Final Results

Qualification: minimum 224 pass attempts (14 per scheduled game).

How QER is calculated

QER starts with the Pass Score, adds a bonus worth up to five points for rushing, and is capped at 100. A quarterback is never penalized for not running. All percentiles are calculated among qualified quarterbacks from the same season.

QER = min(100, Pass Score + Rush Bonus)

Pass Score

The Pass Score combines Passing Efficiency (75%) with Production (25%).

Passing Efficiency

  • Success percentage (30% of Passing Efficiency): How often pass plays meet the success criteria for the down and distance.
  • Yards per attempt (25%): Passing yards gained per attempt, rewarding efficient downfield production.
  • Interception avoidance (20%): Rewards a lower percentage of attempts resulting in interceptions.
  • Passing first-down percentage (15%): The percentage of attempts that produce a first down.
  • Completion percentage (10%): The percentage of pass attempts completed.

Production

  • Passing yards (50% of Production): Total passing yardage over the season.
  • Passing touchdowns (30%): Total touchdown passes.
  • Passing first downs (20%): Total first downs produced through the air.

Rush Score

Rushing production is measured per quarterback play, where QB plays = pass attempts + sacks + rushing attempts. This prevents a small number of carries from dominating the rating.

  • Successful rushes per QB play (30% of Rush Score): Estimated successful carries based on rushing attempts and rushing success percentage.
  • Rushing first downs per QB play (25%): How often rushing creates a first down.
  • Rushing yards per QB play (25%): Rushing production relative to the quarterback’s total workload.
  • Rushing touchdowns per QB play (10%): Rushing scoring production relative to total workload.
  • Fumble avoidance per QB play (10%): Rewards quarterbacks who protect the football across their total workload.

The Rush Score is multiplied by 5% to create the Rush Bonus. A perfect Rush Score adds five points; a quarterback with no rushing value loses no points.

