Top Ten NFL Teams of All Time
A list of the greatest teams when compared to their peers. Don't agree with the list? Vote for an existing item you think should be ranked higher or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on or create your own version of this list.The Top Ten
Just to prove how amazing we were I'll name off the bears that made the hall of fame or that should of been there: Walter Payton, Dan Hampton, Wilber Marshall, William Perry, Mike singletary and just about everyone on the 1985 Chicago bears team because everyone pitched in.
The game scores in the '85 playoffs tell the story; 21-0 over the Giants, 24-0 over the Rams and the 46-10 destroying of the Patriots in the Super Bowl. And that was after outscoring their opponents an unbelievable 456 to 198 in the regular season.
85 bears had the best defense in history. Best defensive franchise and great team. Go Bears.
More comments about 1985 Chicago BearsGiants did get lucky, yeah I was rooting for them that super bowl, just lost home in forclosure mess ( California ) and went for the underdog. In truth and fairness ( american exceptionalism ) the 2007 Patriots get my vote for all time best!
18 WINS! No team can beat that. So what if the Giants beat them, they got lucky on a lucky catch. Patriots Will go down in History as the Best Franchise ever.
TOM BRADY IS THE BEST QB OF ALL TIME!
Even with the shattering loss in the SB, this team accomplished something with the 16-0 regular season that may never be seen again. They deserve to be recognized as one of the greatest teams of all time.
NEM
More comments about 2007 New England Patriots4 Superbowl wins in one Decade... Sending 14 NFL Players to the NFL Pro Bowl, and a defensive unit comparable only to the 85' bears. Quite certainly one the best teams of all time.
With the number of Hall of Famers on this team how can any one be better. 79 Steelers the best ever!
The Steelers in the 70's were a true nightmare for any NFL team, they were like walking into hell itself. If you tried to pass the ball you would get sacked. If you were lucky enough to get the ball off then it was picked or swatted. If you tried to run then let god have mercy on your soul cause you were about to get crushed. The Offense was great to. I mean come on Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris, and don't forget Lynn Swann. This team may be one of the best teams that will ever exist. Along with the Bears(WALTER "SWEETNESS" PAYTON) and the 49ers(JOE MONTANA^^JERRY RICE).
More comments about 1979 Pittsburgh SteelersI think Don Shula is overlooked because he whipped the 85' Bears purty darn good. Coaching has a lot to do w/ who's the best team.
Best Defense in the NFL and Best Offensive line ever put together for the 72 and 73 seasons before injuries hit
Undefeated. Who else has done this? Let me think hmm! NO ONE. Zero in the loss column makes them the best. Even the all powerful in their own mind Cowboys can't do this. It's been 40 years and noo one else has done this.
More comments about 1972 Miami Dolphins+6I think the should be number one we do have the most appearance go cowboys win lose or tie I'm a cowboys fan till I die
+4#1 most rushing yards Emmitt smith #2 passing rating Troy Aikman #3 most receiving yards Michel Irvin in the 1992 season. Great offensive line. #1 defense of that year
+3agreed that troy emit irvin great players and don't forget the defensive players just as big a part, but deon, sorry he was not a force with the cowboys to me he was the begining and the spark that led to a very quick cowbays fail team, shame. I feel that sanders if not taken on by the cowboys then they might have had nother win or 2.
More comments about 1992 Dallas CowboysThis is simply the greatest team of all time. Montana was the best. rice was the best and they had to play against great teams.
Forget the rest, they were the best.
montana, rice, craig, taylor, lott... the west coast offence when nobody could defend it...
Montana's 4 speak volumes, best WR/QB combo evah w/ Rice!
More comments about 1989 San Francisco 49ersGood quarter backs nice uniforms great receivers and the defensive team is great
Great all around team! The Broncos where strong on Offense, Defense, Special Teams and Coaching. Elway, Davis, Smith, Sharpe, Zimmerman, Schlereth, N. Smith, B. Romo, Elam, etc. The Broncos beat a great defending champ Packer team!
Terrell Davis, john Elway, Shanon Sharpe, rod smith, ed mcafery, Steve atwater, garry zimmerman etc. And also theyre the only team to beat the packers at the super bowl, even with theyre precious favre
More comments about 1998 Denver Broncos14-2 Regular season with a dominating Superbowl win over the Bills.
Best offensive line of all time. (Only 9 sacks all season.. ) (Though the Raider's early seventies line must not be ignored, they were amazing. Debate between whose was better continues to this day. )
Darrell Green and Charles Mann ran the second best defense in the league that year.
Joe Gibbs, One of the greatest coaches and game planners ever. (Common knowledge as he is almost always listed in the top 5 best head coaches ever. )
4 Hall of Famers were on this team: Monk, Green, Grimm, Gibbs. They were the backbone to a very talented team.
#1 offense #2 Defense for that year. This team dominated all opposition.
Definitely one of the all time greatest teams.
HAIL!
Not only did they after 15 games prior to taking out starters allow only 6 sacks(! )they led the league in scoring, barely missed leading in points allowed, but they also nearly finished 15-1 and had several shut outs by wide margins at home to start the season 11-0. Kicker outscored an entire team by himself, special teams, turnover differential, running game and receiver corps were stellar. SB score was deceptive, it was not even close. This Redskin team is easily one of the best in NFL history...
9 Sacks. Art Monk. That is enough for me. They rolled thru the playoffs. No doubt that they would win.
More comments about 1991 Washington RedskinsThe Perfect team. Clutch Quarterback, amazing running backs, great offensive line, and a great defense. #1 team.
totally
Green Bay Power Sweep at it's best. Defenses knew it was coming, but couldn't stop it.
Easily a top five team of all time. Finished 13-1, 1st in total offense, 1st in total defense, and 1st in point differential. And, oh yeah, ELEVEN Hall of Famers. ELEVEN!
More comments about 1962 Green Bay PackersAveraged almost 33 per game, surrendered only 15 points per game. The greatest show on turf put up video game numbers all season as evidenced by Kurt Warner's 41 touchdown passes and a 109.2 QB rating.
I got 4 words for you THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF
i mean your talking aabout a backup kurt warner coming in for trent green and then leads em to 2 super bowls plus with marshall faulk and the recievers that they had yea they were beasts
Half of this team's offense is or will be a Hall of Famer. And let's not forget that they had one of the top 5 defenses.
More comments about 1999 St. Louis RamsRelated Lists
The Contenders
The Cowboys are clearly the best, well to me anyway I love the cowboy's so much because dude they play like pro extremely excellent and I highly recommend to go for the cowboys WOOHOO GO COWBOYS!
The Cowboys won the Super Bowl in 71 Staubach to Drew Pearson. Good combination
The team was a missed field goal (Steelers) from a perfect record. It was ranked number 1 on defense and number 2 in offense. The team did not have Jerry Rice. It rolled through the playoffs including a 23-0 beating of the Chicago Bears (the same team that would win the next year Super Bowl) and crush the Dolphins in the Super Bowl.
The poor descision of dennis green made one of the best teams of the history in another deception for the vikings fans
Team of 1999 best record. Great receiver, Moss, Carter, and more divisional championships
the 1998 season, when they made the best record in its history with imposing 15-1 record of 556 points scored this season.
13 is too high. It's a "team" effort even if the coaches called bad game in the 1999 NFC Championship. Ranking a Super Bowl winner below them is laughable.
More comments about 1998 Minnesota VikingsThis has to be the best defense ever I believe that the offense didnt score a touchdown in 3 games
Oh come on... these guys showed the NFL that you just need to have a good defense to win the Super Bowl. They worked so hard for it and they did not need anything but a defense!
Baltimore1993
Wow, the 2007 Oakland Raiders are ahead of the 1994 San Francisco 49ers. Why are the 2007 New England Patriots number two? They didn't win the Super Bowl so they can't be one of the greatest teams ever. The greatest teams finish the deal and they couldn't. Why are the 1984 San Francisco 49ers so low as well? I have three 49er teams in my top ten, yet I only see the 1989 squad.
SgtPeppersz196715
um best team ever assembled... you people are insane. PLEASE RECONSIDER!
best team ever. nothing to be said about it it was nfl's dream team. they had it all. if god made his allstar team it would have been the 94 niners
More comments about 1994 San Francisco 49ersThey were the underdogs. 18 and 1 Giant loss!
The Indianaplois Colts are definetely, Hands down, the BEST TEAM EVER! I say that The best Player in the ENTIRE NFL is PEYTON MANNING! I love him! He's AWESOME!
Manning threw 49 TD passes in the Colts first 15 games, but it took Brady 16 games to beat his record. That season was beast.
footballanytime
HA who cares about the 2007 patriots... yea.. beasts through season but... wait... oh yeah they can't even finish against the Giants!
2004 colts had a fantastic season
thenorris03
“The best offense and the best defense in the NFL during the 1996 season. Had an average margin of victory of over 17 points through the playoffs and the Super Bowl
“They had Favre in his prime. Farve man.
Two letters - LT. The most feared and important linebacker of all time because he changed the position forever. All hail Alpha dog #1.
Lawrence Taylor and Phil Simms with the highest Superbowl QB rating ever. Plus Harry Carson, Leonard Martin, Joe Morris, Mark Bavaro. Oh yeah, and two future hof coaches named Bill.
17-2 overall record! Beat defending AFC Champion, Denver Broncos 33-10 in play-offs, beat Earl Campbell and the Houston Oilers 34-5 in the AFC Championship game. Had a 35-17 late 4th quarter lead on defending Superbowl Champs, Dallas Cowboys. Cowboys scored two late, garbage touchdowns to make it look closer. 9 HOF players on this team. How are the 2004 Colts on this list? They sucked!
