QB Grades

36 qualified starters · composite of EPA/dropback, CPOE, and success rate (see methodology)

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						FORMULA			CONTEXT
Rank
1	Tom Brady	NE	88.2	100	610	+0.237	+3.97	50.5	4,577	32	8	28	0
2	Alex Smith	KC	85.1	97	568	+0.190	+5.16	48.2	4,042	26	5	355	1
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	80.6	94	584	+0.197	+1.51	48.6	4,515	28	10	-2	0
4	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	79.6	92	589	+0.152	+2.91	49.9	4,259	28	14	47	0
5	Jameis Winston	TB	78.6	89	489	+0.099	+5.31	51.3	3,504	19	11	135	1
6	Carson Wentz	PHI	78.2	86	492	+0.207	+0.41	47.6	3,296	33	7	299	0
7	Drew Brees	NO	78.0	83	529	+0.135	+3.79	48.2	4,334	23	8	12	2
8	Deshaun Watson	HOU	77.4	81	217	+0.215	+2.52	48.8	1,699	19	8	269	2
9	Matt Ryan	ATL	76.1	78	549	+0.135	+2.53	48.6	4,095	20	12	143	0
10	Case Keenum	MIN	75.7	75	515	+0.125	+3.41	47.6	3,547	22	7	160	1
11	Russell Wilson	SEA	71.7	72	630	+0.070	+4.72	46.3	3,983	34	11	586	3
12	Josh McCown	NYJ	68.9	69	436	+0.048	+5.62	45.0	2,926	18	9	124	5
13	Aaron Rodgers	GB	66.5	67	271	+0.098	+1.09	49.8	1,675	16	6	126	0
14	Jared Goff	LA	66.4	64	483	+0.151	-1.25	44.5	3,804	28	7	51	1
15	Matthew Stafford	DET	59.9	61	625	+0.058	+0.60	45.6	4,446	29	10	98	0
16	Tyrod Taylor	BUF	53.9	58	466	+0.033	+1.15	41.8	2,799	14	4	427	4
17	Kirk Cousins	WAS	51.9	56	586	+0.012	+0.50	44.5	4,093	27	13	179	4
18	Dak Prescott	DAL	48.3	53	515	+0.011	-0.50	43.5	3,324	22	13	357	6
19	Marcus Mariota	TEN	47.8	50	491	-0.017	+0.85	43.6	3,232	13	15	312	5
20	Blake Bortles	JAX	47.2	47	547	+0.047	-3.37	45.0	3,687	21	13	322	2
21	Derek Carr	LV	45.5	44	491	-0.003	-0.51	42.8	3,496	22	13	66	0
22	Cam Newton	CAR	41.4	42	549	+0.004	-2.55	43.0	3,302	22	16	754	6
23	Carson Palmer	ARI	36.6	39	264	-0.070	-1.38	42.4	1,978	9	7	12	0
24	Andy Dalton	CIN	36.4	36	524	-0.047	-1.33	41.6	3,320	25	12	99	0
25	Jay Cutler	MIA	36.3	33	413	-0.085	+0.37	41.9	2,666	19	14	32	0
26	Joe Flacco	BAL	27.3	31	549	-0.110	-1.50	41.0	3,141	18	13	54	1
27	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	26.9	28	352	-0.080	-4.27	40.3	2,193	7	7	248	2
28	Eli Manning	NYG	24.4	25	551	-0.109	-3.73	43.0	3,468	19	13	26	1
29	Trevor Siemian	DEN	23.9	22	374	-0.136	-2.24	39.0	2,285	12	14	127	1
30	Jacoby Brissett	IND	23.7	19	517	-0.076	-5.06	39.8	3,098	13	7	260	4
31	Brett Hundley	GB	23.3	17	342	-0.139	-3.21	40.4	1,836	9	12	270	2
32	Brian Hoyer	SF	21.8	14	224	-0.121	-6.39	38.4	1,287	4	4	4	1
33	Tom Savage	HOU	20.9	11	236	-0.184	-3.70	39.4	1,412	5	6	2	0
34	C.J. Beathard	SF	13.3	8	224	-0.219	-8.01	37.1	1,430	4	6	136	3
35	Blaine Gabbert	ARI	11.9	6	200	-0.268	-8.32	37.5	1,086	6	6	82	0
36	DeShone Kizer	CLE	11.4	3	541	-0.190	-5.79	36.2	2,894	11	22	419	5

