All-time NFL running backs alignment chart

The greatest running backs in NFL history, by their honours. Sort all-time NFL running backs onto an alignment chart.

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O. J. Simpson
RB · BUF
Emmitt Smith
RB · DAL
Earl Campbell
RB · TEN
Eric Dickerson
RB · IND
Jim Brown
RB · CLE
Terrell Davis
RB · DEN
LaDainian Tomlinson
RB · LAC
Thurman Thomas
RB · BUF
Marshall Faulk
RB · LAR
Marcus Allen
RB · LV
Gale Sayers
RB · CHI
Jim Thorpe
RB/OF · NYG
John Mackey
RB/TE · IND
Franco Harris
RB · PIT
John Riggins
RB · WSH
Roger Craig
RB · SF
Adrian Peterson
RB · MIN
Edgerrin James
RB · IND
Larry Csonka
RB · MIA
Jerome Bettis
RB · PIT
Shaun Alexander
RB · SEA
Floyd Little
RB · DEN
Tony Dorsett
RB · DAL
Curtis Martin
RB · NYJ
Frank Gifford
S/RB · NYG
Jamal Lewis
RB · BAL
Marshawn Lynch
RB · SEA
Leroy Kelly
RB · CLE
Derrick Henry
RB · TEN
Saquon Barkley
RB · NYG
LeSean McCoy
RB · PHI
Christian McCaffrey
RB · CAR

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The greatest running backs in NFL history, by their honours.

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