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1970s All-Decade Team

Since All-Decade Teams are chosen by members of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, there are few metrics more reliable as a predictor of future Hall of Famers. As of 2026, 80% of Modern-Era Hall of Famers had been named to an All-Decade team. Conversely, 66% of All-Decade Team members prior to the 2010s have been enshrined in Canton (not including Special Teamers).

① = 1st Team       ② = 2nd Team

PositionHall of Fame?Player
QB① Terry Bradshaw
② Ken Stabler
② Roger Staubach
RB① O.J. Simpson
① Walter Payton
② Earl Campbell
② Franco Harris
WR① Drew Pearson
① Lynn Swann
② Harold Carmichael
② Paul Warfield
TE① Dave Casper
② Charlie Sanders
C① Jim Langer
② Mike Webster
G① Joe DeLamielleure
① Larry Little
② Gene Upshaw
② John Hannah
T① Art Shell
① Rayfield Wright
② Dan Dierdorf
② Ron Yary
DE① Carl Eller
① Jack Youngblood
② Harvey Martin
② L.C. Greenwood
DT① Bob Lilly
① Joe Greene
② Alan Page
② Merlin Olsen
LB① Dick Butkus
① Jack Ham
① Ted Hendricks
② Bobby Bell
② Jack Lambert
② Robert Brazile
CB① Jimmy Johnson
① Willie Brown
② Louis Wright
② Roger Wehrli
S① Cliff Harris
① Ken Houston
② Dick Anderson
② Larry Wilson
KR① Rick Upchurch
② Billy Johnson
K① Garo Yepremian
② Jim Bakken
P① Ray Guy
② Jerrel Wilson
Coach① Don Shula
② Chuck Noll

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