Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes Brutally Honest on Top 100 NFL Player List
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Every year, a list is compiled by NFL players, where they essentially rank their teammates and opponents. The Top 100 NFL Players list is already starting to roll out with players like Tua Tagovailoa, James Cook, Zach Allen, and more revealed so far.
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Though the list is often up for debate, there are players who just don't see the value in it. One such player is Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Mahomes joined "The Kay Adams Show," where he discussed the Top 100 NFL Players list and was brutally honest about what it means to him.
"At the end of the day all I'm trying to do is win Super Bowls and I don't care where I am on that list — no offense.'
Patrick Mahomes on the NFL Top 100 List
pic.twitter.com/u2riJRbO5G — Kay Adams (@heykayadams) July 7, 2025
When host Kay Adams talks about Mahomes' relationship with the list, coyly inferring that the Chiefs quarterback has been ranked all over the place, he is honest about not caring at all where he is ranked on it.
"I know it's a year-by-year thing. There is a lot of great quarterbacks, a lot of great players in this league. They can rank me wherever they rank me. At the end of the day all I'm trying to do is win Super Bowls, and I don't care where I am on that list — no offense."
Mahomes has the right attitude regarding the Top 100 NFL Player list. In fact, he has been ranked No. 1 two different times, but he has also been ranked fourth in 2023, eighth in 2022, and fourth in 2020.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts prior to a game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on November 24, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts prior to a game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on November 24, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Simply put, Mahomes has been in the top 10 on the list for many years, but nobody would argue that he is the best quarterback in the league. He is viewed as the best player in the league as well.
The reasoning behind Mahomes being viewed as the best player in the league is that he sets himself apart by his play. Even in the 2024 NFL season, the Chiefs were hampered by injuries.
Isaiah Pacheco, Hollywood Brown, and Juju Smith-Schuster all dealt with injuries, leaving Mahomes with a rotating cast of offensive pass catchers. Despite losing multiple players for weeks at a time, the Chiefs were able to make it to the Super Bowl for the third year in a row.
Sadly, the Chiefs were routed by the Philadelphia Eagles and were not able to be the first team in NFL history to complete the coveted threepeat, but they still made it to the big game.
Kansas City continues to be the team to beat in the AFC, and a big reason for that is Mahomes. He is arguably the best clutch player in the NFL, and ranking him anywhere on the Top 100 list wouldn't matter.
Mahomes is on a trajectory similar to Tom Brady, and the Chiefs star has been to five Super Bowls since becoming the starter. Simply put, he is special, and no list will ever take that away.
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