Top all-time NFL running backs

The greatest running backs in NFL history, by their honours. Rank the top all-time NFL running backs, 1 to 100.
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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
Frank Gore
RB · SF
Todd Gurley
RB · LAR
Chris Johnson
RB · TEN
DeMarco Murray
RB · DAL
Darren Sproles
RB · LAC
Larry Brown
RB · WSH
Herschel Walker
RB · DAL
Priest Holmes
RB · KC
Josh Jacobs
RB · LV
Lorenzo Neal
RB · LAC
Ezekiel Elliott
RB · DAL
Mark Ingram
RB · NO
James Conner
RB · ARI
Le'Veon Bell
RB · PIT
Maurice Jones-​Drew
RB · JAX
Eddie George
RB · TEN
Ricky Williams
RB · MIA
Leon Washington
RB · NYJ
Nick Chubb
RB · CLE
Arian Foster
RB · HOU
Jay Ajayi
RB · MIA
Alvin Kamara
RB · NO
Tiki Barber
RB · NYG
Tony Pollard
RB · DAL
Aaron Jones
RB · GB
Jamaal Charles
RB · KC
Delvin Williams
RB · SF
Thomas Jones
RB · CHI
Larry Johnson
RB · KC
Clinton Portis
RB · WSH
Ahman Green
RB · GB
Joe Mixon
RB · CIN
D'Andre Swift
RB · CHI
Joseph Addai
RB · IND
Dalvin Cook
RB · MIN
Mike Adamle
RB · NYJ
Bo Jackson
RB · LV
Chuck Muncie
RB · NO
Steven Jackson
RB · LAR
Michael Turner
RB · ATL
Matt Forté
RB · CHI
Marion Barber III
RB · DAL
CWCharles White
RB · CLE
Calvin Hill
RB · DAL
Kareem Hunt
RB · CLE
Fred Taylor
RB · JAX
Doug Martin
RB · TB
Ronnie Brown
RB · MIA
Willis McGahee
RB · BUF
Warrick Dunn
RB · ATL
RJRudi Johnson
RB · CIN
CDCorey Dillon
RB · CIN
Brian Westbrook
RB · PHI
Devonta Freeman
RB · ATL
David Johnson
RB · ARI
C. J. Spiller
RB · BUF
Rashard Mendenhall
RB · PIT
Eric Metcalf
RB · CLE
Ahmad Rashad
RB/WR · MIN
Mercury Morris
RB · MIA
CWCurt Warner
RB · SEA
Wendell Tyler
RB · LAR
George Rogers
RB · NO
Deuce McAllister
RB · NO
Ottis Anderson
RB · NYG
Earnest Byner
RB · CLE
Gerald Riggs
RB · ATL
Mike Rozier
RB · TEN

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