Top 5 running backs of all time.

[gut]

1. Ki-Jana Carter
2. Cedric Benson
3. Trent Richardson
4. Eddie Lacy
5. Rashaad Penny


(#5 just for Tony B. for the inclusion of beast mode on his real list)

[Bootsy Collins]

1. Ki-Jana Carter
2. Cedric Benson
3. Trent Richardson
4. Eddie Lacy
5. Rashaad Penny


(#5 just for Tony B. for the inclusion of beast mode on his real list)

Solid list. I would replace Eddie Lacy with Rashaan Salaam.

[gut]

in reality, just from what i've seen enough of in my life of coge football watching (say 1987-):

1. Barry Sanders
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Marshall Faulk
4. Emmitt Smith
5. LaDainian Tomlinson

[tony bagadonuts]

how old are you guys? How can you put Jim Brown in a top 5 when you've likely never seen him play?

The same way I can put Abraham Lincoln in my top 5 presidents

[jsearles22]

1. Walter Payton
2. Jim Brown
3. Emmitt Smith
4. Barry Sanders
5. Marshall Faulk

It's a shame Bo Jackson's career was cut short.

Jackson and Sayers deserve a special “cut short” section.

Being a Chiefs fan, I know all about all time great RBs who had short but great careers. Nigerian nightmare Christian Okoye. Priest Holmes, Larry Johnson, Jamaal Charles. All the best RB in the NFL at their peak, but none of them sustained it.

[Ryan Eisenhower]

As a Bears fan, I watched nearly every game Payton played. He great, but the one thing he lacked was break away speed.