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The Top Ranked Defensive Backs of the 1960s
Notes: Players are listed only by the position they played the most.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Dave Grayson | 18 |
| 2 | Herb Adderley | 22 |
| 3 | Johnny Robinson | 24 |
| 4 | Larry Wilson | 37 |
| 5 | Bobby Boyd | 47 |
| 6 | Butch Byrd | 48 |
| 7 | Eddie Meador | 55 |
| 8 | Jimmy Patton | 76 |
| 9 | Willie Wood | 81 |
| 10 | Cornell Green | 90 |
| 11 | Willie Brown | 91 |
| 12 | Night Train Lane | 98 |
| 13 | Erich Barnes | 101 |
| 14 | Mel Renfro | 109 |
| 15 | George Saimes | 112 |
| 16 | Goose Gonsoulin | 114 |
| 17 | Fred Williamson | 116 |
| 18 | Abe Woodson | 124 |
| 19 | Dick Harris | 126 |
| 20 | Pat Fischer | 128 |
| 21 | Yale Lary | 133 |
| 22 | Paul Krause | 136 |
| 23 | Dick Lynch | 147 |
| 24 | Kenny Graham | 149 |
| 25 | Richie Petitbon | 155 |
| 26 | Tony Banfield | 161 |
| 27 | Jimmy Hill | 180 |
| 28 | Jimmy Johnson | 191 |
| 29 | Lem Barney | 222 |
| 30 | Johnny Sample | 224 |
| 31 | Rosey Taylor | 229 |
| 32 | Speedy Duncan | 246 |
| 33 | Bernie Parrish | 258 |
| 34 | Bobby Hunt | 259 |
| 35 | Clendon Thomas | 260 |
| 36 | Miller Farr | 273 |
| 37 | Bob Jeter | 274 |
| 38 | Don Burroughs | 276 |
| 39 | Jesse Whittenton | 283 |
| 40 | Dick LeBeau | 284 |
| 41 | Fred Glick | 290 |
| 42 | Kent McCloughan | 291 |
| 43 | Jerry Stovall | 295 |
| 44 | Jimmy Warren | 341 |
| 45 | Dave Webster | 347 |
| 46 | Jim Norton | 350 |
| 47 | Dave Whitsell | 354 |
| 48 | Ed Sharockman | 356 |
| 49 | Kermit Alexander | 362 |
| 50 | Don Webb | 363 |
| 51 | Rick Volk | 365 |
| 52 | Don Bishop | 369 |
| 53 | Dave Baker | 373 |
| 54 | Ron G. Hall | 381 |
| 55 | Dick Felt | 384 |
| 56 | Billy Stacy | 385 |
| 57 | Andy Nelson | 392 |
| 58 | Spider Lockhart | 396 |
| 59 | Ken Houston | 401 |
| 60 | Jerry Logan | 403 |
| 61 | Booker Edgerson | 421 |
| 62 | Dainard Paulson | 435 |
| 63 | Bennie McRae | 449 |
| 64 | Duane Wood | 450 |
| 65 | Eddie Macon | 464 |
| 66 | Ross Fichtner | 471 |
| 67 | W.K. Hicks | 472 |
| 68 | Irv Cross | 483 |
| 69 | Bob Zeman | 487 |
| 70 | Willie West | 533 |
| 71 | Tommy Morrow | 536 |
| 72 | Don Fleming | 540 |
| 73 | Joe Scarpati | 546 |
| 74 | Ross O'Hanley | 562 |
| 75 | Dale Hackbart | 565 |
| 76 | Mark Johnston | 573 |
| 77 | Hank Gremminger | 594 |
| 78 | Fred Julian | 599 |
| 79 | Johnny Pyeatt | 600 |
| 80 | Bill Baird | 605 |
| 81 | Jim Steffen | 610 |
| 82 | Lindon Crow | 612 |
| 83 | Lenny Lyles | 615 |
| 84 | Willie Mitchell | 617 |
| 85 | Dick Westmoreland | 620 |
| 86 | Mike Howell | 624 |
| 87 | Clancy Williams | 626 |
| 88 | Marv Woodson | 657 |
| 89 | Roger Donnahoo | 692 |
| 90 | Jim Shofner | 710 |
