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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.
We’ll be rolling this list out over the next couple of weeks, so keep checking back for updates to our 2025 NFLTR Top 100 Players list.
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It’s going to be tough for the Buccaneers for the first few games of the season with Wirfs out because he’s legitimately one of the best at what he does in the NFL. Last year, Wirfs was No. 1 in the league in PFF’s pass block efficiency at 99 percent. He surrendered just 13 pressures over the whole season and zero sacks. In true pass sets, Wirfs was also No. 1 at 98.3 percent efficient, and he didn’t even allow a hit in those snaps. ESPN was also among the outlets that had high marks for Wirfs, ranking him No. 1 among all tackles in pass block win rate at 96 percent. Elite gets thrown around as a descriptor probably more than it’s warranted, but not in Wirfs’ case.
Surtain became just the seventh cornerback ever to win the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year Award, joining an illustrious list that includes Mel Blount, Lester Hayes, Rod Woodson, Deion Sanders, Charles Woodson and Stephon Gilmore. He finished last season with 11 pass deflections and four interceptions, one of which he returned 100 yards for a touchdown. But perhaps the most telling stat is that he led the whole NFL in snaps per target last year. Teams didn’t throw at Surtain unless they felt they had to. Right now, he’s the gold standard for cornerback play around the NFL.
While last season was a rough one overall for the 49ers, it was another great season for Kittle. He recorded the fourth 1,000-yard season of his career and led San Francisco with...
