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Is Josh Allen the NFL’s No. 1 quarterback heading into 2026? And how does former MVP Lamar Jackson land at No. 2 instead of the top spot? Six straight top-10 finishes say Allen has already separated himself — the rest of this list is where the real fight lives.
We cover all of that, plus where Joe Burrow slots in after a lost half-season and how the back end of PFN’s top five shakes out, in a definitive five-deep ranking hosted by PFN’s Jacob Infante. Every quarterback here has a case for climbing, and every one has a reason he didn’t finish higher. The three-year evaluation window is what separates a hot 2025 from a truly elite résumé, and it decides who actually holds the crown going into next season.
The Hottest Takes You’ll Hear
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*Josh Allen has stacked six straight top-10 QB Impact finishes, the longest active streak in the NFL — Mahomes, Jackson, Stafford, and Burrow have all fallen short of it.
*Lamar Jackson took first-team All-Pro over Josh Allen in 2024 and posted the league’s best QB Impact score that year, even though Allen walked away with the MVP.
*Drake Maye led the NFL in QB Impact scoring at 91.8 and topped the league in completion percentage in 2025, adding 0.32 EPA per dropback in only his second season.
*Matthew Stafford led the NFL in passing yards and passing touchdowns and finished second in QB Impact score, yet the three-year window still drops the reigning MVP to No. 5.
*Joe Burrow ranked 10th in QB Impact scoring when healthy, and the Bengals won just one game without him after sitting above .500 with him in the lineup.
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