Over the course of the 2025 season, SumerSports’ advanced artificial intelligence tracked every tenth of every second of every snap. Each snap played by every player was scored and aggregated to the season level with the goal of gauging how rare that player’s performance was in the context of history.  

This process is best applied when listing an All-Pro Team given it effectively ranks players and gives us a perspective into the performance of entire position groups. 

SumerScores are presented using scouting language, designed to explain performances in terms of awards and depth chart positions. 

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This list was compiled using ONLY SumerScores, with no outside information. All other stats referenced in this article are given for explanatory purposes.

Quarterback

The Most Valuable Player in 2025 was Drake Maye. Maye earned a Player of the Year-level SumerScore and was the only quarterback to have over a Pro Bowl caliber score. Maye also dominated in more traditional analytics, leading the league in Total Quarterback Expected Points Added and Expected Points Added Per Play for quarterbacks with over 100 plays. Despite this, Maye is not the favorite for the Most Valuable Player award on FanDuel or Kalshi.

In a relatively down year for quarterbacks, the second team quarterback, Trevor Lawrence –at least according to SumerScore—is likely not worthy historically of an All-Pro spot. Lawrence, who is currently 3rd in Most Valuable Player odds, ended the season on an absolute heater, earning 6 straight quality starts including 3 blue-chip SumerScore games, the longest streak of any quarterback.

Notable omission and current MVP frontrunner, Matthew Stafford, is in the same Pro Bowl SumerScore range but is slightly percentile ranked below as scored by his per play performance.

Running Back

Both Christian McCaffrey and Bijan Robinson end the year with a Player of The Year worthy performance. In fact, they have nearly the same count of each game SumerScore as well. Both have 1 rough game, 2 above average games, 7 quality starts, and 7 blue chip games. However, McCaffrey’s blue-chip games included 1 more Player-of-the-Week level performance than Robinson.

Interestingly, neither of these players were immensely efficient on the ground, as they were 20th and 24th in Expected Points Added Per Rush amongst players with 150 or more rushes. However, they both added value to an immense degree in the receiving game. McCaffrey and Robinson were the only players with over 19.5% Target Share at the running back position, with McCaffrey shouldering an astounding 23.5% of the 49ers’ targets when active.

Wide Receiver

Puka Nacua narrowly (0.001%) beat Jaxon Smith-Njigba for SumerScore’s Offensive Player of the Year. Nacua also beat out Smith-Njigba in one of the stickiest stats in all of football, Yards Per Route Run. Both receivers posted a figure that is higher than any other going back to 2022, sans Tyreek Hill in 2023.

However, Smith-Njigba had a substantially higher Target Share (35.82%) than Nacua when active, likely due to the success of the Rams’ 13 personnel package.

Joining Nacua and Smith-Njigba on the First Team with an Offensive Player of the Year caliber SumerScore is Ja’Marr Chase, who anchored the Bengals’ offense (32.23% target share) despite a tumultuous season at quarterback.

The Second Team is led by Amon-Ra St. Brown, who earned an All-Pro level SumerScore alongside a Top 10 ranking in both Target Share and Yards Per Route Run.

Closing out the Second Team are George Pickens and Justin Jefferson. Pickens earned a Pro Bowl SumerScore with a Top 10 ranking in Yards Per Route Run. Meanwhile, Justin Jefferson, who was scored at a Pro Bowl level, was the workhorse (30.13% Target Share) for a Vikings team that struggled mightily at quarterback.

Tight End

Far and away, the best tight end in 2025 was Trey McBride. McBride earned an All-Pro level SumerScore, a league-leading Target Share, and the third best Yards Per Route Run amongst tight ends with more than 250 routes run.

Joining him is the SumerScore Offensive Rookie of the Year Tyler Warren. Although he cooled off a bit after Daniel Jones’ injury, Warren still earned a Pro Bowl caliber SumerScore for the season while having a Top 15 Target Share and Yards Per Route Run.

Offensive Line

  • First Team:
    • Left Tackle: Garett Bolles, Denver Broncos
    • Left Guard: Joe Thuney, Chicago Bears
    • Center: Creed Humphrey, Kansas City Chiefs
    • Right Guard: Mike Onwenu, New England Patriots
    • Right Tackle: Penei Sewell, Detroit Lions
  • Second Team:
    • Left Tackle: Jordan Mailata, Philadelphia Eagles
    • Left Guard: Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Colts
    • Center: Tyler Linderbaum, Baltimore Ravens
    • Right Guard: Tyler Smith, Dallas Cowboys
    • Right Tackle: Mike McGlinchey, Denver Broncos

The first ever Protector of the Year should be Garret Bolles, according to SumerScore. The ever-consistent Bolles is the highest scoring offensive lineman and was a major part of the Denver Broncos march to the AFC top seeding.

Joining Bolles with Player of the Year level SumerScores is Penei Sewell, Joe Thuney, and Creed Humphrey. Interestingly, the only player in the next tier with an All-Pro SumerScore is Jordan Mailata.

The final members of the list are all scored at the Pro Bowl level: McGlinchey, Onwenu, Nelson, Linderbaum, and Smith.

Edge Rushers

  • First Team:
    • Will Anderson, Houston Texans
    • Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit Lions
  • Second Team:
    • Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
    • Micah Parsons, Green Bay Packers

SumerScores have Will Anderson and Aidan Hutchinson as having a better season than the –50000 favorite for Defensive Player of the Year, Myles Garrett. Why?

