Regular season totals, through Week 1

Revised as of 9/15/2020

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 15 passes, 32 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk DVOA Rk QBR Rk Pass Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C% DPI ALEX R.Wilson SEA 179 1 65.7% 2 87.5 4 38 299 431 4 0 0 0 88.6% 1/41 0.3 L.Jackson BAL 154 2 84.2% 1 94.1 1 27 261 341 3 0 0 0 80.0% 0/0 3.8 A.Rodgers GB 136 3 32.9% 6 92.9 2 44 351 433 4 0 0 0 74.4% 0/0 5.6 J.Allen BUF 117 4 23.8% 8 71.1 14 49 306 429 2 0 0 0 71.7% 2/45 1.4 P.Mahomes KC 113 5 34.6% 4 90.4 3 33 203 353 3 0 0 0 75.0% 1/7 -4.1 M.Ryan ATL 102 6 16.4% 10 61.7 16 56 423 439 2 0 0 0 69.8% 1/11 0.8 G.Minshew JAX 97 7 52.5% 3 73.2 10 24 150 254 3 0 0 0 95.0% 1/30 -3.4 D.Carr LV 93 8 34.0% 5 72.5 12 30 229 292 1 0 0 0 75.9% 2/24 2.4 R.Tannehill TEN 79 9 13.1% 13 80.1 6 44 247 368 2 0 0 0 67.4% 1/16 1.3 B.Roethlisberger PIT 76 10 26.2% 7 57.6 18 34 208 269 3 0 0 0 65.6% 0/0 2.8 T.Bridgewater CAR 59 11 16.0% 11 75.5 8 35 260 257 1 0 0 0 64.7% 1/25 -0.4 K.Cousins MIN 52 12 17.2% 9 59.3 17 27 248 218 2 0 0 1 76.0% 0/0 -3.3 P.Rivers IND 51 13 5.2% 14 56.2 19 46 363 321 1 0 0 2 78.3% 2/21 3.5 C.Newton NE 37 14 16.0% 12 79.7 7 21 140 158 0 0 0 0 78.9% 0/0 -18.0 M.Stafford DET 36 15 2.3% 17 45.5 24 42 288 266 1 0 0 1 58.5% 1/11 -1.1 J.Garoppolo SF 35 16 3.9% 16 35.2 26 36 243 238 2 0 0 0 57.6% 1/27 3.1 T.Taylor LAC 31 17 5.0% 15 26.5 29 32 207 202 0 0 0 0 53.3% 0/0 7.0 M.Trubisky CHI 29 18 0.3% 20 55.4 20 37 214 247 3 1 0 0 55.6% 0/0 0.9 D.Prescott DAL 29 19 -0.7% 21 73.3 9 42 244 265 1 0 0 0 64.1% 1/4 -0.6 J.Goff LAR 28 20 1.7% 19 44.2 25 32 259 216 0 0 0 1 66.7% 0/0 -0.1 D.Brees NO 27 21 1.8% 18 71.9 13 31 151 207 2 0 0 0 60.0% 2/48 -1.5 D.Lock DEN 23 22 -1.3% 22 68.2 15 33 216 216 1 0 0 0 66.7% 0/0 11.7 D.Watson HOU 2 23 -10.5% 23 53.8 21 36 242 198 1 0 0 1 62.5% 0/0 6.8 T.Brady TB -16 24 -17.3% 24 34.5 27 39 214 192 2 1 0 2 65.7% 4/101 7.6 K.Murray ARI -31 25 -23.7% 25 85.0 5 41 214 156 1 0 0 1 68.4% 1/13 -1.4 D.Haskins WAS -47 26 -33.4% 26 45.5 23 34 159 107 1 1 0 0 54.8% 0/0 -0.2 S.Darnold NYJ -63 27 -37.1% 28 19.3 31 36 202 109 1 0 0 1 63.6% 1/20 0.8 D.Jones NYG -68 28 -34.5% 27 51.9 22 44 262 141 2 0 0 2 63.4% 1/12 -3.2 J.Burrow CIN -71 29 -40.2% 29 20.1 30 38 173 99 0 0 0 1 65.7% 0/0 4.2 B.Mayfield CLE -85 30 -44.7% 30 33.3 28 41 168 89 1 0 0 1 53.8% 1/16 3.0 R.Fitzpatrick MIA -87 31 -50.8% 31 72.6 11 31 182 58 0 0 0 3 66.7% 3/47 1.1 C.Wentz PHI -259 32 -94.4% 32 14.2 32 50 208 -101 2 1 1 2 57.1% 0/0 10.0

RUSHING: Minimum 2 rushes, 23 players ranked