NFL: Pro Football Focus' Top 101 Players of the Decade

[Trap Jesus]

This list includes the playoffs, so players with legendary postseason runs will see their stock rise compared to those who have faltered or never made it past the regular season.

Playing time was factored into the decisions, too; somebody who played twice as much within the decade was given some level of preference over players who played only a few seasons in the 2010s.

The list is also created with an “all positions created equal” mentality. The best guard or safety has just as much a chance of topping the list as the best quarterback or sack artist.

Rank	Player	Position Rank
1	Tom Brady	QB 1
2	Aaron Donald	DI 1
3	Drew Brees	QB 2
4	Richard Sherman	CB 1
5	Rob Gronkowski	TE 1
6	Aaron Rodgers	QB 3
7	Von Miller	EDGE 1
8	Julio Jones	WR 1
9	J.J. Watt*	DI 2
10	Luke Kuechly	LB 1
11	Joe Thomas	T 1
12	Chris Harris Jr.	CB 2
13	Antonio Brown	WR 2
14	Evan Mathis	G 1
15	Eric Weddle	S 1
16	Calvin Johnson	WR 3
17	Khalil Mack	EDGE 2
18	Peyton Manning	QB 4
19	Jason Peters	T 2
20	Earl Thomas III	S 2
21	Andrew Whitworth	T 3
22	Harrison Smith	S 3
23	Darrelle Revis	CB 3
24	Casey Hayward Jr.	CB 4
25	Marshal Yanda	G 2
26	Devin McCourty	S 4
27	Joe Staley	T 4
28	Patrick Willis	LB 2
29	Marshawn Lynch	RB 1
30	DeAndre Hopkins	WR 4
31	Geno Atkins	DI 3
32	Matt Ryan	QB 5
33	Russell Wilson	QB 6
34	Travis Frederick	C 1
35	Adrian Peterson	RB 2
36	Chris Myers	C 2
37	Ben Roethlisberger	QB 7
38	A.J. Green	WR 5
39	Bobby Wagner	LB 3
40	Mike Evans	WR 6
41	Cameron Wake	EDGE 3
42	Brandon Graham	EDGE 4
43	Tyron Smith	T 5
44	Alex Mack	C 3
45	Fletcher Cox	DI 4
46	Justin Houston	EDGE 5
47	Larry Fitzgerald	WR 7
48	Calais Campbell*	DI 5
49	Andre Johnson	WR 8
50	Travis Kelce	TE 2
51	Zack Martin	G 3
52	Jason Kelce	C 4
53	Brent Grimes	CB 5
54	Patrick Peterson	CB 6
55	Kam Chancellor	S 5
56	Damon Harrison Sr.	DI 6
57	Navorro Bowman	LB 4
58	Duane Brown	T 6
59	Trent Williams	T 7
60	Derrick Johnson	LB 5
61	Brandon Marshall	WR 9
62	Nick Mangold	C 5
63	Troy Polamalu	S 6
64	Philip Rivers	QB 8
65	Cameron Jordan	EDGE 6
66	Tyrann Mathieu*	S 7
67	Lavonte David	LB 6
68	Josh Sitton	G 4
69	Jordy Nelson	WR 10
70	Brandon Brooks	G 5
71	Ndamukong Suh	DI 7
72	Gerald McCoy	DI 8
73	Jordan Gross	T 8
74	Michael Bennett	EDGE 7
75	Dez Bryant	WR 11
76	Stephon Gilmore	CB 7
77	Doug Baldwin	WR 12
78	Tamba Hali	EDGE 8
79	Lane Johnson	T 9
80	Chandler Jones	EDGE 9
81	Greg Olsen	TE 3
82	Terron Armstead	T 10
83	Keenan Allen	WR 13
84	David Bakhtiari	T 11
85	Aqib Talib	CB 8
86	Jamaal Charles	RB 3
87	Emmanuel Sanders	WR 14
88	Charles Tillman	CB 9
89	Carlos Dunlap	EDGE 10
90	Steve Smith	WR 15
91	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR 16
92	Le'Veon Bell	RB 4
93	Kevin Byard	S 8
94	Johnathan Joseph	CB 10
95	James Harrison	EDGE 11
96	Jurrell Casey	DI 9
97	Cameron Heyward	DI 10
98	Jalen Ramsey	CB 11
99	Rodney Hudson	C 6
100	Mitchell Schwartz	T 12
101	Eric Berry	S 9

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*J.J. Watt and Calais Campbell were listed as DI/EDGE (I went with DI for both), and Tyrann Mathieu was listed as CB/S (I went with S).

PFF All-Decade Top 101: The best NFL players from the 2010s | NFL News, Rankings and Statistics | PFF

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[Trap Jesus]

Lynch over Peterson and Ryan over Wilson are the most surprising to me, although both were close.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

NFL records

• Most career passing yards
• Most career pass completions
• Most career touchdown passes
• Highest career completion percentage
• Highest single-season completion percentage
• Most consecutive games with a touchdown pass
• Most pass completions in a season
• Most 5,000 passing yard seasons
• Highest completion percentage in a game
• Most touchdown passes in a game (tied)

Obviously stats aren't everything. Brady has six rings. I do think Brees has an argument for #2 as you can see above.

 

[Voight]

Chris Harris Jr seems a little high.