Following Brady's retirement and resulting exclusion from the 2023 list, quarterback Aaron Rodgers holds the distinction of being the only player to be an NFL Top 100 selection each year of its existence.

The list and series began with the #100 ranked player, Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb,[4] and ended when New England Patriots quarterback and 2010 NFL MVP Tom Brady was selected as the number one ranked player.

[7] The series has run every offseason since, following the same countdown format and continuing to feature players and analysts reacting to the rankings.

[11] In 2022, former tackle Andrew Whitworth, a 3× NFL Top 100 selection himself, also asserted that not every player votes on the list, calling it a "joke" and "content filler".

[12] NFL.com writer Jeremy Bergman opined that Aaron Rodgers' inclusion and Joe Flacco's near-make on the 2024 list showed that "players continue to suffer simultaneously from recency bias and a misunderstanding of what the criteria for this exercise are, if there are any".