Football Player Ranking Explanations

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Football Player Ranking Explanations

This website uses statistics and results to rank players. It does not use opinion/bias to rank players.

Only professional league stats are factored into the ratings.

What a player did in High School or College does not factor into the ratings.

Leagues That Factor Into Rankings

1. AAFC-All America Football Conference (1946-1949)

2. AFL-American Football League (1960-1969)

3. NFL-National Football League (1920-present)

4. USFL-United States Football League (1983-1985)

Positions/Categories

1. Quarterbacks

2. Running Backs

3. Wide Receivers

4. Tight Ends

5. Offensive Linemen

6. Defensive Linemen

7. Linebackers

8. Defensive Backs

9. Kickers

10. Punters

11. Kick Returners

12. Punt Returners

All-Time Player Rankings

All qualified players are statistically ranked by position every year.

The players receive a rating that is not posted on the website.

The rating for football players is the average rank of their 7 best years.

Players who have not or did not play 7 qualifying years receive a penalty to the rating for every year under 7 that they played.

Players By Nation

The rating used to rank the players is the same as the all-time rankings.

The players are listed in the rankings of the nation they were born in and not the nation that they grew up in.

Players By State

The rating used to rank the players is the same as the all-time rankings.

The players are listed in the rankings of the state they were born in and not the state that they grew up in.

Players By College

The rating used to rank the players is the same as the all-time rankings.

The Rankings are based on what the athlete did at the pro level and not what they did while playing for that college.

Any athlete who attended more than one college is only listed with the last school that they attended.