We're nearing the end of the 2025 NFL Season, as the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will take us home this year in Super Bowl LX. On paper, the Seahawks are the better team and should win this one, but the Patriots do have the quarterback advantage.
And that's what we're going to focus on. Today's NFL is very quarterback-driven. Quarterbacks win the MVP award most every single season, and the Super Bowl champion is almost always quarterbacked by a top-5 player at the position. That's simply how the league has been trending the past 10 years or so.
Ahead of the final game of the 2025 NFL Season, Super Bowl LX, we've power-ranked the 10 best quarterbacks in the NFL to wrap up our 2025 power ranking frenzy. For the rankings, we simply looked at the total body of work this year and did not at all give any consideration to any prior accomplishments.
Updated top 10 quarterback rankings as Super Bowl LX approaches
10. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs missed the playoffs this year, and if 2025 showed us anything, it's that Mahomes continues to carry, no, drag this Chiefs team to success. Kansas City needs a major influx of talent in the offseason, but Mahomes is still largely the great quarterback we know him to be.
He tore his ACL and wasn't able to finish the season, and he didn't exactly light things up this year, so we can't rank him too high, but he still deserves respect as one of the very best in the league.
9. Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers
Justin Herbert's numbers were not spectacular this year, but he was dealing with one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL, but despite that, he led the Los Angeles Chargers into the playoffs. Herbert had another playoff stinker, but that's beside the point here. Herbert is a good player, and many NFL teams would love to have him as their starting quarterback.
8. Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers
Jordan Love had a very efficient season for the Green Bay Packers in 2025 and really has everything a franchise could want in a quarterback. The Packers kind of sputtered to the finish line thanks to a ton of injuries, and also blew a huge lead in the Wild Card Round to the Chicago Bears.
Nonetheless, Love has a high ceiling as a passer and is someone who can throw on the run and make a lot happen with his legs. He's no. 8 in our quarterback rankings.
7. Bo Nix, Denver Broncos
It became abundantly clear just how good Bo Nix really is during the tail end of the Divisional Round, when the Denver Broncos beat the Buffalo Bills. Nix had to simply take that game into his own hands and go with in without a run game. The Broncos then faced the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game the following week, and not having Nix in the lineup again showed us how good the Broncos have it with their QB.
Sure, the numbers are not out of this world, but it's not some silly coincidence that the Broncos have won 24 regular season games over the past two seasons with Nix at the helm. He is every bit of a franchise quarterback.
6. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills
Josh Allen did have one of the league's best offensive lines and a top-tier running game in 2025, but we're still talking about Josh Allen, here. One of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the history of the NFL, Allen continues to churn out great seasons and do damage with his arm and on the ground.
Sure, the continual playoff exits are beginning to make us question if Allen will ever be able to win a Super Bowl, but in 2025, more than other seasons, Allen was really carrying this team. Buffalo just did not have enough competent playmakers at all, yet Allen and the Bills did nearly beat the Broncos in the Divisional Round.
5. Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars
If you look at what Trevor Lawrence did in the back half of the 2025 NFL Season, you'll understand why he's ranked this high. In fact, let me show you here. Lawrence was out of this world over the final six games of the regular season:
6-0
121/192
1,600 yards
19 total touchdowns
1 interception
113.2 passer rating
If the Jacksonville Jaguars offense continues to make strides into 2026, Lawrence is going to quickly emerge as an obvious MVP candidate.
4. Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys
Because the Dallas Cowboys did not make the playoffs, I don't believe we truly understand how good Dak Prescott was. Prescott has this neat trend where he tends to have an excellent season the year after a notable injury or a 'down' year. That was the case in 2025, and if the Cowboys can just figure out how to field a competent defense, this team is going to be a juggernaut in 2026.
3. Jared Goff, Detroit Lions
Another quarterback who played out of his mind but did not get into the playoffs, Jared Goff had another efficient season for the Detroit Lions. Goff tossed 34 touchdowns, threw for 4,564 yards, and had a 105.5 passer rating. About 30 other teams would have loved to have had that kind of production from their starting quarterback in 2025.
Goff is a pure pocket passer, so he doesn't necessarily have the pizazz that the dual-threat quarterbacks have in today's league.
2. Drake Maye, New England Patriots
Just narrowly missing out on the MVP, Drake Maye is no. 2 in our power rankings and is playing for a Super Bowl title in year two, which is unheard of. Maye and the New England Patriots went from one of the worst teams in the NFL in 2024 to one of the best in 2025. Sure, there were parts of Maye's game that have to be improved going forward, but he was consistently excellent all year.
1. Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams
The no. 1 spot in our quarterback power rankings as 2025 closes out belongs to Matthew Stafford, who won the MVP award. Stafford led the league with 46 touchdowns, but the Los Angeles Rams could not get past the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC title game.
Stafford played the best football of his career at age 37 and confirmed his return for 2026. There really isn't a lot more to say here - Stafford was the best passer in the league this year, and the MVP proves it.