NFL overall Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints New York Giants New York Jets New England Patriots Oakland Raiders Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers St. Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans Washington Redskins

Some teams seem to always strike gold on draft day, while others just find rocks. (We’re looking at you, Cleveland.) Revisit the past 20 NFL drafts to see how adept every team has been at mining top talent.

Since 1996, here is how the league stacks up by the average draft value: 1. Pittsburgh Steelers (16.37) 2. Indianapolis Colts (15.27) 3. Green Bay Packers (14.86) 4. Baltimore Ravens (14.71) 5. New England Patriots (14.71) 6. Carolina Panthers (14.31) 7. Jacksonville Jaguars (13.75) 8. Philadelphia Eagles (13.39) 9. New York Jets (13.32) 10. San Diego Chargers (13.18) 11. Cincinnati Bengals (13.13) 12. New Orleans Saints (13.05) 13. Seattle Seahawks (12.92) 14. Minnesota Vikings (12.91) 15. Chicago Bears (12.73) 16. Miami Dolphins (12.69) 17. Dallas Cowboys (12.62) 18. New York Giants (12.53) 19. Atlanta Falcons (12.47) 20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (12.44) 21. Arizona Cardinals (12.3) 22. Denver Broncos (12.1) 23. Houston Texans (11.96) 24. Kansas City Chiefs (11.71) 25. Washington Redskins (11.7) 26. Tennessee Titans (11.55) 27. San Francisco 49ers (11.29) 28. Detroit Lions (11.1) 29. St. Louis Rams (10.85) 30. Buffalo Bills (10.79) 31. Oakland Raiders (10.66) 32. Cleveland Browns (9.55) The NFL overall Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints New York Giants New York Jets New England Patriots Oakland Raiders Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers St. Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans Washington Redskins X Average draft position X Draft rank, 1996–2016 X Best draft class before 2012 Surprised? Deflated? Demanding to know where these numbers come from? Average draft position is the average of all first round picks. Draft rank is the rank of this team's average draft value compared to all other teams. Best class is the year that this team had the highest average draft value. The years 2012 through 2015 are excluded because the players in those drafts have not had enough time to accumulate value. This piece uses a metric called draft value, created by the math gurus at ProFootballReference.com. It weighs factors such as games started, individual stats, team performance and all-pro honors. [Latest 2016 NFL mock draft: Eagles-Browns trade reshapes the top … again] It’s a way to compare players at different positions and to show their value to the teams that chose them. (Here's the nitty-gritty.) This measure isn't perfect. Playoffs aren’t included, for instance, and some skills don't show up in statistics. Longevity counts, so newer players don't have high numbers yet. But if you combine the values of all players a team chooses, you get a snapshot of whether that teams drafts well or … not so much. [The top 10 QBs for the 2016 NFL draft: Jared Goff ahead of Carson Wentz] If you want to revel in your team’s brilliance (or wallow in its futility), dive in. Spoiler alert: It isn't pretty for the Browns.

Here is a look at every pick the NFL overall Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints New York Giants New York Jets New England Patriots Oakland Raiders Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers St. Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans Washington Redskins have made since 1996, along with each player's draft value. Hover over each box for more details. Average draft value ’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15

Everyone gets buyer’s remorse Even the best-drafting teams make picks they’d like to have back. The Patriots took DB Chris Canty over Ronde Barber in 1997. The Steelers took WR Troy Edwards over Donald Driver in 1999. And of course, there are the 2000 QB picks that will forever haunt the Jets, 49ers, Ravens, Saints and Browns, who chose … drum roll, please … Chad Pennington, Giovanni Carmazzi, Chris Redmond, Tee Martin, Marc Bulger and Spurgeon Wynn, respectively, while taking a pass on Tom Brady. [The Rams just traded for the No. 1 pick. Here’s how they should use it.] Some of the best players that the Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints New York Giants New York Jets New England Patriots Oakland Raiders Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers St. Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans Washington Redskins left on the table:Remorse is based on other available picks at the same position in the same draft. For every pick a team made, we compared the career value of other players of that position who were still available. We used career value to calculate instead of draft value in order to more equally compare players' careers. We ranked each set of "regrets" by largest difference and showed the top four.

