The countdown to naming the NFL Top 100 Players of 2025 concluded on Monday evening, with the top 10 players revealed on social media. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was a near-lock to land within the 10 best players, but just how high he’d rise was, well, up in the air. It turns out, he’s not even the league’s best quarterback according to his peers.
After a successful NFL MVP campaign in 2024, Allen lands at three. Finishing ahead of Allen were quarterback Lamar Jackson at two, and running
back Saquon Barkley at one. The annual list is voted on by players from across the NFL who compile their own lists between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
Allen shot up the ranks this season after finishing nine spots lower at 12 for 2024. Still, it’s perhaps a bit shocking to those outside the NFL that Allen didn’t finish at one, and wasn’t even voted as the best quarterback in the league.
On Sunday, September 7, the Bills open up their 2025 season playing hosts to Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. It’s a rematch of last season’s Divisional Round playoff game, which Buffalo won to advance to the AFC Championship Game. Now, two of the NFL’s top three players will meet again to get the season started in the most fitting way possible.
Other Bills joining Allen in 2025 are running back James Cook (who made his debut at 89), and left tackle Dion Dawkins (his second appearance on the annual list, slotting in at 42).
