Top 5 RBs in NFL history...

[adallastiger]

Barry Sanders probably had the best MOVES. But as a running back, he could not get short yardage. DeAngelo has moves that are close to Barry, but he can get close yardage.

Barry Sanders always got pulled near the goal line. And he tried to break everything. He tended to put his quarterback in third and long too often.

DeAngelo is one of the ten best runners in league history. You have NO IDEA how hard it is to average five yards a carry. Only three running backs in NFL history have ever averaged five yards a carry three years in a row. That's Marshall Faulk, Jim Brown, and DeAngelo Williams.

If DeAngelo averages five yards a carry this year, he will be the only back in league history to have averaged five yards a carry for four straight years.

He is easily in top ten all time. Emmitt Smith only averaged, as an example, five yards a carry once.

[Black]

OP's list is garbage

[ed bell]

Well, I had:

1) Barry Sanders

2) Jim Brown

3) Walter Payton

4) Emmitt Smith

5) Earl Campbell

Earl was run into the ground....if he had help? Who knows...That's MY list...

[Al Bundy]

DeAngelo Williams...

4 years - 3,850 yards - 30 TDs

Nowhere near top 5 in history. To say otherwise is f**king retarded. I don't care about his average. Let his career play out and then call it. Dude hasn't even been in the league half a fuging decade.

[OneBadassCat]

#1 RB all time: Hines Ward

[Al Bundy]

I lold

[PeteRozelle]

Wow, not a single mention of Gale Sayers (Unless I missed it).

pete

[twylyght]

Wow, not a single mention of Gale Sayers (Unless I missed it).

pete

And it's too bad Bo Jackson didn't get a chance to play out his career.

[Azteca]

Deangelo, Deangelo, Deangelo, Deangelo, and Deangelo... because he spits hot fire.

[Panther59]

Looks like J Stew.

I agree, JStew is like a HIGH OCTANE version of Earl Campbell.

[Panthro]

What the fvck is going on in this thread.

[Phil Dees]

1 Emmitt Smith 18,355

2 Walter Payton 16,726

3 Barry Sanders 15,269

4 Curtis Martin 14,101

5 Jerome Bettis 13,662

6 Eric Dickerson 13,259

7 Tony Dorsett 12,739

8 LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 12,490

9 Jim Brown 12,312

10 Marshall Faulk 12,279

11 EDGERRIN JAMES 12,246

12 Marcus Allen 12,243

13 Franco Harris 12,120

14 Thurman Thomas 12,074

15 FRED TAYLOR 11,540

16 John Riggins 11,352

17 Corey Dillon 11,241

18 O.J. Simpson 11,236

19 Warrick Dunn 10,967

20 Ricky Watters 10,643

21 JAMAL LEWIS 10,607

22 Tiki Barber 10,449

23 Eddie George 10,441

24 Ottis Anderson 10,273

25 Joe Perry 9,723

*Active players are in CAPS.

Hall of Fame: (ONLY INCLUDING THE MODERN ERA)

Larry Csonka (FB) 1968-1979 Frank Gifford (HB-FL) 1952-1960, 1962-1964 Franco Harris (RB) 1972-1984 Paul Hornung (HB) 1957-1962, 1964-1966 Hugh McElhenny (HB) 1952-1964 John Henry Johnson (FB) 1954-1966 Charley Trippi (HB) 1947-1955 Doak Walker (HB) 1950-1955 Lenny Moore (HB) 1956-1967 John Riggins (RB) 1971-1979, 1981-1985 Thurman Thomas 1988-2000 Jim Taylor (FB) 1958-1967 Joe Perry (FB) 1948-1963 Ollie Matson (HB) 1952, 1954-1966 Emmitt Smith 1990-2004 Walter Payton (RB) 1975-1987 Barry Sanders (RB) 1989-1998 Floyd Little (RB) Marion Motley (FB) 1946-1953, 1955 O.J. Simpson (RB) 1969-1979 Eric Dickerson (RB) 1983-1993 Jim Brown (FB) 1957-1965 Earl Campbell (RB) 1978-1985 Marcus Allen (RB) 1982-1997 Tony Dorsett (RB) 1977-1988 Gale Sayers (HB) 1965-1971 Leroy Kelly (RB) 1964-1973

[Carl Spackler]

Tommy Jone

[stan786]

1. Jim Brown

2. Barry Sanders

3. Walter Payton

4. Earl Campbell

5. Emmitt Smith

Really though the top three are the only ones i think have to be on the top 5 and it doesn't really matter the order.