First Chiefs player revealed in ‘NFL Top 100’ for 2026. He checks in at No. 94
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- Creed Humphrey ranked No. 94 on the 2026 NFL Top 100 player list.
- Humphrey started at center on Kansas City’s 2022 and 2023 Super Bowl teams.
- Humphrey signed a four-year extension after being a 2021 second-round pick.
Since the “NFL Top 100” debuted in 2011, the league has delivered the results in a variety of ways. The “NFL Top 100” is an annual ranking of the best 100 players in the league, as determined by a vote of current players.
For the 2026 edition, the NFL is revealing two players a day via X every weekday morning.
On Thursday, the first Chiefs player hit the list at No. 94: center Creed Humphrey.
“I don’t know,” Humphrey said in the two-minute video announcement. “I don’t really like talking about myself.”
However, an AFC West rival, Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby, was willing to go there.
“Creed is arguably the best center in the league,” Crosby said.
“His whole game is really well-rounded,” Denver Broncos defensive end Zach Allen said next. “There’s not anything that he struggles with. He’s big, but he’s also really good at climbing to the second level.”
Soon to be 27 years old, Humphrey has spent his entire career in Kansas City after the Chiefs selected him out of Oklahoma in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Ahead of Humphrey’s fourth season, the Chiefs agreed with him on a four-year contract extension. At the time, it made him the highest-paid center in the league. The annual value has only since been passed by Raiders center Tyler Linderbaum.
The accolades have been there for Humphrey, who — in addition to starting at center as part of the back-to-back Super Bowl championship teams in the 2022 and 2023 seasons — is a three-time All-Pro. Humphrey was a second-team All-Pro in 2022 before being a first-team All-Pro in each of the past two seasons, 2024 and 2025.
While Humphrey’s current deal runs through the 2028 season, he could be a candidate for another extension next offseason. This is Humphrey’s second straight appearance on the “NFL Top 100.”
