QB Grades

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

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

						FORMULA			CONTEXT
Rank
1	Patrick Mahomes	KC	94.3	100	716	+0.294	+3.75	53.4	5,250	41	12	358	4
2	Josh Allen	BUF	83.6	97	648	+0.205	+0.85	52.0	4,283	35	14	762	7
3	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	82.8	94	430	+0.220	+1.43	49.3	3,548	25	8	70	0
4	Joe Burrow	CIN	79.0	91	661	+0.140	+2.39	49.9	4,475	35	12	257	5
5	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	76.8	88	629	+0.143	+1.34	50.6	4,113	25	8	291	5
6	Jalen Hurts	PHI	75.4	85	537	+0.130	+2.63	46.7	3,701	22	6	760	13
7	Jared Goff	DET	75.3	82	582	+0.191	-0.96	49.1	4,438	29	7	73	0
8	Geno Smith	SEA	72.5	79	627	+0.030	+5.56	49.1	4,282	30	11	366	1
9	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	71.6	76	325	+0.195	-1.31	49.5	2,437	16	4	33	2
10	Jacoby Brissett	CLE	68.5	74	379	+0.081	+3.59	44.9	2,608	12	6	243	2
11	Daniel Jones	NYG	62.8	71	554	+0.052	+2.02	47.8	3,205	15	5	708	7
12	Dak Prescott	DAL	61.2	68	427	+0.082	-0.04	49.6	2,860	23	15	182	1
13	Justin Herbert	LAC	54.8	65	740	+0.026	+1.36	45.8	4,739	25	10	147	0
14	Tom Brady	TB	54.7	62	730	+0.044	+0.07	47.5	4,694	25	9	-1	1
15	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	52.5	59	357	+0.051	-0.21	45.9	2,536	13	6	98	2
16	Kirk Cousins	MIN	51.5	56	674	+0.018	+0.66	46.7	4,547	29	14	97	2
17	Kenny Pickett	PIT	51.4	53	413	+0.021	+1.20	44.3	2,404	7	9	237	3
18	Lamar Jackson	BAL	51.2	50	375	+0.052	-0.59	45.6	2,242	17	7	764	3
19	Andy Dalton	NO	46.1	47	400	-0.007	+0.01	48.5	2,871	18	9	54	0
20	Aaron Rodgers	GB	44.9	44	575	-0.010	+0.67	44.9	3,695	26	12	94	1
21	Taylor Heinicke	WAS	43.4	41	289	-0.041	+1.70	43.9	1,859	12	6	96	1
22	Marcus Mariota	ATL	43.1	38	351	-0.004	-0.65	46.7	2,219	15	9	438	4
23	Matt Ryan	IND	38.0	35	487	-0.044	+0.31	44.8	3,057	14	13	70	1
24	Derek Carr	LV	38.0	32	540	+0.041	-2.92	42.0	3,522	24	14	102	0
25	Kyler Murray	ARI	35.0	29	429	-0.025	-1.08	42.7	2,368	14	7	418	3
26	Matthew Stafford	LA	34.8	26	314	-0.087	+0.42	46.8	2,087	10	8	9	1
27	Justin Fields	CHI	32.0	24	422	-0.034	-1.52	41.9	2,242	17	11	1,143	8
28	Mac Jones	NE	30.4	21	486	-0.063	-0.09	40.3	2,997	14	11	102	1
29	Deshaun Watson	CLE	23.7	18	200	-0.103	-3.33	42.0	1,102	7	5	175	1
30	Russell Wilson	DEN	21.3	15	550	-0.087	-1.43	37.6	3,524	16	11	277	3
31	Carson Wentz	WAS	16.3	12	265	-0.112	-4.87	38.9	1,755	11	9	86	1
32	Zach Wilson	NYJ	15.5	9	278	-0.104	-5.56	38.5	1,688	6	7	102	1
33	Davis Mills	HOU	12.7	6	493	-0.133	-3.61	37.3	3,118	17	15	108	2
34	Baker Mayfield	CAR	6.8	3	365	-0.172	-7.44	35.3	2,163	10	8	89	1

Low-volume passers (46)

