Top Player Lists
Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.
- Takes logged
- 315
- Graded
- 74
- Average accuracy
- 56.9
- Pundits
- 118
23% settled
out of 100
have made one
How these calls land
Takes in each band
Settled or waiting
74 / 315
graded
241 still pending
By season
- 20221 of 1 graded
- 202314 of 16 graded
- 202416 of 24 graded
- 202543 of 64 graded
- 20260 of 210 graded
Who is good at top player lists
- Jason Cabinda100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Danny G100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Mike Mayock95 accuracy · 1 graded+90.0
- Kyle Crabbs86 accuracy · 1 graded+72.1
- Daniel Jeremiah84 accuracy · 2 graded+68.8
- Matt Harmon80 accuracy · 2 graded+60.2
- John Middlekauff75 accuracy · 1 graded+50.0
- Robert Smith83 accuracy · 1 graded+33.0
- Marcus Mosher78 accuracy · 1 graded+28.3
- Kyle Brandt75 accuracy · 4 graded+25.0
- Bucky Brooks73 accuracy · 1 graded+23.0
- Charles McDonald61 accuracy · 1 graded+22.4
- Nick Wright58 accuracy · 4 graded+20.8
- Nick Shook60 accuracy · 1 graded+20.0
- Jordan Vanek63 accuracy · 1 graded+19.8
- Patrick Claybon58 accuracy · 2 graded+15.2
- Chad Millman57 accuracy · 1 graded+13.7
- Logan Ryan56 accuracy · 1 graded+11.9
- Peter Schrager52 accuracy · 2 graded+10.4
- Isaiah Stanback55 accuracy · 1 graded+10.0
- Chad Ochocinco Johnson55 accuracy · 1 graded+10.0
- Connor Livesay60 accuracy · 1 graded+10.0
- Simon Hunter55 accuracy · 1 graded+9.9
- Kevin Riley55 accuracy · 1 graded+7.0
- Jeremy Fowler52 accuracy · 2 graded+4.2
- Gregg Rosenthal55 accuracy · 6 graded+3.2
- Manti Te'o50 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Danny Parkins48 accuracy · 2 graded-4.2
- ESPN44 accuracy · 1 graded-11.5
- Chris Simms40 accuracy · 1 graded-20.0
- Rich Eisen40 accuracy · 1 graded-20.0
- Dan Patrick20 accuracy · 2 graded-30.0
- Shannon Sharpe25 accuracy · 1 graded-34.8
- Justin Penik15 accuracy · 2 graded-35.0
- Colin Cowherd29 accuracy · 2 graded-42.5
- Jamie Erdahl0 accuracy · 2 graded-50.0
provisionalRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.
By publisher
- The 33rd Team75.1 · 21 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)68.8 · 1 graded
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)65.5 · 12 graded
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)62.4 · 4 graded
- Move the Sticks (podcast)61.4 · 14 graded
- Around the NFL (podcast)62.5 · 11 graded
- The Dan Patrick Show (podcast)30.9 · 5 graded
- Nightcap (podcast)33.8 · 4 graded
- First Things First (podcast)0.0 · 1 graded
- The Colin Cowherd Podcast (podcast)0.0 · 1 graded
Every top player lists take
226–250 of 315
So Frandom Mende's a quarterback for me Dia number one. Jeremiah Love from Notre Dame running back... Caleb Downs is number ten... Mendoza number one and then ty Simpson number forty
And who are those five? Fernando Mendoza, the Indiana quarterback... assuming his are the same as mine, you can see the order of my players in this draft. Caleb Downs, Ohio State safety... Sonny Styles... Linebacker, Ohio State. Jeremiah Love, running back, Notre Dame. Arvell Reese. Linebacker, pass rusher, Ohio State.
who do I trust, you know, in the fourth quarter of a playoff game... my list would be Patrick one, Stafford two, Allen three.
But the story for Dallas is Dak's been the second best quarterback in the NFL this year. It's been Stafford one, Dak two.
