GregR_2
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Voting closed. Vote for RB #8 here.
RB #1: Jim Brown 48.5% of the vote.
RB #2: Walter Payton 41.7% of the vote.
RB #3: Barry Sanders 70.6% of the vote.
RB #4: OJ Simpson 27.4% of the vote.
RB #5(tie): Marshall Faulk 25.2% of the vote.
RB #5(tie): Emmitt Smith 25.2% of the vote.
RB #7: Eric Dickerson 41.0% of the vote.
Time to settle who are the top 10 running backs of all time. The first poll is to vote for the #3 RB of all time. The second poll is to pick the player who didn't make the list of candidates this time but who should be included in the list for the next slot. Thurman Thomas was promoted based on the previous voting.
I've googled about 20 all time top ten lists and chose 14 of the players listed most often, and included Adrian Peterson as the active back I thought most likely to get votes somewhere in the top ten.
Career Stats
Player………… G RuAtt RuYd RuTD RuYd/A RuYd/G Rec RecYd RecTD Yd/Rec Rec/G ReYd/G YdScm YdScm/G TotalTD Fmb
Awards and Career Rankings
ProBwl: Total Pro Bowl appearances
All Pro: Total 1st team All Pro only.
MVP: Total Associated Press MVP only.
OffYr: Total AP Offensive Player of the Year awards
Rest of categories are where they rank on the all time career list.
*: Player predates the creation of the AP Offensive Player of the Year award.
-: Player does not rank in Pro Football Reference's career list in that category.
Player………… AllPro ProBwl MVP OffYr RuYd RuYd/G RuTD YdScm RuReTD
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I also grabbed some RBs who didn't make the list this time, but maybe should be included for voting of later slots. The second poll is to decide which one of these RBs gets promoted to the main list next time. If there is someone you think actually belongs in the top ten list who isn't in either list, please post them.
RB #1: Jim Brown 48.5% of the vote.
RB #2: Walter Payton 41.7% of the vote.
RB #3: Barry Sanders 70.6% of the vote.
RB #4: OJ Simpson 27.4% of the vote.
RB #5(tie): Marshall Faulk 25.2% of the vote.
RB #5(tie): Emmitt Smith 25.2% of the vote.
RB #7: Eric Dickerson 41.0% of the vote.
Time to settle who are the top 10 running backs of all time. The first poll is to vote for the #3 RB of all time. The second poll is to pick the player who didn't make the list of candidates this time but who should be included in the list for the next slot. Thurman Thomas was promoted based on the previous voting.
I've googled about 20 all time top ten lists and chose 14 of the players listed most often, and included Adrian Peterson as the active back I thought most likely to get votes somewhere in the top ten.
Career Stats
Player………… G RuAtt RuYd RuTD RuYd/A RuYd/G Rec RecYd RecTD Yd/Rec Rec/G ReYd/G YdScm YdScm/G TotalTD Fmb
Code:
Marcus Allen 222 3022 12243 123 4.1 55.1 587 5411 21 9.2 2.6 24.4 17654 79.5 144 65Jerome Bettis 192 3479 13662 91 3.9 71.2 200 1449 3 7.2 1 7.5 15111 78.7 94 41Earl Campbell 115 2187 9407 74 4.3 81.8 121 806 0 6.7 1.1 7 10213 88.8 74 43Terrell Davis 78 1655 7607 60 4.6 97.5 169 1280 5 7.6 2.2 16.4 8887 113.9 65 20Eric Dickerson 146 2996 13259 90 4.4 90.8 281 2137 6 7.6 1.9 14.6 15396 105.5 96 78Tony Dorsett 173 2936 12739 77 4.3 73.6 398 3554 13 8.9 2.3 20.5 16293 94.2 90 90Marshall Faulk 176 2836 12279 100 4.3 69.8 767 6875 36 9 4.4 39.1 19154 108.8 136 36Curtis Martin 168 3518 14101 90 4 83.9 484 3329 10 6.9 2.9 19.8 17430 103.8 100 29Adrian Peterson 61 1198 5782 52 4.8 94.8 119 1170 2 9.8 2 19.2 6952 114.0 54 21Barry Sanders 153 3062 15269 99 5 99.8 352 2921 10 8.3 2.3 19.1 18190 118.9 109 41Gale Sayers 68 991 4956 39 5 72.9 112 1307 9 11.7 1.6 19.2 6263 92.1 48 34OJ Simpson 135 2404 11236 61 4.7 83.2 203 2142 14 10.6 1.5 15.9 13378 99.1 75 62Emmitt Smith 226 4409 18355 164 4.2 81.2 515 3224 11 6.3 2.3 14.3 21579 95.5 175 61Thurman Thomas 182 2877 12074 65 4.2 66.3 472 4458 23 9.4 2.6 24.5 16532 90.8 88 50L. Tomlinson 156 3099 13404 144 4.3 85.9 582 4323 15 7.4 3.7 27.7 17727 113.6 159 30
ProBwl: Total Pro Bowl appearances
All Pro: Total 1st team All Pro only.
