- Chris Lindstrom tops the charts for the second consecutive yr: The three-time All-Pro has led all guards in PFF grading in every of the final three seasons, culminating in a league-leading 95.5 PFF general grade and 1.63 PFF WAR over that span.
- Quinn Meinerz has confirmed dominant: The 26-year-old guard has notched an 83.0-plus PFF general grade in every of his previous two seasons, and he completed 2024 as the one guard to earn an 80.0-plus PFF grade as each a run blocker and go protector.
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While usually missed, high quality inside offensive line play could be a important piece of an offense, setting the desk for playmakers to do their greatest work. Many guards on this listing stand atop the NFL in a wide range of metrics, no matter place.
These are the highest 32 guards heading into the 2025 season. Be certain to take a look at all of PFF’s 2025 NFL pre-season rankings (QB, WR, RB, TE, OT, DI, EDGE, LB, CB, S).
1. Chris Lindstrom, Atlanta Falcons
Lindstrom is as dominant a pressure on the inside as they arrive. The three-time All-Pro has led all guards in PFF grading every of the previous three seasons, culminating in a league-leading 95.5 mark and 1.63 PFF WAR over that span. He has earned a optimistic grade on a dominant 24.6% of his run-blocking snaps over the previous three seasons.
2. Joe Thuney, Chicago Bears
Although Thuney’s transfer to deal with late within the 2024 season hampered his manufacturing and grading, when lined up at guard, he’s probably the most polished go protector within the NFL. His 90.4 PFF pass-blocking grade at guard final season led the NFL — his fourth straight season atop the charts — and he allowed no sacks and only a 1.9% stress charge.
3. Quinn Meinerz, Denver Broncos
Meinerz has shortly turn into one of the crucial harmful inside blockers within the sport, capturing the primary All-Pro nod of his profession in 2024. The 26-year-old guard has notched an 83.0-plus PFF general grade in every of his previous two seasons, and he completed 2024 as the one guard to earn an 80.0-plus PFF grade as each a run blocker and go protector.
4. Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Colts
While Nelson’s grading profile had dipped barely previous to this previous season, 2024 was a formidable return to kind for the veteran. His 81.3 PFF general grade ranked fourth amongst qualifiers, his highest mark since 2020. Even nonetheless, Nelson has produced above the remainder of the league, posting the second-most PFF WAR (1.31) amongst guards over the previous three seasons.
5. Landon Dickerson, Philadelphia Eagles
Dickerson has been one of the crucial well-rounded and constant inside linemen because the day he stepped foot on an NFL subject. 2024 was his greatest season but, as he earned a career-best 78.6 PFF general grade, which ranked eighth amongst guards. His go safety stands out, with Dickerson inserting within the eightieth percentile in PFF pass-blocking grade on true go units in his profession.
6. Tyler Smith, Dallas Cowboys
At simply 24 years outdated, Smith profiles as the following era of dominant all-around blockers within the NFL, and his greatest is but to return. Since being drafted in 2022, Smith has by no means posted a PFF general grade beneath 73.0, exhibiting enhancements annually.
Smith actually stands out as a gap-scheme run blocker, inserting within the 94th percentile in grading on hole ideas over his profession.
7. Trey Smith, Kansas City Chiefs
Smith will play on the franchise tag in 2025, making him the highest-paid guard within the NFL subsequent season ($23.4 million). At 26 years outdated, he profiles as one of the crucial constant run blockers within the NFL. He has posted a 17.2% positively graded play charge on runs since 2021, good for the 96th percentile, and his 77.9 PFF run-blocking grade in 2024 ranked tenth amongst guards.
8. Kevin Dotson, Los Angeles Rams
Since touchdown in Los Angeles in 2023, Dotson has had a profession renaissance as a run blocker. Over that span, he has completed within the prime 5 in PFF run-blocking grade every season, posting an 83.0-plus grade on each zone and hole ideas. His cumulative 88.3 PFF run-blocking grade over the previous two seasons ranks third amongst qualifying guards.
9. Kevin Zeitler, Tennessee Titans
Although Zeitler enters 2025 at age 35, he continues to show he isn’t slowing down. In his lone season in Detroit, Zeitler earned his highest PFF general grade (86.5) in a decade, ending because the NFL’s third-highest-graded guard. While his go safety dipped a bit in 2024, his 87.2 PFF run-blocking grade stands as the perfect of his profession.
