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The 150 Best Players in NFL History Part 5

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Part 4 is here.


 
80 down.  The top 160 for overall value are left as we battle them off to find the 150 greatest players ever.

Approximate value, games, value/game are the numbers below.

160 Gary Zimmerman T 130 184 .707

Career value gets him between Lenny Moore and Charley Taylor.

159. Willie Wood S 131 166 .789

Between Baughan and Jim Kelly

158. Derrick Thomas OLB 131 169 .775

Thomas is just behind Baughan, ahead of the Playmaker.

157. Bart Starr QB 131 196 .668

No, he doesn’t beat out Steve McNair.

156. Andre Reed WR 131 234 .560

Just slips by Art Monk.

155. John Randle DT 131 219 .598

Just below Walter Jones.

154. Hardy Nickerson ILB 131 225 .582

Right ahead of Wayne Walker.

153. Don Maynard WR 131 186 .704

Just behind Taylor.

152. Roman Gabriel QB 131 183 .716

He goes in just ahead of Taylor.

151. Shannon Sharpe TE 132 204 .647

Right behind Eddie Meador.

150. Henry Ellard WR 132 228 .579

Just above Nickerson

149. Ray Berry WR 132 154 .857

High rent district, just below Butkus.

148. Eric Allen CB 132 217 .608

Right under Rod Smith

147. Will Shields G 133 224 .594

Just ahead of Ellard.

146. Art Shell T 133 207 .643

Right behind Starr

145. Willie Roaf T 133 189 .704

Right ahead of Gabriel.

144. Ken Riley CB 133 207 .643

Had the same career as Shell.

143. Yale Lary S 133 133 1.000

Your new leader. 

142. Too Tall Jones DE 133 224 .594

Same career as Shields.

141. Charlie Joiner WR 133 239 .556

Right under Nickerson

So – with only 140 players left that means the current overall top 10 is guaranteed to make the final top 150.  Here’s the list

 

1.       Yale Lary

2.       Roger Staubach

3.       Bobby Boyd

4.       Dick Butkus

5.       Raymond Berry

6.       Jim Taylor

7.       Ricky Watters

8.       Jim Kelly

9.       Willie Wood

10.   Maxie Baughan

11.   Derrick Thomas

12.   Michael Irvin

13.   Willie Lanier

14.   Jim Parker

15.   Bill Bergey

16.   Dan Hampton

17.   Joe Fortunato

18.   Lance Alworth

19.   Steve McNair

20.   Curtis Martin

21.   Lemar Parrish

22.   Willie Roaf

23.   Roman Gabriel

24.   Charley Taylor

25.   Don Maynard

26.   Gary Zimmerman

27.   Bart Starr

28.   Art Shell

29.   Ken Riley

30.   Lenny Moore

31.   Antonio Gates

32.   Richie Petitbon

33.   Jim Tyrer

34.   Eddie Meador

35.   Shannon Sharpe

36.   Rich Gannon

37.   Tiki Barber

38.   Sam Mills

39.   Larry Little

40.   Jack Pardee

41.   Harry Carson

42.   Torry Holt

43.   Dave Robinson

44.   Troy Aikman

45.   Lance Briggs

46.   Rod Smith

47.   Eric Allen

48.   Richmond Webb

49.   Ralph Neely

50.   Larry Wilson

51.   Warrick Dunn

52.   Orlando Pace

53.   Forrest Gregg

54.   Walter Jones

55.   John Randle

56.   John Riggins

57.   Phil Simms

58.   Too Tall Jones

59.   Will Shields

60.   Erich Barnes

61.   Henry Ellard

62.   Hardy Nickerson

63.   Charlie Joiner

64.   Wayne Walker

65.   Wilber Marshall

66.   Jimmy Smith

67.   Andre Reed

68.   Art Monk

69.   Steve McMichael

70.   James Farrior

71.   Jeff Saturday

72.   Howie Long

73.   Ken Stabler

74.   Roger Wehrli

75.   Roy Winston

76.   Dick Schafrath

77.   Charlie Cowan

78.   Gene Hickerson

79.   Pat Swilling

80.   Jackie Smith

81.   Richard Dent

82.   Mark Brunell

83.   Harold Jackson

84.   Cornelius Bennett

85.   Pat Fischer

86.   Fred Biletnikoff

87.   Lyle Alzado

88.   Jackie Slater

89.   Grady Alderman

90.   Darren Sharper

91.   Ted Washington

92.   Bryant Young

93.   Kevin Mawae

94.   Steve Wisniewski

95.   Alan Faneca

96.   Lou Groza

97.   Kevin Carter

98.   Eugene Robinson

99.   Bill Romanowski

100.                        Kevin Greene

 

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