The 150 Best Players in NFL History, Part 14

Part 13 is here.

Only 40 players left; that means 200 have been profiled as we look to build the definitive (definitive, he says) list of the 150 best football players ever.  The remaining 40 have the highest career value.  Numbers here – approximate value, games, value/game.

40. Mean Joe Greene 162 181 .895, between Drew Brees and Barry Sanders, currently #2 overall, knocks off Forrest Gregg. Only 39 left and Brees is still number 1.

39. Dan Fouts 162 181 .895, between Joe Greene and Barry Sanders, currently #3 overall, knocks off Orlando Pace. Fouts and Greene had identical careers.

38. Joe Montana 164 192 .854, between Barry Sanders and Joe Schmidt, currently #5 overall, knocks off Warrick Dunn – Joe finishes below Brees and Fouts. Joe's my favorite ever player. 

37. Terrell Owens 164 219 .749, between Leo Nomellini and Jack Youngblood, currently #15 overall, knocks off Larry Wilson

36. Chuck Bednarik 165 169 .976, with only 35 players left…we have a new #1. Clay Matthews is off the list

35. Marshall Faulk 165 176 .938, and now a new #2. Ralph Neely off the list.

34. Jack Ham 165 162 1.019, the first player with more than a 1.0 per game – new overall leader. Richmond Webb is off the list

33. Warren Moon 166 208 .798, between LaDainian Tomlinson and Marvin Harrison, currently #13 overall, Eric Allen knocked off the list

32. Walter Payton 168 190 .884, between Marshall Faulk and Drew Brees, currently #4 on the list, Rod Smith is off the list

31. Ted Hendricks 168 215 .781, between Tomlinson and Moon, currently #14 on the list, Lance Briggs is off the list.

30 left. Here we stand.

 

1.       Jack Ham

2.       Chuck Bednarik

3.       Marshall Faulk

4.       Walter Payton

5.       Drew Brees

6.       Mean Joe Greene

7.       Dan Fouts

8.       Barry Sanders

9.       Joe Montana

10.   Joe Schmidt

11.   Mike Singletary

12.   Gino Marchetti

13.   LaDainian Tomlinson

14.   Ted Hendricks

15.   Warren Moon

16.   Marvin Harrison

17.   Ken Anderson

18.   Ronnie Lott

19.   Jack Lambert

20.   Leo Nomellini

21.   Terrell Owens

22.   Jack Youngblood

23.   Emlen Tunnell

24.   Nick Buoniconti

25.   Ernie Stautner

26.   Jim Ringo

27.   Bobby Bell

28.   Brian Urlacher

29.   Randy Moss

30.   Herb Adderly

31.   Michael Strahan

32.   Lem Barney

33.   Yale Lary

34.   Isiah Robertson

35.   Alex Karras

36.   Zach Thomas

37.   Julius Peppers

38.   Jimmy Johnson

39.   Willie Davis

40.   Rickey Jackson

41.   Norm Van Brocklin

42.   Willie Brown

43.   Chris Hanburger

44.   Edgerrin James

45.   Larry Grantham

46.   Randy White

47.   Deion Sanders

48.   Sam Huff

49.   Ron Yary

50.   Henry Jordan

51.   Champ Bailey

52.   Johnny Robinson

53.   Night Train Lane

54.   Warren Sapp

55.   Roger Staubach

56.   Rosey Brown

57.   Bob Griese

58.   Ray Nitschke

59.   Paul Warfield

60.   Chuck Howley

61.   Donovan McNabb

62.   Mel Blount

63.   Mel Renfro

64.   Jason Taylor

65.   Ronde Barber

66.   Chris Doleman

67.   Terry Bradshaw

68.   Bobby Boyd

69.   Dick Butkus

70.   Ed Reed

71.   Randall Cunningham

72.   Raymond Berry

73.   Tony Dorsett

74.   Reggie Wayne

75.   Jim Otto

76.   Jim Taylor

77.   Len Dawson

78.   Gene Upshaw

79.   Ron McDole

80.   Mike Haynes

81.   Bobby Layne

82.   Buck Buchanan

83.   Ricky Watters

84.   Franco Harris

85.   Jim Kelly

86.   Thurman Thomas

87.   John Hannah

88.   Willie Wood

89.   Lee Roy Jordan

90.   Maxie Baughan

91.   Derrick Thomas

92.   Michael Irvin

93.   Willie Lanier

94.   Steve Largent

95.   Sonny Jurgensen

96.   Ken Houston

97.   John Hadl

98.   John Brodie

99.   Mick Tingelhoff

100.                        Drew Bledsoe

101.                        Deacon Jones

102.                        Boomer Esiason

103.                        Jim Parker

104.                        Bill Bergey

105.                        Dan Hampton

106.                        Marcus Allen

107.                        Cornell Green

108.                        Joe Fortunato

109.                        Lance Alworth

110.                        YA Tittle

111.                        Steve McNair

112.                        Curtis Martin

113.                        Russ Washington

114.                        Jim Hart

115.                        Lemar Parrish

116.                        Vinny Testaverde

117.                        Dave Krieg

118.                        Willie Roaf

119.                        Roman Gabriel

120.                        Charley Taylor

121.                        Don Maynard

122.                        Randall McDaniel

123.                        Tim Brown

124.                        Mike Webster

125.                        Mike Kenn

126.                        James Lofton

127.                        Brian Dawkins

128.                        Gary Zimmerman

129.                        Aeneas Williams

130.                        Darrell Green

131.                        Charles Woodson

132.                        Isaac Bruce

133.                        Bart Starr

134.                        Art Shell

135.                        Ken Riley

136.                        Lenny Moore

137.                        Antonio Gates

138.                        Richie Petitbon

139.                        Jim Tyrer

140.                        Eddie Meador

141.                        Shannon Sharpe

142.                        Rich Gannon

143.                        Tiki Barber

144.                        Sam Mills

145.                        Larry Little

146.                        Jack Pardee

147.                        Harry Carson

148.                        Torry Holt

149.                        Dave Robinson

150.                        Troy Aikman