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All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including C.J. Stroud) ranked by Total QBR entering Week 16

Here’s where Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud stacks up among other passers in QBR entering Week 16.

Houston Texans second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud saw his passer rating drop following a 20-12 win over the Miami Dolphins in Week 15.  His Total QBR rating of 48.3 remained intact among all 32 passers.

Stroud’s season-long rating remains in good standing entering the final four games of the regular season, but he still ranks among the bottom half of passers at No. 23 overall.

Stroud’s traditional passer rating this season is 87.8, which ranks 22nd.

Unlike a traditional passer rating, the Total QBR “incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties,” according to ESPN.

The metric takes into account scenarios that a traditional passer rating overlooks and considers “a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.”

With that context in mind, here’s a look at how Stroud stacks up against the NFL’s other starting quarterbacks this fall entering Christmas weekend.

NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR after Week 15

  1. Michael Penix: 95.3
  2. Josh Allen: 79.3
  3. Lamar Jackson: 76.0
  4. Joe Burrow: 74.0
  5. Kyler Murray: 68.3
  6. Jayden Daniels: 67.9
  7. Matthew Stafford: 66.4
  8. Jordan Love: 66.3
  9. Jared Goff: 65.6
  10. Jalen Hurts: 65.4
  11. Brock Purdy: 65.2
  12. Patrick Mahomes: 64.6
  13. Tua Tagovailoa: 61.2
  14. Sam Darnold: 60.2
  15. Drake Maye: 58.7
  16. Justin Herbert: 56.5
  17. Baker Mayfield: 56.1
  18. Russell Wilson: 55.3
  19. Aaron Rodgers: 53.9
  20. Mason Rudolph: 53.4
  21. Bo Nix: 52.2
  22. Geno Smith: 52.1
  23. C.J. Stroud: 49.8
  24. Caleb Williams: 48.1
  25. Anthony Richardson: 46.5
  26. Drew Lock: 45.3
  27. Bryce Young: 44.0
  28. Spencer Rattler: 42.0
  29. Aidan O’Connell: 40.7
  30. Cooper Rush: 36.3
  31. Mac Jones: 34.1
  32. Dorian Thompson-Robinson: 16.

Fresh off winning the AFC South division title for the second straight season, Stroud will look to improve his Total QBR rating when the Texans travel north to take the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 16.

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including Jayden Daniels) ranked by Total QBR

The latest QB rankings heading into Week 16, using the Total QBR metric.

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels looks completely healthy again. After injuring his ribs in a Week 7 win over the Carolina Panthers, Daniels battled the injury for weeks despite never missing a game.

During this time, Daniels looked more like a rookie. His performances against the Eagles (Week 11) and Cowboys (Week 12) were the worst of his rookie season. Those on the outside said the rib injury was impacting Daniels as a runner and passer. While Daniels insisted he was fine, his numbers dropped, and he appeared more hesitant running the ball.

Over Washington’s last two games, Daniels has looked more like the player from the first 10 weeks. In Sunday’s win over the New Orleans Saints, Daniels completed 25 of 31 passes for 226 yards and touchdowns. He also led the Commanders with 66 rushing yards. Daniels picked up huge first downs with his legs while also making some spectacular throws.

So, after 15 weeks, where does Daniels rank in ESPN’s Total QBR metric? Before we look at the rankings, here’s a reminder of how the Total QBR is measured.

ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (Total QBR), which was released in 2011, has never claimed to be perfect, but unlike other measures of quarterback performance, it incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties. Also, since QBR is built from the play level, it accounts for a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.

Here are the latest Total QBR leaders from ESPN, heading into Week 16.

