2026 NFL Free Agency Rankings

Updated: February 13, 2026

Whether it's to buy additional time to negotiate a long-term deal or simply to control a player's right for an additional season, NFL teams will soon (February 17th) be able to designate players with their franchise tag.

If they don't reach a deal (or use their franchise/transition tag), impending NFL free agents will be able to negotiate (via their agents) with other teams starting Monday, March 9th. The "legal tampering period" ends on Wednesday, March 11th when free agents can officially sign contracts with a new team.

Using free-agent rankings from a variety of sources, we have ranked the available free-agent pool using their consensus ranking score.

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Here are some notes on how to interpret the table below:

Seven sources are used in the current rankings and the "total" column is the sum of those rankings.
The lower the score, the better. For example, George Pickens was the top-ranked free agent and his score was 10 (five rankings of 1 plus one ranking each of 2 and 3).
Free agents unranked by an individual source get what would be their next ("+1") ranking.

Example: ESPN ranked 50 free agents and every free agent not included in their rankings (e.g., Aaron Rodgers) received a score of 51.
While Pickens had the best score — only three points above the best possible score — a free agent unranked by all seven sources would have a score of 422.
The cutoff to rank inside the top 50 was 312 (Jaylinn Hawkins and Cade Mayes). Jadeveon Clowney (314) had the highest score among those that missed the cut, but he had a score lower than 422.

Only one site ranked more than 100 free agents, so only the top 100 (or fewer) were used from each site.

Only unrestricted free agents are included; restricted free agents are excluded.

Consensus Top 50 NFL Free Agent Rankings

Rank	Player	Pos.	2025 Team	Total	RING	CBS	ESPN	FOX	B/R	YAH	PFF
1	George Pickens	WR	DAL	10	1	1	2	1	1	3	1
2	Trey Hendrickson	EDGE	CIN	14	2	2	1	4	2	1	2
3	Tyler Linderbaum	IOL	BAL	25	4	5	3	5	3	2	3
4	Jaelan Phillips	EDGE	PHI	48	3	4	5	10	4	8	14
5	Alec Pierce	WR	IND	52	9	6	6	8	8	5	10
6	Daniel Jones	QB	IND	67	5	3	4	2	7	4	42
7	Devin Lloyd	LB	JAX	78	19	15	19	3	12	6	4
7	Odafe Oweh	EDGE	LAC	78	20	12	9	7	14	9	7
9	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ	79	10	9	7	11	23	10	9
10	Rasheed Walker	OT	GB	97	7	7	8	17	5	20	33
11	Kenneth Walker III	RB	SEA	111	21	19	24	6	22	13	6
12	Malik Willis	QB	GB	115	25	21	17	9	18	7	18
13	Mike Evans	WR	TB	119	17	17	15	15	25	17	13
14	Travis Etienne	RB	JAX	132	26	23	18	20	16	14	15
15	Jaylen Watson	CB	KC	135	18	16	16	27	11		21
16	Kyle Pitts Sr.	TE	ATL	139	22	20	23	19	19	12	24
16	Jauan Jennings	WR	SF	139	15	11	28	18	20	22	25
18	Tariq Woolen	CB	SEA	156	14	13	14	33	10		46
19	John Franklin-Myers	DT	DEN	166	6	22	11	36	6		59
20	Aaron Rodgers	QB	PIT	181	8	8		12	50	24	28
21	Rashid Shaheed	WR	SEA	192		26	26	16	46	11	26
22	Quay Walker	LB	GB	198	12	10	13	21	15
23	Khalil Mack	EDGE	LAC	200		40	22	22	26	15	34
24	Boye Mafe	EDGE	SEA	202	24	28	30	35	38	25	22
25	Nakobe Dean	LB	PHI	205	31	33	48	32	24		11
25	Braden Smith	OT	IND	205	16	18	10	25	9
27	David Edwards	IOL	BUF	214	28	25	36	28	39		32
28	Javonte Williams	RB	DAL	220	33	29	29	40	32		31
29	Jamel Dean	CB	TB	221	32	38		49	28	18	5
30	Alontae Taylor	CB	NO	222	13	14	12	43	13
31	Bryan Cook	S	KC	225	40	43	25	29	43		19
32	Isaac Seumalo	IOL	PIT	230		42	31	34	44	21	17
33	Romeo Doubs	WR	GB	234		31	21	23		23	44
34	Joey Bosa	EDGE	BUF	235	34	36	38	26	48		27
35	Coby Bryant	DB	SEA	238	23	24	47	14	37		67
36	Kamren Curl	S	LAR	247	30	34	41	46	35		35
37	Deebo Samuel Sr.	WR	WAS	259		44		38	36		23
38	Isaiah Likely	TE	BAL	261	27	32	20	30	45		81
39	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	NYG	264	39	39	40	48	21		51
40	Leo Chenal	LB	KC	272			45	66	31		12
41	Connor McGovern	IOL	BUF	273		27	35	24	41		79
42	Devin Bush	LB	CLE	278				54	47		8
43	Rico Dowdle	RB	CAR	288			46	57			16
44	Alijah Vera-Tucker	IOL	NYJ	299				42			37
44	Nahshon Wright	CB	CHI	299	36	35	37	13
46	Calais Campbell	IDL	ARI	301				52			29
47	D.J. Reader	IDL	DET	302				86	27		20
48	Joel Bitonio	IOL	CLE	306		46	42	45			55
49	Jaylinn Hawkins	S	NE	312	37	37		51	40		70
49	Cade Mays	IOL	CAR	312	29	30	43	41	42

Sources (# ranked, date updated): The Ringer (40 ranked, 1/2/26), CBS - Podell (50 ranked, 2/3/26), ESPN (50 ranked, 1/28/26), FOX Sports (100 ranked, 2/11/26), Bleacher Report (50 ranked, 2/11/26), Yahoo! (25 ranked, 2/11/26), PFF (100 ranked, 2/2/26)