The 150 Best Players in NFL History, Part 15

Part 14 is here.

30 left.  30!  Approximate value, games, value/game are the numbers.

30. Emmitt Smith 169 226 .748, between Ken Anderson and Ronnie Lott, #18 overall, knocks, coincidentally, Aikman right off the list.

29. Doug Atkins 171 205 .834, between Walter Payton and Drew Brees, #5 overall, knocks Dave Robinson off the list

28. Steve Young 171 169 1.012, only 27 left, and we have a new number one. Torry Holt gets bounced

27. Tony Gonzalez 172 254 .677,  between Leo Nomellini and Terrell Owens, #24 overall, Harry Carson is off the list

26. Bob Lilly 172 196 .878, between Bednarik and Faulk, #4 overall, Jack Pardee is out

25. Anthony Munoz 177 185 .957, only 24 left, and we have a new number one.  Larry Little is gone.

24. Tom Brady 178 177 1.006, only 23 left and we have a new number one.  Sam Mills is out

23. Jim Brown 179 118 1.517, Brown runs, just runs away with it.  Tiki Barber’s out

22. Bill George 179 173 1.035, new number two – Rich Gannon’s out

21. Andy Robustelli 179 175 1.023, new number three – Shannon Sharpe is out.

A heavy reworking of the top of the list with just 20 to go.  Here’s where we sit.

1.       Jim Brown

2.       Bill George

3.       Andy Robustelli

4.       Tom Brady

5.       Anthony Munoz

6.       Steve Young

7.       Jack Ham

8.       Chuck Bednarik

9.       Bob Lilly

10.   Marshall Faulk

11.   Walter Payton

12.   Doug Atkins

13.   Drew Brees

14.   Mean Joe Greene

15.   Dan Fouts

16.   Barry Sanders

17.   Joe Montana

18.   Joe Schmidt

19.   Mike Singletary

20.   Gino Marchetti

21.   LaDainian Tomlinson

22.   Ted Hendricks

23.   Warren Moon

24.   Marvin Harrison

25.   Ken Anderson

26.   Emmitt Smith

27.   Ronnie Lott

28.   Jack Lambert

29.   Leo Nomellini

30.   Tony Gonzalez

31.   Terrell Owens

32.   Jack Youngblood

33.   Emlen Tunnell

34.   Nick Buoniconti

35.   Ernie Stautner

36.   Jim Ringo

37.   Bobby Bell

38.   Brian Urlacher

39.   Randy Moss

40.   Herb Adderly

41.   Michael Strahan

42.   Lem Barney

43.   Yale Lary

44.   Isiah Robertson

45.   Alex Karras

46.   Zach Thomas

47.   Julius Peppers

48.   Jimmy Johnson

49.   Willie Davis

50.   Rickey Jackson

51.   Norm Van Brocklin

52.   Willie Brown

53.   Chris Hanburger

54.   Edgerrin James

55.   Larry Grantham

56.   Randy White

57.   Deion Sanders

58.   Sam Huff

59.   Ron Yary

60.   Henry Jordan

61.   Champ Bailey

62.   Johnny Robinson

63.   Night Train Lane

64.   Warren Sapp

65.   Roger Staubach

66.   Rosey Brown

67.   Bob Griese

68.   Ray Nitschke

69.   Paul Warfield

70.   Chuck Howley

71.   Donovan McNabb

72.   Mel Blount

73.   Mel Renfro

74.   Jason Taylor

75.   Ronde Barber

76.   Chris Doleman

77.   Terry Bradshaw

78.   Bobby Boyd

79.   Dick Butkus

80.   Ed Reed

81.   Randall Cunningham

82.   Raymond Berry

83.   Tony Dorsett

84.   Reggie Wayne

85.   Jim Otto

86.   Jim Taylor

87.   Len Dawson

88.   Gene Upshaw

89.   Ron McDole

90.   Mike Haynes

91.   Bobby Layne

92.   Buck Buchanan

93.   Ricky Watters

94.   Franco Harris

95.   Jim Kelly

96.   Thurman Thomas

97.   John Hannah

98.   Willie Wood

99.   Lee Roy Jordan

100.                        Maxie Baughan

101.                        Derrick Thomas

102.                        Michael Irvin

103.                        Willie Lanier

104.                        Steve Largent

105.                        Sonny Jurgensen

106.                        Ken Houston

107.                        John Hadl

108.                        John Brodie

109.                        Mick Tingelhoff

110.                        Drew Bledsoe

111.                        Deacon Jones

112.                        Boomer Esiason

113.                        Jim Parker

114.                        Bill Bergey

115.                        Dan Hampton

116.                        Marcus Allen

117.                        Cornell Green

118.                        Joe Fortunato

119.                        Lance Alworth

120.                        YA Tittle

121.                        Steve McNair

122.                        Curtis Martin

123.                        Russ Washington

124.                        Jim Hart

125.                        Lemar Parrish

126.                        Vinny Testaverde

127.                        Dave Krieg

128.                        Willie Roaf

129.                        Roman Gabriel

130.                        Charley Taylor

131.                        Don Maynard

132.                        Randall McDaniel

133.                        Tim Brown

134.                        Mike Webster

135.                        Mike Kenn

136.                        James Lofton

137.                        Brian Dawkins

138.                        Gary Zimmerman

139.                        Aeneas Williams

140.                        Darrell Green

141.                        Charles Woodson

142.                        Isaac Bruce

143.                        Bart Starr

144.                        Art Shell

145.                        Ken Riley

146.                        Lenny Moore

147.                        Antonio Gates

148.                        Richie Petitbon

149.                        Jim Tyrer

150.                        Eddie Meador