I think that's the Jimmy Johnson chart. There are a bunch of these charts around. JJ's was based on historical trades. His rule of thumb was a pick for future drafts should be valued at the middle of a round lower. So next year's 4th from some team would be rated as equal to the middle of round 5 this year. But for some teams if you are confident they will stink, their picks are more valuable.

There are also charts where the dropoff from early rounds to later rounds is less steep and having a lot of 7th round picks is worth as much a late 5th or early 6th.

On 2/19/2026 at 1:07 PM, sparky151 said:

I think that's the Jimmy Johnson chart. There are a bunch of these charts around. JJ's was based on historical trades. His rule of thumb was a pick for future drafts should be valued at the middle of a round lower. So next year's 4th from some team would be rated as equal to the middle of round 5 this year. But for some teams if you are confident they will stink, their picks are more valuable.

There are also charts where the dropoff from early rounds to later rounds is less steep and having a lot of 7th round picks is worth as much a late 5th or early 6th.

there are quite a few, none of which are perfect, i landed on this one due to it being most commonly used on sites and articles that were the most legit, and IMO seems value is accurate.. like a early mid round 2nd and a late round second barely gets you into the late round of the first round.. which is fairly accurate IMO.