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The Top Ranked Defensive Linemen of the 1970s
Notes: Players are listed only by the position they played the most.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Alan Page | 4 |
| 2 | Jack Youngblood | 5 |
| 3 | Mean Joe Greene | 6 |
| 4 | Carl Eller | 24 |
| 5 | Claude Humphrey | 29 |
| 6 | L.C. Greenwood | 32 |
| 7 | Curley Culp | 49 |
| 8 | Bill Stanfill | 64 |
| 9 | Elvin Bethea | 66 |
| 10 | Mike Reid | 74 |
| 11 | Larry Brooks | 77 |
| 12 | Dwight White | 85 |
| 13 | Bob Lilly | 87 |
| 14 | Lyle Alzado | 90 |
| 15 | Wally Chambers | 95 |
| 16 | Merlin Olsen | 115 |
| 17 | Harvey Martin | 119 |
| 18 | Jerry Sherk | 121 |
| 19 | Coy Bacon | 131 |
| 20 | Manny Fernandez | 151 |
| 21 | Fred Dryer | 156 |
| 22 | Fred Cook | 170 |
| 23 | John Dutton | 182 |
| 24 | Tommy Hart | 193 |
| 25 | Otis Sistrunk | 201 |
| 26 | John Zook | 209 |
| 27 | Ron McDole | 230 |
| 28 | Buck Buchanan | 235 |
| 29 | Mike McCoy | 238 |
| 30 | Vern Den Herder | 242 |
| 31 | Jack Gregory | 252 |
| 32 | Cedrick Hardman | 254 |
| 33 | Ray L. Hamilton | 259 |
| 34 | Paul Smith | 260 |
| 35 | Larry Hand | 272 |
| 36 | Jim Marshall | 278 |
| 37 | Mike Hartenstine | 281 |
| 38 | John Mendenhall | 284 |
| 39 | Robert E. Brown | 296 |
| 40 | Wilbur Young | 306 |
| 41 | Fred Dean | 307 |
| 42 | Diron Talbert | 313 |
| 43 | Bob Pollard | 315 |
| 44 | Randy White | 321 |
| 45 | Verlon Biggs | 325 |
| 46 | Billy Newsome | 334 |
| 47 | Ron Carpenter | 335 |
| 48 | Rubin Carter | 339 |
| 49 | Sweeny Williams | 362 |
| 50 | Elex Price | 363 |
| 51 | Mike Barnes | 368 |
| 52 | Louie Kelcher | 394 |
| 53 | Ernie Holmes | 398 |
| 54 | Bob Rowe | 410 |
| 55 | Will Wynn | 414 |
| 56 | Walter Johnson | 425 |
| 57 | Bob Baumhower | 427 |
| 58 | Too Tall Jones | 449 |
| 59 | Joe Jones | 450 |
| 60 | Art Thoms | 455 |
| 61 | Dave Costa | 461 |
| 62 | Royce Berry | 464 |
| 63 | Gary Johnson | 476 |
| 64 | Jethro Pugh | 493 |
| 65 | Sherman White | 498 |
| 66 | Gary Larsen | 501 |
| 67 | Mark Lomas | 522 |
| 68 | Roy Hilton | 523 |
| 69 | Lee Roy Selmon | 526 |
| 70 | Dave Pear | 527 |
| 71 | John Matuszak | 529 |
| 72 | Richard Neal | 536 |
| 73 | Jim Osborne | 538 |
| 74 | Bubba Smith | 544 |
| 75 | Pat Toomay | 562 |
| 76 | Charles Davis | 570 |
| 77 | Gary Burley | 572 |
| 78 | Jim Bailey | 573 |
| 79 | Al Baker | 575 |
| 80 | Larry Cole | 577 |
| 81 | Alden Roche | 578 |
| 82 | Lawrence Pillers | 591 |
| 83 | Barney Chavous | 596 |
| 84 | Earl Edwards | 603 |
| 85 | Jimmy Webb | 608 |
| 86 | Mike Lewis | 610 |
| 87 | Charlie Krueger | 613 |
| 88 | George Martin | 627 |
| 89 | Doug English | 636 |
| 90 | Mike Kadish | 644 |
| 91 | Joe Owens | 647 |
| 92 | Walt Patulski | 648 |
| 93 | Jim H. Mitchell | 661 |
| 94 | Dave Rowe | 674 |