  1. Josh Allen: 79.3
  2. Lamar Jackson: 76.0
  3. Joe Burrow: 74.0
  4. Kyler Murray: 68.3
  5. Jayden Daniels: 67.9
  6. Matthew Stafford: 66.4
  7. Jordan Love: 66.3
  8. Jared Goff: 65.6
  9. Jalen Hurts: 65.4
  10. Brock Purdy: 65.2
  11. Patrick Mahomes: 64.6
  12. Derek Carr: 64.2
  13. Tua Tagovailoa: 61.2
  14. Sam Darnold: 60.2
  15. Trevor Lawrence: 59.4
  16. Drake Maye: 58.7
  17. Jameis Winston: 57.8
  18. Justin Herbert: 56.5
  19. Baker Mayfield: 56.1
  20. Russell Wilson: 55.3
  21. Aaron Rodgers: 53.9
  22. Kirk Cousins: 52.7
  23. Bo Nix: 52.2
  24. Geno Smith: 52.1
  25. C.J. Stroud: 49.8
  26. Caleb Williams: 48.1
  27. Daniel Jones: 47.9
  28. Anthony Richardson: 46.5
  29. Dak Prescott: 46.1
  30. Bryce Young: 44.0
  31. Gardner Minshew: 38.3
  32. Cooper Rush: 36.3

Plus two more:

  • 33. Will Levis: 30.2
  • 34. Deshaun Watson: 23.0

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including C.J. Stroud) ranked by Total QBR

Here’s where Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud stacks up among other passers in QBR entering Week 15.

Houston Texans second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud didn’t play in Week 14, meaning his Total QBR rating of 53.0 remained intact among all 32 passers.

Stroud’s season-long rating remains in good standing entering the final four games of the regular season, but he still ranks among the bottom half of passers at No. 22 overall.

Stroud’s traditional passer rating this season is 87.8, which ranks 22nd.

Unlike a traditional passer rating, the Total QBR “incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties,” according to ESPN.

The metric takes into account scenarios that a traditional passer rating overlooks and considers “a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.”

With that context in mind, here’s a look at how Nix stacks up against the NFL’s other starting quarterbacks this fall.

NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR after Week 14

  1. Josh Allen: 76.7
  2. Joe Burrow: 74.1
  3. Lamar Jackson: 73.8
  4. Jayden Daniels: 72.6
  5. Kyler Murray: 71.6
  6. Brock Purdy: 68.5
  7. Jameis Winston: 76.0
  8. Matthew Stafford: 65.6
  9. Jalen Hurts: 65.2
  10. Patrick Mahomes: 64.6
  11. Jordan Love: 64.2
  12. Jared Goff: 63.6
  13. Derek Carr: 63.2
  14. Tua Tagovailoa: 63.1
  15. Sam Darnold: 59.0
  16. Drake Maye: 58.6
  17. Russell Wilson: 57.1
  18. Justin Herbert: 57.0
  19. Bo Nix: 56.2
  20. Kirk Cousins: 56.2
  21. Geno Smith: 53.7
  22. C.J. Stroud: 53.0
  23. Baker Mayfield: 51.9
  24. Aaron Rodgers: 51.4
  25. Bryce Young: 50.9
  26. Anthony Richardson: 48.4
  27. Caleb Williams: 46.4
  28. Aidan O’Connell: 40.2
  29. Will Levis: 30.5
  30. Cooper Rush: 30.4
  31. Mac Jones: 29.3
  32. Tommy DeVito: 16.0

Coming out of his bye week, Stroud will look to improve his Total QBR rating when the Texans host the Miami Dolphins in Week 15.

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including C.J. Stroud) ranked by Total QBR

Here’s where Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud stacks up among other passers in QBR entering Week 14.

Houston Texans second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud posted a Total QBR rating of 71.9 in the team’s 23-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 13 That performance knocked up his season-long Total QBR average to 53.2.

That’s a slight increase from last week’s rating (51.3), which is why Stroud’s ranking among QBs (No. 22) rose two spots from last week (No. 24).

Stroud’s traditional passer rating this season is 87.9, which ranks 22nd.

Unlike a traditional passer rating, the Total QBR “incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties,” according to ESPN.

The metric takes into account scenarios that a traditional passer rating overlooks and considers “a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.”

