What's wrong with Sayers? He was much more of a rare talent than at least half on this list. He made his mark. Think about this, how many guys on this list benefitted from modern knee surgery.
Great list glad to see some modern players get recognized I think Sayers & Cambell could be ranked a little higher but still very solid list with good order
@@jlkaraoke1 While I do agree Csonka is underrated and deserves recognition. That’s not a good reason why he should be here because wins are a team stat
So does this make the Miami water boy the best waterboy of all time, since he was part of an undefeated season and all? Csonka was one of what, 50 players?
There's a little recency bias on this list. Franco Harris and John Riggins were better than several of the more recent backs on this list. Going back in time, there was Steve Van Buren from the Eagles in the late 1940s, Larry Czonka from the Dolphins the early 1970s, and OJ Anderson from the Cardinals and Giants in the 1980s should be on this list or at a minimum honorable mention.
@@mikebodner1812 Larry would definitely be in my top 30. But the thing about modern backs is that they don’t get the same carries that the older guys got
My top 20, in no order: Barry Sanders Emmitt Smith Marcus Allen OJ Simpson Adrian Peterson Tony Dorsett Eric Dickerson Jim Brown Terrell Davis Franco Harris Walter Payton LaDanian Tomlinson Gayle Sayers Marshall Faulk Thurman Thomas Bo Jackson Earl Campbell Jim Taylor Eggerin James John Riggins
@@laynesmancave CLONTON PORTIS PLAYED 9 YEAR AND GAINED 9,923 RUSHING YARDS AND 75 RUSHING TDS,, CHRISTIAN MCCAFREY HASS PLAYED 8 YEARS AND HAS GAINED 6,185 yards and 52 TDS KNOCK IT OFF
McCaffrey has been outrushed by a Running back in his own draft class. Prior to the blunder in Minnesota Dalvin Cook made four consecutive Pro Bowls. With McCaffrey having his BEST season last year and Dalvin Cook having his absolute WORST year Cook still has accumulated more rushing yards than McCaffrey. That was the last great RB draft. In the 2017 draft class Leonard Fournette, Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Joe Mixon, Alvin Kamara, Kareem Hunt(ended up being rookie of the year), D'Onta Foreman, James Conner, Aaron Jones, Chris Carson, Samaje Perine, Marlin Mack and Jamaal Williams all came into the NFL. Every one of these RB's with the exception of D'Onta Foreman, Tarik Cohen, and Samaje Perine have at least one - 1,000 yard rushing season under their belt. Tarik Cohen made a Pro Bowl and was voted First team All Pro as KR/PR Chris Carson has two(1,000 yard rushing seasons and he was a seventh round draft pick)
No WAY is Emmit Smith in the top 10! My grandmother could have gained all those yards behind those offensive lines! Quick, who were their Quarterbacks when Eric Dickerson played? Gayle Sayers? Earl Campbell? Child, please.
@@jasonnelson6624 Haha! Earl was my #3 choice, but for whatever reason I didn't include him. The way he FLATTENED that Rams linebacker in one legendary play is part of pro football lore.
@@Bigfishfun333 its so hard to make even a top 20 running back list. There has been so many great running backs. I think back to a player you might or might not remember from the 80's kc Chiefs Joe Delaney. A promising running back who lost his life when he went to save a child from drowning regardless the fact he too couldnt swim. I think he only had 2 maybe 3 years in the NFL. But of course not long enough to know for sure.
i agree that older backs such as marion motley, joe perry and some others should be on the list. going strictly on guys that i've seen, my mt. rushmore would be sanders, payton, faulk, dorsett and campbell. dorsett was the fastest rb i had ever seen, once he hit the hole, boom! he was gone. my underrated guys would be curtis martin and roger craig. martin being underrated is weird since he played on east coast (jets, pats). craig was dynamite at recieving as well as rushing but got overshadowed by montana, young, rice, etc. good list.
