 Christian Ponder 18.1 8.9 -14.4 1.2 13.8 278 0.9 49.0
21 Matt Cassel 31.0 5.2 -18.2 -1.2 16.8 355 0.9 48.8
22 Josh Freeman 31.6 5.8 -13.0 -2.6 21.8 517 0.9 47.0
23 Andy Dalton 40.6 -1.9 -16.1 2.9 25.6 492 1.2 46.5
24 Alex Smith 51.2 0.1 -30.3 -0.9 20.1 448 1.0 46.3
25 Donovan McNabb 10.4 5.1 -8.7 0.4 7.1 206 0.9 44.3
26 Colt McCoy 35.8 -0.4 -21.5 5.4 19.3 561 1.0 43.0
27 Tarvaris Jackson 31.3 2.1 -24.9 2.8 11.3 437 1.0 41.0
28 Rex Grossman 36.4 -4.2 -20.4 -1.5 10.4 388 1.2 39.7
29 Mark Sanchez 32.1 -4.4 -21.4 4.2 10.5 522 1.1 38.3
30 Tim Tebow 13.2 6.0 -13.6 -2.2 3.3 282 1.0 36.3
31 Kevin Kolb 33.1 1.4 -34.2 3.7 4.0 335 1.2 35.9
32 Sam Bradford 23.7 -2.6 -25.9 -0.4 -5.2 421 0.9 29.5
33 Curtis Painter 5.1 -0.3 -20.5 3.9 -11.8 299 1.0 23.4
34 Blaine Gabbert 6.3 -2.4 -24.8 1.7 -19.1 399 1.1 21.8
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 point.

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