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The Top Ranked Defensive Linemen of the 1960s
Notes: Players are listed only by the position they played the most.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Henry Jordan | 6 |
| 2 | Willie Davis | 10 |
| 3 | Bob Lilly | 11 |
| 4 | Deacon Jones | 15 |
| 5 | Earl Faison | 21 |
| 6 | Gino Marchetti | 27 |
| 7 | Merlin Olsen | 33 |
| 8 | Alex Karras | 35 |
| 9 | Buck Buchanan | 46 |
| 10 | Jim Katcavage | 53 |
| 11 | Tom Sestak | 58 |
| 12 | Roger Brown | 70 |
| 13 | Larry Eisenhauer | 73 |
| 14 | Bud McFadin | 77 |
| 15 | Doug Atkins | 86 |
| 16 | Jerry Mays | 88 |
| 17 | Ron McDole | 117 |
| 18 | Ernie Ladd | 129 |
| 19 | Bill Glass | 132 |
| 20 | Houston Antwine | 134 |
| 21 | George Andrie | 145 |
| 22 | Don Floyd | 146 |
| 23 | Rosey Grier | 157 |
| 24 | Bob Gain | 182 |
| 25 | Mel Branch | 188 |
| 26 | Carl Eller | 195 |
| 27 | Floyd Peters | 204 |
| 28 | Bob Dee | 207 |
| 29 | Verlon Biggs | 217 |
| 30 | Ordell Braase | 218 |
| 31 | Gerry Philbin | 223 |
| 32 | Jim Dunaway | 226 |
| 33 | Andy Robustelli | 230 |
| 34 | Ben Davidson | 231 |
| 35 | Bob Toneff | 236 |
| 36 | Jim Hunt | 253 |
| 37 | Jim Marshall | 265 |
| 38 | Ed Husmann | 269 |
| 39 | Dick Modzelewski | 278 |
| 40 | Dave Costa | 280 |
| 41 | LaVerne Torczon | 293 |
| 42 | Gene Lipscomb | 299 |
| 43 | John Baker | 301 |
| 44 | Fred D. Miller | 304 |
| 45 | Paul Wiggin | 306 |
| 46 | John Paluck | 309 |
| 47 | Charlie Krueger | 316 |
| 48 | Chuck Walker | 319 |
| 49 | Lamar Lundy | 327 |
| 50 | Joe Robb | 330 |
| 51 | Billy Ray Smith Sr. | 336 |
| 52 | Ike Lassiter | 342 |
| 53 | Leo Nomellini | 352 |
| 54 | Tom Day | 360 |
| 55 | Walter Johnson | 367 |
| 56 | Alan Page | 371 |
| 57 | Ben McGee | 376 |
| 58 | Lou Michaels | 391 |
| 59 | Lionel Aldridge | 393 |
| 60 | Ron Snidow | 399 |
| 61 | Ed Cooke | 405 |
| 62 | Luke Owens | 437 |
| 63 | Sam F. Williams | 438 |
| 64 | Andy Stynchula | 462 |
| 65 | Chuck McMurtry | 463 |
| 66 | Joe Krupa | 468 |
| 67 | Earl Leggett | 470 |
| 68 | Jim Colvin | 476 |
| 69 | Joe Rutgens | 480 |
| 70 | Tony Sardisco | 491 |
| 71 | Carl Kammerer | 496 |
| 72 | Dalva Allen | 500 |
| 73 | Darris McCord | 501 |
| 74 | Dick Chorovich | 502 |
| 75 | Ernie Stautner | 503 |
| 76 | Don Brumm | 508 |
| 77 | Jess Richardson | 525 |
| 78 | Don Hultz | 526 |
| 79 | Dan Birdwell | 535 |
| 80 | Mean Joe Greene | 539 |
| 81 | John LoVetere | 545 |
| 82 | Dave Hanner | 547 |
| 83 | Pat Holmes | 548 |
| 84 | Dick Guesman | 550 |
| 85 | Chuck Hinton | 554 |
| 86 | Don Owens | 560 |
| 87 | Daniel Colchico | 566 |
| 88 | Ed O'Bradovich | 577 |
| 89 | Tom Keating | 586 |
| 90 | Paul Rochester | 587 |
| 91 | John Meyers | 596 |
| 92 | Ron Nery | 607 |
| 93 | Clark Miller | 618 |
| 94 | George Fields | 622 |
| 95 | Dick Evey | 630 |
| 96 | Jim Prestel | 637 |
| 97 | Gary Larsen | 646 |
| 98 | Ron Kostelnik | 658 |
| 99 | Monte Clark | 660 |
| 100 | Sam Silas | 663 |
| 101 | Mack Yoho | 673 |
