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The Top Ranked Linebackers of the 1970s
Notes: Players are listed only by the position they played the most.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Chris Hanburger | 8 |
| 2 | Jack Ham | 13 |
| 3 | Ted Hendricks | 14 |
| 4 | Bill Bergey | 15 |
| 5 | Willie Lanier | 17 |
| 6 | Robert Brazile | 22 |
| 7 | Jack Lambert | 31 |
| 8 | Dave Wilcox | 34 |
| 9 | Andy Russell | 41 |
| 10 | Randy Gradishar | 42 |
| 11 | Isiah Robertson | 43 |
| 12 | Brad Van Pelt | 65 |
| 13 | Bobby Bell | 84 |
| 14 | Phil Villapiano | 86 |
| 15 | Fred Carr | 89 |
| 16 | Matt Blair | 96 |
| 17 | Lee Roy Jordan | 100 |
| 18 | Jeff Siemon | 116 |
| 19 | Tom Jackson | 118 |
| 20 | Mike Curtis | 132 |
| 21 | Stan White | 167 |
| 22 | Brad Dusek | 190 |
| 23 | Wally Hilgenberg | 195 |
| 24 | Dick Butkus | 196 |
| 25 | Jim LeClair | 204 |
| 26 | Gregg Bingham | 206 |
| 27 | Mike Lucci | 211 |
| 28 | Charlie Weaver | 214 |
| 29 | Don Hansen | 215 |
| 30 | Jim Youngblood | 224 |
| 31 | Al Beauchamp | 226 |
| 32 | Charlie Hall | 229 |
| 33 | Dave Robinson | 241 |
| 34 | Jack Reynolds | 244 |
| 35 | Mark Arneson | 248 |
| 36 | Paul Naumoff | 255 |
| 37 | Jim Merlo | 262 |
| 38 | Jim Lynch | 264 |
| 39 | Doug Buffone | 265 |
| 40 | Larry Stallings | 271 |
| 41 | Gerald Irons | 275 |
| 42 | Greg Brezina | 279 |
| 43 | Steve Kiner | 280 |
| 44 | Roy Winston | 282 |
| 45 | Tommy Nobis | 293 |
| 46 | Pat Hughes | 299 |
| 47 | Dave Washington | 301 |
| 48 | Frank Nunley | 303 |
| 49 | Steve Nelson | 316 |
| 50 | Jim Carter | 320 |
| 51 | Nick Buoniconti | 347 |
| 52 | Skip Vanderbundt | 350 |
| 53 | Ted Washington Sr. | 351 |
| 54 | John Ebersole | 355 |
| 55 | Jim Files | 356 |
| 56 | Pete Barnes | 361 |
| 57 | Bob Breunig | 366 |
| 58 | D.D. Lewis | 369 |
| 59 | Bob Babich | 373 |
| 60 | Billy Andrews | 384 |
| 61 | Joe Federspiel | 386 |
| 62 | Brian Kelley | 392 |
| 63 | Larry Gordon | 399 |
| 64 | Frank LeMaster | 402 |
| 65 | Dan Conners | 404 |
| 66 | Ralph Baker | 406 |
| 67 | Chuck Howley | 416 |
| 68 | Monte Johnson | 423 |
| 69 | Sam Hunt | 426 |
| 70 | Dave Edwards | 428 |
| 71 | Steve Zabel | 430 |
| 72 | Ron Pritchard | 446 |
| 73 | Ken Geddes | 469 |
| 74 | Woodrow Lowe | 480 |
| 75 | Tom MacLeod | 487 |
| 76 | Ross Brupbacher | 488 |
| 77 | Marlin McKeever | 494 |
| 78 | Jim Cheyunski | 502 |
| 79 | Harry Carson | 514 |
| 80 | Dave R. Lewis | 559 |
| 81 | Whitney Paul | 561 |
| 82 | Ray May | 567 |
| 83 | Jim Laslavic | 582 |
| 84 | Harold McLinton | 583 |
| 85 | Richard Wood | 588 |
| 86 | Wayne Colman | 611 |
| 87 | Jack Pardee | 618 |
| 88 | Reggie Williams | 624 |
| 89 | Doug Swift | 625 |
| 90 | Waymond Bryant | 637 |
| 91 | Ed O'Neil | 660 |
| 92 | Paul Guidry | 678 |
| 93 | John Bunting | 682 |
| 94 | Larry Grantham | 684 |
| 95 | Fred McNeill | 689 |
| 96 | John Garlington | 693 |
