The NFL Network top 100 players as of the summer of 2012, voted on by active NFL players. All stats are from the 2012 season
2012 NFL Top 100
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Rank | Pos | Player | Tm | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Solo | Sk | Int |
1 | QB | Aaron Rodgers | GNB | 16 | 16 | 371 | 552 | 4295 | 39 | 8 | 54 | 259 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2 | QB | Drew Brees | NOR | 16 | 16 | 422 | 670 | 5177 | 43 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
3 | WR | Calvin Johnson | DET | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 1964 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
4 | QB | Tom Brady | NWE | 16 | 16 | 401 | 637 | 4827 | 34 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
5 | CB | Darrelle Revis | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 |
6 | LB | DeMarcus Ware | DAL | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11.5 | 0 |
7 | WR | Larry Fitzgerald | ARI | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 798 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
8 | RB | Adrian Peterson | MIN | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 348 | 2097 | 12 | 40 | 217 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
9 | DT | Haloti Ngata | BAL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5.0 | 0 |
10 | LB | Patrick Willis | SFO | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 0.5 | 2 |
11 | LB | Terrell Suggs | BAL | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.0 | 0 |
12 | RB | Maurice Jones-Drew | JAX | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 414 | 1 | 14 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
13 | DE | Jared Allen | MIN | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 |
14 | TE | Jimmy Graham | NOR | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 982 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
15 | WR | Andre Johnson | HOU | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 1598 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
16 | S | Ed Reed | BAL | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.0 | 4 |
17 | DE | Justin Smith | SFO | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3.0 | 0 |
18 | RB | LeSean McCoy | PHI | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 840 | 2 | 54 | 373 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
19 | S | Troy Polamalu | PIT | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.0 | 1 |
20 | LB | Ray Lewis | BAL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1.0 | 0 |
21 | TE | Rob Gronkowski | NWE | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 790 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
22 | RB | Ray Rice | BAL | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 1143 | 9 | 61 | 478 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
23 | WR | Wes Welker | NWE | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 118 | 1354 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
24 | DE | Jason Pierre-Paul | NYG | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6.5 | 1 |
25 | RB | Arian Foster | HOU | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 351 | 1424 | 15 | 40 | 217 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
26 | DE | Julius Peppers | CHI | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 11.5 | 0 |
27 | LB | Clay Matthews | GNB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13.0 | 0 |
28 | RB | Frank Gore | SFO | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 1214 | 8 | 28 | 234 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
29 | LB | James Harrison | PIT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6.0 | 0 |
30 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | 13 | 13 | 284 | 449 | 3265 | 26 | 8 | 26 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
31 | QB | Eli Manning | NYG | 16 | 16 | 321 | 536 | 3948 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
32 | G | Jahri Evans | NOR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
33 | RB | Matt Forte | CHI | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 1094 | 5 | 44 | 340 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
34 | DE | Tamba Hali | KAN | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9.0 | 0 |
35 | WR | Steve Smith Sr. | CAR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 73 | 1174 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
36 | CB | Charles Woodson | GNB | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1.5 | 1 |
37 | RB | Steven Jackson | STL | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 1045 | 4 | 38 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
38 | DT | Ndamukong Suh | DET | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 |
39 | WR | Victor Cruz | NYG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 1092 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
40 | QB | Cam Newton | CAR | 16 | 16 | 280 | 485 | 3869 | 19 | 12 | 127 | 741 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
41 | QB | Matthew Stafford | DET | 16 | 16 | 435 | 727 | 4967 | 20 | 17 | 35 | 126 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
42 | T | Jason Peters | |||||||||||||||||
43 | TE | Vernon Davis | SFO | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 548 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
44 | DE | Jason Babin | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
45 | FB | Vonta Leach | BAL | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 21 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
46 | CB | Champ Bailey | DEN | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0.0 | 2 |
47 | WR | Mike Wallace | PIT | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 836 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
48 | WR | Devin Hester | CHI | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 242 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
49 | C | Maurkice Pouncey | PIT | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
50 | QB | Peyton Manning | DEN | 16 | 16 | 400 | 583 | 4659 | 37 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
51 | LB | Brian Urlacher | CHI | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0.0 | 1 |
52 | LB | Von Miller | DEN | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18.5 | 1 |
53 | TE | Tony Gonzalez | ATL | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 930 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
54 | LB | Brian Cushing | HOU | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 | 1 |
55 | CB | Patrick Peterson | ARI | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 52 | 0.0 | 7 |
56 | WR | Greg Jennings | GNB | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 366 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
57 | DE | Trent Cole | PHI | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 |
58 | LB | Jonathan Vilma | NOR | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.0 | 1 |
59 | T | Jake Long | MIA | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
60 | RB | Darren McFadden | OAK | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 707 | 2 | 42 | 258 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
61 | QB | Philip Rivers | SDG | 16 | 16 | 338 | 527 | 3606 | 26 | 15 | 27 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
62 | DE | Justin Tuck | NYG | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4.0 | 0 |
63 | LB | LaMarr Woodley | PIT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4.0 | 1 |
64 | G | Logan Mankins | NWE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
65 | WR | Roddy White | ATL | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1351 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
66 | S | Earl Thomas | SEA | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0.0 | 3 |
67 | T | Joe Staley | SFO | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
68 | DE | Elvis Dumervil | DEN | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 11.0 | 0 |
69 | CB | Carlos Rogers | SFO | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1.0 | 1 |
70 | QB | Michael Vick | PHI | 10 | 10 | 204 | 351 | 2362 | 12 | 10 | 62 | 332 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
71 | WR | DeSean Jackson | PHI | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 | 45 | 700 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
72 | LB | Lance Briggs | CHI | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.5 | 2 |
73 | CB | Johnathan Joseph | HOU | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0.0 | 2 |
74 | QB | Joe Flacco | BAL | 16 | 16 | 317 | 531 | 3817 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
75 | TE | Jason Witten | DAL | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 1039 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
76 | G | Carl Nicks | TAM | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
77 | WR | A.J. Green | CIN | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 97 | 1350 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
78 | LB | Derrick Johnson | KAN | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 2.0 | 0 |
79 | CB | Nnamdi Asomugha | PHI | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.0 | 1 |
80 | WR | Jordy Nelson | GNB | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 745 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
81 | DT | Vince Wilfork | NWE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.0 | 0 |
82 | T | Joe Thomas | CLE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
83 | RB | Fred Jackson | BUF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 437 | 3 | 34 | 217 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
84 | DE | Chris Long | STL | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11.5 | 0 |
85 | LB | NaVorro Bowman | SFO | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 2.0 | 1 |
86 | RB | Darren Sproles | NOR | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 244 | 1 | 75 | 667 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
87 | LB | London Fletcher | WAS | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 3.0 | 5 |
88 | RB | Michael Turner | ATL | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 800 | 10 | 19 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
89 | DE | Dwight Freeney | IND | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 |
90 | WR | Hakeem Nicks | NYG | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 692 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
91 | QB | Tony Romo | DAL | 16 | 16 | 425 | 648 | 4903 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
92 | FB | John Kuhn | GNB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 63 | 1 | 15 | 148 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
93 | CB | Cortland Finnegan | STL | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 1.0 | 3 |
94 | RB | Marshawn Lynch | SEA | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 315 | 1590 | 11 | 23 | 196 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
95 | QB | Tim Tebow | NYJ | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
96 | LB | D'Qwell Jackson | CLE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3.5 | 2 |
97 | T | Donald Penn | TAM | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
98 | RB | Willis McGahee | DEN | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 731 | 4 | 26 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
99 | C | Ryan Kalil | CAR | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
100 | RB | Chris Johnson | TEN | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 1243 | 6 | 36 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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