Greatest NFL running backs of all time 12 Articles

by Keith Bailey

San Diego Chargers running back LaDanian Tomlinson reached the coveted 10,000 yard career rushing total during the 2007 NFL season. Tomlinson's has been mentioned as one of the greatest running backs in National Football L...read more

by George Krebs

Running Backs at the professional level are remembered as much for their styles as they are for their statistics. The greatest running backs of all time had a variety of distinctive styles that set them about from both the...read more

by Kenneth Schonmeier

How often have I seen this very list put forth on television sport shows? Probably just as many times as I have disagreed with them. The problem is that those who create those lists of the greatest Running Backs of all-tim...read more

by Rolando Cruz

Over the years the game of football has changed, changed enough to render the measurement of greatness by mere statistical achievement alone rather meaningless. So to compile a list of the greatest NFL running backs of all...read more

by Kenneth Hofmann

If you were a sports reporter and asked Jim McMahon or Troy Aikman "who made your job easier as a NFL quarterback." They would probably responded and say having a hall of fame running back in the backfield. This is someth...read more

by Ralph S.

They are the workhorses of the offense. They put their body on the line when they crash into three hundred pound linemen. They are running backs and to be among the best of them you have to have talent, skill, and determin...read more

by Summer Tyme

I loved watching Tony Dorsett. When he was on the field, I was in front of the television. In my opinion, he was the NFL's greatest running back of all time; and he is a nice looking man with or without the helmet covering...read more

by Chris Humpherys

On October 27, 2002, Emmitt Smith surpassed Walter Payton as the league's leading rusher. His record of 18,355 career yards stands to this day and is in no danger of being broken any time soon. Yet despite holding this a...read more

by Tre Callahan

To rate the greatest running backs of all time, you have to consider a lot of different factors. First, how productive were they? What kind of offense did they operate in? Who were their supporting players? How many Pro Bo...read more

by Chad Morgan

Any football coach will tell you that the key to a good offense is a powerful running game. If there is one thing that has been showcased in the National Football League, it is it's stable of running backs. The college g...read more