What is the difference between passer rating and QBR?

Passer rating is a 1973 formula on four box-score rates — completion percentage, yards per attempt, touchdown rate and interception rate — capped at 158.3 and blind to everything else. QBR is ESPN’s model, built from play-by-play: it charges sacks and fumbles to the quarterback, credits his runs, adjusts for the defence he faced and weights plays by how much they changed the chance of winning. A quarterback who throws for 300 empty yards after the game is decided rates well on the first and poorly on the second.

Passer Rating (RTG) in fullQBR (QBR) in full

Where they disagree: 2025 NFL RTG leaders

The league's top 10 in RTG, with what each one did in QBR and where that ranked.

2025 NFL RTG leaders, with their QBR
PlayerRTGQBRQBR rank
Drake Maye113.577.11
Matthew Stafford109.271.24
Jared Goff105.557.318
Lamar Jackson103.862.79
Josh Allen102.265.47
Jordan Love101.272.73
Brock Purdy100.572.82
Daniel Jones100.263.08
Dak Prescott99.570.25
Sam Darnold99.155.619

2025 regular season, qualified players only. Ranks are among the players who qualified in QBR.