Low-volume passers (28)

Fewer than 200 qualifying dropbacks. Grades still computed on the same 0-100 scale but treat them as noisy.

						FORMULA			CONTEXT
Rank
1	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	86.1	97	184	+0.291	+5.27	53.8	1,560	7	5	11	1
2	Sam Bradford	MIN	70.2	69	48	+0.271	+10.87	41.7	382	3	0	-3	0
3	Patrick Mahomes	KC	62.9	61	39	+0.209	+3.07	56.4	284	0	1	10	0
4	Landry Jones	PIT	60.6	61	29	-0.043	+18.55	44.8	239	1	1	-10	0
5	David Fales	MIA	52.4	56	45	-0.017	+3.65	44.4	265	1	1	8	1
6	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TB	50.2	53	167	+0.028	-1.49	46.1	1,103	7	3	78	0
7	Taylor Heinicke	HOU	48.8	53	3	-0.564	+30.45	33.3	10	0	0	2	0
8	Nate Sudfeld	PHI	47.7	47	27	-0.328	+14.69	37.0	134	0	0	22	0
9	Derek Anderson	CAR	46.6	44	1	-1.366	-51.51	0.0	17	0	0	-2	0
10	Matt Moore	MIA	46.4	44	124	-0.048	+1.47	41.9	861	4	5	9	0
11	Tyler Bray	KC	46.4	44	1	-1.156	-67.70	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ryan Mallett	BAL	45.8	44	6	-0.160	-15.67	33.3	56	2	0	-3	0
13	Geno Smith	NYG	38.5	39	40	-0.210	-2.92	40.0	212	1	0	12	0
14	Joe Webb	BUF	37.5	39	7	-0.748	-25.30	14.3	35	0	1	54	0
15	EJ Manuel	LV	37.2	39	48	-0.213	-2.76	41.7	265	1	1	15	0
16	Kevin Hogan	CLE	35.4	31	64	-0.198	-2.13	40.6	517	4	5	71	0
17	Paxton Lynch	DEN	35.4	31	58	-0.338	+3.84	41.4	295	2	3	30	0
18	Nick Foles	PHI	33.4	31	101	-0.089	-4.14	36.6	537	5	2	3	0
19	Brock Osweiler	DEN	32.1	31	155	-0.081	-3.92	38.7	1,088	5	5	64	1
20	Matt Cassel	TEN	30.3	31	42	-0.465	+2.03	31.0	162	1	2	0	0
21	Mike Glennon	CHI	29.9	31	114	-0.256	+1.71	38.6	833	4	5	4	0
22	Drew Stanton	ARI	28.8	31	158	-0.069	-6.11	38.0	894	6	5	7	0
23	Cody Kessler	CLE	28.2	31	29	-0.527	-7.52	27.6	126	0	1	-1	0
24	Sean Mannion	LA	25.7	25	29	-0.536	-7.73	17.2	185	0	0	-2	0
25	T.J. Yates	HOU	24.5	25	99	-0.187	-7.44	37.4	523	4	3	51	0
26	Scott Tolzien	IND	19.0	8	22	-1.210	-10.40	27.3	128	0	2	2	0
27	Nathan Peterman	BUF	17.5	8	34	-0.747	-15.86	38.2	231	2	5	23	0
28	Bryce Petty	NYJ	14.0	8	111	-0.241	-13.93	36.0	544	1	3	55	0