| 102 | Bob Reifsnyder | 686 |
| 103 | Carmen Cavalli | 687 |
| 104 | Don Deskins | 688 |
| 105 | Jerry Helluin | 689 |
| 106 | Johnny Hatley | 690 |
| 107 | Roland Lakes | 694 |
| 108 | Karl Rubke | 698 |
| 109 | Sid Youngelman | 704 |
| 110 | Bill Quinlan | 709 |
| 111 | Claude Humphrey | 711 |
| 112 | Don Healy | 715 |
| 113 | Chuck Gavin | 718 |
| 114 | Jim Kanicki | 749 |
| 115 | Gene Brito | 759 |
| 116 | Bob Kilcullen | 775 |
| 117 | Paul Dickson | 777 |
| 118 | Ray Jacobs | 802 |
| 119 | Bobby Richards | 827 |
| 120 | Gary Cutsinger | 828 |
| 121 | Ed Khayat | 834 |
| 122 | Jethro Pugh | 851 |
| 123 | John Elliott | 854 |
| 124 | Bob Lurtsema | 861 |
| 125 | Marion Campbell | 885 |
| 126 | Paul Miller | 886 |
| 127 | Larry Cole | 888 |
| 128 | Scott Appleton | 898 |
| 129 | Chuck Janerette | 899 |
| 130 | Bob Petrich | 916 |
| 131 | Lloyd Voss | 939 |
| 132 | Bill Stanfill | 951 |
| 133 | Art Donovan | 988 |
| 134 | Frank Fuller | 999 |
| 135 | Charley Powell | 1001 |
| 136 | Hal Smith | 1002 |
| 137 | Ray Collins | 1003 |
| 138 | Tom Saidock | 1004 |
| 139 | Jon Jelacic | 1014 |
| 140 | Rich Jackson | 1021 |
| 141 | George Gross | 1023 |
| 142 | Bill Hudson | 1028 |
| 143 | Fred Williams | 1040 |
| 144 | Bill Yelverton | 1078 |
| 145 | Larry Hand | 1089 |
| 146 | Rex Mirich | 1090 |
| 147 | Ken Kortas | 1096 |
| 148 | Don King | 1103 |
| 149 | Maury Youmans | 1116 |
| 150 | Larry Stephens | 1118 |
| 151 | Steve DeLong | 1133 |
| 152 | Dave Rowe | 1142 |
| 153 | Dan Lanphear | 1146 |
| 154 | Ray Armstrong | 1150 |
| 155 | Ron Warzeka | 1151 |
| 156 | Leo Sugar | 1159 |
| 157 | Stan Hindman | 1175 |
| 158 | Nick Mumley | 1198 |
| 159 | Ed Culpepper | 1205 |
| 160 | Ray Mansfield | 1224 |
| 161 | Orville Trask | 1225 |
| 162 | Aaron Brown | 1226 |
| 163 | Volney Peters | 1242 |
| 164 | Jim Sorey | 1243 |
| 165 | John Zook | 1251 |
| 166 | George Strugar | 1271 |
| 167 | Nate Borden | 1272 |
| 168 | Gary Finneran | 1274 |
| 169 | Andy Rice | 1287 |
| 170 | Riley Gunnels | 1299 |
| 171 | Jim Harris Jr. | 1343 |
| 172 | Harry Jagielski | 1348 |
| 173 | Bob Rowe | 1378 |
| 174 | Bubba Smith | 1407 |
| 175 | John Cash | 1410 |
| 176 | Tim Rossovich | 1413 |
| 177 | Brian Schweda | 1417 |
| 178 | Mike Tilleman | 1441 |
| 179 | Frank Atkinson | 1463 |
| 180 | Fred Dryer | 1464 |
| 181 | Manny Fernandez | 1468 |
| 182 | Roy Hilton | 1471 |
| 183 | John Mellekas | 1480 |
| 184 | Jerry Rush | 1481 |
| 185 | Bill Herchman | 1506 |
| 186 | Max Leetzow | 1537 |
| 187 | John H. Johnson | 1542 |
| 188 | Jim A. Norton | 1548 |
| 189 | Henry Schmidt | 1552 |
| 190 | Dennis Crane | 1559 |
| 191 | Jerry Shay | 1576 |
| 192 | Howard Kindig | 1583 |
| 193 | Tom Nomina | 1598 |
| 194 | Maury Schleicher | 1602 |
| 195 | Ed Lothamer | 1608 |
| 196 | John Richardson | 1610 |
| 197 | Gary Pettigrew | 1612 |
| 198 | Guy Reese | 1613 |
| 199 | Rich Moore | 1674 |
| 200 | Royce Berry | 1675 |
| 201 | Steve Thompson | 1676 |
| 202 | Mike Bundra | 1681 |
| 203 | George Shirkey | 1695 |
