The 150 Best Players in NFL History, Part 13

Part 12 is here.

Only 50 left, the 50 players in NFL history with thye greatest approximate value – we’re looking for a list of the 150 best football players ever.  The numbers here are approximate value, games, value/game.

50. Jimmy Johnson 158 213 .742, between Julius Peppers and Willie Davis, currently #20 overall, this eliminates Henry Ellard

49. Jack Youngblood 158 202 .782, between Leo Nomellini and Emlen Tunnell, currently #10 overall, this eliminates Erich Barnes

48. Mike Singletary 159 179 .888, between Joe Schmidt and Gino Marchetti, currently #3 overall, that eliminates Lomas Brown

47. Drew Brees 160 170 .941, only 46 players left…and we have a new overall #1.  Eliminates Will Shields

46. Rickey Jackson 160 227 .705, between Willie Davis and Norm Van Brocklin, currently #25 overall, Cris Carter gets knocked off the list

45. Ronnie Lott 160 192 .833, one of my guys; between LaDainian Tomlinson and Jack Lambert, currently #7 overall, Too Tall Jones gets knocked off the list.  Respect that. 

44. Michael Strahan 160 216 .741, between Herb Adderly and Lem Barney, currently #18 on the list, knocks off another NYG, Phil Simms

43. Ken Anderson 161 192 .839, between LaDainian Tomlinson and Ronnie Lott, currently #7 on the list, knocks off a guy in the Hall of Fame, where Anderson is not, John Riggins

42. Marvin Harrison 161 190 .847, between LaDainian Tomlinson and Ken Anderson, currently #7 on the list, knocks off John Randle

41. Randy Moss 161 218 .739, between Brian Urlacher and Herb Adderly, currently #19 on the list, knocks off Walter Jones.

40 players left. 

 

1.       Drew Brees

2.       Barry Sanders

3.       Joe Schmidt

4.       Mike Singletary

5.       Gino Marchetti

6.       LaDainian Tomlinson

7.       Marvin Harrison

8.       Ken Anderson

9.       Ronnie Lott

10.   Jack Lambert

11.   Leo Nomellini

12.   Jack Youngblood

13.   Emlen Tunnell

14.   Nick Buoniconti

15.   Ernie Stautner

16.   Jim Ringo

17.   Bobby Bell

18.   Brian Urlacher

19.   Randy Moss

20.   Herb Adderly

21.   Michael Strahan

22.   Lem Barney

23.   Yale Lary

24.   Isiah Robertson

25.   Alex Karras

26.   Zach Thomas

27.   Julius Peppers

28.   Jimmy Johnson

29.   Willie Davis

30.   Rickey Jackson

31.   Norm Van Brocklin

32.   Willie Brown

33.   Chris Hanburger

34.   Edgerrin James

35.   Larry Grantham

36.   Randy White

37.   Deion Sanders

38.   Sam Huff

39.   Ron Yary

40.   Henry Jordan

41.   Champ Bailey

42.   Johnny Robinson

43.   Night Train Lane

44.   Warren Sapp

45.   Roger Staubach

46.   Rosey Brown

47.   Bob Griese

48.   Ray Nitschke

49.   Paul Warfield

50.   Chuck Howley

51.   Donovan McNabb

52.   Mel Blount

53.   Mel Renfro

54.   Jason Taylor

55.   Ronde Barber

56.   Chris Doleman

57.   Terry Bradshaw

58.   Bobby Boyd

59.   Dick Butkus

60.   Ed Reed

61.   Randall Cunningham

62.   Raymond Berry

63.   Tony Dorsett

64.   Reggie Wayne

65.   Jim Otto

66.   Jim Taylor

67.   Len Dawson

68.   Gene Upshaw

69.   Ron McDole

70.   Mike Haynes

71.   Bobby Layne

72.   Buck Buchanan

73.   Ricky Watters

74.   Franco Harris

75.   Jim Kelly

76.   Thurman Thomas

77.   John Hannah

78.   Willie Wood

79.   Lee Roy Jordan

80.   Maxie Baughan

81.   Derrick Thomas

82.   Michael Irvin

83.   Willie Lanier

84.   Steve Largent

85.   Sonny Jurgensen

86.   Ken Houston

87.   John Hadl

88.   John Brodie

89.   Mick Tingelhoff

90.   Drew Bledsoe

91.   Deacon Jones

92.   Boomer Esiason

93.   Jim Parker

94.   Bill Bergey

95.   Dan Hampton

96.   Marcus Allen

97.   Cornell Green

98.   Joe Fortunato

99.   Lance Alworth

100.                        YA Tittle

101.                        Steve McNair

102.                        Curtis Martin

103.                        Russ Washington

104.                        Jim Hart

105.                        Lemar Parrish

106.                        Vinny Testaverde

107.                        Dave Krieg

108.                        Willie Roaf

109.                        Roman Gabriel

110.                        Charley Taylor

111.                        Don Maynard

112.                        Randall McDaniel

113.                        Tim Brown

114.                        Mike Webster

115.                        Mike Kenn

116.                        James Lofton

117.                        Brian Dawkins

118.                        Gary Zimmerman

119.                        Aeneas Williams

120.                        Darrell Green

121.                        Charles Woodson

122.                        Isaac Bruce

123.                        Bart Starr

124.                        Art Shell

125.                        Ken Riley

126.                        Lenny Moore

127.                        Antonio Gates

128.                        Richie Petitbon

129.                        Jim Tyrer

130.                        Eddie Meador

131.                        Shannon Sharpe

132.                        Rich Gannon

133.                        Tiki Barber

134.                        Sam Mills

135.                        Larry Little

136.                        Jack Pardee

137.                        Harry Carson

138.                        Torry Holt

139.                        Dave Robinson

140.                        Troy Aikman

141.                        Lance Briggs

142.                        Rod Smith

143.                        Eric Allen

144.                        Richmond Webb

145.                        Ralph Neely

146.                        Clay Matthews

147.                        Larry Wilson

148.                        Warrick Dunn

149.                        Orlando Pace

150.                        Forrest Gregg