| 95 | Ken Sanders | 685 |
| 96 | Doug Sutherland | 686 |
| 97 | Horace Jones | 690 |
| 98 | Herb Orvis | 697 |
| 99 | Marvin Upshaw | 700 |
| 100 | Carl Barzilauskas | 703 |
| 101 | Ed Galigher | 713 |
| 102 | Deacon Jones | 718 |
| 103 | Mike Tilleman | 719 |
| 104 | Carl Hairston | 731 |
| 105 | Leroy Jones | 748 |
| 106 | Al Cowlings | 749 |
| 107 | Ron Yankowski | 755 |
| 108 | Julius Adams | 776 |
| 109 | Ron East | 789 |
| 110 | Tody Smith | 791 |
| 111 | Bob Hoskins | 798 |
| 112 | Mel Tom | 802 |
| 113 | Bill Dunstan | 806 |
| 114 | Bob Bell | 810 |
| 115 | Elois Grooms | 825 |
| 116 | Dave Butz | 850 |
| 117 | Richard Harris | 851 |
| 118 | Bill Brundige | 853 |
| 119 | Tony E. McGee | 866 |
| 120 | Lionel Aldridge | 889 |
| 121 | Pat Holmes | 890 |
| 122 | Charlie Johnson (1952) | 905 |
| 123 | Mel Lunsford | 909 |
| 124 | Joe Ehrmann | 917 |
| 125 | Tony Cline Sr. | 918 |
| 126 | Jerry Patton | 929 |
| 127 | Bill Gregory | 935 |
| 128 | Mike Dawson | 938 |
| 129 | Dave Pureifory | 940 |
| 130 | Joe Klecko | 941 |
| 131 | Jeff Merrow | 949 |
| 132 | Mike Butler | 953 |
| 133 | Wilson Whitley | 961 |
| 134 | Art Still | 965 |
| 135 | Council Rudolph | 971 |
| 136 | Manny Sistrunk | 976 |
| 137 | Pete Duranko | 989 |
| 138 | Dennis L. Johnson | 997 |
| 139 | Steve Chomyszak | 999 |
| 140 | Mack Mitchell | 1000 |
| 141 | Ben Williams | 1001 |
| 142 | Cleveland Elam | 1008 |
| 143 | Aaron Brown | 1022 |
| 144 | Dave Roller | 1036 |
| 145 | Dave Gallagher | 1040 |
| 146 | Derland Moore | 1043 |
| 147 | George Andrie | 1061 |
| 148 | Cody Jones | 1072 |
| 149 | Eddie Edwards | 1074 |
| 150 | John Little | 1097 |
| 151 | Steve DeLong | 1108 |
| 152 | Jerry Mays | 1112 |
| 153 | Tom Keating | 1119 |
| 154 | Steve Baumgartner | 1132 |
| 155 | Roland Lakes | 1152 |
| 156 | Bob Lurtsema | 1155 |
| 157 | John Banaszak | 1184 |
| 158 | Bill Belk | 1189 |
| 159 | Nick Roman | 1198 |
| 160 | John Elliott | 1209 |
| 161 | Gerry Philbin | 1219 |
| 162 | Gary Pettigrew | 1232 |
| 163 | Abdul Salaam | 1238 |
| 164 | Fred D. Miller | 1243 |
| 165 | Archie Reese | 1246 |
| 166 | Chuck Walker | 1254 |
| 167 | Andy Dorris | 1259 |
| 168 | Marty Lyons | 1274 |
| 169 | Don Reese | 1281 |
| 170 | Henry Reed | 1285 |
| 171 | Willie Holman | 1300 |
| 172 | John Grant | 1317 |
| 173 | Don Hultz | 1318 |
| 174 | Dave Long | 1325 |
| 175 | Randy Crowder | 1356 |
| 176 | John Richardson | 1361 |
| 177 | Houston Antwine | 1362 |
| 178 | Richard Bishop | 1371 |
| 179 | Jerry Rush | 1376 |
| 180 | Jim Kanicki | 1377 |
| 181 | Jim Riley | 1378 |
| 182 | Dan Hampton | 1388 |
| 183 | Ben Davidson | 1391 |
| 184 | Ed O'Bradovich | 1392 |
| 185 | Dennis Wirgowski | 1406 |
| 186 | Bob Heinz | 1431 |
| 187 | Mike St. Clair | 1432 |
| 188 | Rick Cash | 1443 |
| 189 | Steve Furness | 1457 |