| 204 | Don E. Davis | 1698 |
| 205 | Frank Cornish III | 1709 |
| 206 | Pete Duranko | 1711 |
| 207 | Jim Leo | 1731 |
| 208 | Elvin Bethea | 1746 |
| 209 | Bill Staley | 1766 |
| 210 | Gene Gossage | 1767 |
| 211 | Frank Parker | 1772 |
| 212 | Lou Cordileone | 1793 |
| 213 | Tom Redmond | 1794 |
| 214 | Chuck Hurston | 1802 |
| 215 | Ray Krouse | 1810 |
| 216 | Roger Anderson | 1820 |
| 217 | Carleton Oats | 1823 |
| 218 | Joe Lewis | 1824 |
| 219 | Carlton Dabney | 1826 |
| 220 | Joe Szczecko | 1846 |
| 221 | Chuck Sieminski | 1849 |
| 222 | Jim Riley | 1866 |
| 223 | Willie Townes | 1873 |
| 224 | Art Hauser | 1899 |
| 225 | Jack Gregory | 1902 |
| 226 | Walt Barnes | 1903 |
| 227 | Bob Denton | 1904 |
| 228 | Dave Long | 1919 |
| 229 | Don Joyce | 1921 |
| 230 | Leroy Moore | 1939 |
| 231 | Joe Young | 1940 |
| 232 | Walter Napier | 1941 |
| 233 | Marvin Upshaw | 1949 |
| 234 | Bob Voight | 1956 |
| 235 | Jerry Inman | 1963 |
| 236 | Urban Henry | 1970 |
| 237 | Bob Watters | 1988 |
| 238 | Harry Gunner | 1990 |
| 239 | Mel Tom | 1992 |
| 240 | Bert Wilder | 1994 |
| 241 | Jim Moran | 2024 |
| 242 | Russ Washington | 2028 |
| 243 | Fred Heron | 2052 |
| 244 | John Diehl | 2053 |
| 245 | Dudley Meredith | 2057 |
| 246 | John Aveni | 2061 |
| 247 | Pat Summerall | 2062 |
| 248 | Jim Griffin | 2084 |
| 249 | John Kapele | 2085 |
| 250 | Marty Amsler | 2086 |
| 251 | Willie D. Parker | 2103 |
| 252 | Bob J. Briggs | 2106 |
| 253 | Will Renfro | 2109 |
| 254 | Don Stallings | 2116 |
| 255 | Gil Mains | 2118 |
| 256 | Jerry R. Wilson | 2120 |
| 257 | Jim Temp | 2121 |
| 258 | Jim Weatherall | 2122 |
| 259 | John Wilcox | 2124 |
| 260 | Ken Beck | 2125 |
| 261 | Bruce Anderson | 2138 |
| 262 | Dick Frey | 2160 |
| 263 | Jack Scott | 2161 |
| 264 | Don Lawrence | 2165 |
| 265 | Ron Billingsley | 2168 |
| 266 | Glen Condren | 2184 |
| 267 | Houston Ridge | 2185 |
| 268 | Curley Culp | 2186 |
| 269 | Ernie Calloway | 2192 |
| 270 | Rolf Krueger | 2198 |
| 271 | John Kenerson | 2204 |
| 272 | Rich Zecher | 2205 |
| 273 | Rick Cash | 2208 |
| 274 | George Rice | 2222 |
| 275 | Tom Domres | 2242 |
| 276 | Roger LaLonde | 2246 |
| 277 | Diron Talbert | 2267 |
| 278 | Dave Cahill | 2284 |
| 279 | Carel Stith | 2288 |
| 280 | Randy Beisler | 2299 |
| 281 | Bill Belk | 2302 |
| 282 | Dennis W. Byrd | 2323 |
| 283 | Bill Bishop | 2333 |
| 284 | Gregg Schumacher | 2334 |
| 285 | Mike McBath | 2362 |
| 286 | Larry Cox | 2378 |
| 287 | Bob Young | 2415 |
| 288 | Frank Bosch | 2416 |
| 289 | Willie Holman | 2417 |
| 290 | Bob Taylor | 2420 |
| 291 | Don Thompson | 2430 |
| 292 | Bud Marshall | 2431 |
| 293 | Loyd Phillips | 2442 |
| 294 | Robert E. Brown | 2455 |
| 295 | Lebron Shields | 2464 |
| 296 | Al Dotson | 2477 |
| 297 | Bob Tatarek | 2500 |
| 298 | Steve Chomyszak | 2501 |
| 299 | Jim Garcia | 2511 |
| 300 | Bob McAdams | 2515 |
| 301 | Remi Prudhomme | 2517 |
| 302 | Curt Farrier | 2526 |
| 303 | Ron East | 2527 |
| 304 | Carl McAdams | 2533 |
