2025 NFL Quarterback Rankings, All 32 Teams

As a feature in the 2025 Sharp Football Preview Book, the Sharp Football Analysis team ranked positional units across the league for the 2025 season.

The ranking guidelines were specific to the voter, with the only requirement that the focus be on the upcoming season only, not the future outlook.

With a combination of numbers, film, and projections, the rankings were averaged for quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers/tight ends, offensive line, defensive front seven, defensive secondary, and head coach.

Next up: 2025 NFL quarterback rankings.

2025 NFL Quarterback Rankings

Score based on average ranks of positional unit (on a 100-point scale) for all 32 teams, from Sharp Football staff voters. If all voters had a team at #1, that score would be 100. 

What team has the best quarterbacks in the NFL?

32. New Orleans Saints

Derek Carr’s surprise retirement announcement pushed the Saints to the bottom in our quarterback rankings. Currently, rookie second-round pick Tyler Shough is expected to start. 

31. Cleveland Browns

Cleveland’s quarterback situation ranked no higher than 29th on any ballot, and despite having two rookies on the roster, there isn’t much upside. With two first-round picks next year, Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, and Shedeur Sanders are almost certainly just here to keep the seat warm for an early draft pick in 2026. 

30. Indianapolis Colts

Indy’s quarterback situation ranked no higher than 27th on any ballot. It would help if someone on the roster could throw, rather than stockpiling runners who can’t make plays from the pocket. Anthony Richardson’s completion rate over expected (-11.3%) ranked dead last out of 43 qualified quarterbacks last year. 

29. New York Jets

Votes for the quarterback situation ranged from 26th to 30th, so we don’t have a ton of confidence in Justin Fields, but a leap in production is possible as this might be the most talented offense and best offensive line he’s played with in his five-year career. 

28. New York Giants

The Giants had a lot of turnover at the quarterback position, moving on from Daniel Jones and adding Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, and Jaxson Dart. Wilson is coming off his best season since leaving Seattle, but that’s a low bar.

27. Tennessee Titans

The selection of Cam Ward obviously elevates the long-term ceiling of the quarterback position in Tennessee, but we’re skeptical it yields short-term results. Votes for the quarterback room ranged from 22nd to 31st. 

26. Minnesota Vikings

Quarterback was the lowest ranked group on Minnesota’s roster as the Vikings turn things over to J.J. McCarthy following his lost rookie season. Coming in at 26th in our rankings, this is two spots lower than we ranked Sam Darnold last season.

25. Pittsburgh Steelers

We’re throwing in the towel on Aaron Rodgers. When dropping back in a clean pocket, Rodgers averaged 6.8 yards per attempt last year, ranked 33rd out of 39 qualifiers, and now he’s playing behind a worse offensive line. 

24. Carolina Panthers

Bryce Young did lose his starting job early last season, but returned to the starting lineup and showed improvement down the stretch, finishing with a passer rating of 111.6 in the final three games.

22. Seattle Seahawks

The Seahawks shipped out Geno Smith and signed Sam Darnold to a big contract this offseason, but that move led to a two position drop in this year’s rankings. 

22. Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta will turn the keys of the offense over to Michael Penix after he started the final three games of 2024. Kirk Cousins remains on the roster as the backup, but Atlanta’s quarterbacks dropped 10 spots in our rankings, down to 22 this year.

21. New England Patriots

We’re optimistic about Drake Maye’s future, but he still only has 12 starts under his belt and is adjusting to a new coaching staff. We’re not expecting huge strides in Year 2, as the Patriots quarterback situation ranked outside the top half of the league on every ballot. 

19. Las Vegas Raiders

Voters weren’t sure what to make of the Raiders quarterback situation, with votes ranging from 13th to 26th. There’s certainly a ceiling for 34-year-old Geno Smith, but he’s also among the most reliable middle-tier quarterbacks in the league. Smith faced more dropbacks versus pressure than anyone in the league last year but completed 57% of his passes under duress, ranked fourth. 

19. Denver Broncos

Denver’s quarterback room jumped 10 spots from last year, so Bo Nix won us over to a degree. However, Nix still didn’t rank higher than 16th on any ballot. On a positive note, Nix handled pressure well 一 he took a sack on just 13% of his dropbacks under pressure, the ninth lowest rate. That bodes well for his continued development. 