| 97 | Dick Ambrose | 701 |
| 98 | Bob Swenson | 712 |
| 99 | Kim Bokamper | 730 |
| 100 | Floyd Rice | 735 |
| 101 | Ron Porter | 765 |
| 102 | Joe Rizzo | 779 |
| 103 | Mike Kolen | 781 |
| 104 | Merv Krakau | 785 |
| 105 | Shane Nelson | 805 |
| 106 | Bob Matheson | 807 |
| 107 | Steve Towle | 821 |
| 108 | Dewey Selmon | 836 |
| 109 | Don Goode | 837 |
| 110 | Robert Pennywell | 838 |
| 111 | Ron Acks | 852 |
| 112 | Thomas Henderson | 855 |
| 113 | Henry Davis | 857 |
| 114 | Tom Graham | 869 |
| 115 | Fred Forsberg | 895 |
| 116 | Bill Laskey | 896 |
| 117 | Wayne Walker | 898 |
| 118 | Willie Harper | 903 |
| 119 | Cecil Johnson | 911 |
| 120 | Al Atkinson | 913 |
| 121 | Reggie Wilkes | 923 |
| 122 | Willie Hall | 936 |
| 123 | Bob Horn | 946 |
| 124 | Chuck Allen | 951 |
| 125 | Edgar Chandler | 952 |
| 126 | Sammy Green | 955 |
| 127 | Ken Avery | 957 |
| 128 | John Skorupan | 962 |
| 129 | Tim Kearney | 963 |
| 130 | Greg Buttle | 969 |
| 131 | Dan Bunz | 998 |
| 132 | Rusty Chambers | 1012 |
| 133 | Tim Rossovich | 1024 |
| 134 | Ed Simonini | 1031 |
| 135 | Bo Harris | 1034 |
| 136 | Gary Weaver | 1045 |
| 137 | Mike Stratton | 1056 |
| 138 | Don Rives | 1057 |
| 139 | Garland Boyette | 1059 |
| 140 | Jamie Rivers | 1064 |
| 141 | Loren Toews | 1076 |
| 142 | Rick Redman | 1080 |
| 143 | Dale Lindsey | 1088 |
| 144 | Myron Pottios | 1110 |
| 145 | Jim Purnell | 1122 |
| 146 | George Webster | 1141 |
| 147 | Chip Myrtle | 1154 |
| 148 | Don Parish | 1176 |
| 149 | Jackie Burkett | 1177 |
| 150 | John Douglas | 1183 |
| 151 | Guy Roberts | 1196 |
| 152 | Ken Lee | 1197 |
| 153 | Bo Cornell | 1211 |
| 154 | Fulton Kuykendall | 1212 |
| 155 | Jimmy Gunn | 1218 |
| 156 | Jim Houston | 1224 |
| 157 | Carl Gersbach | 1239 |
| 158 | Terry Beeson | 1249 |
| 159 | Steve King | 1252 |
| 160 | Steve Neils | 1284 |
| 161 | Derrel Luce | 1294 |
| 162 | Gus Otto | 1305 |
| 163 | Ed Bradley III | 1311 |
| 164 | Gary Campbell | 1314 |
| 165 | Jim Haslett | 1319 |
| 166 | Stan Blinka | 1320 |
| 167 | Jim Sniadecki | 1326 |
| 168 | Bob Brudzinski | 1334 |
| 169 | Ralph Ortega | 1335 |
| 170 | Godwin Turk | 1336 |
| 171 | Tom Toner | 1337 |
| 172 | Tom Howard | 1363 |
| 173 | Duane Benson | 1370 |
| 174 | Dan Jilek | 1396 |
| 175 | Sanders Shiver | 1402 |
| 176 | Lucius Sanford | 1412 |
| 177 | Matt Hazeltine | 1420 |
| 178 | Eric D. Williams | 1421 |
| 179 | Ralph Heck | 1428 |
| 180 | Bill Peterson | 1441 |
| 181 | Rod Shoate | 1467 |
| 182 | Lonnie Warwick | 1486 |
| 183 | Jeff Staggs | 1502 |
| 184 | Rick Kingrea | 1518 |
| 185 | Ed Philpott | 1531 |
| 186 | Doug Allen | 1547 |
| 187 | Dirt Winston | 1551 |
| 188 | Bob Martin | 1553 |
| 189 | Bob Pifferini Jr. | 1568 |
| 190 | Rick Middleton | 1571 |
| 191 | Larry Keller | 1603 |
| 192 | Ed Weisacosky | 1648 |
| 193 | Mike Hunt | 1663 |
| 194 | Mike Hegman | 1671 |
| 195 | Pete Lazetich | 1679 |