| 91 | Paul Martha | 720 |
| 92 | Karl Kassulke | 725 |
| 93 | Bill Thompson | 729 |
| 94 | Billy Lothridge | 730 |
| 95 | Wayne Crow | 735 |
| 96 | Billy Kinard | 758 |
| 97 | Brig Owens | 776 |
| 98 | Larry Benz | 784 |
| 99 | Jerry Norton | 788 |
| 100 | Joe Cannavino | 796 |
| 101 | Ernie Kellermann | 798 |
| 102 | Bill R. Butler | 799 |
| 103 | Chuck Shonta | 805 |
| 104 | Chuck Lamson | 808 |
| 105 | Milt Davis | 821 |
| 106 | Tom Brown | 822 |
| 107 | Eddie Dove | 831 |
| 108 | Tom Janik | 832 |
| 109 | Fred Bruney | 836 |
| 110 | Al Romine | 840 |
| 111 | Bobby Gordon | 842 |
| 112 | Warren Livingston | 849 |
| 113 | Jimmy Burson | 853 |
| 114 | Bruce Maher | 860 |
| 115 | Jimmy Ridlon | 866 |
| 116 | Earsell Mackbee | 869 |
| 117 | Claude Gibson | 877 |
| 118 | Mike Gaechter | 879 |
| 119 | Elbert Kimbrough | 882 |
| 120 | Brady Keys | 887 |
| 121 | Dick Haley | 889 |
| 122 | Willie Daniel | 890 |
| 123 | Billy Atkins | 921 |
| 124 | Jim Hudson | 923 |
| 125 | Jimmy Carr | 924 |
| 126 | Lee Riley | 925 |
| 127 | Corky Tharp | 926 |
| 128 | Nate Ramsey | 946 |
| 129 | Jim Marsalis | 954 |
| 130 | Johnny Bookman | 959 |
| 131 | Jim Wagstaff | 972 |
| 132 | Doyle Nix | 973 |
| 133 | Leroy Mitchell | 989 |
| 134 | Ron Smith | 997 |
| 135 | Dick Anderson | 1015 |
| 136 | Pete Jaquess | 1022 |
| 137 | Hagood Clarke | 1045 |
| 138 | Gary Lowe | 1049 |
| 139 | Emmitt Thomas | 1051 |
| 140 | Jim W. Hill | 1056 |
| 141 | Bud Whitehead | 1062 |
| 142 | Jim Shorter | 1063 |
| 143 | Wendell Harris | 1064 |
| 144 | Dean Derby | 1075 |
| 145 | Charlie Kendall | 1080 |
| 146 | Charlie McNeil | 1088 |
| 147 | Richie McCabe | 1093 |
| 148 | Ken Reaves | 1094 |
| 149 | Joe Krakoski | 1113 |
| 150 | Alex Bravo | 1122 |
| 151 | Warren Powers | 1123 |
| 152 | Bobby Jancik | 1143 |
| 153 | Bob Soltis | 1145 |
| 154 | Jack C. Johnson | 1147 |
| 155 | Jimmy Sears | 1148 |
| 156 | Jim Welch | 1152 |
| 157 | Jim Bradshaw | 1156 |
| 158 | John McGeever | 1157 |
| 159 | Dicky Moegle | 1162 |
| 160 | Lloyd Mumphord | 1182 |
| 161 | Rudy Redmond | 1184 |
| 162 | Clyde Washington | 1208 |
| 163 | Ben Scotti | 1212 |
| 164 | Phil Nugent | 1217 |
| 165 | J.C. Caroline | 1231 |
| 166 | Bob Garner | 1239 |
| 167 | Rodger Bird | 1245 |
| 168 | Henry Carr | 1261 |
| 169 | Jim McMillin | 1264 |
| 170 | Pat Heenan | 1283 |
| 171 | Aaron Martin | 1285 |
| 172 | Rickie Harris | 1298 |
| 173 | Charlie Dupre | 1304 |
| 174 | Al Nelson | 1346 |
| 175 | Nemiah Wilson | 1349 |
| 176 | Charley Britt | 1358 |
| 177 | Claude Crabb | 1359 |
| 178 | Bobby Franklin | 1360 |
| 179 | Jim Weatherford | 1394 |
| 180 | Junior Wren | 1395 |
| 181 | Ken Riley | 1396 |
| 182 | Walt Sumner | 1399 |