Rank Player Team G QER Pass Score Pass Efficiency Production Rush Score Rush Bonus Cmp Att Cmp% Yds Y/A TD Int Int% 1D 1D% Succ% Rush Att Rush Yds Rush TD Rush 1D Rush Succ% Fumbles
1 Dan Marino MIA 16 97.3 96.2 95.0 100.0 21.5 1.1 362 564 64.2 5084 9.0 48 17 3.0 239 42.4 54.9 28 -7 0 2 10.7 6
2 Joe Montana SFO 16 96.6 92.9 95.7 84.3 74.4 3.7 279 432 64.6 3630 8.4 28 10 2.3 184 42.6 50.2 39 118 2 14 46.2 4
3 Neil Lomax STL 16 88.2 84.9 81.7 94.6 65.4 3.3 345 560 61.6 4614 8.2 28 16 2.9 200 35.7 47.3 35 184 3 14 45.7 11
4 Tony Eason NWE 16 78.9 75.2 77.3 68.9 74.4 3.7 259 431 60.1 3228 7.5 23 8 1.9 166 38.5 45.7 40 154 5 14 42.5 7
5 Dan Fouts SDG 13 77.8 77.3 75.7 82.0 9.6 0.5 317 507 62.5 3740 7.4 19 17 3.4 189 37.3 51.1 12 -29 0 0 0.0 8
6 Joe Theismann WAS 16 71.8 67.5 65.7 73.0 85.9 4.3 283 477 59.3 3391 7.1 24 13 2.7 163 34.2 47.4 62 314 1 18 43.5 7
7 Steve DeBerg TAM 16 70.1 68.3 65.4 77.2 34.8 1.7 308 509 60.5 3554 7.0 19 18 3.5 194 38.1 47.8 28 59 2 5 25.0 15
8 Phil Simms NYG 16 67.2 64.4 56.9 87.0 56.5 2.8 286 533 53.7 4044 7.6 22 18 3.4 197 37.0 42.3 42 162 0 11 45.2 8
9 Lynn Dickey GNB 15 64.7 62.5 61.0 67.0 43.9 2.2 237 401 59.1 3195 8.0 25 19 4.7 143 35.7 44.8 18 6 3 5 38.9 3
10 Ken Anderson CIN 11 63.9 61.3 73.9 23.7 50.6 2.5 175 275 63.6 2107 7.7 10 12 4.4 104 37.8 49.5 11 64 0 4 63.6 1
11 Warren Moon HOU 16 62.5 59.0 60.6 54.3 71.3 3.6 259 450 57.6 3338 7.4 12 14 3.1 153 34.0 45.3 58 211 1 13 39.7 17
12 Dave Krieg SEA 16 62.4 58.9 49.8 86.3 68.3 3.4 276 480 57.5 3671 7.6 32 24 5.0 168 35.0 43.3 46 186 3 11 32.6 11
13 Steve Bartkowski ATL 11 62.2 60.5 71.6 27.4 34.3 1.7 181 269 67.3 2158 8.0 11 10 3.7 92 34.2 46.3 15 34 0 3 26.7 7
14 Gary Danielson DET 15 61.1 56.7 56.8 56.7 86.9 4.3 252 410 61.5 3076 7.5 17 15 3.7 139 33.9 44.3 41 218 3 17 53.7 7
15 Mark Malone PIT 13 50.4 46.8 49.6 38.3 72.4 3.6 147 272 54.0 2137 7.9 16 17 6.3 104 38.2 42.4 25 42 3 10 44.0 4
16 Paul McDonald CLE 16 43.9 43.0 35.9 64.3 17.4 0.9 271 493 55.0 3472 7.0 14 23 4.7 176 35.7 40.8 22 4 1 1 18.2 16
17 Bill Kenney KAN 9 42.3 41.9 46.5 28.3 7.2 0.4 151 282 53.5 2098 7.4 15 10 3.5 92 32.6 43.3 9 -8 0 0 0.0 8
18 John Elway DEN 15 41.2 37.0 31.9 52.6 84.1 4.2 214 380 56.3 2598 6.8 18 15 3.9 125 32.9 40.8 56 237 1 16 41.1 14
19 Marc Wilson RAI 16 39.3 37.6 38.5 35.0 33.7 1.7 153 282 54.3 2151 7.6 15 17 6.0 93 33.0 42.0 30 56 1 1 20.0 11
20 Pat Ryan NYJ 16 36.7 33.7 36.7 24.6 61.7 3.1 156 285 54.7 1939 6.8 14 14 4.9 104 36.5 42.5 23 92 0 6 47.8 4
21 Ron Jaworski PHI 13 35.9 34.4 28.4 52.4 30.0 1.5 234 427 54.8 2754 6.4 16 14 3.3 127 29.7 39.0 5 18 1 2 40.0 5
22 Jeff Kemp RAM 14 34.0 29.6 32.4 21.1 88.1 4.4 143 284 50.4 2021 7.1 13 7 2.5 82 28.9 38.0 34 153 1 13 52.9 8
23 Gary Hogeboom DAL 16 26.2 25.5 23.2 32.2 15.0 0.8 195 367 53.1 2366 6.4 7 14 3.8 120 32.7 39.2 15 19 0 0 0.0 8
24 Danny White DAL 14 24.5 22.8 28.3 6.3 33.0 1.6 126 233 54.1 1580 6.8 11 11 4.7 81 34.8 40.4 6 21 0 1 50.0 2
25 Tommy Kramer MIN 9 21.4 20.5 25.9 4.1 18.9 0.9 124 236 52.5 1678 7.1 9 10 4.2 76 32.2 38.8 15 9 0 1 13.3 10
26 Richard Todd NOR 15 19.0 16.2 11.1 31.5 55.7 2.8 161 312 51.6 2178 7.0 11 19 6.1 94 30.1 36.8 28 111 0 8 32.1 9
27 Todd Blackledge KAN 11 15.5 12.4 14.7 5.6 60.6 3.0 147 294 50.0 1707 5.8 6 11 3.7 82 27.9 38.3 18 102 1 6 44.4 8
28 Joe Ferguson BUF 12 14.8 12.6 9.7 21.3 44.4 2.2 191 344 55.5 1991 5.8 12 17 4.9 94 27.3 37.5 19 102 0 5 42.1 8