Who are the 10 best players in Commanders-Eagles NFC Championship Game?

The Philadelphia Eagles host the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday afternoon (3 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app) in what is a highly anticipated battle between two NFC East teams.

Philadelphia and Washington split their season series, with both teams winning on their respective home turf. Washington leads the all-time series (90-86-6) and won their only previous playoff matchup in the 1990 NFL season.

Here are the top 10 players in this year's NFC Championship Game.

Wagner, a six-time All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowler, was one of a flurry of Washington free-agent pickups who has been everything the franchise could've asked for. The 34-year-old linebacker totaled 132 combined tackles, two sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble in the regular season, while logging eight combined tackles in both Washington's wild-card round victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and divisional-round win over the Detroit Lions. Wagner registered a 91.0 pass rush grade (first among linebackers), 89.9 overall grade (third) and 90.8 run defense grade (third) this season, per Pro Football Focus. Wagner, who has registered 100-plus combined tackles in each of his 13 seasons, ranks fourth in NFL history with 1,838 combined tackles and 10th with 1,071 solo tackles.

After primarily serving as a depth linebacker for the first four years of his career (2020-23), Baun is in the midst of a breakout season in what's his first with the Eagles. In the regular season (he was rested in Week 18), Baun totaled 151 combined tackles, five forced fumbles, 3.5 sacks, one interception and one fumble recovery. Prior to this season, Baun had 88 career combined tackles and zero forced fumbles. Baun boasts a 91.7 coverage