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

						FORMULA			CONTEXT
Rank
1	Sam Darnold	CAR	75.9	85	156	+0.179	+4.89	47.4	1,143	7	3	106	2
2	Brock Purdy	SF	72.3	76	176	+0.219	+0.05	49.4	1,374	13	4	13	1
3	Bailey Zappe	NE	71.4	74	91	+0.128	+7.55	48.4	781	5	3	0	0
4	Taysom Hill	NO	70.1	74	21	+0.599	+10.24	57.1	—	—	—	—	—
5	Nick Mullens	MIN	63.6	71	15	+0.293	+17.02	66.7	224	1	1	8	0
6	Jordan Love	GB	59.3	65	9	+0.811	+3.61	66.7	195	1	0	-1	0
7	Jarrett Stidham	LV	53.7	59	72	+0.009	+2.96	52.8	656	4	3	84	0
8	Brandon Allen	CIN	51.9	56	2	+0.799	+32.94	50.0	22	0	0	-1	0
9	Mitchell Trubisky	PIT	49.3	47	194	+0.004	+1.61	43.8	1,252	4	5	38	2
10	Teddy Bridgewater	MIA	48.5	47	89	-0.017	+1.56	48.3	683	4	4	27	0
11	Blaine Gabbert	TB	47.5	47	8	+0.027	+3.49	37.5	29	1	0	0	0
12	Tyrod Taylor	NYG	47.2	47	5	+0.459	-23.94	60.0	58	1	1	70	0
13	Brian Hoyer	NE	46.7	47	7	-0.304	+12.95	42.9	37	0	0	0	0
14	Jeff Driskel	HOU	46.7	47	21	+0.148	-6.06	47.6	108	1	0	75	0
15	Gardner Minshew	PHI	46.0	44	79	+0.056	-1.51	41.8	663	3	3	3	1
16	Jacob Eason	CAR	42.8	35	5	-0.452	-5.31	60.0	59	0	1	0	0
17	Chris Streveler	NYJ	42.3	35	11	-0.306	+1.10	45.5	90	0	0	54	0
18	Tim Boyle	CHI	41.3	35	4	-0.607	-11.27	50.0	33	0	2	-2	0
19	Tyler Huntley	BAL	40.7	35	132	-0.099	+3.18	41.7	658	2	3	137	1
20	Chase Daniel	LAC	39.7	35	13	-0.107	-8.34	30.8	52	1	0	4	0
21	David Blough	ARI	38.6	35	65	-0.084	+0.63	36.9	402	2	2	5	0
22	C.J. Beathard	JAX	38.5	35	6	-0.611	-15.01	50.0	35	0	1	-4	0
23	Sam Howell	WAS	37.7	29	25	-0.143	-4.90	40.0	169	1	1	35	1
24	Davis Webb	NYG	36.7	29	42	+0.016	-6.99	38.1	168	1	0	41	1
25	Joshua Dobbs	TEN	34.7	24	77	-0.096	-1.60	41.6	411	2	2	44	0
26	Desmond Ridder	ATL	33.1	24	135	-0.067	-1.32	40.0	708	2	0	64	0
27	Nathan Peterman	CHI	31.8	21	23	-0.209	-10.14	34.8	139	1	1	7	0
28	Kyle Trask	TB	31.1	21	9	-0.593	-22.49	22.2	23	0	0	0	0
29	Trevor Siemian	CHI	30.9	21	28	-0.257	-6.45	35.7	184	1	1	8	0
30	Mike White	NYJ	27.4	18	173	-0.014	-5.90	42.8	1,192	3	4	9	1
31	Jameis Winston	NO	27.4	18	118	-0.215	+0.96	43.2	858	4	5	16	0
32	Sam Ehlinger	IND	22.7	15	113	-0.219	-0.61	37.2	573	3	3	87	0
33	Brett Rypien	DEN	22.3	15	89	-0.236	-2.23	38.2	483	2	4	7	0
34	Cooper Rush	DAL	20.9	12	150	-0.055	-7.44	40.0	1,051	5	3	6	0
35	Bryce Perkins	LA	20.5	12	41	-0.319	-12.83	36.6	161	1	2	90	0
36	Trey Lance	SF	20.3	12	37	-0.256	-16.53	35.1	194	0	1	67	0
37	Colt McCoy	ARI	19.4	12	153	-0.236	-0.25	38.6	780	1	3	36	0
38	Joe Flacco	NYJ	18.8	12	180	-0.148	-3.82	40.0	1,051	5	3	6	0
39	Skylar Thompson	MIA	13.6	6	103	-0.273	-5.26	32.0	534	1	3	21	0
40	PJ Walker	CAR	13.0	6	107	-0.179	-9.19	32.7	731	3	3	39	0
41	John Wolford	LA	10.8	3	63	-0.419	-11.81	36.5	390	1	3	32	0
42	Malik Willis	TEN	10.2	3	72	-0.452	-8.54	30.6	276	0	3	123	1
43	Trace McSorley	ARI	8.9	3	65	-0.374	-13.80	26.2	412	0	5	61	0
44	Nick Foles	IND	8.4	3	45	-0.744	-11.49	31.1	225	0	4	8	0
45	Anthony Brown	BAL	8.3	3	52	-0.401	-19.27	26.9	302	0	2	-5	0
46	Kyle Allen	HOU	5.0	0	70	-0.639	-10.86	30.0	416	2	4	13	0