Top 5 Running Backs All Time

[Rock Strongo]

It's called opinion dumbass!

and a rather...popular...and kinda...rudimentary one? barry is a top 5 all time back to most smart people, top 10 to some dumber ones, top 15 to people who taste windows, etc etc

 

[Rock Strongo]

I just did, time to move on you are boring.

you didnt, so i wil,l ask again:

it was the offense barry was in. do you know who wayne fontes was and the offense he ran?

your reply was "well these 2 dudes each caught 100 passes".

thats not a sound reply.

wanna try again?

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Walter Payton
Barry Sanders
Emmitt Smith
Jim Brown
Adrian Peterson

Honorable mentions to OJ and Dickerson.

 

[GNG]

Any top 5 list without Jim Brown is invalid.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

it kind of amazes me how little credit Eric Dickerson gets. Everyone knew he was getting the ball & still he couldnt be stopped.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

it kind of amazes me how little credit Eric Dickerson gets. Everyone knew he was getting the ball & still he couldnt be stopped.

For a good 4 or 5 years, Dickerson was without question the best running running back in the NFL. However, the knock on him then as is to a point today the same knock on Peterson, is neither has ever been known to throw a good block and their receiving skills were/are sub average.

 

[Skin'EmAll]

Jim Brown
Walter Payton
Barry Sanders
O.J. Simpson
LaDainian Tomlinson

Adrian Peterson and Terrell Davis were also amazing

 

[Nosferatu]

and a rather...popular...and kinda...rudimentary one? barry is a top 5 all time back to most smart people, top 10 to some dumber ones, top 15 to people who taste windows, etc etc

Calm down faggot, oooh my opinion isn't the same as everyone elses oh no, where's your list bitch?

 

[Nosferatu]

you didnt, so i wil,l ask again:

it was the offense barry was in. do you know who wayne fontes was and the offense he ran?

your reply was "well these 2 dudes each caught 100 passes".

thats not a sound reply.

wanna try again?

I think they ran the run and shoot under Fontes.

 

[GNG]

Honorable Mention...

Eric Dickerson
O.J. Simpson
Bo Jackson
Jim Taylor
Tony Dorsett

 

[Shanemansj13]

Honorable Mention...

Eric Dickerson
O.J. Simpson
Bo Jackson
Jim Taylor
Tony Dorsett

Bo Jackson LOL

 

[Wamu]

There will probably never be a player more fun to watch than Barry but he had limitations and just wasn't a complete back IMO. Taken out often on short yardage and goal line situations, wasn't a very good receiver, didn't block, too many negative runs that hurt his team. I am not trying to knock Barry but if I needed a back for the most important game of my life, he's not in my top 5.

Is AP a complete rb? Just wondering. Becasue Barry averaged more yard per game (99.8- 2nd all time) than AP (86.7- 8th all time). The receiving yards per game are about the same. Sanders- 2.3 catches per game & 19.1 yards / AP- 1.8 catches per game & 14.4 yards.

Stats are from profootballreference.com.

 

[GNG]

Overrated...
Adrian Peterson

 

[GNG]

Bo Jackson LOL

Bo knows football...

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Honorable Mention...

Eric Dickerson
O.J. Simpson
Bo Jackson
Jim Taylor
Tony Dorsett

If Bo had stayed healthy and not have his career cut short, I don't doubt for a moment that he would have been in this top 5 conversation with just about everyone. For those few healthy years, he was deadly.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Bo knows football...

College, of course. He was as talented as anyone but nowhere near a top 10 RB.

 

[Battlelyon]

Eric Dickerson
Barry Sanders
Marshall Faulk
Walter Payton
Jim Brown

 

[SteelersPride]

Lev bell
Todd Gurley
Ezekiel Elliot
Melvin Gordon



everyone else

 

[rmilia1]

In their prime

1. Dickerson
2. Sanders
3. Payton
4. Tomlinson
5. Simpson

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Walter Payton
Eric Dickerson
Earl Campbell
Adrian Peterson
O.J. Simpson

Barry Sanders.