You must have never seen Eric Dickerson.... It's going to be kind of difficult because he played in the same era as Payton and dorsett..... Dorset was fast...... But Darrell Green is the only man that can catch Eric Dickerson from behind...... . ... I'll leave it at that
Bo Jackson never had a 1000 yard season (only surpassed 700 yards once) Has just over 3000 career scrimmage yards Only 18 touchdowns (many guys on this list did that in one season) And never made an all pro Bo Jackson did not get snubbed, he is one of the most overrated players in professional sports
@@laynesmancavehold on ... because I know accolades matter , it's fair not to have Bo on the list....but to suggest he was overrated could be in the league of crazy thing anyone could say. I think I speak for everyone that actually lived through the years Bo was active , that he could be considered the greatest athlete we ever seen , up their with wilt Chamberlain, Ali , Jordan. His athletic ability was beyond comprehension. And numbers will never tell the full story when it comes to Bo. I seriously doubt you did any real research, cause I've seen many that didn't know about research, but their conclusions were all the same once they did. And don't forget , he played baseball as well and he was more committed to baseball than football , so the football would have to wait til Bo completed his baseball season. You really need to do your homework on that because we have never seen anything remotely close to Bo. Imagine Derrick Henry with Tyreek hill speed. Yes literally he clocked an unofficial 4.13 in the 40 and an official 4.19
Best RB of all time is Jim Brown hands down. The guy played in an era where ALL teams did was run, and defenses stacked the box all game long. He ran for 1527yards in TWELVE GAMES!...And then 1863yards in FOURTEEN GAMES! If not for his era having much fewer games per season, he would have single season records well over 2000 yards...more like 2100+. Barry Sanders in my clear cut #2...And had Adrian Peterson not sustained absolutely horrific injuries, he'd probably be at #3 all time.
I can't believe the wealth of talent they had when MARCUS FRICKIN' ALLEN is relegated to the bench because he's sub-par compared to their other running back. Wow. It would be like "I'm sorry, Mr. Sanders, but you're only #3 on the depth chart behind Mr. Brown and Mr. Payton....."
@@Bigfishfun333 to be fair Allen wasn't on the bench or blocking for Bo Jackson because Bo was better. That was strictly a personal dispute with Al Davis and Marcus Allen. Perhaps the same outcome would have played out but it was already decided. Which is a shame but at the same time it was Al's team. Personally I wasn't the biggest Bo fan of course I loved the potential the size and speed. But I think people forgot how great Marcus was. He even had good years with the Chiefs.
Talk about baloney. Gayle Sayers was superior to every running back with the exception of Jim Brown and Walter Payton. For a feature back, NOBODY was greater than Brown and Payton who could start in any kind of offense.
@@johndyitt9866 Yes to all. He has an OPOY, he’s one of the best receiving backs of all time, has more first team all pro appearances than all 3, and averaged more YPC than all 3
@@laynesmancave I respectfully disagree. You cannot tell the history of the NFL without Franco Harris, John Riggins and Tony Dorsett, but if Christian McCafferty disappeared from the NFL right now he would just be a footnote. It wouldn’t really be an impact on the history of the league. He’s a good running back, but he has no business being ranked anywhere near the top 20 yet. He may get there someday but not now..
@@johndyitt9866 I can see where you’re coming from. But this list is about skill, not impact. If I went off impact I’d have to throw Bronko Nagurski on here
All of you keep saying Jim Brown is no. 1 not Barry can eat dirt........I know how great Jim Brown was and u know he was super dominant, but he also played on decent teams. Barry did what he did playing for Detroit. He had 2000 yards most every season , but only one got documented. People who seen him play know what im talking about. Most of his offensive lines was so crap sometimes hed have to go 10 yards east and west just to get 4 yards north. He was 5'8 , 208 , rarely had a lead blocker , and many of the offensive sets they used had 3 ir 4 wr , which many couldnt block all that well. Never had a subperb QB so defenses focused in on him. Boy y'all need to spend a day watching barry. And lets not forget Jim Brown was just as big or far bigger than the men trying to stop him , definitely LBs and DBs.
