Top 50 Green Bay Packers
This was really hard.The Green Bay Packers have been around for nearly one hundred years and have won 13 Championships. The city of Green Bay has the lowest population by far of any major North American franchise, but it has one of the most storied histories of any sporting organization.
With this type of pedigree, how do you narrow down only 50 of the greatest from this franchise?
Very carefully!
Admittedly, we could have easily come up with another 50, and we may very well do that in the future, as the next 50 if put together could probably win a Super Bowl.
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.
Stepping onto the turf as a first-round pick (6th overall) out of Stanford in 1978, James Lofton brought track-star speed and an extraordinary vertical leaping radius to Green Bay. The NCAA long jump champion wasted no time establishing himself as the premier big-play target in Titletown, hauling in 46 receptions for 818 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie to…
Drafted in the second round (48th overall) out of Florida State in 1990, LeRoy Butler arrived in Green Bay as a versatile, instincts-driven defensive back who would ultimately revolutionize how NFL defensive coordinators utilized the strong safety position. Stepping into defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur’s aggressive scheme, Butler evolved into the ultimate hybrid weapon—a bone-jarring run enforcer in the box, a…
Drafted in the first round (14th overall) out of Penn State in 1963, Dave Robinson arrived in Green Bay as a physical anomaly who fundamentally altered the outside linebacker position. Standing 6-foot-3 and 245 pounds with a massive wingspan and raw sprint speed, Robinson gave Vince Lombardi a rare defensive weapon capable of completely taking over the left side of…
Before interior linemen were recognized as fundamental building blocks of championship offenses, August "Iron Mike" Michalske set the golden standard for guard play in professional football. Following a dominant three-year stint with the AFL and NFL iterations of the New York Yankees, Michalske arrived in Green Bay in 1929, giving Curly Lambeau an unusually fast 210-pound pulling guard whose quickness…
Long before professional football transformed into a multi-billion-dollar spectacle, LaVern "Lavvie" Dilweg established himself as one of the premier two-way forces in gridiron history. A collegiate star and All-American end at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Dilweg opted to remain in-state to launch his professional career in 1926 with the Milwaukee Badgers. However, when the franchise folded after a single tumultuous…
Signed out of Bucknell in 1932—four years before the inaugural NFL Draft was established—Clarke Hinkle arrived in Green Bay as a punishing, unstoppable force who redefined power running during the single-wing era. Standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 200 pounds, Hinkle possessed a rare blend of bruising physicality and track speed, making him the ultimate two-way centerpiece for Curly Lambeau’s powerhouse squads.…
Long before Green Bay became synonymous with aerial circuses and passing dominance, Verne Lewellen arrived as Curly Lambeau's ultimate foundational weapon. A native Cornhusker who starred at Nebraska as both a law student and gridiron hero, Lewellen signed with the Packers in 1924 and immediately stepped into the starting backfield, bringing unprecedented strategic polish and all-around utility to professional football's…
Arriving in Green Bay as the seventh overall selection in the 1988 NFL Draft, Sterling Sharpe hit the ground running out of South Carolina and spent the next seven years putting on an absolute clinic at receiver. Combining a running back's frame with soft hands and crisp route running, he bullied defensive backs across the middle and punished secondaries for…
Selected in the third round (28th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft out of the University of Texas, Bobby Dillon arrived in Green Bay with very little fanfare, but he immediately transformed into a defensive terror. What made his legendary playmaking ability truly astounding was a severe childhood accident that left him with a glass eye; playing his entire career…
Acquired in a blockbuster trade from Seattle prior to the 2000 season, Ahman Green brought explosive zero-to-sixty acceleration and brutal tackle-breaking power to Green Bay. The Nebraska product stepped into the backfield and instantly became the engine of Mike Sherman’s offense, racking up 1,175 rushing yards and 13 total touchdowns in his debut campaign with the Packers. Green’s dominance in…
Standing 6-foot-2 and tipping the scales at over 250 pounds, Robert "Cal" Hubbard was a terrifying apparition on the gridiron during an era when most players resembled ordinary men. A multi-sport standout who played college ball at Centenary College and Geneva College, Hubbard entered the professional ranks with the New York Giants in 1927, immediately establishing himself as a ferocious,…
Carrying the mantle of one of pro football's most storied bloodlines, Clay Matthews III arrived in Green Bay as the 26th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft from USC. The Packers traded back into the first round to select the relentless pass rusher, and he instantly became a focal point of Dom Capers' 3-4 defense. With his signature long…
Drafted in the fourth round (109th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft out of Colorado, David Bakhtiari stepped into Titletown expecting a quiet apprenticeship. Summer fate intervened when an injury thrust the rookie directly onto Aaron Rodgers’ blind side. Bakhtiari didn't just survive the trial by fire; he seized the left tackle throne, starting all 16 games and showing off…
Before he became the aerial cornerstone of Titletown's greatest dynasty, Boyd Dowler was Vince Lombardi’s first major draft payoff in Green Bay. Plucked in the third round out of Colorado in 1959—Lombardi's debut autumn at the helm—the towering 6-foot-5 split end wasted zero time reshaping the Packers' offense, grabbing 28 passes for 549 yards and four touchdowns to run away…
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When Charles Woodson signed with Green Bay as a free agent in 2006 after an elite eight-year run in Oakland, few predicted the transformational second act that awaited him in Wisconsin. Skeptics wondered if the former Heisman Trophy winner's best football was behind him, but defensive coordinator Dom Capers unlocked a lethal new evolution: moving Woodson from a pure shutdown…
Plucked in the seventh round (213th overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft out of Alcorn State, Donald Driver overcame extraordinary childhood hardship and stayed in homeless shelters to craft one of the most remarkable rags-to-riches stories in professional football. Arriving in Green Bay as an unheralded long shot, the wide receiver clawed his way up the depth chart through sheer…
Drafted in the second round (21st overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft out of Rice University, Billy Howton exploded onto the professional football scene and delivered one of the most remarkable rookie campaigns in NFL history. Stepping into Green Bay's offense as an immediate deep threat, the swift end grabbed 53 receptions and led the NFL with 1,231 receiving yards…
Before he became a fixture on the right side of Lombardi's legendary linebacking corps, Bill Forester spent the early 1950s quietly doing whatever the Packers asked of him on defense. Taken in the third round out of SMU in 1953, the versatile Texan spent his first few seasons shifting between middle guard and left linebacker as Green Bay searched for…
Long before he became the essential bridge between two iconic Green Bay quarterback eras, Chad Clifton was draft-day gold waiting to be discovered. Selected in the second round (44th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft out of Tennessee, the towering 6-foot-5, 320-pound tackle slid into the starting lineup midway through his rookie campaign, locking down the blind side and becoming…
