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The 2025 NFL season has officially ended, which means mock draft season is kicking into high gear. Just 73 days separate the Super Bowl and the First Round of the 2026 NFL Draft, and there isn’t a diehard fan who won’t toy around with what their favorite team could walk away with in a mock draft simulator at least once.

But if you’re going to mock draft, you ought to mock draft with the best simulator on the market. There are quite a few of them—probably more than you realize! Don’t worry, we’ve saved you the trouble of trying them all out. We put nine simulators through their paces and created this consensus ranking. Here are the strengths and weaknesses for each option on the market:

Ranking NFL Mock Draft Simulators

1. Pro Football Network

I had never really given Pro Football Network (PFSN) a fair shake until preparing for this article, and I came away really impressed! The user interface is clean and intuitive, and the tool is completely free. They have a database selector, which is great for selecting which big board you want to draft from: PFF, ESPN, The Athletic, PFSN’s own, or a consensus board.

There are ads, but they aren’t completely overwhelming like some of the other simulators on this list. This sim offers computer-generated trade proposals on each pick that you own, and the integrated player info is really strong so that you can dig into the profiles as you go.

Only two things left me wanting: first, the trade tool doesn’t give you any indication of what’s fair vs. what’s lopsided like other sites. And second, you can’t bundle position groups to pick from. You can only see the full board, or one position at a time. Other than those two details, this sim is really good. -Freeze

2. Mock Draft Hero

You may be surprised to see Mock Draft Hero so high on our list. I’m not sure how many people have even heard of this one. I know I hadn’t. But as it turns out, it’s really good! It’s completely free to use and has a database selector like PFSN does.

The trade tool creates computer generated trade proposals along with the option to try your own, and it has a nice built-in trade fairness meter. The integrated player info for research is decent too. The only issue I found was that the user interface wasn’t the cleanest or most intuitive. But a couple moments of poking around is all it takes to get oriented and mocking to your heart’s content. -Freeze

3. Stick To The Model

Stick to the Model is one of the newer simulators for me, but I was quite pleased with the user experience. The interface is clean and easy to navigate. The simulator does as good of a job as any to present scheme fit for players, which should be very beneficial for those who aren’t hardcore in the NFL draft space. You don’t have to do as much overall research on the class, presenting a good amount of information on each player.

The other cool part of Stick to the Model is that the simulator is just one feature of the site. They also have the ability to go deeper into the offseason process, both in terms of salary cap and roster management. For the hardcore roster management people put there, this site is a one stop shop for all your hypothetical needs. -Roberts

4. NFL Mock Draft Database

There are two realities as a user of NFL Mock Draft Database: As a desktop user and as a mobile user. For desktop folks, don’t use it. It crashes way too often, which can be very annoying, especially for folks who are trying to create mock drafts to post for content. It just isn’t worth your time and can cause some frustration.

As a mobile user, however, it is a very easy user experience.

The process is clean, concise, and not overly complicated to figure out. The settings are easy to setup, and you don’t have to waste a ton of time to actually get to the draft. The site also does a nice job of consistently updating the draft board with feedback from notable members in the NFL draft community. The constant updates of information is extremely useful and as up to date as any simulator out there. -Roberts

5. Pro Football Focus

PFF is my mock draft tool of choice, despite it coming in at number five on this list. The top-5 of this ranking is really a “pick your flavor” situation, because all are strong in different ways. You’ll see that 6 through 9 on this list are… a bit of a step down.

So why fifth for PFF? Primarily, because it takes a PFF subscription to unlock full access to the simulator. The free version only allows up to three rounds of mock drafting, a daily limit on number of mocks, no trades, no turbo mode to speed things up, and only basic box score stats on each player. It’s really lame without a subscription.

But if you’re somebody like me who subscribes to PFF for all of it’s ball-knower usefulness, the full version is fantastic! There are no ads and the UI is the best on this list by far. The trade tool is good, you get all of PFF’s proprietary player grading and statistics integrated into the sim, and you get draft grades at the end to share with your friends. The biggest downsides are that there isn’t a database selector and the written analysis on each player tends to trickle in a bit slowly as draft season unfolds. -Freeze

6. Mock Draft Central

Mock Draft Central isn’t in association with a major site. It’s a sim maintained by a random draftnik, yet it is functionally better than several on the market. The information is mostly good but there are some errors in information, such as incorrect school tags. It is, however, very easy to use. The fact that this is just a random creation from one person is pretty impressive. It could be one of the better simulators on the market if they had some money and assets behind it. -Roberts

7. FanSpeak

FanSpeak’s sim is not very good. The user interface is clean and the ads aren’t overwhelming, but the rest is lackluster. You get two relatively unknown player databases to choose from, there is no player info, and the trade tool is locked without a subscription. -Freeze

8. NFL Draft Buzz

NFL Draft Buzz is one of the more visually appealing sites overall, but the simulator appears more for show than functionality. The whole interface is too busy, confusing, and they work off of the own site’s rankings, which aren’t kept up to date enough. The substance just isn’t there right now. It has potential to be a good asset in the future, but it just isn’t right now. -Roberts

9. ESPN Analytics

Let’s not spend too much time on ESPN Analytics. Their simulator hasn’t flipped over to the 2026 NFL Draft yet. It’s February and they haven’t decided it important enough to flip over to this class. Until they do, this simulator is about as useful as a cup of hot coffee in the desert. -Roberts