| 183 | Jerry Mertens | 1404 |
| 184 | Charlie Sumner | 1411 |
| 185 | Scott Eaton | 1437 |
| 186 | Lee Calland | 1467 |
| 187 | Larry Vargo | 1472 |
| 188 | Carver Shannon | 1476 |
| 189 | Al Randolph | 1482 |
| 190 | Ray Abruzzese | 1503 |
| 191 | Gary Glick | 1504 |
| 192 | Bobby Smith | 1510 |
| 193 | Dick Nolan | 1516 |
| 194 | Howie Williams | 1518 |
| 195 | Ben Davis | 1520 |
| 196 | Jimmy Harris | 1521 |
| 197 | John Charles | 1522 |
| 198 | Vern Valdez | 1540 |
| 199 | Joe Beauchamp | 1541 |
| 200 | Obert Logan | 1546 |
| 201 | Jim Nettles | 1550 |
| 202 | Tom Hennessey | 1551 |
| 203 | Billy Brewer | 1561 |
| 204 | Bobby Bryant | 1577 |
| 205 | Bobby Freeman | 1599 |
| 206 | Julian Spence | 1601 |
| 207 | Don Flynn | 1603 |
| 208 | Jim Kerr | 1607 |
| 209 | Randy Beverly | 1609 |
| 210 | Jerry Richardson (1941) | 1634 |
| 211 | Jack Morris | 1653 |
| 212 | Doug Hart | 1654 |
| 213 | Lonnie Sanders | 1655 |
| 214 | John Dockery | 1670 |
| 215 | Alvin Haymond | 1680 |
| 216 | Willie Williams | 1692 |
| 217 | Danny McIlhany | 1697 |
| 218 | Rich Mostardo | 1714 |
| 219 | Charlie Greer | 1722 |
| 220 | Tom Brookshier | 1738 |
| 221 | John Symank | 1739 |
| 222 | Clarence Childs | 1745 |
| 223 | Vic Zucco | 1763 |
| 224 | George Rose | 1790 |
| 225 | Daryl Johnson | 1791 |
| 226 | Larry Carwell | 1800 |
| 227 | Bob Hohn | 1803 |
| 228 | Tom Franckhauser | 1816 |
| 229 | George Blair | 1821 |
| 230 | Dick Pesonen | 1839 |
| 231 | Goldie Sellers | 1842 |
| 232 | Mike A. Johnson | 1844 |
| 233 | Jack Lentz | 1848 |
| 234 | Carl Karilivacz | 1851 |
| 235 | Don Ellersick | 1853 |
| 236 | Tom Vaughn | 1871 |
| 237 | Bobby L. Thompson | 1893 |
| 238 | Carl Charon | 1905 |
| 239 | Bob Harrison | 1907 |
| 240 | Bob Howard | 1944 |
| 241 | Mike Weger | 1945 |
| 242 | Bob Suci | 1948 |
| 243 | John H. Harris | 1966 |
| 244 | Gene Howard | 1967 |
| 245 | Carl Taseff | 1989 |
| 246 | Art DeCarlo | 1995 |
| 247 | George Burrell | 2001 |
| 248 | Grady Cavness | 2002 |
| 249 | Jim Mooty | 2005 |
| 250 | Mike Bass | 2009 |
| 251 | Paul Winslow | 2010 |
| 252 | Ray L. Brown | 2011 |
| 253 | Emlen Tunnell | 2026 |
| 254 | Allan Webb | 2027 |
| 255 | Cornell Gordon | 2030 |
| 256 | Wayne Rasmussen | 2060 |
| 257 | Jim Wulff | 2064 |
| 258 | Bobby Bethune | 2093 |
| 259 | Fletcher Smith | 2108 |
| 260 | Walter Beach | 2111 |
| 261 | Jim Kearney | 2136 |
| 262 | Jim Crotty | 2143 |
| 263 | Dick Daniels | 2164 |
| 264 | Jackie M. Simpson | 2167 |
| 265 | Drake Garrett | 2191 |
| 266 | Tony Stricker | 2235 |
| 267 | Joe Taylor | 2241 |
| 268 | Bill Stits | 2245 |
| 269 | George Atkinson | 2247 |
| 270 | Al Coleman | 2248 |
| 271 | Roger Wehrli | 2258 |
| 272 | Steve Preece | 2259 |
