ESPN's NFL experts produced a 2025 top-100 players ranking based on performance expectations for the 2025 season compared with peers. The ranking followed a Top 10s project where executives, coaches and scouts listed top players at each position. Comparison of the two rankings revealed many positional similarities and numerous differences. League personnel evaluators nominated players they believed were deserving but omitted. Offensive tackle Peter Alt excelled as a rookie, ranking fourth among tackles in pass-rush win rate (94.3%) while playing on the right side and now will move to left tackle after Rashawn Slater's season-ending leg injury. Alt is 22 and highly regarded for upside.
The list of truly great, transcendent, gold jacket-destined NFL players is short. But the list of really good current players is rather long, and sometimes because of age or circumstance, the lines between great and good are blurred for legends on the decline. That's why the 2025 NFL Rank project celebrating the league's top 100 players has a healthy batch of snubs.
The premier offensive tackle club is tough to crack, but Alt is knocking on the door. Alt ranked fourth among tackles in pass-rush win rate (94.3%) while playing from the right side as a rookie. This year, Alt moves to left tackle due to Rashawn Slater's season-ending leg injury. League evaluators believe he can handle the switch -- and thrive as a result. He's brimming with upside at 22 years old.
ESPN's NFL experts rated players based on performance expectations for the 2025 season in comparison to their peers. A review of the two rankings shows plenty of similarities in the order of each position -- and a whole bunch of differences. We asked league personnel evaluators to peek at our rankings and nominate players who deserved to be included but weren't.
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