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Who are the top Green Bay Packers of all time? Here is our top 10 countdown:
10. Reggie White: arguably the most impactful free agent signing ever, White came over to the Packers from the Philadelphia Eagles in 1993 and earned Pro Bowl honors every year with Green Bay; moreover, he was Defensive Player of the Year in 1998 and led the team to victory in Super Bowl XXXI.
9. Herb Adderley: originally a running back before converting to cornerback, Adderley was a 5x Pro Bowler and 4x All-Pro with the Packers who picked off 39 passes for the 1960s dynasty team.
8. Paul Hornung: a 4x NFL champion and also part of the first Super Bowl-winning team, Hornung was an integral part of Vince Lombardi’s 1960s Green Bay dynasty – a running back and placekicker, he led the league in scoring in three straight years (1959-1961) and was also named MVP in 1961.
7. Jim Taylor: the 1962 league MVP and rushing leader, Taylor racked up five straight 1,000-yard and Pro Bowl seasons en route to a franchise-record 81 career rushing touchdowns, and was part of five Green Bay title teams (4x NFL title, 1x Super Bowl).
6. Ray Nitschke: the anchor of Lombardi’s defense at linebacker, Nitschke made two All-Pro teams as part of the 1960s dynasty that won five NFL titles and two Super Bowls.
5. Forrest Gregg: regarded by Lombardi as the “finest player [he] ever coached”, Gregg was a 9x Pro Bowler and 7x All-Pro on the offensive line who played in a then-record 188 straight regular season games and won five NFL titles and the first two Super Bowls with the Packers.
4. Bart Starr: the first in a line of great Packers quarterbacks, Starr was not only the 1966 league MVP, but also led Green Bay to five NFL titles and was named MVP of the first two Super Bowls.
3. Aaron Rodgers: with the highest career passer rating and best touchdown-to-interception ratio in NFL history, Rodgers is a 9x Pro Bowler, 3x All-Pro, and 3x MVP who led the Packers to Super Bowl XLV (earning Super Bowl MVP in the process).
2. Brett Favre: famous for his gun-slinging ways, Favre was the first player to win MVP in three consecutive seasons and is part of a select group of quarterbacks to win MVP and the Super Bowl in the same season (leading the Packers to Super Bowl XXXI); he was the first quarterback with over 70,000 career passing yards and 500 passing touchdowns, retiring as the record-holder for both categories.
1. Don Hutson: considered the NFL’s first modern wide receiver and one of the game’s early superstars, Hutson won back-to-back MVP awards and led the Packers to three NFL titles in the 1930s and 1940s; overall, he scored 99 receiving touchdowns in his career on only 488 receptions.
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