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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

21% settled

Average accuracy
56.8

out of 100

Pundits
131

have made one

How these calls land

Every graded call of this kind, bucketed by score.

Takes in each band

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0 — dead wrongscore out of 100100 — nailed it
15 scored 80+16 scored under 40

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

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Every top player lists take

276–300 of 350

  • Close · 67Nick WrightTop Player Lists2025 season

    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.

    a naive guess scored 50+33.33 skillsaid Jul 19, 2025the article →
  • Close · 57Chad MillmanTop Player Lists2025 season

    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.

    a naive guess scored 50+13.74 skillsaid Jul 18, 2025the article →
  • Close · 55Simon HunterTop Player Lists2025 season

    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

    a naive guess scored 50+9.89 skillsaid Jul 18, 2025the article →
  • Close · 60Jeremy FowlerTop Player Lists2025 season

    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

    a naive guess scored 50+20 skillsaid Jul 17, 2025the article →
  • Close · 44Jeremy FowlerTop Player Lists2025 season

    Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Lamar, Jane Daniels, five, Stafford, six, Herbert, seven, Goff, Hertz, Baker round out the top 10

    a naive guess scored 50-11.52 skillsaid Jul 17, 2025the article →
  • Close · 44ESPNTop Player Lists2025 season

    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

    a naive guess scored 50-11.52 skillsaid Jul 15, 2025the article →
  • Close · 55Isaiah StanbackTop Player Lists2025 season

    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

    a naive guess scored 50+10 skillsaid Jun 26, 2025the article →
  • Close · 79Gregg RosenthalTop Player Lists2025 season

    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.

    a naive guess scored 50+57.58 skillsaid Jun 23, 2025the article →
  • Close · 60Nick ShookTop Player Lists2025 season

    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.

    a naive guess scored 50+20 skillsaid Jun 23, 2025the article →
  • Close · 61Charles McDonaldTop Player Lists2025 season

    So in at number one, you really can't debate it. Patrick Mahomes... Number two, Lamar Jackson... he's right there at number three... Borrow number four... Well Herbert is at number five?... Number six Matt Stafford... Number seven Dak Prescott... Gino Smith. Number eight... Love number nine Ireen Bay Packers... CJ. Stroud, great young quarterback in at number ten.

    a naive guess scored 50+22.42 skillsaid Jun 21, 2025the article →
  • Hit · 100Danny GTop Player Lists2025 season

    Jalen Hurts should be up at five. I think at Baker Mayfield should be at ten.

    a naive guess scored 50+100 skillsaid Jun 21, 2025the article →
  • Close · 75Kyle BrandtTop Player Lists2025 season

    Caleb Williams number two. I have another name nobody else has... Baker Mayfield can huck that pig skin... And I have Josh Allen as my number one.

    a naive guess scored 50+50 skillsaid Jun 13, 2025the article →
  • Close · 58Colin CowherdTop Player Lists2025 season

    if I went today and you told me best quarterbacks in the AFC... I'd go Alan Mahomes, Burrow, Lamar, that's the big four... I'd go Herbert C. J. Stroud and I put Geno seven... And I would put the eighth best quarterback bo Nickx... And then number nine, I think you get Aaron Trevor Lawrence in Tua

    a naive guess scored 50+15 skillsaid Jun 11, 2025the article →
  • Close · 40Chris SimmsTop Player Lists2025 season

    has now ranked the top ten quarterbacks heading in the next season. He has Lamar Jackson one, Josh Allen two... He had Joe Burrow three, Patrick Mahomes four... Chris Simms had Jalen Hurts... at behind Baker Mayfield, Justin Herbert, C. J. Stroud, Matt Stafford, and Jayden Daniels.

    a naive guess scored 50-20 skillsaid Jun 11, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 35Patrick ClaybonTop Player Lists2025 season

    Claybon's picks in the top-30 wide receiver draft: Justin Jefferson (2), Puka Nacua (5), Tyreek Hill (8), Terry McLaurin (11), Davante Adams (14), DeVonta Smith (17), Tee Higgins (20), Chris Olave (23), Courtland Sutton (26), Jameson Williams (29)

    a naive guess scored 50-29.7 skillsaid Jun 5, 2025the article →
  • Close · 70Matt HarmonTop Player Lists2025 season

