QB Grades

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

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						FORMULA			CONTEXT
Rank
1	Patrick Mahomes	KC	91.3	100	623	+0.361	+4.28	52.0	5,097	50	12	272	2
2	Drew Brees	NO	87.9	97	488	+0.268	+6.19	55.1	3,992	32	5	22	4
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	79.0	94	543	+0.224	+3.63	50.6	4,308	32	12	7	0
4	Russell Wilson	SEA	77.0	91	488	+0.169	+7.41	47.7	3,448	35	7	376	0
5	Matt Ryan	ATL	73.0	88	632	+0.158	+3.95	50.8	4,924	35	7	125	3
6	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	72.1	85	703	+0.190	+1.73	49.9	5,129	34	16	98	3
7	Jared Goff	LA	71.7	82	603	+0.191	+1.42	50.7	4,688	32	12	108	2
8	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TB	70.5	79	282	+0.162	+5.12	50.0	2,366	17	12	152	2
9	Carson Wentz	PHI	68.2	76	430	+0.108	+5.66	50.5	3,074	21	7	93	0
10	Deshaun Watson	HOU	65.2	74	612	+0.110	+4.38	48.5	4,165	26	9	551	5
11	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	64.6	71	485	+0.147	+2.00	48.9	3,223	24	12	421	3
12	Tom Brady	NE	63.8	68	577	+0.144	+0.70	51.0	4,355	29	11	35	2
13	Jameis Winston	TB	63.1	65	430	+0.134	+2.00	49.8	2,992	19	14	281	1
14	Andrew Luck	IND	62.4	62	654	+0.132	+0.91	50.5	4,593	39	15	148	0
15	Nick Foles	PHI	59.0	59	202	+0.095	+5.64	45.0	1,413	7	4	17	0
16	Nick Mullens	SF	57.2	56	255	+0.127	+2.01	46.3	2,277	13	10	-16	0
17	Cam Newton	CAR	55.5	53	516	+0.071	+2.78	48.6	3,395	24	13	488	4
18	Marcus Mariota	TEN	50.6	50	399	+0.047	+3.36	46.4	2,528	11	8	357	2
19	Aaron Rodgers	GB	49.6	47	674	+0.104	-0.81	46.3	4,442	25	2	269	2
20	Dak Prescott	DAL	47.8	44	595	+0.065	+1.30	45.4	3,885	22	8	305	6
21	Baker Mayfield	CLE	44.4	41	486	+0.053	+0.56	45.7	3,725	27	14	131	0
22	Andy Dalton	CIN	43.3	38	389	+0.088	-2.75	47.6	2,566	21	11	99	0
23	Derek Carr	LV	42.9	35	580	-0.009	+3.11	47.4	4,049	19	10	47	1
24	Eli Manning	NYG	38.3	32	593	+0.034	+0.50	42.5	4,299	21	11	20	1
25	Joe Flacco	BAL	34.7	29	395	+0.040	-2.67	44.8	2,465	12	6	45	0
26	Kirk Cousins	MIN	33.4	26	623	-0.057	+2.31	46.9	4,298	30	10	123	1
27	Alex Smith	WAS	28.5	24	351	-0.027	-2.08	45.0	2,180	10	5	168	1
28	Matthew Stafford	DET	26.5	21	570	-0.005	-2.69	42.8	3,777	21	11	71	0
29	Case Keenum	DEN	25.8	18	613	-0.028	-1.72	43.4	3,890	18	15	93	2
30	Sam Darnold	NYJ	21.1	15	432	-0.039	-4.16	42.6	2,865	17	15	135	1
31	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	18.4	12	304	-0.147	-0.57	41.8	1,979	17	9	145	0
32	Blake Bortles	JAX	17.0	9	430	-0.051	-6.32	42.8	2,718	13	11	365	1
33	Josh Allen	BUF	16.2	6	352	-0.038	-7.73	40.1	2,044	10	12	631	8
34	Josh Rosen	ARI	3.2	3	426	-0.295	-8.37	36.9	2,278	11	14	138	0

Low-volume passers (29)

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

						FORMULA			CONTEXT
Rank
1	Matt Barkley	BUF	71.7	79	23	+0.849	+8.81	60.9	232	2	0	-2	0
2	Kyle Allen	CAR	62.7	62	33	+0.461	+3.45	51.5	266	2	0	19	1
3	Jacoby Brissett	IND	48.0	44	2	+0.968	+1.73	50.0	2	0	0	-7	0
4	Nate Sudfeld	PHI	47.6	41	2	+1.381	-23.55	50.0	22	1	0	-2	0
5	Taysom Hill	NO	46.2	41	10	+0.237	-8.81	50.0	—	—	—	—	—
6	Robert Griffin III	BAL	42.6	32	6	+0.010	-18.96	50.0	21	0	0	0	0
7	Matt Cassel	DET	40.9	32	1	-1.550	-76.63	0.0	59	0	1	13	0
8	Geno Smith	LAC	40.5	32	2	-2.087	+10.07	50.0	8	0	0	2	0
9	Brian Hoyer	NE	39.5	32	1	-2.835	-68.67	0.0	7	0	0	-8	0
10	Colt McCoy	WAS	38.3	32	65	-0.053	-0.41	46.2	372	3	3	63	0
11	Joshua Dobbs	PIT	36.1	29	12	-0.393	-14.14	50.0	43	0	1	11	0
12	Chase Daniel	CHI	35.9	29	87	-0.148	+4.18	46.0	515	3	2	3	0
13	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	33.1	24	107	+0.003	-6.88	49.5	718	5	3	33	0
14	Teddy Bridgewater	NO	31.7	24	23	-0.293	-8.09	34.8	118	1	1	5	0
15	Cody Kessler	JAX	30.2	24	162	-0.156	+4.11	45.1	709	2	2	123	0
16	Brock Osweiler	MIA	28.7	24	186	-0.055	-0.79	40.9	1,247	6	4	21	0
17	Taylor Heinicke	CAR	25.2	15	60	-0.308	+0.37	40.0	320	1	3	31	0
18	Lamar Jackson	BAL	23.3	15	196	-0.041	-6.99	45.4	1,201	6	3	695	5
19	DeShone Kizer	GB	22.2	15	36	-0.350	-10.68	30.6	187	0	2	39	0
20	Josh Johnson	WAS	20.2	12	90	-0.184	-6.99	40.0	590	3	4	120	1
21	Derek Anderson	BUF	19.5	12	56	-0.492	+0.97	39.3	465	0	4	-1	0
22	C.J. Beathard	SF	19.3	12	179	-0.122	-6.04	45.8	1,252	8	7	69	1
23	Josh McCown	NYJ	17.3	9	109	-0.170	-7.31	37.6	539	1	4	32	0
24	Jeff Driskel	CIN	16.1	3	180	-0.096	-6.97	36.1	1,003	6	2	130	2
25	Sam Bradford	ARI	16.0	3	56	-0.330	-10.87	32.1	400	2	4	7	0
26	Blaine Gabbert	TEN	15.9	3	96	-0.228	-8.39	40.6	626	4	4	0	0
27	Tyrod Taylor	CLE	13.0	3	107	-0.179	-12.14	33.6	473	2	2	125	1
28	Mark Sanchez	WAS	12.0	3	37	-0.784	-13.04	32.4	138	0	3	8	0
29	Nathan Peterman	BUF	3.1	0	76	-0.704	-18.87	25.0	296	1	7	50	1