The 150 Best Players in NFL History, Part 11

Part 10 is here.

70 left.  Building the 150 best football players ever.  Numbers here are approximate value, games, value/game.

70. Darrell Green 149 295 .505, between Aeneas Williams and Charles Woodson, currently #91 overall, eliminates Jackie Smith from the list

69. Bobby Bell 149 168 .887, between Jack Lambert and Herb Adderly, currently #2 overall, eliminates Pat Swilling from the list

68. Joe Schmidt 151 155 .974, only 67 players left….and we have a new #1. Eliminates Gene Hickerson

67. Ernie Stautner 151 173 .873, between Jack Lambert and Bobby Bell, currently #3 overall, eliminates Charlie Cowan from the list

66. Emlen Tunnell 151 167 .904, between Jack Lambert and Ernie Stautner, currently #3 overall, eliminated Dick Schafrath

65. Barry Sanders 152 153 .993, Schmidt’s run at the top was short lived – we have a new #1. Eliminates Roy Winston

64. Ron McDole 152 240 .633, between Gene Upshaw and Mike Haynes, currently #46 overall, eliminated Roger Wehrli

63. Gino Marchetti 152 161 .944, between Joe Schmidt and Jack Lambert, currently #3 overall, eliminated Kenny Stabler

62. Champ Bailey 153 210 .729, between Henry Jordan and Johnny Robinson, currently #23 overall, eliminated Howie Long – how many people know Champ Bailey was this much better than Howie Long?

61. Brian Urlacher 153 182 .841, between Bobby Bell and Herb Adderly, currently #8 overall, eliminates Jeff Saturday.  Urlacher was better than Butkus. 

Only 60 left.  That means the current Top 90 is guaranteed a spot on the final list.

 

1.       Barry Sanders

2.       Joe Schmidt

3.       Gino Marchetti

4.       Jack Lambert

5.       Emlen Tunnell

6.       Ernie Stautner

7.       Bobby Bell

8.       Brian Urlacher

9.       Herb Adderly

10.   Lem Barney

11.   Yale Lary

12.   Isiah Robertson

13.   Alex Karras

14.   Zach Thomas

15.   Julius Peppers

16.   Willie Davis

17.   Norm Van Brocklin

18.   Chris Hanburger

19.   Edgerrin James

20.   Larry Grantham

21.   Deion Sanders

22.   Sam Huff

23.   Henry Jordan

24.   Champ Bailey

25.   Johnny Robinson

26.   Night Train Lane

27.   Warren Sapp

28.   Roger Staubach

29.   Rosey Brown

30.   Bob Griese

31.   Ray Nitschke

32.   Paul Warfield

33.   Chuck Howley

34.   Donovan McNabb

35.   Mel Blount

36.   Mel Renfro

37.   Terry Bradshaw

38.   Bobby Boyd

39.   Dick Butkus

40.   Ed Reed

41.   Randall Cunningham

42.   Raymond Berry

43.   Tony Dorsett

44.   Reggie Wayne

45.   Jim Otto

46.   Jim Taylor

47.   Len Dawson

48.   Gene Upshaw

49.   Ron McDole

50.   Mike Haynes

51.   Bobby Layne

52.   Buck Buchanan

53.   Ricky Watters

54.   Franco Harris

55.   Jim Kelly

56.   Thurman Thomas

57.   John Hannah

58.   Willie Wood

59.   Lee Roy Jordan

60.   Maxie Baughan

61.   Derrick Thomas

62.   Michael Irvin

63.   Willie Lanier

64.   Steve Largent

65.   Sonny Jurgensen

66.   Ken Houston

67.   John Hadl

68.   John Brodie

69.   Mick Tingelhoff

70.   Drew Bledsoe

71.   Deacon Jones

72.   Boomer Esiason

73.   Jim Parker

74.   Bill Bergey

75.   Dan Hampton

76.   Marcus Allen

77.   Cornell Green

78.   Joe Fortunato

79.   Lance Alworth

80.   YA Tittle

81.   Steve McNair

82.   Curtis Martin

83.   Russ Washington

84.   Jim Hart

85.   Lemar Parrish

86.   Vinny Testaverde

87.   Dave Krieg

88.   Willie Roaf

89.   Roman Gabriel

90.   Charley Taylor

91.   Don Maynard

92.   Randall McDaniel

93.   Tim Brown

94.   Mike Webster

95.   Mike Kenn

96.   James Lofton

97.   Brian Dawkins

98.   Gary Zimmerman

99.   Aeneas Williams

100.                        Darrell Green

101.                        Charles Woodson

102.                        Isaac Bruce

103.                        Bart Starr

104.                        Art Shell

105.                        Ken Riley

106.                        Lenny Moore

107.                        Antonio Gates

108.                        Richie Petitbon

109.                        Jim Tyrer

110.                        Eddie Meador

111.                        Shannon Sharpe

112.                        Rich Gannon

113.                        Tiki Barber

114.                        Sam Mills

115.                        Larry Little

116.                        Jack Pardee

117.                        Harry Carson

118.                        Torry Holt

119.                        Dave Robinson

120.                        Troy Aikman

121.                        Lance Briggs

122.                        Rod Smith

123.                        Eric Allen

124.                        Richmond Webb

125.                        Ralph Neely

126.                        Clay Matthews

127.                        Larry Wilson

128.                        Warrick Dunn

129.                        Orlando Pace

130.                        Forrest Gregg

131.                        Walter Jones

132.                        John Randle

133.                        John Riggins

134.                        Phil Simms

135.                        Too Tall Jones

136.                        Cris Carter

137.                        Will Shields

138.                        Lomas Brown

139.                        Erich Barnes

140.                        Henry Ellard

141.                        Hardy Nickerson

142.                        Charlie Joiner

143.                        London Fletcher

144.                        Wayne Walker

145.                        Wilber Marshall

146.                        Jimmy Smith

147.                        Andre Reed

148.                        Art Monk

149.                        Steve McMichael

150.                        James Farrior