10. Dominick Puni, San Francisco 49ers
The third-round decide in 2024 hit the bottom operating in his rookie marketing campaign, establishing what needs to be a extremely productive profession.
Puni posted the fifth-highest PFF general grade (80.5) amongst qualifying guards. He stands out as a road-grading inside run blocker, together with his 18.5% positively graded play charge on runs rating fifth out of 77 guards.
11. Alijah Vera-Tucker, New York Jets
Even at simply 25 years outdated, Vera-Tucker has ample NFL expertise. He has proven progress every season, culminating in a profession yr in 2024. His 77.7 PFF general grade ranked inside the highest 10 on the guard place, and he completed as one among simply six guards to put up a 74.0-plus PFF grade as each a run blocker and go protector.
12. Isaac Seumalo, Pittsburgh Steelers
Missing 4 video games to start 2024 hampered Seumalo’s grades a bit, however the veteran nonetheless managed to put up a strong 66.3 PFF general grade. The projection into 2025 stems extra from his glorious exhibiting over the previous three seasons, throughout which he boasts a 75.7 PFF general grade and ranks eighth amongst guards in PFF WAR (0.92).
Isaac Seumalo’s Career PFF Grades
13. Sam Cosmi, Washington Commanders
A torn ACL within the playoffs will seemingly lead to Cosmi lacking the beginning of the 2025 season. Even nonetheless, the 26-year-old guard profiles as an unimaginable inside presence when wholesome. He is a well-rounded blocker, having posted 70.0-plus PFF grades as each a run blocker and go protector over the previous two seasons, and will decide up proper the place he left off.
14. Joel Bitonio, Cleveland Browns
Although Bitonio enters his age-34 season and is coming off the lowest-graded season of his profession, he nonetheless profiles as one of the crucial constant inside go protectors within the NFL. He ranks within the 93rd percentile on true go units on the place since 2022. That sustained efficiency as a go protector has earned him the fourth-most PFF WAR (1.23) over the previous three seasons.
15. Damien Lewis, Carolina Panthers
Lewis, together with Robert Hunt, joined Carolina this previous season as a part of the Panthers’ offensive line rebuild, and he flourished. He posted 70.0-plus PFF grades in run and go blocking on his approach to a career-high 75.5 PFF general grade, which ranked twelfth amongst guards.
16. Robert Hunt, Carolina Panthers
Although Hunt’s pass-blocking metrics dipped considerably following his transfer to Carolina, he maintains one of the crucial constant run-blocking profiles on the inside within the NFL.
Over his 5 seasons as a professional, Hunt has generated a PFF run-blocking grade above 70.0 4 instances, together with in every of his previous three seasons.
17. Mike Onwenu, New England Patriots
While Onwenu has cut up time at guard and deal with over his profession, he initiatives to discover a house on the inside in 2025. When lined up at guard over the previous three seasons, he has generated a 77.9 PFF pass-blocking grade, the fifth-highest mark amongst qualifying guards over that span.
18. Wyatt Teller, Cleveland Browns
Although 2024 was a harder season than common for Teller, he isn’t far faraway from his high quality output over the 4 seasons prior. The veteran enters his age-31 season hoping to recapture his status as a stout run blocker, having earned above a 70.0 PFF grade in every season since his breakout yr in 2020.
19. Brandon Scherff, Free Agent
Scherff stays unsigned, however he seemingly received’t linger on the free-agent market for much longer. At 33 years outdated, Scherff nonetheless profiles as one of the crucial constant go protectors within the NFL. Over the previous three seasons, he ranks within the 88th percentile or higher in every of PFF’s steady pass-blocking metrics, together with PFF grade on true go units.
20. Peter Skoronski, Tennessee Titans
From a season-long viewpoint, Skoronski doesn’t transfer the needle a lot, however there’s an argument to be made that he closed out the yr as the perfect go protector on the place. From Week 12 onward, Skoronski produced the best PFF pass-blocking grade (88.2) amongst guards. At simply 24 years outdated, that sturdy end ought to arrange a breakout 2025.
21. John Simpson, New York Jets
Simpson’s first season in New York was his greatest but, establishing what needs to be one other milestone in his profession development. His 77.3 PFF general grade and 0.29 PFF WAR in 2024 each ranked eleventh amongst qualifying guards, powered by glorious marks as each a run blocker and go protector.
