Jordan Love’s place at No. 72 in the NFL Top 100 has sparked a fair debate, and Micah Parsons has already made clear that he thinks the Green Bay Packers quarterback belongs much higher. The ranking is notable not just because it places Love outside the top tier, but because it reflects how his peers viewed a season in which his efficiency improved even as his raw passing totals fell.
The NFL Top 100 is an annual preseason list voted on by current NFL players during the prior season, which gives it a different kind of credibility. On July 10, the league revealed the section covering players ranked 80th through 71st, and Love came in at No. 72. That was down from No. 34 and No. 68 in the previous two years, continuing a slide in the eyes of his fellow players even though his 2025 numbers were stronger in several key areas.
Why Love’s ranking stands out
Love completed 66.3 percent of his passes, threw for 3,381 yards, and had 23 touchdown passes across 17 games. He also finished with 72.7 in QBR and a 101.2 passer rating, with six interceptions, and those figures placed him third in the NFL in QBR and sixth in passer rating. On performance, there is a strong case that Love was more efficient than the ranking suggests.
That is why Parsons’ reaction landed so quickly. Posting on X, he defended Love by saying: “71 players in the NFL aren’t better than Jordan Love!” It was a blunt public endorsement, but one that matched what the numbers suggest about Love’s place in the league right now.
The trend in his Top 100 standing
Even with those gains, Love’s ranking has declined in each of the last three years. He was No. 34 before dropping to No. 68, and now sits at No. 72. That pattern tells its own story: the Packers quarterback may have improved his efficiency, but he has not yet fully convinced the league’s players that he belongs among the NFL’s established elite.
The rest of the Top 100 will continue to be revealed in stages, with the final 10 players due each weekday from Aug. 24 to Sept. 4. For Love, the immediate question is less about the number itself and more about whether he can turn strong underlying production into a ranking that better matches his standing on the field. The debate around him is likely to continue, especially after Parsons chose to say out loud what many will now be thinking.
