Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix is yet to throw his first touchdown pass in the NFL, but he has rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns through three games this season.
Nix has a Total QBR rating of 54.4 this year, which ranks 15th in the NFL, about middle of the pack.
Here is part of ESPN’s explanation for its Total QBR rating, courtesy of Sharon Katz and Brian Burke:
ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (Total QBR), which was released in 2011, has never claimed to be perfect, but unlike other measures of quarterback performance, it incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties. Also, since QBR is built from the play level, it accounts for a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.
So, with that context in mind, here’s a look at the QBR ratings for all 32 starting quarterbacks going into Week 4 of the 2024 season.
- Josh Allen: 92.6
- Malik Willis: 89.5 (Jordan Love: 23.0)
- Andy Dalton: 86.6 (Bryce Young: 9.1)
- Derek Carr: 81.1
- Kyler Murray: 75.6
- Brock Purdy: 74.4
- Sam Darnold: 73.5
- Lamar Jackson: 68.7
- Jayden Daniels: 67.9
- Joe Burrow: 62.5
- Geno Smith: 62.4
- Jalen Hurts: 60.9
- Aaron Rodgers: 60.3
- C.J. Stroud: 55.3
- Justin Herbert: 55.2
- Matthew Stafford: 55.2
- Bo Nix: 54.4
- Daniel Jones: 52.7
- Jacoby Brissett: 50.5
- Anthony Richardson: 49.6
- Kirk Cousins: 49.1
- Patrick Mahomes: 48.0
- Justin Fields: 47.4
- Dak Prescott: 45.5
- Baker Mayfield: 45.5
- Gardner Minshew: 44.1
- Trevor Lawrence: 43.1
- Jared Goff: 34.4
- Tua Tagovailoa: 33.8
- Will Levis: 29.6
- Caleb Williams: 26.8
- Deshaun Watson: 22.5
Note that Andy Dalton has a one-game sample size and Malik Willis has been a fill-in starter for two weeks, so we also listed Bryce Young and Jordan Love (Love would have been third from the bottom and Young would have been ranked last).
Nix and the Broncos will face the New York Jets on Sunday.