NFL Top 100

The NFL Top 100 has been an offseason staple since 2011. It’s an annual ranking of the players by the players and it takes a couple months to reveal all 100 players. The best part of the weekly reveals is always the commentary that goes with each player. It’s players talking about players. The talk ranges from informative to hilarious. For most of the past 15 years, it was difficult to miss the weekly episodes. They were blasted across national and regional NFL coverage and shown frequently on NFL Network. Now NFL Network belongs to ESPN and everything feels a little wacky. The NFL Top 100 continues but it’s more of a peep than a shout. It’s more of an online thing than a TV thing but then everything is more on an online thing these days. If interested, you have to go looking for the reveals rather than having them easily handed to you. This year’s edition is a couple weeks into its quiet release. For some reason, it’s currently idling at #73. 73 is always a good stopping point in a countdown. 

NFL Top 100 Players of 2026

100. Cameron Jordan, DE, New Orleans Saints

  99. Quenton Nelson, G, Indianapolis Colts

  98. Bryce Young, QB, Carolina Panthers 

  97. Ernest Jones, LB, Seattle Seahawks 

  96. Travis Etienne, RB, New Orleans Saints

  95. Demario Davis, LB, New York Jets

  94. Creed Humphrey, C, Kansas City Chiefs

  93. Carson Schwesinger, LB, Cleveland Browns 

  92. Azeez Al-Shaair, LB, Houston Texans

  91. Montez Sweat, DE, Chicago Bears 

  90. Derrick Brown, DL, Carolina Panthers 

  89. Kyren Williams, RB, Los Angeles Rams 

  88. Jack Campbell, LB, Detroit Lions

  87. Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Carolina Panthers

  86. Tuli Tuipulotu, Edge, Los Angeles Chargers

  85. Brock Purdy, QB, San Francisco 49ers 

  84. Byron Young, Edge, Los Angeles Rams 

  83. Jeffery Simmons, DT, Tennessee Titans 

  82. Jalen Ramsey, CB, Pittsburgh Steelers 

  81. Bobby Wagner, LB, Washington Commanders

  80. A.J. Brown, WR, New England Patriots 

  79. Travis Kelce, TE, Kansas City Chiefs 

  77. Baker Mayfield, QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  76. Jaycee Horn, CB, Carolina Panthers

  75. Budda Baker, Arizona Cardinals

  74. Josh Jacobs, RB, Green Bay Packers

  73. Zach Allen, DL, Denver Broncos

There’s the first 28 players of the NFL Top 100. Other than the impressive number of Carolina Panthers players, the most interesting thing about the 28 players is the impressive number of off-the-ball linebackers. 

Ernest Jones

Demario Davis

Carson Schwesinger

Azeez Al-Shaair 

Jack Campbell

Bobby Wagner

The under-appreciated position is getting some appreciation. There’s old farts like Demario Davis and Bobby Wagner mixed with youngsters like Carson Schwesinger and Jack Campbell. 

Can’t wait for #72!