Your top five running backs in the NFL... I'm gonna have to say jamiir Gibbs... I'm gonna have to say John Robinson because his footwork... I'm gonna say Cam cams Boat... I watched a lot of Jonathan Taylor... And for another one, I'll probably say David Connhall number five, the running back that's with Jamier Gill... David Monty
I think Gonzale, I think PS two, and I think uh Stingley Jr. I think those are the top three corners in my book
- Miss · 0Bleacher ReportTop Player Lists2025 season
Now here's the next five that had Lamar number one, had Jeorde Love number two, Justin Herbert number three, Dak Prescott number four, Trevor Lawrence number five.
a naive guess scored 50-72 skillsaid Nov 14, 2025 he needs to be in the conversation of top five dbs.
number one Lamar Jackson will be the number one player in the top one hundred
So I thought I may have CJ. Stroud ten and Baker eleven ish that felt about right.
If you're here, is what my ranking would look like. If I were doing it, I would go one Patrick, two, Josh three, Lamar four, Joe five, Stafford six, Jalen Hurts seven with an asterisk of it's probably too early, but I give it to him, Jaden Daniels eight, Baker And then it gets trickier.
I have four franchise quarterbacks this year... And at number five, I got Jaden Daniels.
the rankings are actually Danny's rankings go Mahomes, Alan Burrow, Lamar, Herbert, Stafford, Jaden Goff, Baker, Hurts.
Top ten quarterbacks in the NFL heading into the twenty twenty five NFL season, Number ten, Jalen Hurts ... Number nine ... Baker Mayfield ... Number eight Jared Goff ... Number seven ... Jaden Daniels ... Number six ... Matt Stafford ... Number five ... Justin Herbert ... Number four ... Lamar Jackson ... Number three. Joe Burrow ... Number two ... Josh Allen ... Number one ... Mahomes
Ten Frankie Louvu nine, Denzel Paraman eight, Nick Bolton seven, Zach Bond six, Alex Anzeloni... So this is my top five. Number one, I got Bobby Wagner, number two, I've got Fred Warner, three, Dre Greenlaw for Levonte David five, ro Kwan Smith.
If you're here, is what my rankings would look like. If I were doing, I would go one Patrick, two, Josh three, Lamar four, Joe five, Stafford six, Jalen Hurts seven with an asterisk of it's probably too early, but I give it to him. Jaden Daniels eight, Baker And then it gets trickier.
my number twelve was Herbert... Golf [eleven]... I had Baker at ten... So I have him in nine [Daniels]. CJ at number eight. number seven... Dak... Number six I got Joe Burrow... I have Stafford number five... number four went with Lamar... I put Josh on number three... [Hurts] number two... obviously number one Chad, no doubt about it. Mahomes... I do have pretty at fourteen
number ten. Baker Mayfield... I put Rock Party at nine... Number eight, justin Herbert... Seven. I had Jared Goff six, I had Jaden Daniels five, I had Jalen Hurts four, Joe Burrow three, Lamar two, Josh Allen one, Patrick Mahomes... on my outside looking in Stafford eleven, two, twelve, c. J. Stroud thirteen.
Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Lamar, Jane Daniels, five, Stafford, six, Herbert, seven, Goff, Hertz, Baker round out the top 10
We got Ja'Marr Chase... number one... Justin Jefferson... number two. Tyreek Hill... Three. CeeDee Lamb, AJ Brown, Amon Ra Saint Brown... Malik Neighbors... at number seven... Nico Collins... he's eight now. Mike Evans... he is nine. Garrett Wilson... Number 10
so here were the rankings... Mahomes One, Josh Allen To Joe burrow Three Lamar jackson Four... Jayde daniels was Five... stafford is Sixth then you Have Justin Herbert, then you Have Jared goff, then you Have jalen hurts and then you Have Baker Mayfield... number Ten... they Said Jordan love and C. J stroud were honorable mention
Sam Laporter comes in at my number five on the best tight ends in the current league... Travis Kelce is number four on my list... Trey McBride... He is brock Bowers... Number one... George Chittle
Nick Shook's picks in the running back draft: 1st Saquon Barkley, 3rd Derrick Henry, 5th Josh Jacobs, 7th Christian McCaffrey, 9th James Cook, 11th Jonathan Taylor, 13th Alvin Kamara, 15th Joe Mixon, 17th De'Von Achane, 19th David Montgomery.
Gregg Rosenthal's picks in the running back draft: 2nd Bijan Robinson, 4th Jahmyr Gibbs, 6th Ashton Jeanty, 8th Kyren Williams, 10th James Conner, 12th Aaron Jones, 14th Bucky Irving, 16th Omarion Hampton, 18th Tony Pollard, 20th Kenneth Walker.
Jalen Hurts should be up at five. I think at Baker Mayfield should be at ten.
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