With that context in mind, here’s a look at how Stroud stacks up against the NFL’s other starting quarterbacks entering Thanksgiving weekend

NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR after Week 13

  1. Kyler Murray: 75.1
  2. Josh Allen: 74.5
  3. Joe Burrow: 73.9
  4. Lamar Jackson: 73.4
  5. Jayden Daniels: 71.8
  6. Jameis Winston: 70.0
  7. Derek Carr: 65.0
  8. Brock Purdy: 64.7
  9. Jalen Hurts: 64.6
  10. Patrick Mahomes: 64.4
  11. Matthew Stafford: 60.8
  12. Jordan Love: 60.4
  13. Tua Tagovailoa: 60.2
  14. Drake Maye: 58.0
  15. Jared Goff: 57.7
  16. Russell Wilson: 56.9
  17. Sam Darnold: 56.0
  18. Bo Nix: 55.5
  19. Geno Smith: 55.0
  20. Justin Herbert: 55.0
  21. Kirk Cousins: 54.6
  22. C.J. Stroud: 53.6
  23. Aidan O’Connell: 53.3
  24. Baker Mayfield: 52.9
  25. Anthony Richardson: 49.5
  26. Aaron Rodgers: 48.2
  27. Caleb Williams: 47.1
  28. Bryce Young: 39.1
  29. Drew Lock: 39.1
  30. Cooper Rush: 34.3
  31. Will Levis: 32.9
  32. Mac Jones: 28.1

Stroud will look to improve his Total QBR rating after the bye when the Texans host the Miami Dolphins in Week 15.

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including Jayden Daniels) ranked by Total QBR

The latest QB rankings heading into Week 14, using the Total QBR metric.

The Washington Commanders had lost three straight games heading into the Week 13 matchup against the Tennessee Titans. Part of Washington’s recent struggles were due to the previously red-hot offense’s struggles. Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels finally looked like, well, a rookie.

On Sunday, the Commanders smashed the Titans 42-19, ending the losing streak and piling up close to 500 yards of total offense against a Tennessee defense ranked No. 2 at the time. Washington’s running game was even more impressive, gaining a season-high 267 yards and scoring three touchdowns.

Daniels completed 25 of 30 passes for 206 yards, with three touchdowns and one interception. He also rushed for a touchdown.

How does Daniels measure up to other NFL quarterbacks after 13 weeks? We look at ESPN’s Total QBR metric, which differs from the traditional QB rating. Here’s how ESPN defines QBR:

ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (Total QBR), which was released in 2011, has never claimed to be perfect, but unlike other measures of quarterback performance, it incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties. Also, since QBR is built from the play level, it accounts for a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.

NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR after Week 13

  1. Kyler Murray: 75.1
  2. Josh Allen: 74.5
  3. Joe Burrow: 73.9
  4. Lamar Jackson: 73.4
  5. Jayden Daniels: 71.8
  6. Derek Carr: 65.0
  7. Brock Purdy: 64.7
  8. Jalen Hurts: 64.6
  9. Patrick Mahomes: 64.4
  10. Matthew Stafford: 60.8
  11. Jordan Love: 60.4
  12. Tua Tagovailoa: 60.2
  13. Trevor Lawrence: 60.1
  14. Drake Maye: 58.0
  15. Jared Goff: 57.7
  16. Sam Darnold: 56.0
  17. Bo Nix: 55.5
  18. Geno Smith: 55.0
  19. Justin Herbert: 55.0
  20. Kirk Cousins: 54.6
  21. C.J. Stroud: 53.6
  22. Baker Mayfield: 52.9
  23. Justin Fields: 51.9
  24. Anthony Richardson: 49.5
  25. Aaron Rodgers: 48.2
  26. Caleb Williams: 47.1
  27. Daniel Jones: 47.1
  28. Dak Prescott: 46.4
  29. Bryce Young: 39.1
  30. Gardner Minshew: 38.0
  31. Will Levis: 32.9
  32. Deshaun Watson: 22.6

Ranking the top 30 NFL quarterbacks by total QBR (including Jayden Daniels)

Where do all of the NFL quarterbacks rank? What about Jayden Daniels?

Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels was injured in a Week 7 win over the Carolina Panthers. After departing in the first quarter of that game, Daniels didn’t practice and was questionable for last week’s showdown against Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears.

We know how that turned out. Daniels outplayed Williams. And his Hail Mary, at the end of the game, shocked the Bears, and Washington improved to 6-2. Daniels passed for a career-high 326 yards and posted a Total QBR of 70.9, according to ESPN.

That was Daniels’ sixth-highest single-game QBR this season, which was remarkable considering he was playing injured.

Total QBR is measured differently than the classic passer rating. Here’s how ESPN analytics defines how it calculates Total QBR:

It incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties.

So, where does Daniels rank through eight weeks? Let’s look at the current top 30.

  1. Joe Burrow: 75.3
  2. Lamar Jackson: 74.8
  3. Kyler Murray: 74.4
  4. Josh Allen: 73.7
  5. Jayden Daniels: 72.6
  6. Jalen Hurts: 69.2
  7. Patrick Mahomes: 66.9
  8. Trevor Lawrence: 65.4
  9. Brock Purdy: 62.6
  10. Kirk Cousins: 61.2
  11. Matthew Stafford: 61.1
  12. Sam Darnold: 59.0
  13. Geno Smith: 57.3
  14. C.J. Stroud: 56.3
  15. Justin Herbert: 55.9
  16. Baker Mayfield: 55.7
  17. Jordan Love: 55.0
  18. Andy Dalton: 54.8
  19. Bo Nix: 53.9
  20. Aaron Rodgers: 53.5
  21. Justin Fields: 53.5
  22. Jared Goff: 52.9
  23. Dak Prescott: 47.5
  24. Jacoby Brissett: 45.5
  25. Caleb Williams: 45.2
  26. Daniel Jones: 44.6
  27. Gardner Minshew: 38.0
  28. Anthony Richardson: 37.4
  29. Will Levis: 26.6
  30. Deshaun Watson: 22.7

Daniels and the Commanders face Jones and the New York Giants in Week 9.

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including Bo Nix) ranked by Total QBR

Broncos quarterback Bo Nix has a Total QBR rating of 54.4 this season, which ranks 15th out of 32 starting NFL QBs.

Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix is yet to throw his first touchdown pass in the NFL, but he has rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns through three games this season.

Nix has a Total QBR rating of 54.4 this year, which ranks 15th in the NFL, about middle of the pack.

Here is part of ESPN’s explanation for its Total QBR rating, courtesy of Sharon Katz and Brian Burke:

ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (Total QBR), which was released in 2011, has never claimed to be perfect, but unlike other measures of quarterback performance, it incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties. Also, since QBR is built from the play level, it accounts for a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.

So, with that context in mind, here’s a look at the QBR ratings for all 32 starting quarterbacks going into Week 4 of the 2024 season.

  1. Josh Allen: 92.6
  2. Malik Willis: 89.5 (Jordan Love: 23.0)
  3. Andy Dalton: 86.6 (Bryce Young: 9.1)
  4. Derek Carr: 81.1
  5. Kyler Murray: 75.6
  6. Brock Purdy: 74.4
  7. Sam Darnold: 73.5
  8. Lamar Jackson: 68.7
  9. Jayden Daniels: 67.9
  10. Joe Burrow: 62.5
  11. Geno Smith: 62.4
  12. Jalen Hurts: 60.9
  13. Aaron Rodgers: 60.3
  14. C.J. Stroud: 55.3
  15. Justin Herbert: 55.2
  16. Matthew Stafford: 55.2
  17. Bo Nix: 54.4
  18. Daniel Jones: 52.7
  19. Jacoby Brissett: 50.5
  20. Anthony Richardson: 49.6
  21. Kirk Cousins: 49.1
  22. Patrick Mahomes: 48.0
  23. Justin Fields: 47.4
  24. Dak Prescott: 45.5
  25. Baker Mayfield: 45.5
  26. Gardner Minshew: 44.1
  27. Trevor Lawrence: 43.1
  28. Jared Goff: 34.4
  29. Tua Tagovailoa: 33.8
  30. Will Levis: 29.6
  31. Caleb Williams: 26.8
  32. Deshaun Watson: 22.5

Note that Andy Dalton has a one-game sample size and Malik Willis has been a fill-in starter for two weeks, so we also listed Bryce Young and Jordan Love (Love would have been third from the bottom and Young would have been ranked last).