| 190 | Joe Schmiesing | 1471 |
| 191 | Ben McGee | 1485 |
| 192 | Alex Karras | 1488 |
| 193 | Billy Ray Smith Sr. | 1507 |
| 194 | Waddey Harvey | 1509 |
| 195 | Willie D. Parker | 1510 |
| 196 | Bob J. Briggs | 1515 |
| 197 | James C. White | 1516 |
| 198 | Bob Barber | 1528 |
| 199 | Don L. Smith | 1533 |
| 200 | Lloyd Voss | 1542 |
| 201 | Karl Lorch | 1545 |
| 202 | Jeff Yeates | 1552 |
| 203 | Ezra Johnson | 1554 |
| 204 | Bob Tatarek | 1558 |
| 205 | Ernie Price | 1570 |
| 206 | Mickey Sims | 1595 |
| 207 | Lee Brooks | 1622 |
| 208 | Rich Jackson | 1623 |
| 209 | Don Parrish | 1626 |
| 210 | Ken R. Johnson | 1627 |
| 211 | George Seals | 1628 |
| 212 | Ross Browner | 1647 |
| 213 | Mark Mullaney | 1650 |
| 214 | Gary Jeter | 1652 |
| 215 | John Woodcock | 1680 |
| 216 | Sylvester Hicks | 1681 |
| 217 | Troy Archer | 1702 |
| 218 | Dave Tipton | 1707 |
| 219 | Bill Kollar | 1716 |
| 220 | Chuck Hinton | 1719 |
| 221 | Glen Condren | 1723 |
| 222 | Blenda Gay | 1725 |
| 223 | Dennis Boyd | 1746 |
| 224 | Willie Lee | 1748 |
| 225 | Phil Olsen | 1774 |
| 226 | Ron Rydalch | 1794 |
| 227 | Jim Dunaway | 1802 |
| 228 | Mike Fanning | 1817 |
| 229 | A.J. Duhe | 1836 |
| 230 | Rolf Krueger | 1857 |
| 231 | Dave Browning | 1873 |
| 232 | John Lohmeyer | 1874 |
| 233 | John Small | 1876 |
| 234 | Carl Barisich | 1889 |
| 235 | Ernie Calloway | 1919 |
| 236 | Bill Sandifer | 1920 |
| 237 | Carleton Oats | 1938 |
| 238 | Andy Rice | 1949 |
| 239 | Marty Smith | 1988 |
| 240 | Dan Goich | 1999 |
| 241 | Charles A. Johnson | 2032 |
| 242 | Carter Campbell | 2045 |
| 243 | Jim Young | 2052 |
| 244 | Bill Line | 2055 |
| 245 | Tom Domres | 2076 |
| 246 | Jim Hunt | 2082 |
| 247 | Manu Tuiasosopo | 2085 |
| 248 | Robert Hardy | 2090 |
| 249 | Steve Niehaus | 2135 |
| 250 | Ron Berger | 2145 |
| 251 | Ron Billingsley | 2170 |
| 252 | Brison Manor | 2187 |
| 253 | Joe Campbell | 2192 |
| 254 | Edgar Fields | 2215 |
| 255 | Maulty Moore | 2217 |
| 256 | Don Croft | 2218 |
| 257 | Tom Williams | 2258 |
| 258 | Rick Dvorak | 2263 |
| 259 | Craig Hanneman | 2264 |
| 260 | Wilson Faumuina | 2265 |
| 261 | Fred Heron | 2272 |
| 262 | Cal Snowden | 2285 |
| 263 | Ron Snidow | 2288 |
| 264 | Bill Staley | 2289 |
| 265 | Roger Stillwell | 2305 |
| 266 | Rich Glover | 2311 |
| 267 | Billy Howard | 2338 |
| 268 | Kevin T. Hardy | 2343 |
| 269 | Jim C. White | 2345 |
| 270 | Gary Dunn | 2374 |
| 271 | Don Brumm | 2394 |
| 272 | Larry Jacobson | 2395 |
| 273 | Larry Woods | 2417 |
| 274 | Howard Kindig | 2420 |
| 275 | Doug Betters | 2435 |
| 276 | Charles DeJurnett | 2438 |
| 277 | Bill Cooke | 2462 |
| 278 | Dee Hardison | 2468 |
| 279 | Larry Estes | 2486 |
| 280 | Ron Fernandes | 2500 |
| 281 | John V. Andrews | 2503 |
| 282 | Dallas Hickman | 2519 |
| 283 | Bill Nelson | 2543 |