| 305 | Ken Frost | 2541 |
| 306 | Sammy Odom | 2545 |
| 307 | Anton Peters | 2550 |
| 308 | Bill Hull | 2552 |
| 309 | Dick Davis | 2554 |
| 310 | George Hultz | 2556 |
| 311 | Joe Novsek | 2560 |
| 312 | Karl Kaimer | 2562 |
| 313 | Pat Russ | 2563 |
| 314 | Ron Gassert | 2565 |
| 315 | John Mangum Sr. | 2568 |
| 316 | Leo Carroll | 2570 |
| 317 | Fred Moore | 2577 |
| 318 | Jim Hayes | 2578 |
| 319 | Willie Adams | 2579 |
| 320 | Frank Molden | 2582 |
| 321 | Paul Smith | 2587 |
| 322 | Bill Keating | 2589 |
| 323 | Jerry Mazzanti | 2590 |
| 324 | Spain Musgrove | 2604 |
| 325 | Hatch Rosdahl | 2614 |
| 326 | McKinley Boston | 2621 |
| 327 | Mike Melinkovich | 2623 |
| 328 | George Pyne | 2629 |
| 329 | Thomas Fussell | 2630 |
| 330 | Tim Powell | 2631 |
| 331 | Bill Briggs | 2632 |
| 332 | John F. Hoffman | 2640 |
| 333 | Jim Weatherwax | 2647 |
| 334 | Charlie W. Johnson | 2662 |
| 335 | Mike Dirks | 2666 |
| 336 | Coy Bacon | 2668 |
| 337 | Doug P. Brown | 2676 |
| 338 | John Contoulis | 2679 |
| 339 | Larry Jordan | 2680 |
| 340 | Karl Henke | 2684 |
| 341 | Art Thoms | 2689 |
| 342 | Marty Baccaglio | 2704 |
| 343 | Bob Werl | 2711 |
| 344 | Dan Goich | 2712 |
| 345 | Dave Daniels | 2713 |
| 346 | William Yearby | 2719 |
| 347 | Paul Ward | 2721 |
| 348 | Gene Trosch | 2722 |
| 349 | Earl Edwards | 2737 |
| 350 | Clarence Washington | 2748 |
| 351 | Jimmie L. Jones | 2750 |
| 352 | Julian Nunamaker | 2752 |
| 353 | Rosey Davis | 2755 |
| 354 | Joe Schmiesing | 2760 |
| 355 | Denis Moore | 2762 |
| 356 | Bill Kindricks | 2768 |
| 357 | Mel Witt | 2786 |
| 358 | Arnie Simkus | 2791 |
| 359 | Bo Wood | 2792 |
| 360 | Bob Heinz | 2793 |
| 361 | Bob Hughes | 2794 |
| 362 | Bob Oliver | 2795 |
| 363 | Dan Sartin | 2796 |
| 364 | Dick Arndt | 2797 |
| 365 | Dick Stafford | 2798 |
| 366 | Jim Norris | 2799 |
| 367 | Joe Righetti | 2800 |
| 368 | L.C. Greenwood | 2801 |
| 369 | Lew Kamanu | 2802 |
| 370 | Norm McBride | 2803 |
| 371 | Randy Staten | 2804 |
| 372 | Richard Neal | 2805 |
| 373 | Richard Sligh | 2806 |
| 374 | Tom Holzer | 2807 |
| 375 | Waddey Harvey | 2808 |
| 376 | Luther Jeralds | 2822 |
| 377 | Roy Williams (DL) | 2833 |
| 378 | Ed Toner (DL) | 2865 |
| 379 | Francis Winkler | 2866 |
| 380 | Ernie Ruple | 2869 |
| 381 | Jim Urbanek | 2870 |
| 382 | Kevin T. Hardy | 2871 |
| 383 | Leon Crenshaw | 2872 |
| 384 | Whit Canale | 2874 |
| 385 | Dennis Randall | 2887 |
| 386 | Fran Mallick | 2892 |
| 387 | Tommy Hart | 2897 |
| 388 | Erwin Will | 2903 |
| 389 | Ron Berger | 2968 |
| 390 | Bill Sabatino | 2969 |
| 391 | Glenn Woods | 2971 |
| 392 | Dean Wink | 2973 |
| 393 | John Cagle | 2984 |
| 394 | Frank McRae | 2987 |
| 395 | John McCambridge | 2988 |
| 396 | Willie Jones (1942) | 2990 |
| 397 | Bob Joswick | 2993 |
| 398 | Cal Snowden | 2996 |
| 399 | Ben Mayes | 3010 |
| 400 | Mike Rengel | 3017 |
| 401 | Raymond Hayes | 3018 |
| 402 | Art Strahan | 3032 |
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