Regular season totals, through Week 2

Revised as of 9/22/2020

Quarterbacks are ranked according to DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement. This gives the value of the quarterback 's performance compared to replacement level, adjusted for situation and opponent and then translated into yardage. DYAR (and its cousin, YAR, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.

The other statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average quarterback in the same game situations. The more positive the DVOA rating, the better the player's performance. Negative DVOA represents below-average offense. DVOA (and its cousin, VOA, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.

The simple version: DYAR means a quarterback with more total value. DVOA means a quarterback with more value per play.

Because it is still early in the season, there are no opponent adjustments included yet. Opponent adjustments will begin after Week 4.

Effective Yards, listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Effective Yards than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer Effective Yards than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. Effective Yards are not the best way to measure total value because they are more dependent on usage than DYAR.

Total QBR (listed as just QBR) is a metric created by the ESPN Stats & Information group. Total QBR is based on the by the quarterback on each play, then adjusts the numbers to a scale of 0-100. There are five main differences between Total QBR and Football Outsiders' DVOA metric (with further explanation here):

Total QBR incorporates information from game charting, such as passes dropped or thrown away on purpose.

Total QBR splits responsibility on plays between the quarterback, his receivers, and his blockers. Drops, for example, are more on the receiver, as are yards after the catch, and some sacks are more on the offensive line than others.

Total QBR has a clutch factor which adds (or subtracts) value for quarterbacks who perform best (or worst) in high-leverage situations.

Total QBR combines passing and rushing value into one number and differentiates between scrambles and planned runs.

Further information about the table below:

Passes total includes sacks and aborted snaps. Both count against a quarterback's value.

Intentional clock-stopping spikes are not counted as passes, which may cause completion rate to be different from official NFL stats.

Fumbles count the same whether lost to the defense or retained by the offense.

DPI lists the number of plays and yards where the quarterback drew Defensive Pass Interference. These plays are incorporated into DVOA and DYAR, but are not included in the totals for Passes or Yards.

lists the number of plays and yards where the quarterback drew Defensive Pass Interference. These plays are incorporated into DVOA and DYAR, but are not included in the totals for Passes or Yards. ALEX represents Air Less EXpected on third downs, the average difference between the length of the quarterback's throw and the distance needed for a new set of downs. The number listed here only includes third downs and is not adjusted for passes thrown away or batted down.

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PASSING: Minimum 30 passes, 34 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk DVOA Rk QBR Rk Pass Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C% DPI ALEX J.Allen BUF 318 1 44.5% 2 85.2 4 85 719 893 6 0 0 0 70.4% 2/45 3.3 R.Wilson SEA 307 2 59.5% 1 87.4 2 68 574 769 9 0 0 1 82.5% 1/41 2.3 R.Tannehill TEN 260 3 41.9% 3 83.6 6 69 478 749 6 0 0 0 70.1% 3/46 2.0 A.Rodgers GB 235 4 36.1% 4 91.0 1 75 580 722 6 0 0 0 68.5% 0/0 6.3 D.Carr LV 229 5 34.7% 5 74.8 15 71 488 714 4 0 0 0 74.6% 4/73 2.6 M.Ryan ATL 206 6 21.8% 9 79.0 11 93 690 783 6 0 0 0 68.5% 2/24 0.8 J.Goff LAR 185 7 34.0% 7 77.9 12 60 517 581 3 0 0 1 70.2% 0/0 2.1 D.Prescott DAL 176 8 17.3% 13 79.2 10 89 689 737 2 0 1 0 69.4% 2/4 2.2 L.Jackson BAL 157 9 34.7% 6 81.0 8 55 438 489 4 0 0 0 77.6% 0/0 2.6 P.Mahomes KC 155 10 17.7% 11 86.0 3 81 492 646 5 0 0 0 64.6% 1/7 -3.3 C.Newton NE 135 11 19.5% 10 71.7 16 66 537 539 1 0 0 1 71.4% 0/0 -1.7 J.Garoppolo SF 114 12 22.1% 8 81.4 7 53 366 431 4 0 0 0 67.3% 1/27 1.7 G.Minshew JAX 110 13 12.7% 14 77.4 13 71 465 523 6 0 0 2 75.4% 1/30 -1.1 B.Roethlisberger PIT 85 14 7.1% 16 48.8 26 76 509 490 5 0 0 1 68.5% 0/0 -1.3 D.Brees NO 84 15 7.2% 15 69.3 17 69 468 483 3 0 0 1 64.7% 2/48 -1.0 J.Herbert LAC 65 16 17.3% 12 75.9 14 34 296 271 1 0 0 1 68.8% 0/0 6.1 P.Rivers IND 37 17 -3.4% 18 46.2 28 73 566 435 2 1 0 3 77.5% 2/21 2.4 D.Watson HOU 27 18 -5.7% 19 55.1 20 75 495 445 2 0 0 2 67.2% 0/0 4.1 T.Taylor LAC 21 19 -0.4% 17 24.6 34 32 207 188 0 0 0 0 53.3% 0/0 7.0 T.Brady TB 5 20 -10.2% 20 43.7 30 74 431 409 3 1 0 3 65.7% 6/134 2.3 T.Bridgewater CAR -10 21 -13.0% 21 58.5 19 82 589 415 1 0 1 2 73.3% 2/32 -0.3 M.Stafford DET -12 22 -13.5% 22 54.0 22 79 496 390 3 0 0 2 60.3% 1/11 -1.3 D.Lock DEN -14 23 -16.3% 23 47.5 27 39 228 200 1 0 1 0 60.5% 1/4 9.0 M.Trubisky CHI -25 24 -16.5% 24 54.0 23 69 383 339 5 1 0 2 59.4% 0/0 2.8 K.Murray ARI -35 25 -18.0% 26 83.8 5 82 479 359 2 0 0 2 69.3% 1/13 -2.7 R.Fitzpatrick MIA -38 26 -17.8% 25 69.3 18 80 493 402 2 0 0 3 67.1% 3/47 0.1 S.Darnold NYJ -41 27 -20.0% 27 44.4 29 69 375 316 2 0 0 1 64.6% 3/54 -1.3 B.Mayfield CLE -42 28 -21.6% 28 80.3 9 64 373 271 3 0 0 2 60.7% 1/16 1.6 J.Driskel DEN -45 29 -28.6% 31 54.8 21 40 203 146 2 0 0 1 52.9% 3/31 0.3 K.Cousins MIN -55 30 -26.6% 30 30.2 31 55 343 212 2 0 0 3 60.0% 1/19 2.8 J.Burrow CIN -88 31 -24.5% 29 49.4 25 101 458 411 3 0 1 1 63.2% 0/0 2.2 D.Haskins WAS -106 32 -33.1% 32 27.8 33 71 358 244 2 1 1 0 56.3% 2/19 2.0 D.Jones NYG -158 33 -38.4% 33 50.7 24 86 482 251 2 0 1 3 64.6% 2/20 -2.3 C.Wentz PHI -349 34 -69.0% 34 28.1 32 93 450 12 2 1 1 4 58.8% 0/0 5.7

PASSING, OTHERS: 8-29 passes

Player Team DYAR DVOA QBR Pass Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C% DPI ALEX N.Mullens SF -105 -148.3% 2.3 13 54 -81 0 1 0 1 72.7% 0/0 -2.4

RUSHING: Minimum 2 rushes, 33 players ranked