NFL 2025: Executives reveal the best players at each position

The Best NFL Players for 2025: Alofoke Deportes Analysis

With the 2025 NFL training camps on the horizon, the true league insiders have spoken. Alofoke Deportes presents an exhaustive analysis of the best players in each position, based on the opinions of NFL executives, coaches, and scouts. This is the sixth year we’ve done these rankings, and as usual, there have been significant changes compared to last year’s lists. Our goal is to identify the most outstanding players today, without projecting long-term or basing ourselves on career achievements. The ranking process involved voters selecting their top 10 players by position. The results were compiled and ranked based on the number of votes, composite averages, and numerous interviews. We had the help of the NFL analyst for research and video study. More than 70 voters participated in the selection of at least one position, and in many cases, in all. Follow-up calls helped break any ties. Each section includes quotes and data from voters about each ranked player, including honorable mentions. Here are the results for each position, revealed over eleven days:

• Running backs (July 7)
• Defensive tackles (July 8)
• Edge rushers (July 9)
• Safeties (July 10)
• Tight ends (July 11)
• Interior offensive linemen (July 12)
• Offensive tackles (July 13)
• Quarterbacks (July 14)
• Linebackers (July 15)
• Wide receivers (July 16)
• Cornerbacks (July 17)

Top 10 Runners

If 2024 was the year of the running back, the Giants’ Saquon Barkley and the Ravens’ Derrick Henry were the leaders. In a position where respect is on the rise, who follows Barkley and Henry in our rankings?

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Top 10 Defensive Tackles

The top of this season’s defensive tackle rankings was clear: three players, and then a notable drop-off. Within that elite group, there was a battle for the crown. What key characteristics did our experts highlight about Dexter Lawrence II, Chris Jones, and Jalen Carter, among others?

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Top 10 Edge Rushers

Myles Garrett and Maxx Crosby got new contracts. The same happened with Danielle Hunter with a one-year deal. All three surpassed the $35 million annual threshold. T.J. Watt, Micah Parsons, and Trey Hendrickson entered the summer with the expectation of new deals. Aidan Hutchinson, two years away from free agency, is also destined for large sums. Where did those superstar names land in the Top 10 of 2025?

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Top 10 Safeties

Kyle Hamilton of the Ravens received the most first-place votes. The voting between positions 3-8 was very close, but there were not many doubts in this Top 10. In addition, the best safety duo in the league is no longer a matter of debate: that duo resides in Michigan.

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Top 10 Tight Ends

The battle between George Kittle and Travis Kelce continued for half a decade in glorious fashion.

And now it’s over.

The top of this year’s list features several new names, and a new king at the tight end position: Brock Bowers. But, where did Kittle and Kelce end up on the updated list?

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Top 10 Interior Offensive Linemen

Zack Martin and Frank Ragnow’s retirements opened up two significant spots in this year’s Top 10. A position that had stagnated in terms of elite talent now features five players between 24 and 26 years old in the top seven spots. There’s a new number 1… and number 2… and number 5. Three players make their Top 10 debut.

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Top 10 Offensive Tackles

The retirements of figures like Terron Armstead and Tyron Smith provided upward mobility to several stars. An AFC offensive tackle makes his Top 10 debut, one more than last year. But the race for the top spot was intriguing for what it portends: a decade-long battle for supremacy between two tackles with supreme talent who play for playoff teams in the NFC.

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Top 10 Quarterbacks

From this year’s quarterback voting, several themes emerged, but none more important than this: Tier 1 is historically good. The top four quarterbacks left the rest of the field behind during this year’s voting. All four are firmly in their prime, between 28 and 29 years old. They have five MVP awards among them. And while three of these quarterbacks are still chasing Patrick Mahomes’ Super Bowl achievements, they seem to be closing the gap every year.

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Top 10 Linebackers

The most uneven positional group in the Top 10 series, the linebackers, is far superior and lacks consensus. Three players appeared on at least 70% of the ballots, although that figure is usually much higher, but 32 players received at least one vote. The top two are identical to last year’s, but the rest of the group is mixed up, with four new receivers and a veteran player returning to the list after a few years out of the mix.

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Top 10 Open Receivers

Last season, 21 receivers surpassed 1,000 receiving yards, down from 27 the previous year, but still impressive. Last year’s rookie class featured several rising stars, one of whom debuted in the top seven and another who fought to break into the Top 10. The clear two-man race for number 1 features two stars who grew up 10 miles apart, played together at LSU, and trade blows for the number 1 spot here every year.

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Cornerbacks

The changing of the guard is a major theme in this year’s top 10 cornerbacks list, which features one player over 26 and six players aged 24 or younger. Several key figures from recent top 10 lists have fallen out of the elite; half of the players on the list are still on their rookie contracts. It seems that handling the rigors of matching up against the best receivers requires fresh legs.

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