As we approach the mid-way point of the 2024 NFL season, what does the order for the 2025 NFL Draft look like?
The 2024 NFL regular season is moving in Week 8, closing in on the mid-point of the season and giving us an idea of how things may shake out this season. Earlier today, we took a look at the current NFL playoff picture, breaking down who is in a position to claim a spot in the postseason tournament. Now, we turn our attention the other way and look at the current 2025 NFL Draft order.
The draft’s selection process is ordered by the inverse of the league’s standings. Whichever team has the worst record in the league claims the first selection. The order continues that way, using strength of schedule as the primary tiebreaks for any teams with identical records (and potentially making the playoff picture standings and the draft order slightly different), through the non-playoff qualifying teams. The teams in the postseason tournament are ordered based on when they lose in the playoffs, ordered among that group based on records. The winner of the Super Bowl claims the 32nd and final pick in each round.
In the draft order below, the playoff teams are ordered simply based on their records – so a division leader may be behind a wild card qualifier if they have a worse record.
2025 NFL Draft Order (through 2024 Week 7)
- New England Patriots (1-6)
- Carolina Panthers (1-6)
- Cleveland Browns (1-6)
- Tennessee Titans (1-5)
- New York Jets (2-5)
- New Orleans Saints (2-5)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (2-5)
- Las Vegas Raiders (2-5)
- New York Giants (2-5)
- Miami Dolphins (2-4)
- Los Angeles Rams (2-4)
- Cincinnati Bengals (3-4)
- Arizona Cardinals (3-4)
- San Francisco 49ers (3-4)
- Los Angeles Chargers (3-3)
- Dallas Cowboys (3-3)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-3)
- Philadelphia Eagles (4-2)
- Seattle Seahawks (4-3, Wild Card round)
- Indianapolis Colts (4-3, Wild Card round)
- Denver Broncos (4-3, Wild Card round)
- Atlanta Falcons (4-3, Wild Card round)
- Chicago Bears (4-2, Wild Card round)
- Baltimore Ravens (5-2, Wild Card round)
- Buffalo Bills (5-2, Divisional round)
- Washington Commanders (5-2, Divisional round)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2, Divisional round)
- Green Bay Packers (5-2, Divisional round)
- Houston Texans (5-2, Conference Championship)
- Minnesota Vikings (5-1, Conference Championship)
- Detroit Lions (5-1, Super Bowl)
- Kansas City Chiefs (6-0, Super Bowl)