@@REXX399 Steve Tasker was a wide receiver Reggie Bush not a chance Chris Johnson is great but he’s not top 20 And Todd Gurley is my favorite RB of all time, but his prime was far too short. If he had a full NFL career he’d probably be here
L.T # 5 He should be #20 he didn’t even want to play in the championship game he left Phillip rivers hanging!! Emmitt should’ve been #2 tho! Barry #1 Walter Payton #3 Thurman Thomas # 4 Adrian Peterson and#5 Lesean McCoy..Shady!! Yeaah
As much as I love Barry Sanders, there's no way I'm ranking him before Jim Brown. Brown won the rushing title in 8 of his 9 seasons, finishing 2nd in an injury-plagued season when he didn't. He scored 126 TDs in 118 games. He averaged 5.2 yards per carry --- a number better than Barry. Brown left the game with a lot left in his tank because acting paid more than football. When he retired his leading career rushing yardage was over 5,000 yards better than the runner up. There are many film clips of Brown being cheap shotted while already on the ground or out of bounds. Chuck Bednarik talked about how players would give Brown "extra-curriculars." Before Jerry Rice was voted the greatest player of all time, Brown was regularly given that title. Brown had short yardage power and open field speed. Tom Landry, then the New York Giants defensive coordinator, developed the 4-3 defense in an attempt to stop Jim Brown. There's a huge difference between making an HISTORICAL Top 20 list OR listing your Top 20 FAVORITES.
With some of the people you excluded in order to include others, it seems more like a personal favorites list than an historically considered one. Having personal favorites is fine. Someone's favorite player could be a special teamer who was kind enough to sign an autograph. But that doesn't elevate him to objective Hall of Fame calibre. You can also detest a person's attitude towards signing autographs, even hating their character, yet still assess them as a great on-the-field player.
I'm in agreement on Jim Brown, he was arguably the greatest NFL player of all time, just ahead of Walter Payton, who had terrific all-round skills, at the RB position.
If people don't think Emmitt is the best RB of all-time or at least close to it, and use his line as the reason why they did that. Then Jim Brown shouldn't escape that as well. Emmitt had 1 hall of fame lineman blocking for him and a couple pro bowlers. Jim Brown had 3 hall of fame lineman and the other 2 were All-Pro. Brown had the best offensive lineman ever assembled amd it's not even close. Emmitt should be #1 or #2.
I was looking at NFL all-time rushing statistics once, and I saw this guy very near the top named "Frank Gore", who I'd never ever heard of, and I said "damn - he good!" I don't know anything about him, but his numbers were tremendous, so he probably belongs on this list.
Walter Peyton is #1. Barry Sanders has fewer post-season Rushing TDs than Peyton Manning. There's no way he's #1. If you're going to knock Emmitt Smith down because he of the talent around him, then you have to do the same to Jim Brown.
"Barry Sanders has fewer post-season Rushing TDs....".....Barry is only one of like 50 guys on a team, and he never played defense - post-season success is mostly about having great team-mates, which playing for DETROIT Barry never really had. Not Barry's fault.
What did Payton do that Barry lacked? Both caught ball, blocked, and of course ran. Even in receiving Payton average 9.2 yards per catch with 15 td. Barry average 8.3 with 10td and of course with 3 less years. One thing Barry could do that Payton could do was carry his team to the playoffs. Both were on bad teams that lacks qbs and had no real offensive threats other then them. At the end of the day I understand its subjective and just personally preference or opinion. Obviously boths are all time great and cant go wrong with either.
@@justinbrown112 I'm sure most would have the same 3 names of Jim brown, Walter payton, and Barry Sanders the order changes for each person. With how the postion is used now I'm sure the top 5 will look the same for a long time.
@@jasonnelson6624bears had great teams , they were far better than what Barry had to deal with. They were medicore as far as QB , but they were balanced everywhere else , and the defenses was all world
@@Rahnsreality you should tell the other two that actually think Payton is better. You could remind them that Payton also had a hall of fame left tackle blocking for him, and a 7 time pro bowl center. Plus of course a pro bowl QB too.
Emmitt had longevity, mostly. A great running back, for sure, definitely top 10, but his longevity is why he holds the record. But if I was a coach, I guess longevity would be high on my list of priorities, I gotta admit.
