The 2022 NFL season is here, so it’s a great time to run through our New Orleans Saints player power rankings ahead of Week 1’s game with the Atlanta Falcons. Our staff here at Saints Wire each submitted ballots ranking our top 25 Saints players, which was combined into the list you’ll find below.
A quick note on our methodology: we’re keeping it simple with each of our staffers submitting a ballot with the top 25 players listed, and points awarded for placement. So one first-place ballot is worth 25 points, second-place is 24 points, and so on. This rewards players who are mentioned often (even if they’re at the end of the pack) rather than someone who only gets one ballot but is ranked disproportionately high. It levels the playing-field.
When necessary, tiebreakers are decided by which players appeared on more ballots and who received higher votes (two top-10 votes versus one top-10 vote, for example).
So with that in mind, here are your top 25 Saints players entering Week 1. We’ll circle back and update this after the Falcons game, and keep it running on a weekly basis throughout the 2022 season:
25. LT James Hurst (11 points, two ballots)
24. RG Cesar Ruiz (11 points, three ballots)
23. RB Mark Ingram II (12 points)
22. S P.J. Williams (14 points)
21. S J.T. Gray (15 points)
20. P Blake Gillikin (25 points)
19. LG Andrus Peat (27 points)
18. LB Pete Werner (31 points, three ballots)
17. CB Bradley Roby (31 points, four ballots)
16. WR Chris Olave (38 points)
15. K Wil Lutz (47 points)
14. S Marcus Maye (49 points)
13. DE Marcus Davenport (50 points)
12. DT David Onyemata (56 points, one top-10 vote)
11. CB Paulson Adebo (56 points, two top-10 votes)
10. WR Jarvis Landry (60 points)
9. QB Jameis Winston (69 points)
8. WR Michael Thomas (72 points)
7. S Tyrann Mathieu (74 points)
6. RB Alvin Kamara (84 points, one top-5 vote)
5. C Erik McCoy (84 points, two top-5 votes)
4. DE Cameron Jordan (88 points)
3. RT Ryan Ramczyk (92 points)
2. CB Marshon Lattimore (93 points)
1. LB Demario Davis (98 points)