MVP: Total Associated Press MVP only.
OffYr: Total AP Offensive Player of the Year awards
Rest of categories are where they rank on the all time career list.
*: Player predates the creation of the AP Offensive Player of the Year award.
-: Player does not rank in Pro Football Reference's career list in that category.
Player………… AllPro ProBwl MVP OffYr RuYd RuYd/G RuTD YdScm RuReTD
Code:
Marcus Allen 2 6 1 1 12 92 3 7 6Jerome Bettis 2 6 0 0 5 33 10 18 22Earl Campbell 3 5 1 3 30 14 23 78 74Terrell Davis 3 3 1 2 46 4 40 119 99Eric Dickerson 5 6 0 2 7 6 12 14 21Tony Dorsett 1 4 0 0 8 27 20 10 28Marshall Faulk 3 7 1 3 10 36 7 4 7Curtis Martin 1 5 0 0 4 11 12 8 19Adrian Peterson 2 4 0 0 83 5 54 8 168Barry Sanders 6 10 1 2 3 2 9 5 15Gale Sayers 5 4 0 * 118 30 107 - -OJ Simpson 5 6 1 1 18 12 38 31 60Emmitt Smith 4 8 1 0 1 15 1 2 2Thurman Thomas 2 5 1 1 14 47 33 9 31L. Tomlinson 3 5 1 1 6 9 2 6 3
I also grabbed some RBs who didn't make the list this time, but maybe should be included for voting of later slots. The second poll is to decide which one of these RBs gets promoted to the main list next time. If there is someone you think actually belongs in the top ten list who isn't in either list, please post them.
Code:
Player………… G RuAtt RuYd RuTD RuYd/A RuYd/G Rec RecYd RecTD Yd/Rec Rec/G ReYd/G YdScm YdScm/G TotalTD Fmb
Code:
Shaun Alexander 123 2187 9453 100 4.3 76.9 215 1520 12 7.1 1.7 12.4 10973 89.2 112 31Larry Csonka 146 1891 8081 64 4.3 55.3 106 820 4 7.7 0.7 5.6 8901 61.0 68 21Franco Harris 173 2949 12120 91 4.1 70.1 307 2287 9 7.4 1.8 13.2 14407 83.3 100 90Priest Holmes 113 1780 8172 86 4.6 72.3 339 2962 8 8.7 3 26.2 11134 98.5 94 16Edgerrin James 148 3028 12246 80 4 82.7 433 3364 11 7.8 2.9 22.7 15610 105.5 91 44Chris Johnson 47 925 4598 34 5 97.8 137 1008 4 7.4 2.9 21.4 5606 119.3 38 7John Riggins 175 2916 11352 104 3.9 64.9 250 2090 12 8.4 1.4 11.9 13442 76.8 116 58Jim Taylor 132 1941 8597 83 4.4 65.1 225 1756 10 7.8 1.7 13.3 10353 78.4 93 34
Code:
Player………… AllPro ProBwl MVP OffYr RuYd RuYd/G RuTD YdScm RuReTD
Code:
Shaun Alexander 1 3 1 1 29 20 7 62 13Larry Csonka 2 5 0 0 39 91 35 118 86Franco Harris 1 9 0 0 13 35 10 23 19Priest Holmes 3 3 0 1 38 31 14 60 22Edgerrin James 1 4 0 0 11 13 18 13 25Chris Johnson 1 3 0 1 139 3 146 - -John Riggins 1 1 0 0 16 53 6 29 12Jim Taylor 1 5 1 * 33 52 15 74 24
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