    Harmon's picks in the top-30 wide receiver draft: Jamar Chase (1), Nico Collins (4), Amon-Ra St. Brown (7), Malik Nabers (10), Ladd McConkey (13), Garrett Wilson (16), Brandon Aiyuk (19), Chris Godwin (22), Travis Hunter (25), Zay Flowers (28)

    a naive guess scored 50+40.48 skillsaid Jun 5, 2025the article →
  • Close · 64Gregg RosenthalTop Player Lists2025 season

    Rosenthal's picks in the top-30 wide receiver draft: A.J. Brown (3), CeeDee Lamb (6), Brian Thomas Jr. (9), Drake London (12), Mike Evans (15), Jaxon Smith-Njigba (18 after trade), DK Metcalf (21), Jaylen Waddle (24), Jordan Addison (27), Josh Downs (30)

    a naive guess scored 50+28.48 skillsaid Jun 5, 2025the article →
  • Close · 40Rich EisenTop Player Lists2025 season

    Top five quarterbacks in a better situation now than they were in last year... Number five on the list... Dakota Prescott... Number four... Drake May... Number three... Justin Fields... Number two on this list... Jaden Daniels... And number one on the list is without a doubt, Caleb Williams.

    a naive guess scored 50-20 skillsaid May 23, 2025the article →
  • Close · 55Chad Ochocinco JohnsonTop Player Lists2025 season

    Joe Burrow, Okay, Mark, Josh Allen, Jamen who Jayna Hurts? ... Jared Golf ... Patrick Mahomes ... c. J Stroud, Jay Daniels, jayde and Daniels. That's ten. Jordan Love ... Matthew Stafford here ... That's twelve guys right there.

    a naive guess scored 50+10 skillsaid May 23, 2025the article →
  • Hit · 100Daniel JeremiahTop Player Lists2025 season

    now he tops NFL Networks Daniel Jeremiah's top one hundred and fifty prospects... DJ has Jalen Miler... at number eighty six on his list at eighty five. He's got a different quarterback... Will Howard... and he has Shador Sanders at twenty.

    a naive guess scored 50+100 skillsaid Apr 22, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 25Kyle BrandtTop Player Lists2025 season

    I have five guys who I don't think are necessarily the best running backs. They're the angriest, the five most likely to win a Scepter in their rookie season.

    a naive guess scored 50-50 skillsaid Apr 22, 2025the article →
  • PendingRich EisenTop Player Lists2025 season

    Top five potential steals in the NFL draft presented by Spectrum... Isaac Tesla, wide receiver out of Arkansas... JT Tuemola, wow, of Ohio State... Number three... Cam Scataboo of Arizona State... Number two, I'm gonna choose a quarterback... it's Jalen Milrow... Number one... that's Jalen Walker at Georgia... Go ahead, Newton. We need one more... Will Johnson

    Waiting on the season to settle this.said Apr 21, 2025the article →
  • PendingChris BrockmanTop Player Lists2025 season

    Best players in the draft. Right? Yeah. Travis Hunter is one. I think this kid is number two.

    Waiting on the season to settle this.said Apr 21, 2025the article →
  • Close · 69Daniel JeremiahTop Player Lists2025 season

    Here's here's Daniel Jeremiah's top five players on his draft board... Travis Hunter, one. Abdul Carter, two. Number three is Ashton Gentry... Number four is Mason Graham, and then number five is Jalen Walker... Number six, Tyler Warren. Number seven, Colston Loveland... Eight, it there's Cam Ward. Arman Mambu is nine, and Jada Baron is 10... Will Campbell, 11. Jahad Campbell, 12. Omarion Hampton, 13. Matthew Golden, 14. Nick Emanwori, 15. Will Johnson out of Michigan 16. Tyler Booker of Alabama, Emeka Abuka of Ohio State... one above 19, Tech McMillan... And then number 20... there's Shador Sanders.

    a naive guess scored 50+37.5 skillsaid Apr 21, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 0Gregg RosenthalTop Player Lists2025 season

    To me, he is right there with like the Jamar Chases and the best wide receiver prospects... it's why I have him fourth. I do have him behind behind Gold and T Mac... I have him right there with gold and I haven't really made a decision.

    a naive guess scored 50-100 skillsaid Apr 16, 2025the article →

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