Eight hall of famers on that team;A. Davis, J. Madden, W. Brown, T. Hendricks, A. Shell, G. Upshaw, D. Casper&FreddieB. Also four that should be;K. Stabler, C. Branch, R. Guy. &J. Tatum. Their are awards still given out due to members of this list. They are the Ray Guy Award, The Freddie B. Award & The Jack Tatum Award. This team was just Voted Best NFL team ever... See NFL Network for details.
the raiders had THE BEST PLAYERS THIS YEAR! why arnt they in the top ten? Fred Biletnikoff and Ken Stabler were one of the best pairs in football history! Biletnikoff did cheat, but that made him a true raider!
A very underrated team when you consider they went 13-1 in a league with many great teams.
corebare32
More comments about 1976 Oakland Raiders“This is a team with no big names but big hearts. They should be up there with all the past greats even if they lost.
I loves the Eagles when I was a baby. It's because my father scream at Eagles when they playing against the Giants. And He uses play semi-football. Eagles rock put the Giants, Redskin and Cowboys out of this World. Eagles all way to the Super Bowl.
+1THE BUCS DEFENSE HAD FIVE LEGITIMATE HALL OF FAMERS THAT YEAR, ONE THE BEST LINEBACKERS TO EVER PLAY THE GAME IN DEREK BROOKS, the QB KILLA WARREN SAPP, JOHN LYNCH, RONDE BARBER, MIKE ALSTOTT
+1They blew out every team in the playoffs including the raiders in the Super bowl. They scored a total of 9 touchdowns as a defense and thats not even including all the interceptions they had as a defense. In the superbowl they had 5 total and taking back 3 for touchdowns. Decent offense but probably one of the top 5 defenses of all time.
Tom Brady was absolutely amazing he will surpass many records for the years to come.
After barely getting into the playoffs, this team simply was on a mission to shut up the naysayers.With a young Ben Roethlisberger, and an aging Jerome Bettis leading the way, this team won three playoff games as a #6 seed, all on the road. After destroying Seattle in the Super Bowl,which we all saw coming, this was a team of destiny and although their record was "only"
11-5, they had just the right pieces for just the right puzzle at just the right time
“They had everything, offense, defense, special teams and were the first glamor team of pro football.
ball hawking secondary, underrated team.
Ya Go jets! I love this team they just need to win a couple more super bowls to be considered very good. They are just underrated. That's the problem.
Best team of all time. New York Sack Exchange.
BEST DEFENSIVE LINE OF ALL TIME!
KLECKO AND NAMATH
!
My dad cherishes his Namath jersey. I love the Jets. Why aren't they higher? I'm sure I saw the same two teams twice somewhere.
Jets are underrated. Give them a chance.
One of the best teams ever and run by the best QB ever in Unitas and whats more, they came back and did it again the next year even better.
MackyJay
UNDEFEATED! EXCEPT FOR THE PLAY OFFS AND THE CHIEFS! See, the only reason they lost the play offs is because the team haven't played for almost 3 weeks and the Giants just played and the Chiefs did anything to beat the Packers.
“Wow, Great season. Just lost to the Titans 3 times..
One of the greatest teams not to win the Super Bowl
TrinityTrojan
One of the greats
Awesome team
Besttest team ever
Cool t
Arguably the greatest offense of all time.
Dynasty in the salary cap era enough said best TEAM ever key word-----TEAM
It is the best team there is ever going to be. The new england patriots are nerver going to be as good as them.
“Best year Ever for packers! they won their 4th nfl championship since 1961 and won the first ever super bowl with Bart Starr and Vince Lombardi 35-10 against the chiefs and have an awesome season and a lot of other great stuff and you guys put it at Number 35! you guys are crazy!, this is one of the greatest single seasons for a team in the nfl, it should be number 1!
tony dorsett,roger staubach,robert newhouse,hollywood henderson need i go on.and im not a cowboy fan.
Hi I'm Cleveland Brown! It's the best T.V. show ever! Don't you just love it?
They made it to the super bowl.
Dude they lost one game the championship game.
Best bengals team ever but trust me they are going to get way better because andy dalton and aj green are just getting started
bushnell11
Legends. Best offense overall. If they had a decent defense. They'd be up higher. Best o line of all time.
Probably the best Seattle team of all time. Dominated all year with a 14-2Superbowl season. Only to eventually lose a very controversial game in The Superbowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers. They were clearly the better team.
Comments About This List
- Funniest Stand-Up Comedians
- Best Whitney Houston Songs
- Most Needed 2012 Survival Supplies
- Best Car Insurance Companies
- Best Credit Repair Services
- Best Anti-Virus Software Companies
- Best BMX Bike Brands
- Best Web Hosting Companies
- Music Artists You'd Like to Perform at the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremonies
- Best Singers of All Time
- Best Guitarists Ever
- Best Songs of All Time
- Best Rock Bands Of All Time
- Best Rock Drummers
- Best Female Singer of All Time
- Best Rappers of All Time
- Most Unique Singing Voices
- Best Football (Soccer) Clubs in the World
Optional - Explain why you think your addition should be included in this list