Top 50 Buffalo Bills
Say what you want about the Buffalo Bills in the early 1990s.At the end of the day, there was only one professional football team that went to the Super Bowl four years in a row, and while they did not win any of them or any Super Bowls for that matter, the accomplishment of getting there four times consecutively should be celebrated.
The history of the Buffalo Bills dates back to 1960, where they were charter members of the American Football League and were part of the AFL/NFL merger. This list will include AFL accomplishments, and it is forgotten that the Bills were two-time AFL Champions (1964 and 1965).
This list is up to the end of the 2024 regular season.
Note: Football lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics and post-season accolades.
While Joe Ferguson was never a Pro Bowl selection, he was a long time starter with the Bills and would lead the NFL in Passing Yards in 1977 and Touchdown Passes in 1975. He may have had more picks than TD passes, but many of the top quarterbacks did have that in that era, and this is still one of…
Three time First Team AFL All-Pro Cornerback, Butch Byrd still holds the Buffalo Bills records for Interceptions (40), Interception Return Yards (666) and Interceptions returned for Touchdowns (5). Byrd was also a solid punt returner and was a named to the AFL All-Time Second Team. Byrd also helped the Bills win back-to-back AFC Titles in 1964 and 1965.
Without question, Steve Tasker is the most famous (and best) Special Teams player in Buffalo Bills history. Tasker was not a large man, but an exceptionally hard hitter and was known for forcing fumbles. He was held in such high regard that he would make multiple Pro Bowls and was a Semi-Finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Although…
A three-time Pro Bowl selection with the Buffalo Bills, Eric Moulds would exceed 1,000 Yards receiving in four seasons and would finish second in that category in 1998. He would set a Bills Playoff record in a game against the Miami Dolphins where he had 240 Yards from the air.With the Bills, Moulds had 58 Touchdowns with 9,096 Yards.
The Buffalo Bills of the 1960’s were loaded weren’t they? Another member of those two AFL Championships was Safety, George Saimes, a three time First Team AFL All-Pro. He was well regarded in the AFL for his ability to tackle opposing players in the open field. Saimes is also a member of the All-Time AFL Roster.As for the Bills, they…
Spending a decade in the trenches for the Buffalo Bills, Reggie McKenzie would have one excellent season in 1973 where he would be named a First Team All Pro. McKenzie would start all 147 games he played in a Buffalo Bill uniform and had the honor of being the leader of the “Electric Company”, which O.J. Simpson referred the O-Line…
Five times an AFL All-Star, Stew Barber spent his entire career with the Buffalo Bills, predominantly at the Left Tackle position. Barber, who was initially signed as a Linebacker, would become a star Offensive Lineman in the AFL while helping the Bills win two AFL Championships
The Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1987, Shane Conlan would build upon that three consecutive Pro Bowl campaigns. He would be a quick fan favorite in Buffalo utilizing the same energy he brought as he did when he was a star at Penn State. Conlan played for the Bills for six seasons before signing with the Rams, and as…
As of this writing, Dion Dawkins has played the entirety of his NFL career with the Buffalo Bills, earning the starting job at Left Tackle as a rookie in 2017. Becoming an essential protector of Quarterback Josh Allen, Dawkins came into his own in 2021, where he started a four-year run of consecutive Pro Bowls, all of which saw him…
Nate Odomes was another key member of the Buffalo Bills four AFC Championships and was the Interceptions leader in the National Football League in 1993. The two time Pro Bowler would record key interceptions in both the famous Frank Reich comeback game and in Super Bowl XXVII. WIth the Bills, Odomes secured 26 Interceptions.
Stefon Diggs played five good years with the Minnesota Vikings to begin his career, but thinking they had depth in the WR position, they traded him to Buffalo in 2020 for four Draft Picks. It was the best thing that could have happened to Diggs, and a phenomenal acquisition for the Bills. Diggs had a previous high single-season high of…
Spending six of his seventeen seasons with the Buffalo Bills, Ted Washington had his most productive campaigns in Western New York. In Buffalo, Washington would make three Pro Bowls, a Second Team All-Pro and record 19.5 Quarterback Sacks during his 1995 to 2000 stint, which was the best run of his career.
Jim Dunaway was another member of the back-to-back Buffalo Bills AFL Championship teams in the mid-’60s. Dunaway was a four-time AFL All-Star (Pro Bowl) and was once a First Team All AFL Selection. Dunaway played for Buffalo from 1963 to 1971.
A popular player amongst the Buffalo Bills fans, Phil Hansen proved to be a solid Defensive End. In his career (all with Buffalo) Hansen would record 61.5 Quarterback Sacks and would help the Bills make their first three Super Bowls. The Bills later rewarded Hansen by enshrining him in their Wall of Fame in 2011.
Arriving to Buffalo as a Second Round Pick from Auburn in 1980, Joe Cribbs had a great rookie season, rushing for 1,185 Yards and going to the Pro Bowl. Cribbs also led the league in Fumbles (16), but nevertheless it was a great start to a professional football career.
Ron McDole would become a member of the AFL All-Time Second Team and like so many who made our Buffalo Bills Top 50, McDole was a member of the two consecutive AFL Championship Teams. McDole would also become a two time AFL All-Star, and was one of the better Defensive Ends of his day.
A Defensive End who spent all nine of his NFL seasons (2001-09) in Buffalo, Aaron Schobel would go to two Pro Bowls and was a one-time Second Team All-Pro. Schobel would record 78 Quarterback Sacks over his career.
A year after he was drafted, Henry Jones would have a monster year in 1992 where he would lead the NFL in Interceptions, Interception Return Yards, and would be named a First Team All-Pro. Jones would never duplicate that year again, but he was a dependable starter for many years for the Bills. Jones overall had 18 picks for the…
Will Wilford was a First Round Pick from Vanderbilt in 1986, where he was an All-Rookie at Right Guard. Afterward, he moved to Left Tackle, where he carved the holes for Thurman Thomas and protected Jim Kelly until he joined the Indianapolis Colts in 1993. As a Bill, Wilford was a two-time Pro Bowl Selection.