Emmitt is the best to ever play RB Work horse Titles All Pros Receiving threat MVP SB MVP All time rushing leader All time rushing TD leader Longevity Nobody can touch that career
Well thought out comment. But have you ever taken Jim Brown's stats, extrapolated his stats to 16 game seasons, then consider that he retired at 29 at his productive best. Add Leroy Kelly's next three years onto it. His salary was $60,000, man. Go ahead, get your calculator, and take a look.
@@JL-ec1by I respect your take on Jim Brown and will not disrespect him in anyway shape or form. I will say this tho he retired at 29 so we will never know what 30 or beyond held for him. He could have suffered a career altering injury or hit a physical wall and not produced at the same clip in his 30's as he did in his 20s. We cannot deny what Emmett did in his mid 30s because he did infact do it! Also we can not ignore the caliber of football that was being played and the caliber of competition that Emmitt was facing in the 90s and 00s compared to that of what Brown was up against in the 50s. I do not mean that disrespectfully, but there is no denying the players and the game evolved in those 40+ years that separate these two great running backs.
@cowboysvstheworld3879 Debatable. The hash marks were wider, the fields were terrible, and the passing game was hardly a threat. Anyway, no disrespect to the greats.
@@JL-ec1by valid points. Defensive lineman were also 185lbs Jim Brown was 6'2" 230 lbs. Both greats, both worthy of of being chosen as the running back goat.
Sayers at 19 & McCaffrey at 18? Dear Lord seriously...c'mon now, are you trolling?
Yeah, I'm blocking this channel. McCaffrey shouldn't even be on this list when Riggins and Harris aren't!
What's wrong with Sayers? He was much more of a rare talent than at least half on this list. He made his mark. Think about this, how many guys on this list benefitted from modern knee surgery.
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Great list glad to see some modern players get recognized I think Sayers & Cambell could be ranked a little higher but still very solid list with good order
Billy Sims Is A Top 20 All - Time Running Back......A Severe ACL Tear Shortened His Career
Much appreciated comment Billy Simms is the first player to wear #20 for the LIONS
That's worth a thought. Same with Sayers. Knee surgery wasn't just a hiccup in the past.
Sayers. You sound younger, so you didn't experience his phenomenal talent. As such, you don't know the sacrilege you're committing.
CMC at #18...then continues to say "just 1 of THREE backs ever to run AND receive over 1000 yards in the same year"
This is no doubt a very good list, but it’s the kind that is purely subjective.
Sanders was never solo MVP, but Brown had 3 MVPs in his only 9 years, and Sanders is #1???
Pretty good list, but definitely would have Walter Payton as
#1
Good list. Some guys higher than I would have them (including his #1) and some guys lower. But you gotta expect that, right?
You forgot about Larry Csonka, No other Running Back had an undefeated season
@@jlkaraoke1 While I do agree Csonka is underrated and deserves recognition. That’s not a good reason why he should be here because wins are a team stat
So does this make the Miami water boy the best waterboy of all time, since he was part of an undefeated season and all?
Csonka was one of what, 50 players?
There's a little recency bias on this list. Franco Harris and John Riggins were better than several of the more recent backs on this list. Going back in time, there was Steve Van Buren from the Eagles in the late 1940s, Larry Czonka from the Dolphins the early 1970s, and OJ Anderson from the Cardinals and Giants in the 1980s should be on this list or at a minimum honorable mention.
@@mikebodner1812 Larry would definitely be in my top 30. But the thing about modern backs is that they don’t get the same carries that the older guys got
My top 20, in no order:
Barry Sanders
Emmitt Smith
Marcus Allen
OJ Simpson
Adrian Peterson
Tony Dorsett
Eric Dickerson
Jim Brown
Terrell Davis
Franco Harris
Walter Payton
LaDanian Tomlinson
Gayle Sayers
Marshall Faulk
Thurman Thomas
Bo Jackson
Earl Campbell
Jim Taylor
Eggerin James
John Riggins
@@ClassicJukeboxBand I got Jim Taylor top 25. But Bo just didn’t play long enough and his career was subpar
No Jerome Bettis????
