Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 San Francisco 49ers.

As for all of our top 50 players in football, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the 49ers again represented the NFC in the Super Bowl but could not dethrone the defending Super Bowl Champions, Kansas City.  Last year saw two new entrants and two elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Jerry Rice
2. Joe Montana
3. Steve Young
4. Ronnie Lott
5. Leo Nomellini

You can find the entire list here.

Linebacker Fred Warner, now a three-time First Team All-Pro had a significant jump to @8 from #49.

Tight End George Kittle blasted to #29 from #46, showing another seismic jump.  He is now a five-time Pro Bowl selection.

Offensive Lineman and likely Hall of Famer, Trent Williams makes his first appearance at #46.

The second new entry is Nick Bosa, who enters at #49. 

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

One of the most exciting yet simultaneously underrated players in the NFL of the late 2010s and early 2020s has been D.K. Metcalf, the former Mississippi star who had an even 900 Receiving Yards as a rookie for the Seahawks in 2019.

The Wide Receiver has continued production since with a 1,301 Yard/10 TD campaign in 2020 that gave him his first Pro Bowl.  Afterward, Metcalf had two more four-digit receiving yard years, and he collected his second Pro Bowl in 2023.

After another solid year in 2024, where he was eight yards short of 1,000, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers.  With Seattle, Metcalf compiled 6,324 Yards with 48 Touchdowns.

1964 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:

Thank you for all of your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the years up to 1963.

For “1963,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1956. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, the voters were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process weekly until we catch up to the current year.

31 Votes took place, with the top five advancing.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

We will post the Finalists of the Class of the 1964 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project next Saturday.

Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!

As of this writing, Nick Bosa is one of the top Defensive Ends in football, which he wasted little time proving as the Second Overall Pick in 2019.

Bosa, the Big 10 Defensive Player for Ohio State in 2018, showcased his power and pass-rushing technique immediately by winning the Defensive Rookie of the Year.  A torn ACL held him to only two games as a sophomore, but he rocketed back in 2021 with a 15.5 Sack year and a league-leading 21 Tackles for Loss.  Bosa was a Pro Bowler again and the dominant force for a powerful defense on a contender.   That turned out to be just the beginning.

In 2022, Bosa led the NFL in Sacks (18.5) had 48 Quarterback Hits, and was the consensus Defensive Player of the Year.  In 2023, he had his third straight double-digit Sack year, added a fourth Pro Bowl, and has already played in 12 Playoff Games. 

Entering 2025, Bosa has the stats to become an elite all-time player.