22. Cody Mauch, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mauch made a monumental leap in his efficiency this previous season. During his rookie marketing campaign in 2023, Mauch ranked 77th out of 83 qualifying guards in PFF grade (43.8). In his second yr, his grading profile jumped greater than 30 factors on the grading scale as much as a 74.6, inserting him simply outdoors the top-15 highest-graded guards within the NFL.
Cody Mauch’s Career PFF Grades
23. Matthew Bergeron, Atlanta Falcons
The former second-round decide in 2023 made massive strides in 2024, exhibiting enhancements in all aspects of his sport. Bergeron enters 2025 at simply 25 years outdated, seeking to construct on his 70.9 PFF general grade this previous season — a top-20 mark on the place.
24. James Daniels, Miami Dolphins
Before struggling a torn Achilles simply 4 video games into his 2024 marketing campaign, Daniels was on tempo to provide his greatest season as a professional. He showcased his means as a dominant run blocker, posting a 92.5 PFF run-blocking grade — second solely to Chris Lindstrom.
If Daniels can get well effectively from his harm and produce equally with the Dolphins, he ought to place effectively throughout the prime 32 gamers on the place.
25. Will Fries, Minnesota Vikings
Fries is one other participant who was on tempo for a profession yr earlier than happening with a season-ending harm. Across simply 268 snaps, he managed to earn an 86.9 PFF general grade — the third-highest mark on the place by Week 5.
Fortunately, Fries parlayed his small-sample success into a brand new deal in Minnesota, the place the Vikings will hope to harness what he confirmed early in 2024.
26. Dylan Parham, Las Vegas Raiders
While a mid-season harm hindered Parham’s efficiency by the again half of the 2024 season, his output early was encouraging. Through the primary six weeks, Parham posted the eighth-highest PFF general grade (78.8) amongst qualifying guards and earned 70.0-plus marks in each go safety and run blocking.
27. Mekhi Becton, Los Angeles Chargers
Becton’s shift to the inside throughout his lone season in Philadelphia breathed new life into his profession. During the common season, he posted a 75.3 PFF general grade, sitting simply outdoors the 20 highest-graded guards on the season. Now, the hope is that he can proceed that development with one other new workforce, the Chargers, in 2025.
28. Patrick Mekari, Jacksonville Jaguars
Although accidents have held Mekari again all through his profession, he managed to string collectively his first full season in 2024, logging greater than 1,100 snaps in his closing season in Baltimore. While Mekari initiatives to play guard in Jacksonville, his worth is in his versatility. He has performed middle, guard and deal with in his profession whereas routinely incomes strong marks as a go protector.
29. David Edwards, Buffalo Bills
2024 marked Edwards’ first season in a beginning position since 2021. He earned strong PFF general grades, however actually stood out as a zone blocker, recording a 78.1 PFF run-blocking grade on zone ideas — good for the 93rd percentile and the fifth-highest mark amongst qualifying guards.
30. Cesar Ruiz, New Orleans Saints
A knee harm knocked Ruiz out for a great chunk of the entrance half of the 2024 season, however he nonetheless managed to complete with the best PFF general grade of his profession. His 72.4 PFF pass-blocking grade from Week 8 by the top of the common season completed inside the highest 20 on the place after he allowed only one sack and a 2.2% stress charge.
Given his ample expertise (4,706 snaps) at 26 years outdated, the hope is that Ruiz can proceed that development in 2025.
31. Jonah Jackson, Chicago Bears
After signing a profitable take care of the Rams final offseason, Jackson was restricted by harm for nearly all of 2024, ultimately ensuing within the Rams benching and buying and selling him to the Bears. Now, Jackson reunites together with his former offensive coordinator in Detroit, Ben Johnson. During his two seasons beneath Johnson, Jackson ranked within the 93rd percentile in positively graded run-blocking charge (16.2%).
Jonah Jackson’s Career PFF Grades
32. Aaron Banks, Green Bay Packers
Despite being hindered by an harm throughout his closing season in San Francisco, Banks posted a career-best 65.4 PFF general grade, powered by his means as a run blocker. The Packers signed Banks to a four-year, $77 million deal this offseason, with hopes of tapping into that means on the inside that earned Banks a 68.9 PFF run-blocking grade in 2024.