How Many Picks Are in the 2025 NFL Draft? Draft Order, First Pick Explained

The 2025 NFL Draft is almost upon us. This week, all 32 NFL teams will gather in Green Bay, Wisconsin to select the new wave of talent for the 2025-2026 season, setting the stage for new stars to be born on the gridiron. 

But with the draft just days away, you might be wondering: Who gets first pick this time around? Which teams will have the chance to draft the top prospects, and which teams will have to wait until the end of the first round to make their voices heard? Let's take a closer look at the order for the 2025 NFL Draft, where teams will pick the next generation of stars that we can all watch on NBC's Sunday Night Football next season!

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How the NFL Draft order works

C.J. Stroud poses NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected second overall by the Houston Texans during the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft at Union Station on April 27, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. Photo: David Eulitt/Getty Images

First, a quick refresher on how draft picks in the NFL work. Each round will have 32 picks, and there are seven rounds in total. But the first round, on Thursday April 24, is where the biggest names will be picked. So, how does the NFL decide who gets first choice? It all starts with the basic win-loss records of every NFL team. The team with the fewest wins in the previous season gets the first overall pick in the draft, with the team with the second-fewest wins going second, and so on. 

The first 18 teams in the draft are chosen that way (with tiebreakers in place in case they have the same record), then the remaining teams are set based on the order in which they were eliminated during the previous season's NFL Playoffs. So, the teams who lost in the Wild Card rounds draft next, then the teams who lost in the Division round, then the Conference Championship runners up. Finally, the team who lost the Super Bowl gets the 31st overall pick, and the Super Bowl champions get the last pick in the first round. 

That's the basic order to kick off the draft, but it's important to note that teams are allowed to trade draft picks up to and even during the draft. As of this writing, while there have been some trades in later rounds, no team has traded away their first round picks for the 2025 Draft, but that could change at any moment if the right deal comes up. 

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Spencer Rattler #QB10 of South Carolina participates in a drill during the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 2, 2024. Photo: Stacy Revere/Getty Images

The 2025 NFL Draft order

With those parameters in mind, the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles will pick last in the first round of this year's draft, while the Tennessee Titans, who finished the 2024 season 3-14, will pick first. The Cleveland Browns and New York Giants, who also finished 3-14 in 2024, will pick second and third, respectively. 

You can check out the full draft order for all seven rounds over at the NFL's website, but here's the whole first round to get you started:

1. Tennessee Titans
2. Cleveland Browns
3. New York Giants
4. New England Patriots
5. Jacksonville Jaguars
6. Las Vegas Raiders
7. New York Jets
8. Carolina Panthers
9. New Orleans Saints
10. Chicago Bears
11. San Francisco 49ers
12. Dallas Cowboys
13. Miami Dolphins
14. Indianapolis Colts
15. Atlanta Falcons
16. Arizona Cardinals
17. Cincinnati Bengals
18. Seattle Seahawks
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
20. Denver Broncos
21. Pittsburgh Steelers
22. Los Angeles Chargers
23. Green Bay Packers
24. Minnesota Vikings
25. Houston Texans
26. Los Angeles Rams
27. Baltimore Ravens
28. Detroit Lions
29. Washington Commanders
30. Buffalo Bills
31. Kansas City Chiefs
32. Philadelphia Eagles

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Joe Milton #QB06 of Tennessee participates in the broad jump during the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 2, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo: Kara Durrette/Getty Images

The top picks from this year's draft will officially suit up this fall when the NFL football returns, so be sure to check out all the action on NBC's Sunday Night Football.