2021 NFL Free Agency Rankings

Updated: February 10th

When the "legal tampering" period begins on Monday, March 15th, NFL franchises will be allowed to negotiate with NFL free agents. With the 2021 NFL league year officially beginning on Wednesday, March 17th at 4 PM ET, that is when NFL clubs can officially sign free agents.

Instead of ranking free agents ourselves, we took a look at a variety of sites to arrive at a consensus NFL free agency rankings.

Because we only know the players ranked, all players not ranked are assumed to be tied for the next spot just outside the rankings. For example, T.Y. Hilton was ranked by PFF (38) and The Athletic (27), but not ESPN or Sporting News. Since ESPN and Sporting News each ranked 50 free agents, Hilton had a rank of (tied for) 51st for ESPN and Sporting News. His overall total was 38 + 27 + 51 + 51 = 181.

As we get closer to the start of free agency, we will add more sources to our consensus rankings.

Players designed with the franchise tag and restricted free agents (RFAs) will be excluded from these consensus rankings.

Consensus Top 50 NFL Free Agents

Rank	Player	Pos.	Team	Total	PFF	ESPN	The Athletic	Sporting News
1	Dak Prescott	QB	Dallas Cowboys	4	1	1	1	1
2	Allen Robinson II	WR	Chicago Bears	18	3	10	2	3
3	Trent Williams	OT	San Francisco 49ers	19	5	2	6	6
4	Chris Godwin	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	20	2	13	3	2
5	Justin Simmons	S	Denver Broncos	24	6	9	4	5
6	Kenny Golladay	WR	Detroit Lions	29	4	8	8	9
7	Leonard Williams	IDL	New York Giants	37	19	3	5	10
8	Brandon Scherff	G	Washington Football Team	39	9	4	9	17
9	Shaquil Barrett	EDGE	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	43	14	15	10	4
10	Lavonte David	LB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	56	8	19	15	14
11	Hunter Henry	TE	Los Angeles Chargers	60	10	5	34	11
12	Taylor Moton	OT	Carolina Panthers	68	12	16	18	22
13	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	71	23	25	11	12
14	Joe Thuney	G	New England Patriots	75	13	20	19	23
15	Corey Linsley	C	Green Bay Packers	78	25	17	16	20
16	Aaron Jones	RB	Green Bay Packers	79	44	14	14	7
17	Corey Davis	WR	Tennessee Titans	80	24	18	20	18
18	Anthony Harris	S	Minnesota Vikings	82	7	36	31	8
19	Will Fuller V	WR	Houston Texans	83	11	30	29	13
20	Yannick Ngakoue	EDGE	Baltimore Ravens	88	45	6	7	30
21	Marcus Williams	S	New Orleans Saints	90	15	29	30	16
22	Bud Dupree	EDGE	Pittsburgh Steelers	95	55	7	12	21
23	William Jackson III	CB	Cincinnati Bengals	104	16	40	22	26
24	Matt Milano	LB	Buffalo Bills	108	37	23	21	27
25	Marcus Maye	S	New York Jets	110	21	33	25	31
26	John Johnson III	S	Los Angeles Rams	115	22	32	26	35
27	Jonnu Smith	TE	Tennessee Titans	117	31	11	35	40
28	Richard Sherman	CB	San Francisco 49ers	119	18	43	43	15
29	Desmond King II	CB	Tennessee Titans	123	20	26	48	29
30	Shaquill Griffin	CB	Seattle Seahawks	128	36	28	23	41
31	Carl Lawson	EDGE	Cincinnati Bengals	130	27	46	24	33
32	Alejandro Villanueva	OT	Pittsburgh Steelers	133	33	21	40	39
33	Curtis Samuel	WR	Carolina Panthers	141	43	27	33	38
34	Leonard Floyd	EDGE	Los Angeles Rams	144	58	35	17	34
35	Matthew Judon	EDGE	Baltimore Ravens	148	73	34	13	28
36	Trey Hendrickson	EDGE	New Orleans Saints	149	59	12	27	NR
37	Jadeveon Clowney	EDGE	Tennessee Titans	151	30	47	42	32
38	Melvin Ingram III	EDGE	Los Angeles Chargers	155	54	44	38	19
39	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR	Detroit Lions	164	47	41	NR	25
40	Mike Hilton	CB	Pittsburgh Steelers	165	26	NR	NR	37
41	Troy Hill	CB	Los Angeles Rams	167	41	NR	NR	24
42	Dalvin Tomlinson	IDL	New York Giants	168	39	NR	36	42
43	Ryan Fitzpatrick	QB	Miami Dolphins	169	17	NR	NR	50
44	Russell Okung	OT	Carolina Panthers	177	32	NR	NR	43
45	Jameis Winston	QB	New Orleans Saints	178	28	NR	NR	48
46	T.Y. Hilton	WR	Indianapolis Colts	181	38	NR	41	NR
47	Antonio Brown	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	182	29	NR	NR	NR
48	Chidobe Awuzie	CB	Dallas Cowboys	183	42	39	NR	NR
49	Shelby Harris	IDL	Denver Broncos	184	46	NR	NR	36
49	Cam Newton	QB	New England Patriots	184	34	49	50	NR

[Sources (# ranked): PFF (150), ESPN (50), The Athletic (50), Sporting News (50).]