Admin October 22, 2024
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The start of this 2024 NFL season must seem like a long time ago for the Baltimore Ravens. They had an 0-2 record, quarterback Lamar Jackson was ranked 15th in the league in QBR as the reigning MVP and a lot of folks were wondering if it was time to panic. Heading into Week 8, the story sounds a whole lot different.
The Ravens have reeled off five wins in a row since then, and Jackson’s performance in their 41-31 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Monday night featured him passing for 281 yards and five touchdowns, while running for another 52 yards. It led to the second-best QBR of Week 7, behind only Trevor Lawrence of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and pushed Jackson into second place for the season in QBR behind Buffalo Bills star Josh Allen.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was the other big riser this week, finishing with his best QBR of the season in the Chiefs’ win over the San Francisco 49ers to move into the top 10 for the season in QBR for the first time.
Here’s how the rest of the NFL’s quarterbacks rank based on ESPN’s QBR for the season, and how they did in terms of QBR during Week 7:
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ESPN’s QBR, explained
Every week, ESPN gives each quarterback a QBR for their latest performance. According to ESPN, the rating is intended to “incorporate all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties.”
QBR measures each play’s degree of success and how much credit the quarterback deserves for the play. The statistic also takes into account the strength of opposing defenses faced. The final result is an efficiency rating as a number on a 0-to-100-point scale. The cumulative rating is averaged out on a per-play basis across the course of the season.
Ranking NFL quarterbacks by total QBR ahead of Week 8
Here’s how every starting quarterback with at least 50 pass attempts this season stacks up before Week 8 of the NFL season, based on their 2024 QBR:
- Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills (QBR: 77.6)
- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens (74.3)
- Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders (73.9)
- Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals (72.6)
- Joe Flacco, Indianapolis Colts (72.1)
- Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals (68.7)
- Derek Carr, New Orleans Saints (65.4)
- Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars (63.1)
- Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles (63.1)
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (61.2)
- Geno Smith, Seattle Seahawks (61.1)
- Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers (60.9)
- C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans (60.2)
- Kirk Cousins, Atlanta Falcons (59.4)
- Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers (58.8)
- Jared Goff, Detroit Lions (57.3)
- Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (56.7)
- Andy Dalton, Carolina Panthers (56.2)
- Sam Darnold, Minnesota Vikings (55.1)
- Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams (54.4)
- Justin Fields, Pittsburgh Steelers (53.3)
- Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers (52.6)
- Bo Nix, Denver Broncos (49.2)
- Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys (48.9)
- Aaron Rodgers, New York Jets (48.9)
- Daniel Jones, New York Giants (47.0)
- Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears (46.4)
- Mason Rudolph, Tennessee Titans (46.1)
- Aidan O’Connell, Las Vegas Raiders (45.4)
- Anthony Richardson, Indianapolis Colts (42.9)
- Jacoby Brissett, New England Patriots (40.3)
- Spencer Rattler, New Orleans Saints (37.3)
- Drake Maye, New England Patriots (34.6)
- Gardner Minshew, Las Vegas Raiders (33.6)
- Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins (27.7)
- Will Levis, Tennessee Titans (27.5)
- Deshaun Watson, Cleveland Browns (23.5)
- Tyler Huntley, Miami Dolphins (21.4)
- Bryce Young, Carolina Panthers (9.8)
NFL Week 7 QBR leaders
- Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars (32-16 win vs. Patriots) — 95.0
- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens (41-31 win at Buccaneers) — 91.9
- Jared Goff, Detroit Lions (31-29 win at Vikings) — 87.3
- Bo Nix, Denver Broncos (33-10 win at Saints) — 83.0
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (28-18 win at 49ers) — 80.4
- Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals (17-15 win vs. Chargers) — 78.5
- Jameis Winston, Cleveland Browns (21-14 loss vs. Bengals) — 74.8
- Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders (40-7 win vs. Panthers) — 73.0
- Tim Boyle, Miami Dolphins (16-10 loss at Colts) — 70.7
- Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles (28-3 win at Giants) — 68.5
- Russell Wilson, Pittsburgh Steelers (37-15 win at Jets) — 66.3
- Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills (34-10 win vs. Titans) — 66.1
- Marcus Mariota, Washington Commanders (40-7 win vs. Panthers) — 64.7
- Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers (24-22 win vs. Texans) — 60.3
- Geno Smith, Seattle Seahawks (34-14 win at Falcons) — 60.0
- Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers (17-15 loss at Cardinals) — 57.6
- Spencer Rattler, New Orleans Saints (33-10 loss vs. Broncos) — 54.9
- Aaron Rodgers, New York Jets (37-15 loss at Steelers) — 50.5
- Sam Darnold, Minnesota Vikings (31-29 loss vs. Lions) — 46.2
- Mason Rudolph, Tennessee Titans (34-10 loss at Bills) — 44.2
- Kirk Cousins, Atlanta Falcons (34-14 loss vs. Seahawks) — 43.1
- Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams (20-15 win vs. Raiders) — 42.9
- Aidan O’Connell, Las Vegas Raiders (20-15 loss at Rams) — 42.8
- Deshaun Watson, Cleveland Browns (21-14 loss vs. Bengals) — 40.9
- Drake Maye, New England Patriots (32-16 loss vs. Jaguars) — 40.5
- Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals (21-14 win at Browns) — 36.7
- Tyler Huntley, Miami Dolphins (16-10 loss at Colts) — 25.1
- Anthony Richardson, Indianapolis Colts (16-10 win vs. Dolphins) — 24.3
- C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans (24-22 loss at Packers) — 22.0
- Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (41-31 loss vs. Ravens) — 21.5
- Daniel Jones, New York Giants (28-3 loss vs. Eagles) — 16.6
- Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Cleveland Browns (21-14 loss vs. Bengals) — 15.3
- Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers (28-18 loss vs. Chiefs) — 13.4
- Gardner Minshew, Las Vegas Raiders (20-15 loss at Rams) — 12.6
- Drew Lock, New York Giants (28-3 loss vs. Eagles) — 7.6
- Andy Dalton, Carolina Panthers (40-7 loss at Commanders) — 3.2