2006-11-29 10:50:34 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
walter payton
2006-11-29 10:54:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question has been asked a number of times...
Not only is Jim Brown the greatest running back of all time, he is also the greatest football player of all time, at any position.
Brown was named as the greatest player ever by the Sporting News in both 1999 and 2002... he was the #4 (I believe) athlete on the list of ESPN's 100 greatest athletes of the 20th century.... all of which also means he was the best running back ever.
Brown averaged over 100 yards rushing per game over his career, and he never missed a game.
Brown still holds the career record for yards per carry (5.2), and total seasons leading the NFL in all-purpose yards, with five.
Brown retired after the 1965 season despite having just won the MVP award. He retired while he was still a star in the league.
btw, Brown was also a superb receiver out of the backfield, catching 262 passes for 2,499 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Every year he played, Brown was voted into the Pro Bowl, and he left the league in style by scoring three touchdowns in his final Pro Bowl game.
2006-11-29 12:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Jim Brown -
Pure, raw strength and power that couldn't be matched during his era and probably wasn't seen for another 20-30 years. He simply ran over defenses
He's been to the Pro Bowl nine (9) times out of 9 seasons.
In all but two of his nine seasons, Brown rushed for more than 1,000 yards, and never missed a game. In 1963, Brown carried for an unheard of 6.4 yards per carry, over 291 carries.
He departed as the NFL record holder for both single-season (1,863 in 1963) and career rushing of 12,312 yards, as well as the all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (106) and total touchdowns (126), and all-purpose yards (15,549). He was the first player ever to reach the 100 rushing touchdowns milestone, and only a few others players have done so since then, despite the league's expansion to a 16-game regulars season in 1978 (Brown's first four seasons were only 12 games long, and his last five consisted of 14 games).
2) Barry Sanders
3) Walter Payton
4) Ladainian Tomlinson
2006-11-29 11:34:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Bennet.
No, Dorsey Levens.
Obviously I'm just kidding, but they prove the point thatI'm about to make, which is that it is completely arbitrary. I would have to go with the classics like Brown and Payton, but how can you not give Emmit his due. Now, since I'm a big guy, I have always liked Jerome Bettis, the man is awesome, has done it for a number of years, and is actually like the number 5 rusher of all time. And skill and just plaing fun to watch(other than Bettis just running over people) was Barry Sanders. It's so tough to name just one unless you are a true homer and you just go with your favorite team's best RB. But even Chicago fans will flip-flop between Sayers and Payton. That's enough from me, I'm done.
2006-11-29 11:02:50 · answer #4 · answered by Phat Kidd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best Overall - Tomlinson
Best Runner - Walter Payton
Most Impresssive - Barry Sanders
Most Power - Jim Brown
Most Productive - Emmit Smith
2006-11-29 11:30:39 · answer #5 · answered by Rob F 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Barry Sanders could out juke any person that stood in front of him.
Not only was he the best RB ever to play (not to mention on crappy teams year after year) but he did everything on and off the field with 100% class.
You dont have to win a championship to be the best.
That in my estimation is the true definition of a great running back.
2006-11-29 11:00:06 · answer #6 · answered by milkman24_99 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Former-Walter Payton
Current-Ladainian Tomlinson
2006-11-29 11:02:17 · answer #7 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People, lets not put LT on the pedestal just yet because like LT, TD was one of the best RB's until his injury. What he must do to become the best is stay at the top of his game for a long period of time, and win several superbowls. How many does Emmitt Smith have, yeah we're done with this question.
2006-11-29 10:59:48 · answer #8 · answered by broncos27 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to say either Jim Brown (never got to see him play) or Sweetness Walter Payton. Those who are annointing LT, let's hold off a little bit. At the rate he is going, he MAY one day be considered the best ever, but he's got a long way to go.
2006-11-30 02:07:22 · answer #9 · answered by Brian D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barry Sanders. The guy was in the league 10 years and was less than a season away from shattering the all time rushing record. If he had not walked away, he probably would have set the mark so high it would never be broken.
2006-11-29 11:31:16 · answer #10 · answered by liarssuck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tie between Barry Sanders and Walter Payton.
2006-11-29 11:33:59 · answer #11 · answered by RB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