| 284 | Allen Aldridge (DE) | 2588 |
| 285 | Keith Simons | 2629 |
| 286 | Mike Seifert | 2639 |
| 287 | John F. Hoffman | 2650 |
| 288 | Steve Okoniewski | 2657 |
| 289 | Gregory Wojcik | 2670 |
| 290 | Greg Lens | 2672 |
| 291 | Dave Stalls | 2684 |
| 292 | Mike Fanucci | 2685 |
| 293 | Mike McBath | 2686 |
| 294 | Charley Hannah | 2687 |
| 295 | Martin Imhof | 2689 |
| 296 | Fred Smerlas | 2692 |
| 297 | John Lee | 2702 |
| 298 | Bert Askson | 2705 |
| 299 | Ted Vincent | 2719 |
| 300 | Jerry Shay | 2723 |
| 301 | Jerry Meyers | 2738 |
| 302 | William H. Gay | 2740 |
| 303 | Jerry Inman | 2757 |
| 304 | Charles Philyaw | 2758 |
| 305 | Barry Bennett | 2760 |
| 306 | Bruce Anderson | 2765 |
| 307 | Doug Mooers | 2778 |
| 308 | Lem Burnham | 2788 |
| 309 | Scott Hutchinson | 2792 |
| 310 | Glenn Robinson | 2794 |
| 311 | Gary Hrivnak | 2800 |
| 312 | Lee Thomas | 2807 |
| 313 | Jesse Baker | 2813 |
| 314 | Richard Amman | 2831 |
| 315 | Ike Lassiter | 2837 |
| 316 | Bob Maddox | 2848 |
| 317 | Dick Evey | 2865 |
| 318 | Mel Witt | 2869 |
| 319 | Ken Clarke | 2873 |
| 320 | Randy Holloway | 2887 |
| 321 | Jeff Winans | 2898 |
| 322 | Frank Cornish III | 2899 |
| 323 | Floyd Peters | 2906 |
| 324 | Mitch Sutton | 2912 |
| 325 | Dwaine Board | 2938 |
| 326 | Frank Bosch | 2939 |
| 327 | Ken Kennard | 2951 |
| 328 | Dave Hale | 2955 |
| 329 | Terry Jones Sr. | 2961 |
| 330 | Arthur Moore | 2964 |
| 331 | Tom Beasley | 2965 |
| 332 | Mark Johnson | 2988 |
| 333 | Dennis Harrison | 2989 |
| 334 | Phil Dokes | 2993 |
| 335 | Clovis Swinney | 3001 |
| 336 | Greg Fields | 3005 |
| 337 | Harry Gunner | 3006 |
| 338 | Steve Thompson | 3013 |
| 339 | Jim Wolf | 3016 |
| 340 | Chuck Hurston | 3017 |
| 341 | Ed A. Smith | 3032 |
| 342 | Art May | 3034 |
| 343 | Mark E. Bell | 3038 |
| 344 | Mike Ozdowski | 3043 |
| 345 | Kelvin Korver | 3051 |
| 346 | Bob Crum | 3053 |
| 347 | Willie Jones (1957) | 3060 |
| 348 | Stan Hindman | 3063 |
| 349 | Jeff Lloyd | 3073 |
| 350 | Larry Bethea | 3074 |
| 351 | John Teerlinck | 3083 |
| 352 | Bruce E. Thornton | 3096 |
| 353 | Bruce Radford | 3097 |
| 354 | Clarence Washington | 3098 |
| 355 | Dick Arndt | 3099 |
| 356 | John W. Baker | 3101 |
| 357 | Mark Buben | 3102 |
| 358 | Marty Baccaglio | 3103 |
| 359 | Steve George | 3106 |
| 360 | Willie Cullars | 3107 |
| 361 | Jim Krahl | 3116 |
| 362 | Randy Marshall | 3122 |
| 363 | Ernest Kirk | 3124 |
| 364 | Joey Jackson | 3126 |
| 365 | Jimmie L. Jones | 3128 |
| 366 | Don Latimer | 3137 |
| 367 | Reggie Doss | 3146 |
| 368 | Paul Dickson | 3148 |
| 369 | Joe Robb | 3155 |
| 370 | Louis Ross | 3159 |
| 371 | Bill Windauer | 3161 |
| 372 | Ken Novak | 3167 |
| 373 | Perry Brooks | 3168 |
| 374 | Al Burton | 3171 |
| 375 | Harold Rice | 3172 |
| 376 | Reggie Kinlaw | 3173 |
