Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson ranks seventh in the NFL with 21 passing touchdowns this season and his 99.0 passer rating ranks sixth overall (the NFL’s passer rating is a 0 to 158.3 scale).
Fans might be surprised to see that despite those positive stats, Wilson ranks 20th in the league with a 50.3 “Total QBR” rating in 2023.
Unlike a traditional passer rating, ESPN’s Total QBR “values the quarterback on all play types on a 0-100 scale,” taking into account factors such as the defense faced, the QB’s actual contribution to a play and efficiency.
To see where Wilson stacks up, we’ve listed all 32 starting quarterbacks below, ranked in order of their Total QBR rating.
Note that these ratings are from before the Thursday Night Football showdown between the Steelers (Mitch Trubisky) and Patriots (Bailey Zappe) last night. It’s also worth noting that a few QBs on this list have an extremely small sample size.
With those caveats in mind, here’s a look at all 32 (expected) starting quarterbacks from across the NFL going into Week 14.
1
Brock Purdy: 75.6
2
Dak Prescott: 75.4
3
Josh Allen: 72.4
4
Patrick Mahomes: 69.7
5
Justin Herbert: 68.2
6
Tua Tagovailoa: 61.9
7
Jalen Hurts: 61.4
8
Jared Goff: 60.4
9
Matthew Stafford: 59.7
10
C.J. Stroud: 59.4
11
Lamar Jackson: 58.8
12
Jordan Love: 58.4
13
Gardner Minshew: 58.3
14
Jake Browning: 57.3
15
Geno Smith: 56.5
16
Josh Dobbs: 55.0
17
Baker Mayfield: 51.9
18
Joe Flacco: 51.8
19
Kyler Murray: 50.8
20
Russell Wilson: 50.3
21
Sam Howell: 47.9
22
Justin Fields: 45.1
23
Desmond Ridder: 38.7
24
Jameis Winston: 37.5
25
Will Levis: 35.3
26
Aidan O'Connell: 34.5
27
Bryce Young: 31.4
28
Zach Wilson: 30.3
29
Mitch Trubisky: 23.8
30
Bailey Zappe: 17.6
31
Tommy DeVito: 14.4
32
C.J. Beathard: 13.2