| 196 | Dan Lloyd | 1698 |
| 197 | Tom Hicks | 1699 |
| 198 | Ken Criter | 1700 |
| 199 | Larry Ball | 1701 |
| 200 | Clyde Werner | 1706 |
| 201 | Bob Stein | 1717 |
| 202 | Rusty Tillman | 1718 |
| 203 | Ted Thompson | 1724 |
| 204 | Marv Kellum | 1745 |
| 205 | Ray Preston | 1753 |
| 206 | Rich Wingo | 1757 |
| 207 | Pete Wysocki | 1767 |
| 208 | Dean Halverson | 1769 |
| 209 | Ron Hornsby | 1772 |
| 210 | Brian Stenger | 1776 |
| 211 | Tom Roussel | 1797 |
| 212 | Keith Butler | 1807 |
| 213 | Mike Douglass | 1814 |
| 214 | Ed Beard | 1834 |
| 215 | Andy Selfridge | 1842 |
| 216 | Glenn Cameron | 1852 |
| 217 | Drew Mahalic | 1858 |
| 218 | Mike L. Morgan | 1864 |
| 219 | Mike Simone | 1893 |
| 220 | Gary Spani | 1895 |
| 221 | Dave Olerich | 1898 |
| 222 | Jerry Muckensturm | 1918 |
| 223 | Dick Absher | 1923 |
| 224 | Dewey McClain | 1927 |
| 225 | Earnest Rhone | 1937 |
| 226 | Larry Evans | 1939 |
| 227 | Amos Martin | 1940 |
| 228 | Mike Hennigan | 1941 |
| 229 | Grady Allen | 1944 |
| 230 | Dan Dickel | 1971 |
| 231 | Bill McKoy | 1972 |
| 232 | Clay Matthews Jr. | 1978 |
| 233 | Lee Roy Caffey | 1979 |
| 234 | Bob Geddes | 2001 |
| 235 | Rich Lewis | 2002 |
| 236 | Mike McGill | 2006 |
| 237 | Ray Nitschke | 2008 |
| 238 | John Pergine | 2025 |
| 239 | Bruce Elia | 2026 |
| 240 | Tom Ruud | 2027 |
| 241 | Kurt Allerman | 2046 |
| 242 | Bob Grant | 2047 |
| 243 | Ed Mooney | 2072 |
| 244 | Jim O'Malley | 2074 |
| 245 | Dave Graf | 2075 |
| 246 | Greg Westbrooks | 2078 |
| 247 | Terry Miller | 2079 |
| 248 | Terry Tautolo | 2098 |
| 249 | Carl Cunningham | 2109 |
| 250 | Don Coleman | 2110 |
| 251 | Pete Cronan | 2113 |
| 252 | Charles Anthony | 2115 |
| 253 | John Sodaski | 2119 |
| 254 | Olen Underwood | 2133 |
| 255 | Doug Adams | 2136 |
| 256 | Rod Martin | 2142 |
| 257 | Jim Gueno | 2143 |
| 258 | Al Palewicz | 2164 |
| 259 | Jesse Powell | 2186 |
| 260 | Adrian Young | 2188 |
| 261 | Bob Creech | 2195 |
| 262 | Ken Bordelon | 2211 |
| 263 | Paul Crane | 2212 |
| 264 | Randy McClanahan | 2213 |
| 265 | Jim Flanigan Sr. | 2219 |
| 266 | Jerry Hillebrand | 2225 |
| 267 | John Hennessy | 2232 |
| 268 | Dave Rozumek | 2237 |
| 269 | Ray Costict | 2239 |
| 270 | Dick Palmer | 2243 |
| 271 | Mel Rogers | 2259 |
| 272 | Jim Romaniszyn | 2266 |
| 273 | Cal Peterson | 2282 |
| 274 | John Babinecz | 2316 |
| 275 | Frank Manumaleuga | 2325 |
| 276 | Mel Long | 2337 |
| 277 | Tom Ehlers | 2342 |
| 278 | Phil Croyle | 2380 |
| 279 | John Tanner | 2382 |
| 280 | Ralph Cindrich | 2390 |
| 281 | Larry Hefner | 2392 |
| 282 | Larry Ely | 2397 |
| 283 | Ted Davis | 2411 |
| 284 | Greg Hartle | 2422 |
| 285 | Don Hover | 2433 |
| 286 | Rik Bonness | 2439 |
| 287 | Robin Cole | 2446 |
| 288 | Joe Harris | 2481 |
| 289 | Maxie Baughan | 2495 |
| 290 | Jim Hargrove | 2502 |
| 291 | Ken Mitchell | 2532 |
| 292 | Ron McCartney | 2544 |
