The 150 Best Players in NFL History Part 3

Part 2 was here.

40 down.  200 to go.  Who will be the top 150 football players ever?

The numbers are approximate value, games, value/game. 

200. Richard Dent  DE 122 203 .601

The total value gets him right ahead of Brunell.

199. Harold Jackson WR 123 208 .591

The total value gets him right above Biletnikoff

198. Gene Hickerson G 123 202 .609

Just below Schafrath.

197. Pat Fischer CB 123 213 .577

Right below Jackson

196. Warrick Dunn RB 123 181 .680

He finishes right ahead of Pace.

195. Maxie Baughan OLB 123 143 .860

Baughan’s going high.  Right ahead of Parker.

194. Jackie Smith TE 124 210 .590

Between Dent and Swilling

193. Eugene Robinson S 124 250 .496

Lot of games to accumulate that value; just above Kevin Carter

192. Willie Lanier ILB 124 149 .832

Just behind Baughan.

191. Torry Holt WR 124 173 .717

Right between Barber and Robinson. 

190. Charlie Cowan T 124 206 .602

Beats out Hickerson

189. Harry Carson ILB 124 173 .717

Carson and Holt had the same career.  How about that?

188. Richmond Webb T 125 184 .679

Total value gets him just above Neely.

187. Ricky Watters RB 125 144 .868

Turn on the Watters – he’s right below Jim Taylor. 

186. Ted Washington DT 125 236 .530

Total value gets Ted just ahead of Bryant Young

185. Wayne Walker OLB 125 200 .625

Just ahead of Wilbur Marshall

184. Rod Smith WR 125 183 .683

Right ahead of Richmond Webb

183. Kevin Mawae C 125 241 .519

Right ahead of Wisniewski

182. Joe Fortunato OLB 125 155 .806

Just ahead of Alworth

181. Charley Taylor WR 126 165 .764

And just behind Alworth.

60 down.  180 to go.  Who will be ranked as the top 150 players ever?

Here’s where we stand.

1.       Bobby Boyd

2.       Dick Butkus

3.       Jim Taylor

4.       Ricky Watters

5.       Maxie Baughan

6.       Willie Lanier

7.       Jim Parker

8.       Joe Fortunato

9.       Lance Alworth

10.   Charley Taylor

11.   Lenny Moore

12.   Antonio Gates

13.   Eddie Meador

14.   Rich Gannon

15.   Tiki Barber

16.   Harry Carson

17.   Torry Holt

18.   Dave Robinson

19.   Troy Aikman

20.   Lance Briggs

21.   Rod Smith

22.   Richmond Webb

23.   Ralph Neely

24.   Larry Wilson

25.   Warrick Dunn

26.   Orlando Pace

27.   Walter Jones

28.   John Riggins

29.   Phil Simms

30.   Erich Barnes

31.   Wayne Walker

32.   Wilber Marshall

33.   Jimmy Smith

34.   Howie Long

35.   Ken Stabler

36.   Roger Wehrli

37.   Roy Winston

38.   Dick Schafrath

39.   Charlie Cowan

40.   Gene Hickerson

41.   Pat Swilling

42.   Jackie Smith

43.   Richard Dent

44.   Mark Brunell

45.   Harold Jackson

46.   Cornelius Bennett

47.   Pat Fischer

48.   Fred Biletnikoff

49.   Lyle Alzado

50.   Grady Alderman

51.   Darren Sharper

52.   Ted Washington

53.   Bryant Young

54.   Kevin Mawae

55.   Steve Wisniewski

56.   Alan Faneca

57.   Kevin Carter

58.   Eugene Robinson

59.   Bill Romanowski

60.   Kevin Greene