All-time NFL running backs quadrant chart
The greatest running backs in NFL history, by their honours. Place all-time NFL running backs on a two-axis chart.
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O. J. SimpsonRB · BUF
Emmitt SmithRB · DAL
Earl CampbellRB · TEN
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Eric DickersonRB · IND
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Jim BrownRB · CLE
Terrell DavisRB · DEN
LaDainian TomlinsonRB · LAC
Thurman ThomasRB · BUF
Marshall FaulkRB · LAR
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Marcus AllenRB · LV
Gale SayersRB · CHI
Jim ThorpeRB/OF · NYG
John MackeyRB/TE · IND
Franco HarrisRB · PIT
John RigginsRB · WSH
Roger CraigRB · SF
Adrian PetersonRB · MIN
Edgerrin JamesRB · IND
Larry CsonkaRB · MIA
Jerome BettisRB · PIT
Shaun AlexanderRB · SEA
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Floyd LittleRB · DEN
Tony DorsettRB · DAL
Curtis MartinRB · NYJ
Frank GiffordS/RB · NYG
Jamal LewisRB · BAL
Marshawn LynchRB · SEA
Leroy KellyRB · CLE
Derrick HenryRB · TEN
Saquon BarkleyRB · NYG
LeSean McCoyRB · PHI
Christian McCaffreyRB · CAR
Top all-time NFL running backs — November 2026
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About this quadrant chart
Two axes, four corners. Name the axes, then put everyone where they belong.
The greatest running backs in NFL history, by their honours.
Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time NFL running backs for November 2026.
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