Best player at each jersey number of all-time.

[PhilSimms11]

00--Jim Otto
1--Warren Moon
2--Matt Ryan
3--Bronko Nagurski
4--Brett Favre
5--Paul Hornung
6--Jay Cutler.....I guess
7--John Elway
8--Steve Young
9--Drew Brees

10--Fran Tarkenton
11--Larry Fitzgerald
12--Tom Brady
13--Dan Marino
14--Don Hutson
15--Bart Starr
16--Joe Montana
17--Philip Rivers
18--Peyton Manning
19--John Unitas

20--Barry Sanders
21--LaDainian Tomlinson
22--Emmitt Smith
23--Troy Vincent
24--Willie Wood
25--Fred Biletnikoff
26--Rod Woodson
27--Steve Atwater
28--Marshall Faulk
29--Eric Dickerson

30--Terrell Davis
31--Donnie Shell
32--Jim Brown
33--Tony Dorsett
34--Walter Payton
35--Aeneas Williams
36--Jerome Bettis
37--Jimmy Johnson
38--George Rogers
39--Larry Csonka

40--Gale Sayers
41--Eugene Robinson
42--Ronnie Lott
43--Troy Polamalu
44--John Riggins
45--Emlen Tunnell
46--Tim McDonald
47--Mel Blount
48--Stephen Davis
49--Bobby Mitchell

50--Mike Singletary
51--Dick Butkus
52--Ray Lewis
53--Harry Carson
54--Brian Urlacher
55--Junior Seau
56--Lawrence Taylor
57--Rickey Jackson
58--Jack Lambert
59--Jack Ham

60--Chuck Bednarik
61--Bill George
62--Jim Langer
63--Willie Lanier
64--Randall McDaniel
65--Gary Zimmerman
66--Larry Little
67--Kent Hull
68--Will Shields
69--Jared Allen

70--Jim Marshall
71--Walter Jones
72--Dan Dierdorf
73--John Hannah
74--Bruce Matthews
75--Joe Greene
76--Orlando Pace
77--Willie Roaf
78--Bruce Smith
79--Ray Childress

80--Jerry Rice
81--Carl Eller
82--Raymond Berry
83--Andre Reed
84--Randy Moss
85--Jack Youngblood
86--Buck Buchanon
87--Reggie Wayne
88--Alan Page
89--Mike Ditka

90--Julius Peppers
91--Kevin Greene
92--Reggie White
93--John Randle
94--Charles Haley
95--Richard Dent
96--Cortez Kennedy
97--Simeon Rice
98--Robert Mathis
99--Jason Taylor

 

[PhoenixEagles1]

Put Dr J at #6

 

[Chewbaccer]

There's gotta be a better number 2 than Matt Ryan.

 

[rtfgbfan]

81-Night Train

 

[rtfgbfan]

21-Neon Deion

 

[Manster7588]

54 Randy "The Manster" White

 

[Beaker]

Well, my jersey number was 36, so Jerome Bettis can fuck off! Greatest of all time!!!!

 

[PatsFan2003]

87 Rob Gronkowski > Reggie Wayne

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Realize you have limited choices, but #2 and #6,

 

[Iggloo]

Benny Friedman is a hall of fame QB, wore 6. Considered the first great passing QB. Played for the Giants among other teams.

So get Cutler the fuck out of there, please. That's just ignorant.

Similarly, hall of fame QB-RB Charley Trippi wore 2. He was the QB for the Cardinals when they won their last NFL title in 1947.

Hall of Famers by Jersey Number - Hall of Famers | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site

 

[Iggloo]

ON Trippi, the HOF site lists him as having worn 2, but I am seeing 62 on most of his jerseys, so I wonder if that was an error, or if he switched numbers at some point.

In any case, the point stands. That list shows hall of famers who wore 6 and 2. No need to include the likes of Cutler and Ryan on a list like this.

 

[Iggloo]

Never mind, Trippi did indeed wear 2 for part of his career, though I think he was the halfback, not the quarterback, on the Cardinals when they won the title. He played QB later.

 

[PhilSimms11]

#2 is worn mostly by kickers. David Akers, Steve Christie, Rob Bironas, etc. Some QBs to wear #2 are Doug Flutie, Aaron Brooks, Tim Couch. I get the push back on Cutler. I don't want him on the list either, but Ryan is more than worthy of being considered the best #2 of all-time....64.9%, 41,796 yards, 260 TD, 126 INT, MVP (2016).

 

[Iggloo]

Dude, like I just posted, there are actual Hall of Famers who wore those numbers. I have nothing against Matt Ryan, he is a decent player, and a Philly native, but he is not a Hall of Famer.

 

[PhilSimms11]

Some guys wore these jersey numbers for about 30 minutes and then switched or didn't have a number at all back then.

 

[Chewbaccer]

87 Rob Gronkowski > Reggie Wayne

Nah. Reggie Wayne has actually contributed to his team winning a Super Bowl before and wasn't a brittle bitch.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Benny Friedman is a hall of fame QB, wore 6. Considered the first great passing QB. Played for the Giants among other teams.

So get Cutler the fuck out of there, please. That's just ignorant.

Similarly, hall of fame QB-RB Charley Trippi wore 2. He was the QB for the Cardinals when they won their last NFL title in 1947.

Hall of Famers by Jersey Number - Hall of Famers | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site

Charley Trippi is a Damn Good Dawg. Oldest living NFL HOFer, oldest living first overall NFL draft pick, and Georgia's best living legend.

Trippi>>>Matt Ryan

 

[PhilSimms11]

Trippi>>>Matt Ryan

So, that's Trippi pointing to Ryan and acknowledging that Ryan is the better player? Trippi is a class act and worthy of being the best #2 of all-time. Definitely in the conversation.

 

[Iggloo]

Not sure if this has been done since, but Trippi was the only guy in the HOF who had had 1,000 yards passing, 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving seasons in the NFL.

 

[PhilSimms11]

Not sure if this has been done since, but Trippi was the only guy in the HOF who had had 1,000 yards passing, 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving seasons in the NFL.

His most productive seasons were 690 yards rushing (1948), 412 yards receiving (1949), and 1,191 yards passing (1951).

For his career he has 3,506 yards rushing, 2,547 yards passing, and 1,321 yards receiving. Also has 1,457 kick return yards.