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Jon Heath

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including Russell Wilson) ranked by Total QBR

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

(Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports)

2
Dak Prescott: 75.4

(Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports)

3
Josh Allen: 72.4

(Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports)

4
Patrick Mahomes: 69.7

(Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

5
Justin Herbert: 68.2

(Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)

6
Tua Tagovailoa: 61.9

(Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports)

7
Jalen Hurts: 61.4

(Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports)

8
Jared Goff: 60.4

(Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports)

9
Matthew Stafford: 59.7

(Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

10
C.J. Stroud: 59.4

(Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports)

11
Lamar Jackson: 58.8

(Jessica Rapfogel-USA TODAY Sports)

12
Jordan Love: 58.4

(Dan Powers-USA TODAY Sports)

13
Gardner Minshew: 58.3

(Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports)

14
Jake Browning: 57.3

(Jeremy Reper-USA TODAY Sports)

15
Geno Smith: 56.5

(Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports)

16
Josh Dobbs: 55.0

(Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

17
Baker Mayfield: 51.9

(Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports)

18
Joe Flacco: 51.8

(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

19
Kyler Murray: 50.8

(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

20
Russell Wilson: 50.3

(Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)

21
Sam Howell: 47.9

(Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)

22
Justin Fields: 45.1

(Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports)

23
Desmond Ridder: 38.7

(Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)

24
Jameis Winston: 37.5

(Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports)

25
Will Levis: 35.3

(Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union, via USA TODAY Network)

26
Aidan O'Connell: 34.5

(Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

27
Bryce Young: 31.4

(Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports)

28
Zach Wilson: 30.3

(Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports)

29
Mitch Trubisky: 23.8

(Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports)

30
Bailey Zappe: 17.6

(Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports)

31
Tommy DeVito: 14.4

(Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports)

32
C.J. Beathard: 13.2

(Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
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