Most drafted players don’t measure up The simple math of the NFL is that a big chunk of players chosen in the draft never make an impact for their new team. Of the more than 5,000 players drafted since 1996, one in six never played for the teams that chose them. However, that also includes players immediately traded before their first seasons (see: Eli Manning and Philip Rivers). The average draft value is 12.7, but more than a third of players scored 4.0 or less, meaning they contributed little or nothing to the team that picked them. With that in mind, we can divide players into some broad categories. Here's how the NFL overall Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints New York Giants New York Jets New England Patriots Oakland Raiders Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers St. Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans Washington Redskins picks since 1996 have turned out: 1st

round Picks within round 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Roll over highlighted dots to see each player's value to the team that drafted him: Legendary Great Good Average Poor Useless X Didn't play Were immediately traded or didn't make the cut X Useless Rarely — or never — saw the field X Poor Had underwhelming careers X Average Decent choices, but nothing special X Good Solid, bread-and-butter players X Great Worthy of telling the grandkids about X Legendary You'll see these guys in the Hall of Fame Here’s a look at that breakdown for all players drafted by every team since 1996.Categories were defined to be relatively equal in size, centered around the NFL average (12.7). Remember, those who never played for the teams that selected them have no draft value number — not even a zero — so you won’t see players such as Eli Manning (career value of 104) or Philip Rivers (121) anywhere. Draft value distribution of all picks since 1996 37% Useless (draft value 0–4) Ryan Leaf (0) Ryan Mallett (0) AJ Jenkins (0) David Pollack (3) 17 0 11 5 80 35 Each line is a player. Line height is draft value. Players are sorted by value. 15.3% Poor (5–10) JaMarcus Russell (6) Cedric Benson (9) 17 0 11 5 80 35 10.5% Average (10–17) Matt Leinart (12) Beanie Wells (14) 17 0 11 5 80 35 12.3% Good (18–35) Michael Clayton (22) Carlos Rogers (23) C.J. Spiller (32) 17 0 11 5 80 35 6.9% Great (36–80) A.J. Hawk (56) Dez Bryant (50) Vonn Miller (58) 17 0 11 5 80 35 1% Legendary (More than 80) Tom Brady, Ray Lewis (160) Peyton Manning (144) Marvin Harrison (124) Brian Urlacher (118) 17 0 11 5 80 35 Both ends of the spectrum 1% Legendary (Draft value more than 80) 16.7% Didn’t play for their draft team (no score) Tom Brady, Ray Lewis (160) Eli Manning and Philip Rivers were part of a draft-day trade in 2004; Maurice Clarett Eric Crouch Peyton Manning (144) Marvin Harrison (124) Brian Urlacher (118) Everbody else 37% Useless (draft value of 0–4) 15.3% Poor (5–10) 12.3% Good (18–35) 6.9% Great (36–80) 10.5% Average (11–17) Ryan Leaf (0) JaMarcus Russell (6) Matt Leinart (12) Michael Clayton (22) A.J. Hawk (56) Ryan Mallett (0) AJ Jenkins (0) Beanie Wells (14) Cedric Benson (9) David Pollack (3) Carlos Rogers (23) Dez Bryant (50) C.J. Spiller (32) Vonn Miller (58) NFL average (12.7) Each line is a player. Line height is draft value. Players are sorted by value. 17 0 11 5 80 35 Draft value 37% Useless (draft value of 0–4) 15.3% Poor (5–10) 12.3% Good (18–35) 16.7% of players drafted, 1996-2015 Didn’t play for their draft team 6.9% Great (36–80) 1% Legendary (More than 80) 10.5% Average (11–17) Tom Brady, Ray Lewis (160) Ryan Leaf (0) JaMarcus Russell (6) Matt Leinart (12) Michael Clayton (22) A.J. Hawk (56) Ryan Mallett (0) Peyton Manning (144) AJ Jenkins (0) Eli Manning and Philip Rivers were part of a draft-day trade in 2004; Maurice Clarett Eric Crouch Beanie Wells (14) Cedric Benson (9) David Pollack (3) Carlos Rogers (23) Dez Bryant (50) Marvin Harrison (124) Brian Urlacher (118) C.J. Spiller (32) Orlando Pace (103) Vonn Miller (58) Adrian Peterson (88) JJ Watt (81) NFL average (12.7) Each line is a player. Line height is draft value. Players are sorted by value. 17 0 11 5 80 35 Draft value