毎年4月末か5月頭に、NFL公式サイトから「NFL選手トップ100人」というランキングが発表されます。前回の2018年で第8回目となりました。
さて、「NFL超入門」では、まず選手をしってもらいNFLにハマってもらおうと思って、2017年版と2018年版でトップ100人の選手たちを、なるべく詳しく紹介しています。
しかし、ちょっと見づらいな。検索しづらいな。という印象を受けましたので、今回一覧記事を作成し、そこから各ページへリンクを貼っておこうと思います。100人もいるので、今回は写真はナシでテキストだけです。それはどうぞ。
NFLトップ100（2018年版）
| rank | player | position | 2017team |
| 1 | Tom Brady | QB | New England Patriots |
| 2 | Antonio Brown | WR | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 3 | Carson Wentz | QB | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 4 | Julio Jones | WR | Atlanta Falcons |
| 5 | Le'Veon Bell | RB | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 6 | Todd Gurley | RB | Los Angeles Rams |
| 7 | Aaron Donald | DT | Los Angeles Rams |
| 8 | Drew Brees | QB | New Orleans Saints |
| 9 | Von Miller | LB | Denver Broncos |
| 10 | Aaron Rodgers | QB | Green Bay Packers |
| 11 | Russell Wilson | QB | Seattle Seahawks |
| 12 | Luke Kuechly | LB | Carolina Panthers |
| 13 | DeAndre Hopkins | WR | Houston Texans |
| 14 | Calais Campbell | DE | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 15 | Rob Gronkowski | TE | New England Patriots |
| 16 | Khalil Mack | DE | Oakland Raiders/CHI Bears |
| 17 | Jalen Ramsey | CB | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 18 | Ben Roethlisberger | QB | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 19 | Everson Griffen | DE | Minnesota Vikings |
| 20 | Alvin Kamara | RB | New Orleans Saints |
| 21 | Bobby Wagner | LB | Seattle Seahawks |
| 22 | A. J. Green | WR | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 23 | Patrick Peterson | CB | Arizona Cardinals |
| 24 | Travis Kelce | TE | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 25 | Cam Newton | QB | Carolina Panthers |
| 26 | Cameron Jordan | DE | New Orleans Saints |
| 27 | Larry Fitzgerald | WR | Arizona Cardinals |
| 28 | Chandler Jones | DE | Arizona Cardinals |
| 29 | Matt Ryan | QB | Atlanta Falcons |
| 30 | LeSean McCoy | RB | Buffalo Bills |
| 31 | Matthew Stafford | QB | Detroit Lions |
| 32 | Jadeveon Clowney | DE | Houston Texans |
| 33 | Kareem Hunt | RB | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 34 | DeMarcus Lawrence | DE | Dallas Cowboys |
| 35 | A. J. Bouye | CB | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 36 | Adam Thielen | WR | Minnesota Vikings |
| 37 | Joey Bosa | DE | Los Angeles Chargers |
| 38 | Jared Goff | QB | Los Angeles Rams |
| 39 | Tyron Smith | OT | Dallas Cowboys |
| 40 | Tyreek Hill | WR | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 41 | Keenan Allen | WR | Los Angeles Chargers |
| 42 | Earl Thomas | S | Seattle Seahawks |
| 43 | Mark Ingram Jr. | RB | New Orleans Saints |
| 44 | David DeCastro | G | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 45 | Davante Adams | WR | Green Bay Packers |
| 46 | Harrison Smith | FS | Minnesota Vikings |
| 47 | Ryan Shazier | LB | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 48 | Cameron Heyward | DE | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 49 | Darius Slay | CB | Detroit Lions |
| 50 | Deshaun Watson | QB | Houston Texans |
| 51 | Case Keenum | QB | Minnesota Vikings |
| 52 | Jarvis Landry | WR | Miami Dolphins |
| 53 | Aqib Talib | CB | Denver Broncos |
| 54 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB | Dallas Cowboys |
| 55 | Xavier Rhodes | CB | Minnesota Vikings |
| 56 | Philip Rivers | QB | Los Angeles Chargers |
| 57 | Trent Williams | OT | Washington Redskins |
| 58 | Leonard Fournette | RB | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 59 | Casey Hayward | CB | Los Angeles Chargers |
| 60 | Derek Carr | QB | Oakland Raiders |
| 61 | Ndamukong Suh | DT | Miami Dolphins |
| 62 | Micah Hyde | S | Buffalo Bills |
| 63 | Geno Atkins | DT | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 64 | Richard Sherman | CB | Seattle Seahawks |
| 65 | Stefon Diggs | WR | Minnesota Vikings |
| 66 | Jurrell Casey | DT | Tennessee Titans |
| 67 | Telvin Smith | LB | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 68 | Zach Ertz | TE | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 69 | Fletcher Cox | DT | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 70 | Devonta Freeman | RB | Atlanta Falcons |
| 71 | Zack Martin | G | Dallas Cowboys |
| 72 | Delanie Walker | TE | Tennessee Titans |
| 73 | Thomas Davis | LB | Carolina Panthers |
| 74 | Cameron Wake | DE | Miami Dolphins |
| 75 | Kam Chancellor | S | Seattle Seahawks |
| 76 | Melvin Ingram | DE | Los Angeles Chargers |
| 77 | Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | New York Giants |
| 78 | Taylor Lewan | OT | Tennessee Titans |
| 79 | Marcus Peters | CB | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 80 | Kevin Byard | S | Tennessee Titans |
| 81 | Michael Thomas | WR | New Orleans Saints |
| 82 | Marshon Lattimore | CB | New Orleans Saints |
| 83 | Linval Joseph | DT | Minnesota Vikings |
| 84 | J. J. Watt | DE | Houston Texans |
| 85 | Bruce Irvin | DE | Oakland Raiders |
| 86 | Chris Harris Jr. | CB | Denver Broncos |
| 87 | Andrew Whitworth | OT | Los Angeles Rams |
| 88 | Yannick Ngakoue | DE | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 89 | Jimmy Graham | TE | Seattle Seahawks |
| 90 | Jimmy Garoppolo | QB | New England Patriots/San Francisco 49ers |
| 91 | David Bakhtiari | OT | Green Bay Packers |
| 92 | Landon Collins | S | New York Giants |
| 93 | Mike Daniels | DE | Green Bay Packers |
| 94 | Kirk Cousins | QB | Washington Redskins |
| 95 | Lane Johnson | OT | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 96 | Malcolm Jenkins | S | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 97 | Carlos Hyde | RB | San Francisco 49ers |
| 98 | C. J. Mosley | LB | Baltimore Ravens |
| 99 | Doug Baldwin | WR | Seattle Seahawks |
| 100 | Ha Ha Clinton-Dix | S | Green Bay Packers |
まとめ
今年は4月末日から「2019年版NFLトップ100」が発表されます。1週間に20人ずつリリースされて、大体一月半くらいがトップ100の期間になります。まぁ、やっぱり1位はあのヒト・・・・なのかも知れないですね。スーパーボウルMVPを取ったWRジュリアン・エデルマンは必ず入るでしょうし、シーズンMVPを2つとったQBパトリック・マホームズや、RBサークオン・バークリーなどのアワードメンバーも間違いなくランクインします。こうして新陳代謝が激しくあるのがNFLの良いところです。次のシーズンも楽しみです！次こそブラウンズかな！？
