Best RB of All Time...

[Nosferatu]

Hornung over Martin? Ummm, no...

 

[Nosferatu]

I'll take Dickerson over Sanders all day...

 

[erckm510]

I'd throw Sweetness in there but I agree, it's between those 3, IMO.

Yeah...for me Brown is 3 and a toss up between Sweetness and Barry.

 

[Nosferatu]

Okay, so this is the final list.


Barry Sanders
Walter Payton
Jim Brown
Marshall Faulk
O.J. Simpson
LaDainian Tomlinson
Earl Campbell
Emmitt Smith
Marcus Allen
Tony Dorsett
Thurman Thomas
Adrian Peterson
Curtis Martin
Eric Dickerson
Franco Harris
Gale Sayers

 

[Wazmankg]

Okay, so who gets knocked off the list when I add Sayers? Thomas? Edge?

Edge, imo

 

[Nosferatu]

I will post the 1st round matchups in just a minute.

 

[RoboticDreams]

Okay, so this is the final list.


Barry Sanders
Walter Payton
Jim Brown
Marshall Faulk
O.J. Simpson
LaDainian Tomlinson
Earl Campbell
Emmitt Smith
Marcus Allen
Tony Dorsett
Thurman Thomas
Adrian Peterson
Curtis Martin
Eric Dickerson
Franco Harris
Gale Sayers

I just noticed your sig.

 

[Nosferatu]

I'm not going to just rank them 1 - 16 as half the matchups will be no brainers so i'm just doing the pick a name out of a hate thing.

 

[Mitziman]

All great running backs for sure. But certainly, the ALL TIME leader in yards per rush in the history of the NFL should be on this list somewhere, shouldn't he?...and by the way, after 6 seasons he's still going strong.

Jamaal Charles

 

[Nosferatu]

All great running backs for sure. But certainly, the ALL TIME leader in yards per rush in the history of the NFL should be on this list somewhere, shouldn't he?...and by the way, after 6 seasons he's still going strong.

Jamaal Charles

Sorry man, yer too late... Feel free to vote though...

 

[Oldschool739]

So, every few days I will post a new matchup we will have the top 16 backs of all time go head to head to decide who is #1 in the eyes of the Hoop.

The 16 contestants are in no particular order.

Barry Sanders
Walter Payton
Jim Brown
Marshall Faulk
O.J. Simpson
LaDainian Tomlinson
Earl Campbell
Emmitt Smith
Marcus Allen
Tony Dorsett
Thurman Thomas
Adrian Peterson
Curtis Martin
Eric Dickerson
Franco Harris
Gale Sayers



Prior to posting the 1st matchup I will give everyone a chance to tell me why someone else deserves a shot over someone who is on the list.

Jim Brown
Jim Brown
Jim Brown
and also Jim Brown...........No one else has ever topped the run away train.
He ran through, over and carried some with him, he was the Mac Daddy of RB's .....

 

[Nosferatu]

Jim Brown
Jim Brown
Jim Brown
and also Jim Brown...........No one else has ever topped the run away train.
He ran through, over and carried some with him, he was the Mac Daddy of RB's .....

Carried some 190 linebackers with him and ran through 240 pound defensive tackles. Awesome but not #1 IMO...

 

[Oldschool739]

Carried some 190 linebackers with him and ran through 240 pound defensive tackles. Awesome but not #1 IMO...

I understand, but when you consider that the run was all they had, and everyone knew it was getting handed to JB, but even with putrid olines, they still could not contain him....
I can see Payton and Sayers in the same discussion, but Sanders didn't last long enough nor did he have the downhill ability of JB......But then I can't think of anyone else that did....Earl Campbell was as close as you could get to his style and ability IMO. All great but there can be only one #1 and that's JB in my book.

 

[Nosferatu]

I understand, but when you consider that the run was all they had, and everyone knew it was getting handed to JB, but even with putrid olines, they still could not contain him....
I can see Payton and Sayers in the same discussion, but Sanders didn't last long enough nor did he have the downhill ability of JB......But then I can't think of anyone else that did....Earl Campbell was as close as you could get to his style and ability IMO. All great but there can be only one #1 and that's JB in my book.

I respect that, IMO Walter is the GOAT... He was great at everything, running, blocking, catching, even throwing and had maybe the best stiff arm of all time.

 

[Irish7478]

If you didn't watch Walter, you can't understand how great he was. He was on a great team for a few years, but the Bears stunk for most of his career. I know Brown was great, but I never really saw him play, but I can't believe he was any better than Walter.

P.S. Sayers was a great return man, but his career was too short to be on this list.

 

[Nosferatu]

If you didn't watch Walter, you can't understand how great he was. He was on a great team for a few years, but the Bears stunk for most of his career. I know Brown was great, but I never really saw him play, but I can't believe he was any better than Walter.

P.S. Sayers was a great return man, but his career was too short to be on this list.

Agreed, I grew up in the 70's a Vikings fan, hated going against Sweetness but damn he was good. I find it funny people always use what if Barry Sanders had a good offense around him he would have shattered records, well if Walter would have had an offense even as good as Barry ever had Emmitt wouldn't have caught him. His balance was just unbelievable.

 

[Wazmankg]

I don't understand the notion that Barry didn't play long enough either. He played for 10 seasons at > 1500 yards per, including just under 1500 his last.

 

[antone112]

It's probably Barry, but my Bearness won't allow me to admit it.

 

[Berkeley_Blues]

Bo Jackson.

 

[Nosferatu]

Bo Jackson.

A player with 3,100 total yards and 18 TD's can't honestly be called the GOAT, he was a freak of nature no question but let's be real...