| 293 | Ray Hester | 2550 |
| 294 | Jeff Barnes | 2551 |
| 295 | Mike McKibben | 2562 |
| 296 | Steve Reese | 2566 |
| 297 | Mike Hawkins | 2567 |
| 298 | John Bramlett | 2590 |
| 299 | Bill Budness | 2595 |
| 300 | Scott Studwell | 2602 |
| 301 | Rick Kay | 2603 |
| 302 | Rodrigo Barnes | 2605 |
| 303 | Neal Olkewicz | 2614 |
| 304 | Willie Zapalac | 2620 |
| 305 | Bill Ferguson | 2625 |
| 306 | Ike Kelley | 2626 |
| 307 | Mark Merrill | 2628 |
| 308 | Al Andrews | 2630 |
| 309 | Thomas Stincic | 2647 |
| 310 | Jerry Robinson | 2649 |
| 311 | Barry Krauss | 2673 |
| 312 | Jim Peterson | 2677 |
| 313 | Dick Blanchard | 2690 |
| 314 | Michael A. Jackson | 2695 |
| 315 | Ron Kadziel | 2698 |
| 316 | John Anderson | 2703 |
| 317 | Dave Lloyd | 2706 |
| 318 | Mike McCaffrey | 2708 |
| 319 | Monte Coleman | 2709 |
| 320 | Stu O'Dell | 2722 |
| 321 | Bert Cooper | 2724 |
| 322 | Ken Fantetti | 2731 |
| 323 | Linden King | 2733 |
| 324 | Bruce Bannon | 2735 |
| 325 | Jack LeVeck | 2739 |
| 326 | Carl Ekern | 2741 |
| 327 | Jim Teal | 2745 |
| 328 | Michael Kaczmarek | 2746 |
| 329 | Randy Edmunds | 2748 |
| 330 | Terry Mendenhall | 2749 |
| 331 | Kevin McLain | 2752 |
| 332 | Ray Phillips | 2756 |
| 333 | Marty Schottenheimer | 2767 |
| 334 | John Kirby | 2780 |
| 335 | Robbie Nichols | 2781 |
| 336 | Bill Hobbs | 2787 |
| 337 | Will Foster | 2790 |
| 338 | Garth Ten Napel | 2793 |
| 339 | Howard Kurnick | 2797 |
| 340 | Frank Marion | 2804 |
| 341 | Tom Dinkel | 2809 |
| 342 | Mike Dennery | 2815 |
| 343 | Bruce Huther | 2816 |
| 344 | Greg Slough | 2828 |
| 345 | Michael Taylor | 2834 |
| 346 | Calvin Favron | 2838 |
| 347 | Noel Jenke | 2845 |
| 348 | Bill Cody | 2857 |
| 349 | Chuck Winfrey | 2866 |
| 350 | Larry Rowden | 2868 |
| 351 | Mike Woods | 2870 |
| 352 | Jimbo Elrod | 2874 |
| 353 | Tom Perko | 2881 |
| 354 | Greg Collins | 2882 |
| 355 | Tony Daykin | 2884 |
| 356 | Mike Ballou | 2891 |
| 357 | Joe Carroll | 2892 |
| 358 | Rob Spicer | 2914 |
| 359 | Rich Milot | 2925 |
| 360 | Bob Bruggers | 2936 |
| 361 | Tommy Crutcher | 2950 |
| 362 | Rich Baska | 2960 |
| 363 | Ken Hutcherson | 2990 |
| 364 | Bill M. Butler | 2995 |
| 365 | Chip Healy | 2999 |
| 366 | Jack Protz | 3007 |
| 367 | Paul Maguire | 3009 |
| 368 | Ted Cottrell | 3010 |
| 369 | Wayne McClure | 3011 |
| 370 | Guy Brown | 3012 |
| 371 | Ray White | 3015 |
| 372 | Charles Jackson | 3018 |
| 373 | Cleo Walker | 3019 |
| 374 | Al Chesley | 3022 |
| 375 | Cliff Thrift | 3025 |
| 376 | Chris Devlin | 3031 |
| 377 | Rob Nairne | 3033 |
| 378 | Kevin Reilly | 3045 |
| 379 | Bob Thornbladh | 3054 |
| 380 | Tony Bertuca | 3059 |
| 381 | Brad Cousino | 3064 |
| 382 | Bob Nelson | 3065 |
| 383 | Bob Schmit | 3079 |
| 384 | Ricky Jones | 3082 |
| 385 | Art Stringer | 3091 |
| 386 | Robert L. Jackson | 3092 |
| 387 | Eddie Cole | 3100 |
| 388 | Mike Baldassin | 3109 |
| 389 | Dave LaCrosse | 3114 |
