The Greatest Players in Green Bay Packers History

Players who put their teams on their backs are considered to be the greatest and it takes a lot of time consistency to be recognized by your team or franchise. Without a doubt, players who perform the best over the years for their team end up being the most important.

In the NFL, each player plays their role, striving to help their team reach victory. In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into the greatest players in Green Bay Packers history – see if you agree with our choices or if we have missed anybody off the list!

5. Reggie White

Starting his career for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1985, the defensive end known as Reggie White moved to the Green Bay Packers in 1993 to start his legacy. For the Packers, he’d accumulate 296 total tackles over 6 seasons with 217 solo tackles. If that’s not good enough for you, White committed 68.5 sacks, effectively solidifying his legacy as one of the best defensive ends in Packer history.

4. Willie Wood

Willie Wood started as a young defensive back for his first year at the Green Bay Packers in 1960. Not long after, he’d switch up to free safety in 1961 and play the rest of his career for the Packers in that position (sometimes strong safety) until retiring in 1971. Out of his 166 total games played, he’d intercept 48 separate passes, returning 699 total defensive interception yards. In total, he’d amass 42 long intercept returns and score 2 touchdowns from interceptions alone. We can say for certain that Willie Wood was one of the most valuable defensive players in terms of passing coverage alone, and he is still revered up in Green Bay.

3. Willie Davis

The second Willie on the list, Willie Davis, played a total of 138 games as a defensive end for the Green Bay Packers. Joining back in 1960 from the Cleveland Browns, Davis would hit the ground running consistently with nearly 1 to 4 fumbles recovered for his team per season. In addition to this, 99 sacks, 2 important interceptions, 1 fumble touchdown return, and 2 safeties, solidifying his status as one of the greatest players in Green Bay Packers history to date.

2. Brett Favre

Surely, you’ve heard of Brett Favre, one of two legendary Packers quarterbacks. Favre joined Green Bay back in 1992, playing for 16 seasons as the team’s starting quarterback. In total, Favre accumulated 5,377 passing completions with 61,655 total passing yards, averaging around 7 passing yards per attempt overall in his career. This even excludes his 442 passing touchdowns, 14 rushing touchdowns, and 1,786 total rushing yards, making Favre hands-down one of the best players in Packers history to throw a football.

1. Aaron Rodgers

Favre was one of the greatest QBs, but there is one man who tops his achievements. That’s because, finally, we have the 17-season Green Bay Packers quarterback legend that is Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers dedicated (almost) his entire career to the Packers, becoming the main quarterback to follow in Favre’s footsteps back in 2005. Out of his 230 Packers games played, he amassed 5,001 pass completions for a total of 59,055 passing yards, leading to him average of 7.7 yards per passing attempt. He’d thrown 475 touchdowns and rushed for 35 throughout his career, totaling 3,466 rushing yards in his time as quarterback. While other players may come close, Aaron Rodgers takes the prize as the greatest player in Green Bay Packer history.