Nix and the Broncos will face the New York Jets on Sunday.

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ESPN’s Jordan Reid has lofty expectation for J.J. McCarthy’s future

ESPN’s Jordan Reid believes Minnesota Vikings rookie QB J.J. McCarthy could lead the NFL in QBR on play-action passes within five years.

The 2024 NFL draft class of quarterbacks came into the event with some lofty expectations, and those expectations are following the class into the NFL. ESPN recently released their 2024 NFL rookie quarterback rundown, and they set out some lofty goals for the incoming class, including for Minnesota Vikings rookie J.J. McCarthy.

It’s entirely possible that McCarthy doesn’t start the season at the helm for the Vikings. Minnesota signed former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Sam Darnold in the offseason, and he — at least for the moment — is the presumed Week 1 starter. But that doesn’t stop ESPN’s Jordan Reid for setting some lofty goals for what McCarthy’s future could look like.

In his look at what McCarthy could blossom into, Reid projects that the young quarterback could develop into the type of player who leads the league in QBR on play-action passes within the next five years. QBR is a measure that seeks to encapsulate all that a quarterback contributes to his team’s winning, and it highly rewards quarterbacks who are efficient—an area Reid believes McCarthy should be able to shine in with the Vikings’ offense.

Reid points out that the Vikings led the league in both snaps under center and play-action, an area that McCarthy excelled at while at Michigan. He compiled a 76.3% completion percentage and 90.4 QBR on such plays during his time with the Wolverines.

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including Jalen Hurts) ranked by Total QBR in 2023 regular season

we’re looking at where Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts ranked in total QBR for the 2023 NFL regular season

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs begins on Saturday afternoon.

Still, the Eagles must be focused on regaining that sense of urgency after locking up the No. 5 overall seed and a matchup with the No. 4 seed, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Lamar Jackson is the MVP favorite, and one of the actual measuring sticks of his other candidacy will be where they finished in Total QBR entering the playoffs.

When evaluating quarterback play, a trusted metric is ESPN’s Total QBR rating, which does more than take into account statistics.

According to ESPN, Adjusted Total Quarterback Rating (QBR) “values the quarterback on all play types on a 0-100 scale adjusted for the strength of opposing defenses.”

So where do Hurts and other NFL quarterbacks, including the Cowboys Dak Prescott, Ravens’ Lamar Jackson, 49ers’ Brock Purdy, Bills’ Josh Allen, and Chiefs Patrick Mahomes, rank following the conclusion of the 2023 NFL regular season?

After an exciting regular season, here’s a look at the QBR ratings for all 32 NFL quarterbacks.

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including Lamar Jackson) ranked by Total QBR in 2023 regular season

we’re looking at where Baltimore Ravens Lamar Jackson ranked in total QBR for the 2023 NFL regular season

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs begins on Saturday afternoon, and the Ravens are focused on regaining that sense of urgency after locking up the No. 1 overall seed and a first-round bye.

Lamar Jackson is the MVP favorite, and one of the actual measuring sticks of his candidacy will be where he finished in Total QBR entering the playoffs.

When evaluating quarterback play, a trusted metric is ESPN’s Total QBR rating, which does more than take into account statistics.

According to ESPN, Adjusted Total Quarterback Rating (QBR) “values the quarterback on all play types on a 0-100 scale adjusted for the strength of opposing defenses.”

So where do Jackson and other NFL quarterbacks, including the Cowboys Dak Prescott, Eagles’ Jalen Hurts, 49ers’ Brock Purdy, Bills’ Josh Allen, and Chiefs Patrick Mahomes, rank following the conclusion of the 2023 NFL regular season?

Here’s a look at the QBR ratings for all 32 NFL quarterbacks after an exciting regular season.