| 273 | Tommy Maxwell | 2260 |
| 274 | Bob Bercich | 2265 |
| 275 | John Pitts | 2286 |
| 276 | Will Sherman | 2287 |
| 277 | Joe Driskill | 2296 |
| 278 | Bobby Ply | 2298 |
| 279 | Bob Petrella | 2303 |
| 280 | Curt Gentry | 2305 |
| 281 | George Youngblood | 2315 |
| 282 | Bob Atkins | 2320 |
| 283 | Alvin Hall (1934) | 2321 |
| 284 | Zeke Moore | 2328 |
| 285 | Charley Warner | 2348 |
| 286 | Bo Burris | 2350 |
| 287 | Bobby G. Jackson | 2352 |
| 288 | Eugene Sykes | 2353 |
| 289 | Jay Cunningham | 2361 |
| 290 | Charlie King | 2381 |
| 291 | Gary Wisener | 2391 |
| 292 | Gene Johnson | 2392 |
| 293 | Bert Rechichar | 2397 |
| 294 | John Griffin | 2403 |
| 295 | Bob Riggle | 2404 |
| 296 | Pete Manning | 2408 |
| 297 | Woodley Lewis | 2411 |
| 298 | Charlie Stukes | 2414 |
| 299 | Tom Walters | 2421 |
| 300 | Elijah Nevett | 2422 |
| 301 | Frank Budka | 2426 |
| 302 | Lonnie Wright | 2444 |
| 303 | Justin Rowland | 2463 |
| 304 | Mike H. Barnes | 2471 |
| 305 | Theophile Viltz | 2473 |
| 306 | John Mallory | 2480 |
| 307 | Hank Rivera | 2491 |
| 308 | Marshall Starks | 2492 |
| 309 | Terry Kosens | 2494 |
| 310 | Mike McClellan | 2496 |
| 311 | Paul Hynes | 2502 |
| 312 | John H. Douglas | 2516 |
| 313 | Carl Silvestri | 2521 |
| 314 | Tom Cassese | 2523 |
| 315 | Nate Wright | 2530 |
| 316 | Mel Phillips | 2536 |
| 317 | Phil Clark | 2538 |
| 318 | Wayne Fontes | 2547 |
| 319 | Larry Glueck | 2548 |
| 320 | Monk Bailey | 2549 |
| 321 | Tom Beier | 2567 |
| 322 | Jim Richards | 2576 |
| 323 | Bob Neff | 2588 |
| 324 | Jim Tolbert | 2594 |
| 325 | Nat Whitmyer | 2597 |
| 326 | Benny Nelson | 2600 |
| 327 | George Donnelly | 2605 |
| 328 | Gus Hollomon | 2609 |
| 329 | Nick Rassas | 2615 |
| 330 | Jimmy Heidel | 2616 |
| 331 | Charlie Milstead | 2617 |
| 332 | Bobby Williams | 2622 |
| 333 | White Graves | 2624 |
| 334 | Johnny Fuller | 2625 |
| 335 | Johnny Peacock | 2635 |
| 336 | Pete Richardson | 2642 |
| 337 | Bob Sherman | 2644 |
| 338 | Jeff F. Jordan | 2646 |
| 339 | Don Mullins | 2657 |
| 340 | Jim E. Wright | 2658 |
| 341 | Jim M. Smith | 2659 |
| 342 | Lowell Caylor | 2661 |
| 343 | Willie Porter | 2674 |
| 344 | Dick Smith | 2682 |
| 345 | Charlie E. Brown | 2683 |
| 346 | Billy W. Johnson | 2685 |
| 347 | Mike Fitzgerald | 2703 |
| 348 | Solomon Brannan | 2709 |
| 349 | Jerry Overton | 2715 |
| 350 | Ken Dyer | 2716 |
| 351 | John Woitt | 2720 |
| 352 | Bob Wade | 2723 |
| 353 | Floyd Hudlow | 2725 |
| 354 | John Outlaw | 2730 |
| 355 | Tom Minter | 2738 |
| 356 | Mike Freeman | 2741 |
| 357 | Kelton Winston | 2743 |
| 358 | Jim Jackson | 2749 |
| 359 | Mack Lamb | 2754 |
| 360 | Norm Beal | 2757 |
| 361 | Tom Longo | 2758 |
