NFL QB Rankings

The most important position in football is the most scrutinized. Analysts are constantly ranking all the starting QB’s in the NFL. Week in and week out this list can change, but here’s my ranking of the quarterbacks in the NFL so far for the 2020 season.

  1. Russell Wilson
  2. Patrick Mahomes
  3. Aaron Rodgers
  4. Deshaun Watson
  5. Kyler Murray
  6. Josh Allen
  7. Matt Ryan
  8. Lamar Jackson
  9. Tom Brady
  10. Drew Brees
  11. Ryan Tannehill
  12. Justin Herbert
  13. Joe Burrow
  14. Derek Carr
  15. Ben Roethlisberger
  16. Jared Goff
  17. Matthew Stafford
  18. Baker Mayfield
  19. Carson Wentz
  20. Teddy Bridgewater
  21. Kirk Cousins
  22. Cam Newton
  23. Drew Lock
  24. Tua Tagovailoa
  25. Sam Darnold
  26. Philip Rivers
  27. Nick Foles
  28. Gardner Minshew
  29. Daniel Jones
  30. Alex Smith
  31. Nick Mullens
  32. Garrett Gilbert

Some NFL analysts prefer doing tiers instead of lists. Here are my tiers of all the quarterbacks in the league.

Tier 1: Best of the Best

  • Russell Wilson
  • Patrick Mahomes
  • Aaron Rodgers

Tier 2: Franchise Quarterbacks

  • Kyler Murray
  • Deshaun Watson
  • Josh Allen
  • Lamar Jackson

Tier 3: Old but still pretty good

  • Drew Brees
  • Matt Ryan
  • Tom Brady
  • Ben Roethlisberger

Tier 4: Decent, and can win with a good team around them

  • Derek Carr
  • Ryan Tannehill
  • Carson Wentz
  • Teddy Bridgewater

Tier 5: Young but promising

  • Justin Herbert
  • Joe Burrow
  • Tua Tagovailoa

Tier 6: Young but don’t see a future as a starting QB

  • Drew Lock
  • Daniel Jones
  • Gardner Minshew
  • Nick Mullens
  • Garrett Gilbert

Tier 7: We’ve seen their ceiling and it might be time to move on

  • Kirk Cousins
  • Jared Goff
  • Baker Mayfield
  • Matthew Stafford
  • Nick Foles

Tier 8: It’s time to retire

  • Philip Rivers
  • Cam Newton
  • Alex Smith

Tier 9: You were on the Jets so the first three years of your NFL career were wasted

  • Sam Darnold

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