NFL Top 100 Players — Yearly List of Top-Ranked Player
NFL Network has featured a yearly top 100 list of NFL players, based on votes from active NFL players, since 2011.
Only two players have topped the list more than once — Tom Brady (four times) and Patrick Mahomes (twice).
Below is a list of the top-ranked player in each annual iteration of their rankings with a link to the full list for each year.
Year | Player | Pos. | Team |
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2024 | Tyreek Hill | WR | Miami Dolphins |
2023 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | Kansas City Chiefs |
2022 | Tom Brady | QB | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
2021 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | Kansas City Chiefs |
2020 | Lamar Jackson | QB | Baltimore Ravens |
2019 | Aaron Donald | DT | Los Angeles Rams |
2018 | Tom Brady | QB | New England Patriots |
2017 | Tom Brady | QB | New England Patriots |
2016 | Cam Newton | QB | Carolina Panthers |
2015 | J.J. Watt | DE | Houston Texans |
2014 | Peyton Manning | QB | Denver Broncos |
2013 | Adrian Peterson | RB | Minnesota Vikings |
2012 | Aaron Rodgers | QB | Green Bay Packers |
2011 | Tom Brady | QB | New England Patriots |