CLINTON PORTIS WAS A BETTER RUNNING BACK THAT CHRISTIAN MCCAFREY
Absolutely not
@@laynesmancave CLONTON PORTIS PLAYED 9 YEAR AND GAINED 9,923 RUSHING YARDS AND 75 RUSHING TDS,, CHRISTIAN MCCAFREY HASS PLAYED 8 YEARS AND HAS GAINED 6,185 yards and 52 TDS
KNOCK IT OFF
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS! CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY LIKE NIKOLA (THE JOKER) IN THE NBA ARE IN THEIR OWN GROOVE! TALKING SMACK DOES NOT SIDETRACK THEM! LOL
McCaffrey has been outrushed by a Running back in his own draft class. Prior to the blunder in Minnesota Dalvin Cook made four consecutive Pro Bowls. With McCaffrey having his BEST season last year and Dalvin Cook having his absolute WORST year Cook still has accumulated more rushing yards than McCaffrey. That was the last great RB draft. In the 2017 draft class Leonard Fournette, Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Joe Mixon, Alvin Kamara, Kareem Hunt(ended up being rookie of the year), D'Onta Foreman, James Conner, Aaron Jones, Chris Carson, Samaje Perine, Marlin Mack and Jamaal Williams all came into the NFL. Every one of these RB's with the exception of D'Onta Foreman, Tarik Cohen, and Samaje Perine have at least one - 1,000 yard rushing season under their belt. Tarik Cohen made a Pro Bowl and was voted First team All Pro as KR/PR Chris Carson has two(1,000 yard rushing seasons and he was a seventh round draft pick)
@@JAMESKONNOVITCH-i6j Seems like your comments aren't about totally about football.
No WAY is Emmit Smith in the top 10! My grandmother could have gained all those yards behind those offensive lines! Quick, who were their Quarterbacks when Eric Dickerson played? Gayle Sayers? Earl Campbell? Child, please.
Refrigerator Perry!!!
Brown, and Henry, are the SCARIEST running backs I've ever seen.
@@Bigfishfun333 what about Earl Campbell to me he's more scary than Henry and maybe even brown but Henry for sure.
@@jasonnelson6624 Haha! Earl was my #3 choice, but for whatever reason I didn't include him. The way he FLATTENED that Rams linebacker in one legendary play is part of pro football lore.
Fair enough, for obvious reason I was surprised he wasn't mentioned. But can't fault anyone for having him as #3.
@@Bigfishfun333 its so hard to make even a top 20 running back list. There has been so many great running backs. I think back to a player you might or might not remember from the 80's kc Chiefs Joe Delaney. A promising running back who lost his life when he went to save a child from drowning regardless the fact he too couldnt swim. I think he only had 2 maybe 3 years in the NFL. But of course not long enough to know for sure.
CHRISTIAN MCCAFREY IS NOT A TOP 20 RUNNING BACK KNOCK IT OFF
Why not?
Please grow up and stop acting dumb Cm should not be here child@@laynesmancave
HIS STATISTICS INDICATE OTHERWISE! HE IS A DEI FOOTBALL PLAYER - THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED! SMH
Christian McCaffrey is in your top 20 of all time. I can't take youbser
i agree that older backs such as marion motley, joe perry and some others should be on the list. going strictly on guys that i've seen, my mt. rushmore would be sanders, payton, faulk, dorsett and campbell. dorsett was the fastest rb i had ever seen, once he hit the hole, boom! he was gone. my underrated guys would be curtis martin and roger craig. martin being underrated is weird since he played on east coast (jets, pats). craig was dynamite at recieving as well as rushing but got overshadowed by montana, young, rice, etc. good list.
You must have never seen Eric Dickerson.... It's going to be kind of difficult because he played in the same era as Payton and dorsett..... Dorset was fast...... But Darrell Green is the only man that can catch Eric Dickerson from behind...... . ... I'll leave it at that
You are Drunk without Bo Jackson
Bo Jackson never had a 1000 yard season (only surpassed 700 yards once)
Has just over 3000 career scrimmage yards
Only 18 touchdowns (many guys on this list did that in one season)
And never made an all pro
Bo Jackson did not get snubbed, he is one of the most overrated players in professional sports
Jim haurbaugh had more rushing yards than bo he doesn't belong.
