2025 Pre-Season Rank #54, 2024 Pre-Season Rank #79, 2023: Pre-Season Rank #102. Peak Period: 2021-25

Here is what we wrote about Micah Parsons last year:

“What he does in 2025 and beyond will skyrocket Parsons up this list and into Hall of Fame territory, and we wager it will be incredible.”

And it was, though not without cost.

After four incredible seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Parsons was shockingly moved to Green Bay, and he dominated in Lambeau the same way he did in Arlington. Going into Week 15 last year, he was already at 12.5 Sacks, and was disrupting the minds of opposing Offensive Coordinators, but he tore his ACL, which ended his season; though he still was named a First Team All-Pro for the third time and was third in voting for Defensive Player of the Year.   He did skyrocket up this list as predicted, but that won’t happen in 2026.

With the exception of the injury, Parsons’ first five years were about as good as you can get, and there is nobody with less experience ahead of him on this list.  He is not due back until mid-season, and hopefully, for all football fans, he returns to pre-injury form.