PFF Data Study: Breaking down every NFL team's draft capital

As we get closer and closer to the 2021 NFL Draft, you will find a lot of information about which team has the most or least draft capital to work with. It’s pretty obvious that the Jacksonville Jaguars, who possess the first overall pick, another pick in the first round and two second-round picks, have the most draft capital. It's also clear that the Seattle Seahawks have the least draft capital, as they have no first-round picks and only three picks in total.

In this article, we will break down each team's draft capital in a variety of ways.

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Draft capital lists are usually created in a fairly easy way: Standard draft charts assign a numerical value to each draft pick, and summing up the respective values yields the draft capital for every team.

We will use our own draft chart in this article, a chart obtained by looking at the PFF WAR in the first four years (which coincides with the cost-controlled rookie contract) of all draft picks between 2006 and 2017.

The numerical value assigned to a draft pick is the average (as computed by shape-constrained GAM) four-year WAR value we expect a player picked at this draft position to generate based on what happened with the players in these 12 draft classes.

Before we break down the draft capital, here is a table with our draft pick values. We'll start with the first two rounds…

Round 1		Round 2
Pick No.	Value	Pick No.	Value
1	1.135	33	0.495
2	1.099	34	0.487
3	1.063	35	0.480
4	1.027	36	0.473
5	0.991	37	0.465
6	0.955	38	0.458
7	0.919	39	0.451
8	0.883	40	0.443
9	0.847	41	0.436
10	0.811	42	0.429
11	0.777	43	0.422
12	0.742	44	0.415
13	0.715	45	0.409
14	0.695	46	0.402
15	0.675	47	0.396
16	0.660	48	0.390
17	0.646	49	0.384
18	0.633	50	0.378
19	0.619	51	0.373
20	0.606	52	0.368
21	0.594	53	0.363
22	0.584	54	0.357
23	0.573	55	0.352
24	0.565	56	0.347
25	0.557	57	0.342
26	0.549	58	0.337
27	0.541	59	0.332
28	0.533	60	0.327
29	0.525	61	0.322
30	0.518	62	0.316
31	0.510	63	0.311
32	0.502	64	0.306

And here are Rounds 3 through 7…

Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Round 6		Round 7
Pick No.	Value	Pick No.	Value	Pick No.	Value	Pick No.	Value	Pick No.	Value
65	0.301	106	0.183	145	0.126	185	0.082	229	0.054
66	0.296	107	0.181	146	0.125	186	0.081	230	0.053
67	0.292	108	0.179	147	0.124	187	0.080	231	0.053
68	0.287	109	0.177	148	0.122	188	0.079	232	0.052
69	0.283	110	0.174	149	0.121	189	0.078	233	0.052
70	0.279	111	0.172	150	0.120	190	0.077	234	0.052
71	0.275	112	0.170	151	0.119	191	0.077	235	0.051
72	0.271	113	0.168	152	0.118	192	0.076	236	0.051
73	0.267	114	0.166	153	0.117	193	0.075	237	0.051
74	0.264	115	0.163	154	0.116	194	0.074	238	0.050
75	0.260	116	0.161	155	0.114	195	0.073	239	0.050
76	0.257	117	0.160	156	0.113	196	0.072	240	0.050
77	0.254	118	0.158	157	0.112	197	0.071	241	0.050
78	0.251	119	0.157	158	0.111	198	0.070	242	0.050
79	0.248	120	0.155	159	0.110	199	0.069	243	0.049
80	0.246	121	0.154	160	0.109	200	0.068	244	0.049
81	0.243	122	0.153	161	0.108	201	0.068	245	0.049
82	0.240	123	0.151	162	0.107	202	0.067	246	0.049
83	0.237	124	0.150	163	0.106	203	0.066	247	0.049
84	0.234	125	0.149	164	0.104	204	0.065	248	0.049
85	0.231	126	0.148	165	0.103	205	0.065	249	0.048
86	0.229	127	0.146	166	0.102	206	0.064	250	0.048
87	0.226	128	0.145	167	0.101	207	0.063	251	0.048
88	0.223	129	0.144	168	0.100	208	0.063	252	0.048
89	0.221	130	0.143	169	0.099	209	0.062	253	0.048
90	0.219	131	0.142	170	0.098	210	0.061	254	0.048
91	0.217	132	0.141	171	0.097	211	0.061	255	0.047
92	0.214	133	0.139	172	0.096	212	0.060	256	0.047
93	0.212	134	0.138	173	0.095	213	0.060	257	0.047
94	0.210	135	0.137	174	0.094	214	0.060	258	0.047
95	0.207	136	0.136	175	0.092	215	0.059	259	0.047
96	0.205	137	0.135	176	0.091	216	0.059
97	0.203	138	0.134	177	0.090	217	0.058
98	0.201	139	0.133	178	0.089	218	0.058
99	0.199	140	0.132	179	0.088	219	0.058
100	0.196	141	0.130	180	0.087	220	0.057
101	0.194	142	0.129	181	0.086	221	0.057
102	0.192	143	0.128	182	0.085	222	0.056
103	0.190	144	0.127	183	0.084	223	0.056
104	0.187			184	0.083	224	0.056
105	0.185					225	0.055
						226	0.055
						227	0.054
						228	0.054

You could compute each NFL team's draft capital yourself by using a little patience and a calculator, but we have done all the work for you. Here, we present each team’s draft capital, broken down by all three days of the draft.

PFF Data Study: Breaking down every NFL team's draft capital

View PFF's 2021 NFL Draft position rankings:

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7