@@laynesmancavehold on ... because I know accolades matter , it's fair not to have Bo on the list....but to suggest he was overrated could be in the league of crazy thing anyone could say. I think I speak for everyone that actually lived through the years Bo was active , that he could be considered the greatest athlete we ever seen , up their with wilt Chamberlain, Ali , Jordan. His athletic ability was beyond comprehension. And numbers will never tell the full story when it comes to Bo. I seriously doubt you did any real research, cause I've seen many that didn't know about research, but their conclusions were all the same once they did. And don't forget , he played baseball as well and he was more committed to baseball than football , so the football would have to wait til Bo completed his baseball season. You really need to do your homework on that because we have never seen anything remotely close to Bo. Imagine Derrick Henry with Tyreek hill speed. Yes literally he clocked an unofficial 4.13 in the 40 and an official 4.19
Best RB of all time is Jim Brown hands down. The guy played in an era where ALL teams did was run, and defenses stacked the box all game long. He ran for 1527yards in TWELVE GAMES!...And then 1863yards in FOURTEEN GAMES! If not for his era having much fewer games per season, he would have single season records well over 2000 yards...more like 2100+. Barry Sanders in my clear cut #2...And had Adrian Peterson not sustained absolutely horrific injuries, he'd probably be at #3 all time.
I can't believe the wealth of talent they had when MARCUS FRICKIN' ALLEN is relegated to the bench because he's sub-par compared to their other running back. Wow.
It would be like "I'm sorry, Mr. Sanders, but you're only #3 on the depth chart behind Mr. Brown and Mr. Payton....."
@@Bigfishfun333 to be fair Allen wasn't on the bench or blocking for Bo Jackson because Bo was better. That was strictly a personal dispute with Al Davis and Marcus Allen. Perhaps the same outcome would have played out but it was already decided. Which is a shame but at the same time it was Al's team. Personally I wasn't the biggest Bo fan of course I loved the potential the size and speed. But I think people forgot how great Marcus was. He even had good years with the Chiefs.
Did i miss OJ Simpson?
5:40
Dorsett should be at least 12
Dorsett should be in the top 8
Tony Dorsett got robbed on this list.
Yes indeed
Dorsett & Sayers are top 10 not 19 or 20 you must had not see them play
@@williampettis1831 Who would you put them above?
Talk about baloney. Gayle Sayers was superior to every running back with the exception of Jim Brown and Walter Payton. For a feature back, NOBODY was greater than Brown and Payton who could start in any kind of offense.
Very odd. Some players with a couple of good seasons are in the top 20 versus players w/ complete careers.
McCafferty over franco and Riggins?
or tony dorsett
@@johndyitt9866 Yes to all. He has an OPOY, he’s one of the best receiving backs of all time, has more first team all pro appearances than all 3, and averaged more YPC than all 3
@@laynesmancave I respectfully disagree. You cannot tell the history of the NFL without Franco Harris, John Riggins and Tony Dorsett, but if Christian McCafferty disappeared from the NFL right now he would just be a footnote. It wouldn’t really be an impact on the history of the league. He’s a good running back, but he has no business being ranked anywhere near the top 20 yet. He may get there someday but not now..
@@johndyitt9866 I can see where you’re coming from. But this list is about skill, not impact. If I went off impact I’d have to throw Bronko Nagurski on here
I will say this , this list got Adrian Peterson f'ed up. Hes Seriously underrated when it comes to goat conversation, hes definitely in it
Jim Brown should be number 1, easy!!!!!
He admitted Payton was better
All of you keep saying Jim Brown is no. 1 not Barry can eat dirt........I know how great Jim Brown was and u know he was super dominant, but he also played on decent teams. Barry did what he did playing for Detroit. He had 2000 yards most every season , but only one got documented. People who seen him play know what im talking about. Most of his offensive lines was so crap sometimes hed have to go 10 yards east and west just to get 4 yards north. He was 5'8 , 208 , rarely had a lead blocker , and many of the offensive sets they used had 3 ir 4 wr , which many couldnt block all that well. Never had a subperb QB so defenses focused in on him. Boy y'all need to spend a day watching barry. And lets not forget Jim Brown was just as big or far bigger than the men trying to stop him , definitely LBs and DBs.
