About Future Football Legends

Future Football Legends aims to compare current and former NFL stars against the best that ever played the game using easily understood metrics.

Hall of Fame selectors have the difficult task of evaluating players careers against one another when they play different positions. Traditional statistics (touchdowns, rushing yards, etc.) can be useful when comparing players at the same position who played during the same era, but don't provide much help when comparing careers of players across time and position.

Legends Score

The "Legends Score" is a simple measure of individual career accomplishments using the following point system, relatively weighted based on the award's exclusivity:

1 point per Pro Bowl Selection
5 points per 1st Team All-Pro Selection
3 points per 2nd Team All-Pro Selection
15 points per 1st Team All-Decade Selection
9 points per 2nd Team All-Decade Selection
12 points per general All-Decade Selection (no 1st or 2nd Teams designated)
9 points per regular season MVP
8 points per Super Bowl MVP
5 points for non-MVP Super Bowl Winning QBs
1 point per AFL All-Star Team Selection
15 points for AFL All-Time 1st Team
9 points for AFL All-Time 2nd Team

Applying this scoring system to current Hall of Famers provides a basis for evaluating active and retired players. For example, a Legends Score of 50 should put a player in the running to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. For most positions, a score in the mid-30s puts you firmly in the Hall of Fame discussion, but for wide receivers, it has been significantly less.

It should go without saying that the individual accomplishments that make up the Legends Score don't tell the entire story of a player's career. The Hall of Fame Selection Committee takes into account these metrics as well as additional statistics and accomplishments along with evaluations from the player's peers.

Future Football Legends is not affiliated with the Pro Football Hall of Fame.