| 377 | Steve Williams (DE) | 3180 |
| 378 | Jim Cagle | 3184 |
| 379 | Mark Ilgenfritz | 3186 |
| 380 | Wayne Baker | 3188 |
| 381 | Willie McCray | 3189 |
| 382 | Donnell Smith | 3190 |
| 383 | Ed Lothamer | 3194 |
| 384 | Greg Marx | 3197 |
| 385 | Mike Bell | 3198 |
| 386 | Vern Vanoy | 3210 |
| 387 | Phil Tabor | 3228 |
| 388 | Herb McMath | 3230 |
| 389 | Mark Gastineau | 3248 |
| 390 | Willie Jones (1942) | 3253 |
| 391 | Rosie Manning | 3254 |
| 392 | Randy Moore | 3262 |
| 393 | Mike Dirks | 3264 |
| 394 | Cliff Frazier | 3270 |
| 395 | Dave Lindstrom | 3278 |
| 396 | Jerry Wilkinson | 3283 |
| 397 | Ken Kremer | 3285 |
| 398 | Mike Crangle | 3286 |
| 399 | Mike White | 3287 |
| 400 | Peter Cusick | 3288 |
| 401 | Al Dotson | 3294 |
| 402 | Julian Nunamaker | 3332 |
| 403 | George Wright | 3345 |
| 404 | Lou Michaels | 3347 |
| 405 | Brad Shearer | 3352 |
| 406 | Greg Boyd | 3358 |
| 407 | Marty Amsler | 3362 |
| 408 | Sam Silas | 3363 |
| 409 | Bob Kampa | 3364 |
| 410 | Mike Fultz | 3378 |
| 411 | Greg Schaum | 3379 |
| 412 | Dan Gray | 3384 |
| 413 | Jim DeLisle | 3387 |
| 414 | Larry Horton | 3389 |
| 415 | Fred Anderson | 3398 |
| 416 | Gregg Robinson | 3399 |
| 417 | Jesse Turnbow | 3400 |
| 418 | Mike Zele | 3411 |
| 419 | Bob Winkel | 3413 |
| 420 | Dennis Crane | 3420 |
| 421 | Joe Righetti | 3421 |
| 422 | Reggie P. Lewis | 3447 |
| 423 | Bubba McCollum | 3453 |
| 424 | Dave Haverdick | 3454 |
| 425 | Rich Dimler | 3467 |
| 426 | Bill McKinley | 3471 |
| 427 | Leo Carroll | 3476 |
| 428 | Ruben Vaughan | 3477 |
| 429 | Bruce Bergey | 3480 |
| 430 | Don Ratliff | 3482 |
| 431 | Bon Boatwright | 3491 |
| 432 | Kit Lathrop | 3494 |
| 433 | Rich Moore | 3495 |
| 434 | Stan Lewis | 3496 |
| 435 | Scott Palmer | 3503 |
| 436 | Dave Means | 3505 |
| 437 | Casey Merrill | 3509 |
| 438 | Rex Mirich | 3519 |
| 439 | Bob Liggett | 3521 |
| 440 | Greg Morton | 3524 |
| 441 | Willie Townes | 3535 |
| 442 | Bill Atessis | 3537 |
| 443 | David Tipton | 3540 |
| 444 | Gary Nowak | 3541 |
| 445 | Jim Sullivan | 3542 |
| 446 | Mike J. Walker | 3543 |
| 447 | Spain Musgrove | 3544 |
| 448 | Wes Grant | 3546 |
| 449 | Greg Johnson | 3555 |
| 450 | Clark Miller | 3557 |
| 451 | Walt Barnes | 3564 |
| 452 | William Yanchar | 3572 |
| 453 | Fred DeBernardi | 3576 |
| 454 | Henry Bradley | 3577 |
| 455 | Dave Kraayeveld | 3581 |
| 456 | Dave Boone | 3594 |
| 457 | George Hasenohrl | 3595 |
| 458 | Lyman Smith | 3598 |
| 459 | Tank Marshall | 3600 |
| 460 | Jim Ramey | 3603 |
| 461 | Stan Johnson | 3606 |
| 462 | Bob Rozier | 3612 |
| 463 | Curtis Anderson | 3613 |
| 464 | Mike Stensrud | 3615 |
| 465 | Wayne Hammond | 3622 |
| 466 | Joe Pellegrini | 3626 |
| 467 | John Alexander (DE) | 3637 |
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