17. Jacksonville Jaguars

To take the next step, Trevor Lawrence needs to make better decisions under pressure. Although he tends to get the ball out quickly (fourth fastest time to throw in the league), he’s too easily frozen by pressure, taking a sack on 20% of his dropbacks against pressure (ranked 24th).

17. Chicago Bears

Caleb Williams didn’t take the world by storm as a rookie, finishing 10th in Offensive Rookie of the Year voting and taking a league high 68 sacks. He finished 17th in this year’s rankings, one spot ahead of where he was a year ago.

16. Miami Dolphins

Miami dropped five spots in our quarterback rankings from last year, though it has more to do with injuries and a lack of depth than the performance of Tua Tagovailoa. It seems ill-advised to have Zach Wilson and seventh-round pick Quinn Ewers backing up a quarterback who missed six games last year and at least four games in three of his four full seasons as the starter. 

15. Arizona Cardinals

Kyler Murray played every game for just the third time in his career in 2024. In 17 games, Murray scored 26 total touchdowns and set a career high in total QBR. As a result, he jumped up inside the top half of our rankings.

14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Baker Mayfield has found a home in Tampa Bay, earning MVP votes last season and jumping to number 14 in our quarterback rankings. 

13. Dallas Cowboys

Dak Prescott was limited to just eight starts in 2024 due to injury, but he posted a career low 45.3 total QBR when healthy. As a result, the Cowboys tumbled down to 13th in our rankings, the biggest fall for a team that retained their starter.

12. San Francisco 49ers

Brock Purdy went through some struggles in 2024, but he was still rewarded with a huge contract extension this offseason. However, he did fall two spots in our rankings to No. 12. 

11. Detroit Lions

Jared Goff finished fifth in MVP voting last season, but he ranks 11th in our QB rankings, the lowest spot for any Lions unit in 2025. In the last two seasons, Goff has the second most touchdown passes in the NFL and ranks third in yards per completion. Only Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson had a higher EPA per play than Goff in 2024.

10. Green Bay Packers

At quarterback, Jordan Love enters his third year as the team’s starter. Love missed two games last year due to an ankle injury but saw his total QBR jump from 62.1 to 69.3. As a result, he jumped from 12th to 10th in this year’s rankings.

9. Houston Texans

C.J. Stroud dropped four spots in our quarterback rankings after a disappointing sophomore year, but he remained in the top 10 on every ballot. He’ll have his work cut out for him this year behind a patchwork offensive line. 

8. Los Angeles Rams

Matthew Stafford is healthy again and is a top 10 quarterback for another season. Since his injury-plagued 2022, Stafford has thrown 44 touchdowns over the last two seasons.

7. Washington Commanders

Jayden Daniels’ outstanding rookie season was enough to jump him into our top 10, 14 spots ahead of where he was before last season. 

6. Los Angeles Chargers

Quarterback is the Chargers’ top-ranked unit, a good place to be from a team-building perspective. Justin Herbert is knocking on the door of the top tier of quarterbacks, but he only received one vote in the top five. 

5. Philadelphia Eagles

At quarterback, Jalen Hurts cracked the top five, jumping up three spots from a year ago. Despite posting a career low 198 passing yards per game, Hurts tied his career high in yards per pass attempt while totaling 32 touchdowns in the regular season. 

4. Cincinnati Bengals

Despite an outstanding season, Joe Burrow dropped from second to fourth compared to our rankings from a year ago. Burrow remains among the league’s best downfield passers, completing 52% of his throws of 15 or more yards last season, ranked third. 

3. Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore's quarterback room was ranked between second and fourth on every ballot. Not only is Lamar Jackson a perennial MVP candidate, but the addition of Cooper Rush gives Baltimore a proven backup who will be an upgrade over journeyman Josh Johnson. 

2. Buffalo Bills

Josh Allen is the reason the Bills can rise above average play at other areas on the roster. Allen even received one first-place vote 一 the first time in our five years compiling these unit ranks that Patrick Mahomes was not a unanimous choice at the top. 

1. Kansas City Chiefs

Patrick Mahomes remains our top-ranked quarterback 一 a position he’s held each of the five years we’ve compiled these rankings. However, it was not a unanimous decision for the first time, with Josh Allen receiving one vote.