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
- 350
- Graded
- 73
- Average accuracy
- 56.8
- Pundits
- 131
21% settled
out of 100
have made one
How these calls land
Takes in each band
Settled or waiting
73 / 350
graded
277 still pending
By season
- 20221 of 1 graded
- 202314 of 16 graded
- 202416 of 24 graded
- 202542 of 63 graded
- 20260 of 246 graded
Who is good at top player lists
- Danny G100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Jason Cabinda100 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 Shook60 accuracy · 1 graded+20.0
- Jordan Vanek63 accuracy · 1 graded+19.8
- Nick Wright56 accuracy · 3 graded+16.6
- 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
- Chad Ochocinco Johnson55 accuracy · 1 graded+10.0
- Connor Livesay60 accuracy · 1 graded+10.0
- Isaiah Stanback55 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
- Rich Eisen40 accuracy · 1 graded-20.0
- Chris Simms40 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
- 3 and Out with John Middlekauff (podcast)75.0 · 1 graded
- The 33rd Team75.1 · 21 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)68.8 · 1 graded
- What's Wright? with Nick Wright (podcast)71.5 · 3 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 Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)58.3 · 7 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
251–275 of 350
If Jeremiah loves there, I think the second best player in the draft a chance to get a cheap, blue chip caliber player.
Jeremiah Love's my number one overall player. He's a running back.
Carnel Tait is still the top dude for me, Bucky, and then I think at this point I've got like Jordan Tyson up there, and then probably Omar and then mackay Lemon is kind of the way that I'm I'm viewing it right now.
Fernando Mendoza perceived number one overall pick, number one player in this draft from DJ's Top fifty ranking... one of which was Zion Young, who debuts at number forty seven on this list... Omar Cooper... debuts at number nineteen
You put out your, top 50 draft prospects ... you've got Fernando Mendoza one, and Jeremiah Love is your second best prospect ... Why do you have, Reese three and David Bailey four?
Rosenthal reads out his entire top 101 free agents of 2026 list, from Malik Willis at No. 1 down to Jadeveon Clowney at No. 101.
Jalen Watson is a guy who's just steadily improved... I ended up putting him on the top.
I have him as my top safety head of cam Curl, Kobe Bryant of the Seahawks, and Nick Kross, who's a good player for the Colts.
I have four guys in my top ten overall right now. I have Jalen Phillips actually ahead of Trey Hendrickson... Phillips I have third overall. Hendrickson's just behind them
So I think I go lemon. Then I go carnal Tate... Jordan Tyson is the smoothest, prettiest route runner... But I think that's how I'd stack them right now.
So I gave you Ruben Bane is, like, my number one. Yeah. My number two is, I think, who the best player best football player in this draft is. It's Jeremiah Love.
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
he needs to be in the conversation of top five dbs.
- 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 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.
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.
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