The Sporting News 100 Greatest Players of All-Time

In 1999, the Sporting News editors selected the 100 greatest players of all-time. As you would expect, everyone on the list is now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Rank	Hall of Fame?	Player	Legends Score
1		Jim Brown	88
2		Jerry Rice	104
3		Joe Montana	91
4		Lawrence Taylor	80
5		Johnny Unitas	85
6		Don Hutson	42
7		Otto Graham	40
8		Walter Payton	82
9		Dick Butkus	63
10		Bob Lilly	76
11		Sammy Baugh	34
12		Barry Sanders	76
13		Deacon Jones	48
14		Joe Greene	51
15		Gino Marchetti	67
16		John Elway	55
17		Anthony Munoz	77
18		Ray Nitschke	32
19		Dick Lane	43
20		John Hannah	77
21		Gale Sayers	41
22		Reggie White	98
23		Ronnie Lott	67
24		Jim Parker	60
25		Merlin Olsen	72
26		O.J. Simpson	55
27		Dan Marino	42
28		Forrest Gregg	59
29		Roger Staubach	28
30		Jack Lambert	60
31		Lance Alworth	21
32		Marion Motley	18
33		Earl Campbell	38
34		Alan Page	61
35		Bronko Nagurski	12
36		Mel Blount	36
37		Deion Sanders	59
38		Eric Dickerson	41
39		Sid Luckman	40
40		Raymond Berry	39
41		Bart Starr	52
42		Willie Lanier	21
43		Larry Wilson	54
44		Terry Bradshaw	58
45		Herb Adderley	48
46		Steve Largent	39
47		Jack Ham	56
48		John Mackey	32
49		Bill George	60
50		Willie Brown	51
51		Randy White	70
52		Bobby Layne	37
53		Tony Dorsett	15
54		Chuck Bednarik	59
55		Art Shell	39
56		Mike Singletary	63
57		Roosevelt Brown	57
58		Bruce Smith	84
59		Fran Tarkenton	26
60		Paul Warfield	33
61		Ken Houston	43
62		Gene Upshaw	43
63		Steve Young	57
64		Ted Hendricks	64
65		Joe Schmidt	65
66		Bobby Bell	36
67		Buck Buchanan	16
68		Emmitt Smith	63
69		Willie Davis	42
70		Emlen Tunnell	47
71		Lenny Moore	44
72		Marcus Allen	36
73		Kellen Winslow	38
74		Mel Hein	20
75		Mike Webster	55
76		Sam Huff	33
77		Steve Van Buren	37
78		Jim Otto	34
79		Larry Little	51
80		Harold Grange	12
81		Darrell Green	27
82		Brett Favre	76
83		Franco Harris	37
84		Dwight Stephenson	43
85		Charley Taylor	31
86		Jack Christiansen	47
87		Rod Woodson	59
88		Jim Thorpe	12
89		Elroy Hirsch	25
90		Mike Ditka	24
91		Art Monk	20
92		Dan Fouts	31
93		Mike Haynes	52
94		Fred Biletnikoff	17
95		Troy Aikman	24
96		Joe Namath	29
97		Lem Barney	32
98		George Blanda	18
99		Lou Groza	47
100		Charlie Joiner	8

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