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The first game of the NFL season is scheduled for Thursday. Each team will be fighting to make the playoffs, but individual players will strive to make a name for themselves by winning awards and accomplishing different accolades. Of course, there is no award more prestigious than the MVP. The league is filled with superstars who will want to be crowned the best player of the 2025 season. Here are the NFL MVP power rankings ahead of the 2025 season.
John Elway and Peyton Manning are two of the greatest NFL quarterbacks ever, and both of them won Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos. The Broncos then rotated between subpar quarterbacks for years after winning Super Bowl 50. They finally found their long-term signal caller in the form of Bo Nix last season.
The Oregon product had a case for Rookie of the Year, but that honor ended up going to another player in these power rankings. Nix’s 3,775 passing yards and 29 touchdowns were more than each of the other five quarterbacks drafted in the first round with him last year.
His poise, pocket presence, and confidence were off the charts for a first-year player, and Nix could be in line for a huge breakout into true superstardom in year two.
Baker Mayfield was drafted first overall in 2018, but he didn’t quite live up to his potential with his first three teams. The former Heisman Trophy winner has looked like a new player since joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, though. Mayfield has made the Pro Bowl in each of his two seasons with the team.
He first threw for 4,044 yards and 28 touchdowns before improving to the likes of 4,500 yards and 41 touchdowns last season. With Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan, and rookie Emeka Egbuka, Mayfield has arguably the best receiving corps in football to help him out in a quest for the NFL MVP.
Mayfield plays with swagger, and his Heisman victory proves that he is no stranger to outperforming his peers. He will need to get off to a hot start despite injuries to Godwin and McMillan if he wants to win the NFL’s most prestigious award, though.
The MVP has largely become a quarterback award. In fact, only four non-quarterbacks have won the award in the 21st century, with the last being Adrian Peterson in 2012. All four of those players were running backs, and Jahmyr Gibbs seems poised to be the best ball-carrier in football this season.
The Detroit Lions star ran for 1,412 yards and 16 touchdowns last season, the latter of which led the NFL. That production came despite the fact that David Montgomery was technically oftentimes the listed starter at running back and stole a lot of Gibbs’ carries. Montgomery had 12 rushing touchdowns in his own right last year. Montgomery is still with the Lions, but Detroit will...
