Top 2025 NFL players by jersey number: From Roquan Smith to Leonard Williams, a 0-99 ranking of the best
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Which standouts 'own' their respective jersey numbers?
Jersey numbers don't win games on Sundays. But they sure make up a big part of the NFL conversation. They're inseparable from some of the game's biggest superstars. When Tom Brady dominated the quarterback position, he set unreachable standards for No. 12. When Lamar Jackson flies down the sidelines on a highlight-reel scramble, he justifies the countless purple No. 8s across Baltimore.
Which got us thinking: Which players best represent each of the available jersey numbers in the NFL today? Who has the honor of making Brady's old No. 12 look good in 2025? And are there any legitimate challengers for Jackson's No. 8? How about more obscure numbers, like No. 19 and No. 46 and No. 67? Or perpetually popular picks like No. 7?
We decided to comb through every single team, every single roster, every single jersey number, to identify the best players at each number going into the 2025 campaign. We started at 0 and worked our way, one by one, to 99, making the case for each player as the best representative for their respective jersey:
