The 150 Best Players in NFL History, Part 10

Part 9 is here.

80 left.  The drive for the top 150 of all time. 

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

80. Herb Adderly 146 164 .890, between Jack Lambert and Lem Barney, currently #2 overall, knocks Darren Sharper off the list.

79. Mel Blount 147 200 .735, between Donovan McNabb and Mel Renfro (back to back Mels), currently #23 overall, knocks Grady Alderman off the list.

78. Len Dawson 147 211 .697, between Jim Taylor and Mike Haynes, currently #34 overall, knocks Jackie Slater off the list.

77. Jim Otto 147 210 .700, between Reggie Wayne and Jim Taylor, currently #33 overall, knocks Lyle Alzado off the list

76. Mick Tingelhoff 147 240 .613, between John Brodie and Drew Bledsoe, currently #55 overall, knocks Fred Biletnikoff off the list

75. Deion Sanders 148 188 .787, between Larry Grantham and Sam Huff, currently #12 overall, knocks Pat Fischer off the list

74. Gene Upshaw 148 217 .682, between Len Dawson and Mike Haynes, currently #37 overall, knocks Cornelius Bennett off the list

73.  Zach Thomas 149 184 .810, between Alex Karras and Julius Peppers, currently #7 overall, knocks Harold Jackson off the list

72. Warren Sapp 149 198 .753, between Night Train Lane and Roger Staubach, currently #18 overall, knocks Mark Brunell off the list

71. Chris Hanburger 149 187 .797, between Norm Van Brocklin and Edgerrin James, currently #11 overall, knocks off Richard Dent

70 players left.  That means the current top 80 is going to make the final 150 of all time. 

 

1.       Jack Lambert

2.       Herb Adderly

3.       Lem Barney

4.       Yale Lary

5.       Isiah Robertson

6.       Alex Karras

7.       Zach Thomas

8.       Julius Peppers

9.       Willie Davis

10.   Norm Van Brocklin

11.   Chris Hanburger

12.   Edgerrin James

13.   Larry Grantham

14.   Deion Sanders

15.   Sam Huff

16.   Henry Jordan

17.   Johnny Robinson

18.   Night Train Lane

19.   Warren Sapp

20.   Roger Staubach

21.   Rosey Brown

22.   Bob Griese

23.   Ray Nitschke

24.   Paul Warfield

25.   Chuck Howley

26.   Donovan McNabb

27.   Mel Blount

28.   Mel Renfro

29.   Terry Bradshaw

30.   Bobby Boyd

31.   Dick Butkus

32.   Ed Reed

33.   Randall Cunningham

34.   Raymond Berry

35.   Tony Dorsett

36.   Reggie Wayne

37.   Jim Otto

38.   Jim Taylor

39.   Len Dawson

40.   Gene Upshaw

41.   Mike Haynes

42.   Bobby Layne

43.   Buck Buchanan

44.   Ricky Watters

45.   Franco Harris

46.   Jim Kelly

47.   Thurman Thomas

48.   John Hannah

49.   Willie Wood

50.   Lee Roy Jordan

51.   Maxie Baughan

52.   Derrick Thomas

53.   Michael Irvin

54.   Willie Lanier

55.   Steve Largent

56.   Sonny Jurgensen

57.   Ken Houston

58.   John Hadl

59.   John Brodie

60.   Mick Tingelhoff

61.   Drew Bledsoe

62.   Deacon Jones

63.   Boomer Esiason

64.   Jim Parker

65.   Bill Bergey

66.   Dan Hampton

67.   Marcus Allen

68.   Cornell Green

69.   Joe Fortunato

70.   Lance Alworth

71.   YA Tittle

72.   Steve McNair

73.   Curtis Martin

74.   Russ Washington

75.   Jim Hart

76.   Lemar Parrish

77.   Vinny Testaverde

78.   Dave Krieg

79.   Willie Roaf

80.   Roman Gabriel

81.   Charley Taylor

82.   Don Maynard

83.   Randall McDaniel

84.   Tim Brown

85.   Mike Webster

86.   Mike Kenn

87.   James Lofton

88.   Brian Dawkins

89.   Gary Zimmerman

90.   Aeneas Williams

91.   Charles Woodson

92.   Isaac Bruce

93.   Bart Starr

94.   Art Shell

95.   Ken Riley

96.   Lenny Moore

97.   Antonio Gates

98.   Richie Petitbon

99.   Jim Tyrer

100.                        Eddie Meador

101.                        Shannon Sharpe

102.                        Rich Gannon

103.                        Tiki Barber

104.                        Sam Mills

105.                        Larry Little

106.                        Jack Pardee

107.                        Harry Carson

108.                        Torry Holt

109.                        Dave Robinson

110.                        Troy Aikman

111.                        Lance Briggs

112.                        Rod Smith

113.                        Eric Allen

114.                        Richmond Webb

115.                        Ralph Neely

116.                        Clay Matthews

117.                        Larry Wilson

118.                        Warrick Dunn

119.                        Orlando Pace

120.                        Forrest Gregg

121.                        Walter Jones

122.                        John Randle

123.                        John Riggins

124.                        Phil Simms

125.                        Too Tall Jones

126.                        Cris Carter

127.                        Will Shields

128.                        Lomas Brown

129.                        Erich Barnes

130.                        Henry Ellard

131.                        Hardy Nickerson

132.                        Charlie Joiner

133.                        London Fletcher

134.                        Wayne Walker

135.                        Wilber Marshall

136.                        Jimmy Smith

137.                        Andre Reed

138.                        Art Monk

139.                        Steve McMichael

140.                        James Farrior

141.                        Jeff Saturday

142.                        Howie Long

143.                        Ken Stabler

144.                        Roger Wehrli

145.                        Roy Winston

146.                        Dick Schafrath

147.                        Charlie Cowan

148.                        Gene Hickerson

149.                        Pat Swilling

150.                        Jackie Smith