Aaron Rodgers Cracks NFL's All-Time Top 100 as He Enters His Final Season
Rodgers is one of just four active players on the list. He's coming off a 227-point PPR season in Pittsburgh at age 42 — here's what that means for your draft.
Legacy pick, not a fantasy starter — QB19 upside in a farewell year.
- Rodgers ranked #42 all-time, #19 among active QBs
- Only 4 active players on the top-100 list
- 227 PPR points across 16 games in 2025
- 3,322 pass yds, 24 TD, 7 INT last season
- Josh Allen (#6) and Lamar Jackson (#39) not yet on list
Aaron Rodgers landed at No. 42 on a freshly published ranking of the 100 greatest players in NFL history, one of only four active names to make the cut as he heads into what's expected to be his final season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The list, which puts Tom Brady and Jerry Rice at the top, frames 2026 as the closing chapter of a career stretching across the league's 107-year history.
For fantasy purposes, the more interesting number isn't the historical ranking — it's the stat line Rodgers just posted at 42. In 16 games last season (2025) he threw for 3,322 yards with 24 touchdowns and just 7 interceptions, adding a rushing score, good for 227 PPR points. That's a real result, and it slots him at QB19 in our current positional model.
The ranking notes that younger stars like Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson could eventually break into all-time territory but haven't done enough yet. On the field, that gap is obvious. Allen sits at No. 6 overall on the historical list and No. 2 among active QBs, and his 2025 output backs it up.
What The Numbers Actually Say
Allen put up 365 PPR points last season (2025) across 17 games — 3,668 passing yards, 25 TDs, plus 579 rushing yards and 14 rushing scores. Jackson, currently No. 39 all-time, managed 233 PPR points in just 13 games with a stunning 21-to-0 TD-to-INT ratio. Both are QB1-caliber fantasy assets. Rodgers, for all the legacy shine, is not in that tier.
The wrinkle for Pittsburgh managers is form. Rodgers' last five games came in +1.6 fantasy points per game above his season average — a rare positive trend for a veteran QB, and a sign he wasn't cratering into the offseason. That's encouraging for a farewell tour, but 227 points over a full year is still streaming-level production, not a set-and-forget QB1.
The fantasy call: don't reach for the storyline. Rodgers is a SIT in one-QB leagues and a matchup-dependent option in superflex, where his QB19 profile and modest ceiling make him a late-round dart at best. Draft Allen or Jackson if you want a quarterback who wins your week; take Rodgers if you want a discount and a nice retirement narrative to tell your league.
