Top NFL QBs by Passer Rating + QBR + PFF [Week 16]

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Dec 24, 2020
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The following scores are “good” through December 24th, 2020.

There is a healthy fight within the stat community on which quarterback metric is most coherent. Passer rating is bashed as too antiquated. When used to compare quarterbacks from eras of yesteryear, passer rating is indeed skewed and inflated. But touchdowns, passing yards, interception, and completion percentage will never be wholly irrelevant. 

ESPN’s QBR is said to factor in more intangible-type ratings. It can be interpreted as a more-detailed and comprehensive version of passer rating and then some. 

Pro Football Focus uses its grading system to assess the x’s and o’s of each game and pump out a yearly score. 

The following scores and rankings are weighted. Passer rating accounts for 20% of the score, QBR at 40%, and PFF at 40%. The only criteria is that a quarterback starts eight games.

These are the raw numbers:

1. Aaron Rodgers 94.80
 2. P. Mahomes 92.44
 3. Ryan Tannehill 89.56
 4. Josh Allen 88.24
5. Deshaun Watson 87.72
 6. Russell Wilson 87.22
 7. Tom Brady 83.54
8. Baker Mayfield 83.40
 9. Derek Carr 82.36
 10. Drew Brees 80.44
 11. Kyler Murray 80.38
 12. Lamar Jackson 79.48
 13. Kirk Cousins 79.20
 14. Matt Stafford 78.86
15. Philip Rivers 77.84
 16. Justin Herbert 77.82
 17. Matt Ryan 77.28
 18. T. Bridgewater 72.86
 19. Daniel Jones 72.76
 20. Jared Goff 71.36
 21. Joe Burrow 70.36
 22. Roethlisberger 70.06
 23. G. Minshew II 67.42
 24. Cam Newton 61.72
 25. Carson Wentz 60.28
 26. Drew Lock

27. Nick Mullens

28. Sam Darnold		 58.40

56.74

54.78
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