2026 NFL Draft Order, Full List of Picks Ahead of Playoff Bracket for Teams in Round 1

The Las Vegas Raiders are officially on the clock.

Las Vegas locked up the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft on Sunday after the New York Giants won their fourth game.

The Raiders finished at 3-14 alongside three other teams, but they landed the top pick due to the strength of schedule tiebreaker.

Las Vegas and the New York Jets, who will pick second, are both in the quarterback market.

The Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans and New York Giants round out the top five.

Updated 2026 NFL Draft Order

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Projected order via Tankathon.

1 Las Vegas Raiders (3-14)

2. New York Jets (3-14)

3. Arizona Cardinals (3-14)

4. Tennessee Titans (3-14)

5. New York Giants (4-13)

6. Cleveland Browns (5-12)

7. Washington Commanders (5-12)

8. New Orleans Saints (6-11)

9. Kansas City Chiefs (6-11)

10. Cincinnati Bengals (6-11)

11. Miami Dolphins (7-10)

12. Dallas Cowboys (7-9-1)

13. Los Angeles Rams (via Atlanta - 8-9)

14. Baltimore Ravens (8-9)

15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9)

16. New York Jets (via Indianapolis - 8-9)

17. Detroit Lions (9-8)

18. Minnesota Vikings (9-8)

19. Carolina Panthers (8-9)

20. Dallas Cowboys (via Green Bay - 9-7-1)

21. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7)

22. Los Angeles Chargers (11-6)

23. Philadelphia Eagles (11-6)

24. Buffalo Bills (12-5)

25. Chicago Bears (11-6)

26. San Francisco 49ers (12-5)

27. Houston Texans (12-5)

28. Cleveland Browns (via Jacksonville - 13-4)

29. Los Angeles Rams (12-5)

30. New England Patriots (14-3)

31. Denver Broncos (14-3)

32. Seattle Seahawks (14-3)

Raiders Earn No. 1 Pick

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Las Vegas landed the top selection in April's draft before it kicked off against the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Raiders put themselves in position to secure the top pick in Week 17 with their loss to the New York Giants. At that point, the Raiders and Giants were the only two-win teams in the league.

The Raiders franchise as a whole has countless questions to answer going into 2026, including who might be their head coach. A quarterback change is likely after Geno Smith's struggles this season.

Indiana's Fernando Mendoza and Oregon's Dante Moore are among the top options the Raiders will look at throughout the draft process.

If the Raiders opt to draft a quarterback at No. 1, that player will come into a better situation than most rookies with Ashton Jeanty and Brock Bowers on the offense.

The addition of a fresh young quarterback and a new No. 1 wide receiver, either through the draft or free agency, could kickstart the Raiders' rebuild

Jets End Up With No. 2 Pick

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The Jets' brutal season resulted in the No. 2 overall pick.

New York's blowout loss in Buffalo combined with the Giants' win over the Cowboys allowed the Jets to move up to No. 2, an ideal spot to land a quarterback.

The Justin Fields experiment failed, so it makes perfect sense for the Jets to go after Mendoza and Moore. Because of the Jets and Raiders' needs, quarterbacks could be the top two picks.

Bleacher Report's NFL scouting department ranked Mendoza as the top quarterback in the 2026 draft class and 10 spots ahead of Moore on its most-recent overall ranking.

The Jets and the Raiders should have an intense focus on the Peach Bowl on Friday with Moore facing Mendoza with a spot in the national championship on the line.

New York's offense isn't completely broken since it has a few nice pieces already on the roster, but like Las Vegas, it needs a quarterback to put everything together and make the team more competitive in 2026 and beyond.