Greatest NFL Running Back of All Time

• KnightRyder

  

  jim brown , and a tie for second , eric dickerson and earl campbell
• KnightXC1

  

  Sorry but Emmitt is not in the conversation as best ever. He strived behind a great o-line for so long.
  
  I was not alive to see Jim Brown play but his numbers speak great volumes. I did get the chance growing up to watch Barry Sanders both on TV and live multiple times and I have yet to see anyone better than Barry. Some of his runs were just remarkable and no one had better 3 yard runs than Barry did. But for those he had just as many long runs and if not for stepping away, he would have smashed Peyton's record and Smith would never have come close.
• Gardens35

  Jim Brown.
  
  Who was 2nd best during the Jim Brown era? Jim Taylor, I liked him too.
• Hesston

  
• End of Line

  

  1a. Barry Sanders
  1b. Jim Brown
• hasbeen

  

  mtrulz wrote: 1. Jim Brown
  2. Emmitt Smith
  3. Barry Sanders

  As a Dallas fan, Smith isn't even close to number 2.
• 77Legend

  

  Barry Sanders
• gut

  1. Jim Brown
  2. Walter Payton
  3. Barry Sanders
  
  To me, this is clear cut.
• h2thaizzo

  Jim Brown
  Earl Campbell
  Walter Payton