| 362 | Gary Kroner | 2761 |
| 363 | George Harold | 2763 |
| 364 | Don McDonald | 2764 |
| 365 | Dave Cloutier | 2769 |
| 366 | Edward Kelley | 2770 |
| 367 | Oliver Dobbins | 2771 |
| 368 | Philip Spiller | 2773 |
| 369 | Ceasar Belser | 2775 |
| 370 | Al Lavan | 2780 |
| 371 | Bill Bradley | 2781 |
| 372 | Chuck Marshall | 2782 |
| 373 | Glen Amerson | 2783 |
| 374 | Terry Brown | 2784 |
| 375 | Art McMahon | 2787 |
| 376 | Major Hazelton | 2788 |
| 377 | Louis Guy | 2789 |
| 378 | Garry Lyle | 2809 |
| 379 | Jim Holifield | 2810 |
| 380 | Ocie Austin | 2811 |
| 381 | Carl Ward | 2813 |
| 382 | Gary Hill | 2816 |
| 383 | Clarence Scott | 2819 |
| 384 | John Guillory | 2821 |
| 385 | Otto Brown | 2824 |
| 386 | Robert James | 2825 |
| 387 | Ross Coyle | 2826 |
| 388 | Earl Christy | 2829 |
| 389 | Wayne Swinford | 2830 |
| 390 | Tom Oberg | 2836 |
| 391 | John Rowser | 2837 |
| 392 | Chuck Latourette | 2838 |
| 393 | Mike D'Amato | 2839 |
| 394 | Nate James | 2840 |
| 395 | Terry Dillon | 2841 |
| 396 | Alvin Mitchell | 2846 |
| 397 | Ted Rzempoluch | 2847 |
| 398 | Bob Richardson | 2857 |
| 399 | Dave Plump | 2859 |
| 400 | Johnnie Robinson | 2861 |
| 401 | Lew Scott | 2862 |
| 402 | Phil Harris | 2863 |
| 403 | Vic Purvis | 2864 |
| 404 | Pete Johns | 2867 |
| 405 | Charlie West | 2882 |
| 406 | Dick Farley | 2883 |
| 407 | Cecil Leonard | 2889 |
| 408 | Clancy Oliver | 2890 |
| 409 | Doyle Schick | 2891 |
| 410 | Mike Battle | 2893 |
| 411 | Vince Turner | 2898 |
| 412 | Dave Hathcock | 2908 |
| 413 | Bill Scott | 2915 |
| 414 | Curt Frazier | 2916 |
| 415 | Lou Harris | 2917 |
| 416 | Dave Raimey | 2918 |
| 417 | Henry King | 2923 |
| 418 | Jim Summers | 2924 |
| 419 | Gerry Bussell | 2927 |
| 420 | Freddie Summers | 2936 |
| 421 | Gordon Rule | 2937 |
| 422 | Jim Duncan | 2938 |
| 423 | Jim Johnson | 2939 |
| 424 | Ollie Cordill | 2940 |
| 425 | Ted Vactor | 2941 |
| 426 | Tom McCauley | 2942 |
| 427 | Sherman Lewis | 2962 |
| 428 | Bob Shann | 2977 |
| 429 | Tom Bleick | 2989 |
| 430 | Billy Clay | 2991 |
| 431 | Billy Johnson (DB) | 2992 |
| 432 | Tony King | 3002 |
| 433 | Hilton Crawford | 3004 |
| 434 | Jim Gray | 3005 |
| 435 | Taft Reed | 3006 |
| 436 | Bobby Morgan | 3011 |
| 437 | Bobby Post | 3012 |
| 438 | Errol Prisby | 3015 |
| 439 | Tommy Luke | 3019 |
| 440 | Willie Pearson | 3020 |
| 441 | Chuck Beatty | 3021 |
| 442 | Mickey Sutton (1943) | 3025 |
| 443 | Bob Smith (1945) | 3026 |
| 444 | John Foruria | 3028 |
| 445 | Mack Sauls | 3029 |
| 446 | Nate Shaw | 3030 |
| 447 | Al Brenner | 3031 |
| 448 | Richmond Flowers | 3034 |
| 449 | Dean Brown | 3038 |
| 450 | Jackie Allen | 3039 |
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