Chicago Bears, you are now on the clock.
A pre-2023 NFL draft trade that shipped the top pick in last year's draft to the Carolina Panthers has paid off big time for the Bears.
With Sunday's 26-0 defeat against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Panthers clinched the league's worst record this season, which means the Bears own the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL draft.
The draft order is determined by record and uses strength of schedule as a tiebreaker (record and strength of schedule are official tiebreakers to determine the draft order).
The final 14 first-round spots will be determined by playoff results. For now, those teams will be ordered based on playoff seed, if the season ended today.
The 2024 NFL draft is scheduled to be held in Detroit from April 25-27.
2024 NFL draft first-round order
(as of Dec. 31; * denotes wild-card team and # denotes division leader)
1. Chicago Bears (from Panthers) — Carolina Panthers' record: 2-14 (strength of schedule: .520)
2 . Washington Commanders — Record: 4-12 (.504)
3. New England Patriots — Record: 4-12 (.527)
4. Arizona Cardinals — Record: 4-12 (.566)
5. New York Giants — Record: 5-11 (.500)
6. Los Angeles Chargers — Record: 5-11 (.520)
7. Tennessee Titans — Record: 5-11 (.527)
8. New York Jets — Record: 6-10 (.523)
9. Atlanta Falcons — Record: 7-9 (.418)
10. Chicago Bears — Record: 7-9 (.461)
11. Las Vegas Raiders — Record: 7-9 (.488)
12. Minnesota Vikings — Record: 7-9 (.496)
13. New Orleans Saints — Record: 8-8 (.430)
14. Denver Broncos — Record: 8-8 (.488)
15. Seattle Seahawks — Record: 8-8 (.531)
16. Cincinnati Bengals — Record: 8-8 (.574)
17. Arizona Cardinals (from Texans) — Houston Texans' record: 9-7 (.473)
18. Pittsburgh Steelers — Record: 9-7 (.527)
19. *Green Bay Packers — Record: 8-8 (.473)
20. *Indianapolis Colts — Record: 9-7 (.480)
21. *Los Angeles Rams — Record: 9-7 (.520)
22. *Buffalo Bills — Record: 10-6 (.457)
23. *Philadelphia Eagles — Record: 11-5 (.484)
24. *Houston Texans (from Browns) — Cleveland Browns' record: 11-5 (.539)
25. #Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Record: 8-8 (.508)
26. #Jacksonville Jaguars — Record: 9-7 (.543)
27. #Kansas City Chiefs — Record: 10-6 (.496)
28. #Miami Dolphins — Record: 11-5 (.434)
29. #Dallas Cowboys — Record: 11-5 (.461)
30. #Detroit Lions — Record: 11-5 (.484)
31. #San Francisco 49ers — Record: 12-4 (.504)
32. #Baltimore Ravens — Record: 13-3 (.543)
Teams without a first-round pick: Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns