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July is the driest month of the year when it comes to NFL news, which makes it the perfect time for something like a top 100 players list. For the fourth straight year, we’re happy to bring you our 2025 NFLTR Top 100 Players.
We’re not the only outlet that does a top 100 — NFL Media has done one with at least some democratic input from current players since 2011 — but our goal is to give more credit to players and positions that are often easy to overlook, especially in the trenches. We build it using traditional and advanced statistics, awards, positional value, career trajectory and a good old-fashioned dash of the eye test. Our list won’t be perfect but the goal is to give as much credit where it’s due as possible.
Today is the final update to the 2025 list. Check out the links below for the full 2025 NFLTR Top 100 Players.
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After a slight down year in 2023, at least compared to his lofty standards, Johnson rebounded and reclaimed his standing as one of the top two tackles in football last year. He was one of just a couple tackles to finish in the top 10 in both pass block and run block win rate, per ESPN, ranking fifth on both leaderboards at 95 percent and 80 percent respectively. PFF credited him with just 14 pressures total allowed all season and a 98.6 pass block efficiency that was No. 2 among all tackles. Even going into his age-35 season, Johnson is a dominant player who’s showing almost no signs of slowing down.
Winning isn’t just good for business in the NFL, it usually has a positive impact on stats for players, too. The opposite is true of losing. The hard times the 49ers fell on last year with a 6-11 record meant fewer opportunities for Bosa to rush the passer. He had nine sacks, dipping below double digits for the first time since he tore his ACL in 2020. He also had 69 total pressures — still 10th among all edge rushers per PFF, but far below the 100 a year he’d been averaging the past three seasons.
Still, some of the advanced metrics show Bosa’s still one of the top edge rushers in football. He ranked fifth in ESPN’s pass rush win rate at 22 percent and has been a regular at the top of that leaderboard the past few years. PFF has a metric called pass rush productivity that weights sacks, hits and hurries against snaps played. Bosa’s score...