SumerScores are a Bayesian rate metric, which seeks to uncover efficiency rather than describe total production. To see why this might spell success for Anderson and Hutchinson, look at more traditional rate statistics. Hutchinson and Anderson both had a higher Pressure Rate than Garrett, and Anderson had a higher Stop Rate.

Similarly, using the AI’s evaluations on a snap-by-snap basis, Anderson and Hutch put up a Player of the Year caliber efficiency this year, according to SumerScore, while Garrett ranked third with an All-Pro SumerScore.

Garrett is joined on the second team by Micah Parsons, who earned an All-Pro SumerScore despite missing several games at the end of the year.

Interior Defensive Lineman

  • First Team:
    • Jeffery Simmons, Tennessee Titans
    • Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs
  • Second Team:
    • Quinnen Williams, Dallas Cowboys
    • Kobie Turner, Los Angeles Rams

Jeffery Simmons was the only Player of the Year caliber defensive tackle in 2025. Simmons’ SumerScore is fueled mightily by his near perfect performances in Weeks 5 and 17, the only games at this level amongst defensive tackles in 2025.

Chris Jones and Quinnen Williams racked up certified All-Pro SumerScores. Chris Jones had the second-highest Pressure Rate after Simmons, and Williams did not have a single below average game-level SumerScore all year.

Kobie Turner earned a Pro Bowl level SumerScore with only one below-average SumerScore game all year.

Off-Ball Linebacker

  • First Team:
    • Jack Campbell, Detroit Lions
    • Zack Baun, Philadelphia Eagles
    • Cedric Gray, Tennessee Titans
  • Second Team:
    • Jordyn Brooks, Miami Dolphins
    • Kaden Elliss, Atlanta Falcons
    • Demario Davis, New Orleans Saints

Jack Campbell is the sole linebacker who racked up a Player of the Year level SumerScore. Campbell is the only linebacker to earn two Player of the Week caliber performances, and he ended the season on a streak of 8 straight quality starts.

In the All-Pro level tier is Baun, Gray, Brooks, and Elliss. Baun is the only linebacker to not have a backup quality game throughout the entire season. Gray is the only player other than Campbell to have 7 blue-chip performances throughout the season.  Brooks led the league in tackles. Elliss was the only linebacker to have a run of three consecutive games of blue-chip play in 2025.

Closing out the list is the ageless, multi-time All-Pro Demario Davis. While SumerScore suggests that Davis did not quite have an All-Pro worthy season, having a Pro Bowl caliber season at age 36 as the leader of an ascendant defense late year may narratively be enough to get him another appearance on the AP list.

Cornerbacks

  • First Team:
    • Mike Jackson, Carolina Panthers
    • Carlton Davis, New England Patriots
  • Second Team:
    • Kamari Lassiter, Houston Texans
    • Riley Moss, Denver Broncos

2025 was a relatively down year for cornerback play, with only one player (Mike Jackson) earning above a Pro Bowl level SumerScore. Now, one may notice that all four of these players play across from top level corners.

  • Jackson plays across from Jaycee Horn, the second highest paid cornerback,
  • Davis plays across from Christian Gonzalez, a second team All-Pro last year,
  • Lassiter plays across from Derek Stingley, the highest paid cornerback and a first team All-Pro last year,
  • And Moss plays across from Patrick Surtain, the third highest paid cornerback, and the Defensive Player of the Year last year.

I will note however, that in 2024, Horn was the top outside cornerback with an All-Pro SumerScore, meanwhile Surtain and Trent McDuffie (who made the second team All-Pro list) also had All-Pro SumerScores. Gonzalez and Stingley, in addition, had blue-chip, Pro Bowl SumerScores.

Couple that with the fact that Jackson and Davis now have two straight years of blue-chip play, and it indicates that all these players, whether a highly touted star or a corner on the other side, are excellent.

After all, the Texans’, Broncos’, and Patriots’ defenses all have a negative impact on opposing teams' passing games, and it is very difficult to do that with a weak link. SumerScore is showing that not only are these players not the weak link, but in fact they are just as stout as their more highly regarded teammates.

Slot Cornerback

  • First Team:
    • Cooper DeJean, Philadelphia Eagles
  • Second Team:
    • Alontae Taylor, New Orleans Saints

Cooper DeJean was amongst the most consistent defensive backs in all of football, registering only three below average games all season. Following him on the second team is Alontae Taylor. The uber physically talented hybrid corner was a slightly above average starter in previous years, according to SumerScore, but broke out after Week 8, in which he logged 7 of 9 above average or greater SumerScores.

Safety

  • First Team:
    • Talanoa Hufanga, Denver Broncos
    • Kamren Curl, Los Angeles Rams
  • Second Team:
    • Kyle Hamilton, Baltimore Ravens
    • Calen Bullock, Houston Texans

Talanoa Hufanga, an All-Pro but oft injured while in San Francisco, returned to form in 2025. He was the highest scored player across defensive positions and the only safety with a Player of the ear caliber SumerScore. He is joined on the first team by Kamren Curl, the only player to have an All-Pro SumerScore at the safety position.

On the second team is Kyle Hamilton, who is likely to solidify a 75% All-Pro percentage for his rookie deal, and second year player Calen Bullock, whose ascendance bolstered the terrifying, top-rated Texans defense. Both players had a Pro Bowl SumerScore.