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.
Drafted in the fifth round (51st overall) of the 1954 NFL Draft out of Tulane, Max McGee made an instant impression as a dual-threat rookie for Green Bay, pacing the offense with nine touchdown catches while leading the entire NFL in punting yardage (2,739 yards). His budding career was put on hold when he spent the 1955 and 1956 seasons…
Taken in the first round (24th overall) of the 1966 NFL Draft out of Minnesota, Gale Gillingham arrived in Green Bay just in time to learn from Hall of Fame guard Jerry Kramer and anchor the final leg of Vince Lombardi's dynasty. Stepping into the starting lineup at left guard in 1967 after Fuzzy Thurston's retirement, the physically imposing 255-pound…
Selected in the second round (53rd overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft out of Fresno State—where he led the nation in receptions and touchdown catches—Davante Adams arrived in Green Bay as an intriguing prospect with elite release technique. Through his first two seasons, Adams flashed promise as a secondary option behind Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb, quietly posting back-to-back sub-500-yard…
Plucked in the fourth round (135th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft out of UCF, Josh Sitton spent his rookie year learning the ropes before seizing Green Bay's starting right guard job in 2009. Combining rare functional strength with light-footed athleticism, Sitton quickly became a dominant force along the interior. His breakout arrived in 2010 when he anchored the right…
Long before he became a beloved Wisconsin cultural icon, Fred "Fuzzy" Thurston took a circuitous route to Titletown. Drafted out of Valparaiso—where he played basketball and football—Thurston earned an NFL championship ring as a reserve lineman with the Baltimore Colts in 1958 before Vince Lombardi acquired him in a 1959 trade. Returning home to his native state, the Alton, Wisconsin,…
Before he anchored the line for a Super Bowl champion in Titletown, Frank Winters spent the first five years of his NFL career bouncing around as a journeyman interior blocker. Selected in the tenth round of the 1987 draft out of Western Illinois, Winters logged rotational snaps across stops with Cleveland, the New York Giants, and Kansas City before landing…
Drafted in the first round (26th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft out of Michigan, John Anderson made an immediate splash in Titletown. Stepping directly into Green Bay's starting front seven as a rookie outside linebacker, the Waukesha native picked off five passes in his debut campaign—earning PFWA All-Rookie Team honors—and quickly became a versatile, playmaking anchor for the franchise…
Drafted in the first round (9th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft out of Ohio State—where he starred as Woody Hayes’ power hammer—John Brockington took the professional gridiron by storm. The 6-foot-1, 225-pound fullback charged into Titletown and compiled 1,105 rushing yards as a rookie, becoming the first player in NFL history to break the 1,000-yard rushing barrier in his…
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Drafted in the second round (36th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft out of Kansas State—where he originally walked on as a safety before developing into a consensus All-American wide receiver—Jordy Nelson arrived in Green Bay just as Aaron Rodgers stepped into the starting quarterback job. Nelson logged rotational duty behind Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, and James Jones during his…
Chosen in the 12th round (308th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft out of Illinois, Larry McCarren arrived in Green Bay as an extreme long shot who spent his rookie season fighting just to stay on the roster. What the unheralded rookie lacked in draft pedigree, he made up for with sheer grit and relentless offseason conditioning. By his second…
Acquired in a pivotal April 1965 trade with the Los Angeles Rams, receiver Carroll Dale arrived in Titletown already established as a proven vertical threat. Vince Lombardi brought in the former Virginia Tech standout to replace the retiring Max McGee and inject game-breaking speed into Green Bay's passing attack. Dale stepped into the starting lineup across from Boyd Dowler and…
Acquired via trade from Houston in 1976, Lynn Dickey brought a pure pocket-passer's cannon to Titletown. Drafted out of Kansas State in 1971, the Osawatomie native spent his early professional years battling brutal bad-luck injuries, including a severe leg fracture that wiped out nearly two full seasons shortly after taking over the Packers' starting job. Through grueling rehab, Dickey returned…
