2020 Year-End QB Rankings by the Numbers

Mar 12, 2021
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The following scores are applicable to 2020 NFL regular season.

There is a healthy fight within the stat community on which quarterback metric is most coherent. Passer rating is bashed as too antiquated. When used to compare quarterbacks from eras of yesteryear, passer rating is indeed skewed and inflated. But touchdowns, passing yards, interception, and completion percentage will never be wholly irrelevant.

ESPN’s QBR is said to factor in more intangible-type ratings. It can be interpreted as a more-detailed and comprehensive version of passer rating and then some.

Pro Football Focus uses its grading system to assess the x’s and o’s of each game and pump out a yearly score.

The following scores and rankings are weighted. Passer rating accounts for 20% of the score, QBR at 40%, and PFF at 40%. The only criteria is that a quarterback starts eight games.

These are the raw numbers:

  1. Aaron Rodgers (95.86)
  2. Patrick Mahomes (91.36)
  3. Josh Allen (90.48)
  4. Ryan Tannehill (88.90)
  5. Deshaun Watson (87.88)
  6. Russell Wilson (86.62)
  7. Tom Brady (86.44)
  8. Derek Carr (82.64)
  9. Lamar Jackson (82.02)
  10. Baker Mayfield (80.78)
  11. Drew Brees (80.28)
  12. Kirk Cousins (79.88)
  13. Kyler Murray (79.62)
  14. Justin Herbert (79.58)
  15. Matthew Stafford (79.58)
  16. Matt Ryan (78.58)
  17. Philip Rivers (75.36)
  18. Daniel Jones (72.04)
  19. Ben Roethlisberger (70.74)
  20. Joe Burrow (70.60)
  21. Teddy Bridgewater (70.46)
  22. Jared Goff (69.96)
  23. Mitchell Trubisky (68.22)
  24. Garnder Minshew II (67.18)
  25. Andy Dalton (66.94)
  26. Tua Tagovailoa (64.74)
  27. Cam Newton (63.90)
  28. Carson Wentz (60.44)
  29. Drew Lock (60.16)
  30. Nick Mullens (57.34)
  31. Sam Darnold (54.18)

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