Are you twenty years old yet?
Chris Johnson Reggie Bush Todd Gurley and Steve Tasker
@@REXX399 Steve Tasker was a wide receiver
Reggie Bush not a chance
Chris Johnson is great but he’s not top 20
And Todd Gurley is my favorite RB of all time, but his prime was far too short. If he had a full NFL career he’d probably be here
L.T # 5 He should be #20 he didn’t even want to play in the championship game he left Phillip rivers hanging!! Emmitt should’ve been #2 tho! Barry #1 Walter Payton #3 Thurman Thomas # 4 Adrian Peterson and#5 Lesean McCoy..Shady!! Yeaah
What about Alexander Mattison??
As much as I love Barry Sanders, there's no way I'm ranking him before Jim Brown. Brown won the rushing title in 8 of his 9 seasons, finishing 2nd in an injury-plagued season when he didn't. He scored 126 TDs in 118 games. He averaged 5.2 yards per carry --- a number better than Barry. Brown left the game with a lot left in his tank because acting paid more than football. When he retired his leading career rushing yardage was over 5,000 yards better than the runner up. There are many film clips of Brown being cheap shotted while already on the ground or out of bounds. Chuck Bednarik talked about how players would give Brown "extra-curriculars." Before Jerry Rice was voted the greatest player of all time, Brown was regularly given that title. Brown had short yardage power and open field speed. Tom Landry, then the New York Giants defensive coordinator, developed the 4-3 defense in an attempt to stop Jim Brown. There's a huge difference between making an HISTORICAL Top 20 list OR listing your Top 20 FAVORITES.
@@josedopwell9645 While those are all valid points. This is not a favorites list, my favorite RB of all time is Todd Gurley
With some of the people you excluded in order to include others, it seems more like a personal favorites list than an historically considered one. Having personal favorites is fine. Someone's favorite player could be a special teamer who was kind enough to sign an autograph. But that doesn't elevate him to objective Hall of Fame calibre. You can also detest a person's attitude towards signing autographs, even hating their character, yet still assess them as a great on-the-field player.
@@josedopwell9645 This list about talent/skill. Not favorites, my all time favorite RB is Todd Gurley
I'm in agreement on Jim Brown, he was arguably the greatest NFL player of all time, just ahead of Walter Payton, who had terrific all-round skills, at the RB position.
If people don't think Emmitt is the best RB of all-time or at least close to it, and use his line as the reason why they did that. Then Jim Brown shouldn't escape that as well. Emmitt had 1 hall of fame lineman blocking for him and a couple pro bowlers. Jim Brown had 3 hall of fame lineman and the other 2 were All-Pro. Brown had the best offensive lineman ever assembled amd it's not even close. Emmitt should be #1 or #2.
You are a young guy you should have Ollie Matson, Joe perry Marion motley, etc
Frank gore is not top 20? Isn't he top 5 in nearly every statistic???
What was even more wild is having Mccafrey on the list. Yet gore hold probably every 49ers rushing record.
I was looking at NFL all-time rushing statistics once, and I saw this guy very near the top named "Frank Gore", who I'd never ever heard of, and I said "damn - he good!"
I don't know anything about him, but his numbers were tremendous, so he probably belongs on this list.
I definitely think Chris Johnson was over looked.
Walter Peyton is #1. Barry Sanders has fewer post-season Rushing TDs than Peyton Manning. There's no way he's #1. If you're going to knock Emmitt Smith down because he of the talent around him, then you have to do the same to Jim Brown.
"Barry Sanders has fewer post-season Rushing TDs....".....Barry is only one of like 50 guys on a team, and he never played defense - post-season success is mostly about having great team-mates, which playing for DETROIT Barry never really had. Not Barry's fault.
i would put Payton over Sanders because he could do more than just run.