| 390 | John McCrumbly | 3117 |
| 391 | Joe Norman | 3125 |
| 392 | Bruce Herron | 3129 |
| 393 | Tom Hull | 3130 |
| 394 | Gail Clark | 3133 |
| 395 | Daryl Hunt | 3138 |
| 396 | George Andrews | 3139 |
| 397 | Jerry Blanton | 3140 |
| 398 | Jim Ryan | 3141 |
| 399 | Mel Land | 3143 |
| 400 | Randy Coffield | 3144 |
| 401 | Aaron C. Brown | 3149 |
| 402 | Carl Russ | 3152 |
| 403 | Paul Harris | 3160 |
| 404 | Clarence Sanders | 3162 |
| 405 | Dean Moore | 3164 |
| 406 | J.R. Williamson | 3182 |
| 407 | Bill Saul | 3193 |
| 408 | Fred Whittingham | 3196 |
| 409 | Charles McShane | 3209 |
| 410 | Andy Spiva | 3214 |
| 411 | Jess Lewis | 3216 |
| 412 | Raymond Burks | 3217 |
| 413 | Mike Lemon | 3221 |
| 414 | Jeff McIntyre | 3225 |
| 415 | Jon Brooks | 3237 |
| 416 | Loyd Wainscott | 3247 |
| 417 | Mark R. Nichols | 3261 |
| 418 | John Huddleston | 3263 |
| 419 | Steve C. Conley | 3276 |
| 420 | Bill Matthews | 3279 |
| 421 | Dennis Coleman | 3280 |
| 422 | John Zamberlin | 3284 |
| 423 | Ron Crosby | 3289 |
| 424 | Rick Ogle | 3296 |
| 425 | Mike Osborn | 3305 |
| 426 | Dennis Onkotz | 3311 |
| 427 | Larry Polowski | 3313 |
| 428 | Rudy Kuechenberg | 3314 |
| 429 | Charlie Hunt | 3318 |
| 430 | Warren Capone | 3320 |
| 431 | Brian McConnell | 3323 |
| 432 | Chris Keating | 3325 |
| 433 | Curtis Weathers | 3326 |
| 434 | Dave D. Simmons | 3327 |
| 435 | Gordy Ceresino | 3329 |
| 436 | Jim Kovach | 3330 |
| 437 | Joel Williams | 3331 |
| 438 | Lee Kunz | 3333 |
| 439 | Mark Cooney | 3334 |
| 440 | Marvin Davis | 3335 |
| 441 | Reggie Mathis | 3336 |
| 442 | Tom Higgins (LB) | 3340 |
| 443 | Zack Valentine | 3341 |
| 444 | Paul Rudzinski | 3343 |
| 445 | Steve Poole | 3370 |
| 446 | Dale Farley | 3374 |
| 447 | Carl Weathers | 3382 |
| 448 | Dale Mitchell | 3383 |
| 449 | Evan Jolitz | 3385 |
| 450 | Jim Opperman | 3388 |
| 451 | Bill Overmyer | 3407 |
| 452 | Claude Harvey | 3409 |
| 453 | Keith Best | 3410 |
| 454 | Harry Jacobs | 3414 |
| 455 | Ken Bernich | 3415 |
| 456 | Maury Damkroger | 3422 |
| 457 | Ron Shumon | 3424 |
| 458 | Hap Farber | 3428 |
| 459 | Jay Johnson | 3429 |
| 460 | Mike Keller | 3444 |
| 461 | John Barefield | 3452 |
| 462 | Louie Walker | 3464 |
| 463 | Mike Varty | 3466 |
| 464 | Greg Blankenship | 3492 |
| 465 | Calvin O'Neal | 3498 |
| 466 | Mike Jones | 3501 |
| 467 | Mike Mock | 3502 |
| 468 | Mike Lee | 3518 |
| 469 | Vic Koegel | 3533 |
| 470 | Tom Seabron | 3563 |
| 471 | Steve Stewart | 3565 |
| 472 | Tom DePaso | 3566 |
| 473 | John P. Sullivan | 3570 |
| 474 | Jim Cope | 3584 |
| 475 | Sean Clancy | 3599 |
| 476 | Tom Graves | 3607 |
| 477 | Curtis Townsend | 3625 |
| 478 | Doug Becker | 3643 |
| 479 | Randy Gill | 3648 |
| 480 | James Harrell | 3661 |
| 481 | Scott Hilton | 3665 |
| 482 | Chris Garlich | 3667 |
| 483 | Garry Cobb | 3675 |
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