Quote:So it turns out that ESPN has gone back and calculated Total QBR from 2006 onwards, so now we have career Total QBR for the majority of active QBs. I went ahead and ranked all active QBs who have starting experience. For those whose careers started before 2006, I had to estimate their Total QBRs since 2006 based on the year-by-year data. Those estimates have an asterisk next to them. Current starters are in italics. Unsigned free agents are in bold.

1. Peyton Manning 80 *

2. Tom Brady 74 *

3. Aaron Rodgers 74 *

4. Russell Wilson 70.4

5. Matt Ryan 70.2

6. Drew Brees 68 *

7. Andrew Luck 67.2

8. Tony Romo 67 *

9. Colin Kaepernick 65.6

10. Robert Griffin III 65.1

11. Matt Schaub 64 *

12. Eli Manning 60 *

13. Phillip Rivers 60 *

14. Ben Roethlisberger 59 *
15. Vince Young 58.1
16. Michael Vick 56 *

17. Jay Cutler 56.0

18. Cam Newton 55.3

19. Matthew Stafford 54.4

20. Carson Palmer 54 *

21. Terrelle Pryor 52.3

22. Joe Flacco 52.1

23. Ryan Tannehill 51.1

24. Kyle Orton 51 *
25. Jake Locker 51.0

26. Andy Dalton 50.6

27. Josh Freeman 48.7

28. Matt Moore 48.2

29. Seneca Wallace 48 *
30. Geno Smith 48.0

31. Jason Campbell 47.5
32. EJ Manuel 47.4

33. Matt Flynn 46.2

34. Matt Cassel 46 *

35. Matt Hasselbeck 45 *
36. Tyler Thigpen 44.3

37. Ryan Fitzpatrick 44 *

38. Chad Henne 43.1
39. Christian Ponder 43.1

40. Nick Foles 42.7

41. Tarvaris Jackson 41.0

42. Colt McCoy 40.8
43. Sam Bradford 39.8

44. TJ Yates 39.8

45. Alex Smith 39 *

46. Derek Anderson 38 *

47. Mark Sanchez 36.1

48. Rex Grossman 36 *

49. Brian Hoyer 36.0
50. Matt Leinart 35.8

51. Kevin Kolb 34.1
52. Tim Tebow 33.4

53. Brady Quinn 30.3

54. Drew Stanton 27.4
55. Brandon Weeden 25.8
56. John Skelton 25.1
57. Blaine Gabbert 24.1
58. Jamarcus Russell 21.1

59. Curtis Painter 20.0

60. Jimmy Clausen 11.0



Total QBR explained (from ESPN website):


The Total Quarterback Rating is a statistical measure that incorporates the contexts and details of those throws and what they mean for wins. It's built from the team level down to the quarterback, where we understand first what each play means to the team, then give credit to the quarterback for what happened on that play based on what he contributed.

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