What did Payton do that Barry lacked? Both caught ball, blocked, and of course ran. Even in receiving Payton average 9.2 yards per catch with 15 td. Barry average 8.3 with 10td and of course with 3 less years. One thing Barry could do that Payton could do was carry his team to the playoffs. Both were on bad teams that lacks qbs and had no real offensive threats other then them. At the end of the day I understand its subjective and just personally preference or opinion. Obviously boths are all time great and cant go wrong with either.
Walter Payton best running back of all time hands down. Then Barry Sanders
@@justinbrown112 I'm sure most would have the same 3 names of Jim brown, Walter payton, and Barry Sanders the order changes for each person. With how the postion is used now I'm sure the top 5 will look the same for a long time.
@@jasonnelson6624bears had great teams , they were far better than what Barry had to deal with. They were medicore as far as QB , but they were balanced everywhere else , and the defenses was all world
@@Rahnsreality you should tell the other two that actually think Payton is better. You could remind them that Payton also had a hall of fame left tackle blocking for him, and a 7 time pro bowl center. Plus of course a pro bowl QB too.
Ricky Watters
@@JohnSmith-fk7sv Watters is somewhere in the 30s
@@laynesmancave Your wrong. 10,000 yards rushing ,nearly 500 receptions
No chance Emmitt is at 4. You said it yourself, Emmitt has the most yards and tds by a large margin and you think hes 4th somehow.
Emmitt had longevity, mostly. A great running back, for sure, definitely top 10, but his longevity is why he holds the record. But if I was a coach, I guess longevity would be high on my list of priorities, I gotta admit.
Got1 and 2 backwards
@@michaelkirkland6573 They’re very close I’ll give you that
sanders is #1 for certain
He admitted Payton was superior.
And so were Sayers and Jim Brown.
Jim Brown? Old racist Jim Brown….Youredone!
Emmitt is the best to ever play RB
Work horse
Titles
All Pros
Receiving threat
MVP
SB MVP
All time rushing leader
All time rushing TD leader
Longevity
Nobody can touch that career
Well thought out comment. But have you ever taken Jim Brown's stats, extrapolated his stats to 16 game seasons, then consider that he retired at 29 at his productive best. Add Leroy Kelly's next three years onto it. His salary was $60,000, man. Go ahead, get your calculator, and take a look.
@@JL-ec1by I respect your take on Jim Brown and will not disrespect him in anyway shape or form. I will say this tho he retired at 29 so we will never know what 30 or beyond held for him. He could have suffered a career altering injury or hit a physical wall and not produced at the same clip in his 30's as he did in his 20s. We cannot deny what Emmett did in his mid 30s because he did infact do it! Also we can not ignore the caliber of football that was being played and the caliber of competition that Emmitt was facing in the 90s and 00s compared to that of what Brown was up against in the 50s. I do not mean that disrespectfully, but there is no denying the players and the game evolved in those 40+ years that separate these two great running backs.
@cowboysvstheworld3879 Debatable. The hash marks were wider, the fields were terrible, and the passing game was hardly a threat. Anyway, no disrespect to the greats.
@@JL-ec1by valid points. Defensive lineman were also 185lbs Jim Brown was 6'2" 230 lbs. Both greats, both worthy of of being chosen as the running back goat.
He had a massive all pro offensive line his entire career.
As good as Barry Sanders was, he was not better than Jim Brown and Sir Walter. 34 is #1.
DERRICK HENRY IS THE BIGGEST, BADDEST AND MOST POWERFUL RUNNER - SECOND TO NONE! JIM BROWN IS #2 RIGHT BEHIND DERRICK HENRY! SMH
As far as the physicals , Derrick henry wasn't touching Bo
@@Rahnsreality speak english? derrick henry is devestating! your opinion does not register with fan duel or espn! LOL
@@Rahnsreality go play with your xbox!
@@JAMESKONNOVITCH-i6j I never said Henry wasn't devastating, I said he wasn't touching Bo......you sure got emotional about the, eh? 🤣🤣🤣
@@Rahnsreality HE IS MY FAVORITE PLAYER! BACK OFF!
No way there are 19 backs better than Dorsett - no 20 is a BS ranking.
Where’s Larry Conska
@@jamesbrackett575 Top 30 for sure
Csonka is, god knows, probably #21.....so relax. This list only does the top 20.