The Best NFL Players Of 2022

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Vote up the best NFL players based on their skills in 2022.

Who are the best NFL players in 2022? We're ranking all of the National Football League's top players and NFL stars playing in 2022. Who can say while a football player still plays whether their good years are in front of them or behind them? And harder still to compare their merits in comparison to other players who may be injured, have overall less experience playing professionally, or are just going through a slump. But, who is the best NFL player of 2022? Which NFL players do you love to watch in 2022? 

When it comes to the best active player in the NFL today, Patrick Mahomes and Cooper Kupp, two of the NFL's most recent Super Bowl MVPs deserve to be high up in the rankings, but a number of other challengers for the title—such as the 2021-22 NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers. Not to mention NFL stars linebacker T.J. Watt, quarterbacks Josh Allen and Joe Burrow, and running back Derrick Henry.

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  • Justin Jefferson
    Photo: Minnesota Vikings / Instagram

    Jefferson's only been in the NFL for two seasons and he already feels like a ten-year pro. Not only has the WR been a Pro Bowler in both years, he's also earned Second-team All-Pro honors twice. After putting up ludicrous numbers in his rookie season - 88 grabs, 1,400 yards, 7 TDs - Jefferson followed that up in year two by going for 108 catches, 1,616 yards, and 10 TDs! Jefferson is the real deal. With former L.A. Rams OC Kevin O'Connell taking over as head coach in Minnesota, it's possible the key to unlocking this versatile and multifaceted Vikings offense, could happen by turning Justin Jefferson into the next Cooper Kupp.

    • Position: Wide receiver
    • Birthplace: Destrehan, Louisiana
    • Teams: Minnesota Vikings
  • Travis Kelce
    Photo: Kansas City Chiefs / Instagram
    2
    301 votes

    Travis Kelce

    Travis Kelce is one of the NFL's real cheat codes for real. He's a seven-time Pro Bowler, six-time All-Pro, a Super Bowl champion, and a member of the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team. The accolades speak for themselves because they're based on insane statistics, even nine years into his NFL career. The speedy and tough-over-the-middle tight end has put up six straight 80-catch, 1,000-yard seasons, with an average of 8 TDs per season over that span. He's also become the filthiest security valve, auto-catch, Konami command for Patrick Mahomes, as the Kansas City Chiefs continue to rack up wins and build their dynasty. 

    • Position: Tight end
    • Birthplace: Westlake, Ohio, USA
    • Teams: Kansas City Chiefs
  • Tyreek Hill
    Photo: All-Pro Reels / Flickr / CC-BY 2.0
    3
    262 votes

    To earn a nickname like "Cheetah," you've gotta be damn fast. Like never lost a race fast. Well, that was what we all thought about Tyreek Hill up until this year, when the sixth year WR admitted at his sixth Pro Bowl, that when Hill was a senior in high school he raced at the Junior Olympics in Catalina, Spain, where he lost a race to "this dude named Degrasse." As in Adam Degrasse, the reigning 200 M Gold Medalist from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The same Adam Degrasse who was only beaten by Usain Bolt in the 2016 Rio Olympics. By the power of deduction, that means there's only two people faster than Tyreek Hill in the world - and they're both Olympic gold medallist sprinters! Yeah, so anyway, Tyreek Hill is a great wide receiver and that is all.

    • Position: Wide Receiver
    • Birthplace: Pearson, Georgia
    • Teams: Miami Dolphins
  • Patrick Mahomes II
    Photo: Chiefs / Instagram
    4
    480 votes

    Patrick Mahomes II

    The Super Bowl LIV MVP and Champion is one of the funnest NFL players to watch in 2022. With an NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year Award already under his belt, the fifth year pro is the future of the NFL at the quarterback position. Mahomes rocket arm and undeniable leadership will one day have his name atop lists of the All Time greats. 

    • Position: Quarterback
    • Birthplace: Tyler, Texas
    • Teams: Kansas City Chiefs
  • Joe Burrow
    Photo: Cincinnati Bengals / Instagram
    5
    323 votes

    Only two quarterbacks in football history have won a college football national championship and a Super Bowl as the lone starting QB for their teams. Joe Namath and Joe Montana did it. Joe Burrow came damn close in only his second NFL season, until superstar Aaron Donald had other plans. The sky's the limit for Burrow, whose only downside is his team's dire need to draft more offensive linemen. Can Burrow get Cincy back to the Super Bowl in a stacked AFC where he'll be competing against the likes of Pat Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, and Justin Herbert every year for possibly the next decade? Time will tell, but at least it will be fun as hell watching Burrow laser TDs to Ja'Marr Chase for the foreseeable future.

    • Position: Quarterback
    • Birthplace: Ames, Iowa
    • Teams: Cincinnati Bengals
  • Josh Allen
    Photo: Buffalo Bills / Instagram
    6
    462 votes

    It had to sting for Josh Allen to sit at home watching the Super Bowl, knowing how close his Bills were this season, following a tight loss to Kansas City in the second round of the NFL playoffs. But the two-time Pro Bowler has plenty to be proud of, as the Bills franchise record holder for regular season passing yards and touchdowns in addition to the first NFL quarterback to have a touchdown-scoring drive on every offensive possession of a game. How's that for one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL right now?

    • Position: Quarterback
    • Birthplace: Firebaugh, California
    • Teams: Buffalo Bills