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Through February 2, 2020 (Numbers 99-0)

It’s the NFL’s 100th season. And here are the best players by jersey number as voted on by the followers of Julie Voigt, Russell S. Baxter and PFG VIBE on Twitter. Thank you to everyone for their contributions.

99: DE J.J. Watt

98: DE/OLB Robert Mathis

97: OLB Cornelius Bennett

96: DT Cortez Kennedy

95: DE Richard Dent

94: OLB/DE Charles Haley

93: DT John Randle

92: DE Reggie White

91: OLB/DE Kevin Greene

90: DE/OLB Julius Peppers

89: TE Mike Ditka

88: TE Tony Gonzalez

87: TE Rob Gronkowski

86: WR Hines Ward

85: DE Jack Youngblood

84: WR Randy Moss

83: WR Andre Reed

82: WR John Stallworth

81: WR Terrell Owens

80: WR Jerry Rice

79: DE Harvey Martin

78: DE Bruce Smith

77: T Willie Roaf

76: T Orlando Pace

75: DT "Mean" Joe Greene

74: DT Merlin Olsen

73: G John Hannah

72: DE Ed “Too Tall” Jones

71: T Walter Jones

70: LB Sam Huff

69: DE Jared Allen

68: G Russ Grimm and C Kevin Mawae

67: G Reggie McKenzie

66: LB Ray Nitschke

65: T Gary Zimmerman

64: G Randall McDaniel

63: G Gene Upshaw

62: C Jim Langer

61: G Nate Newton

60: LB Chuck Bednarik

59: LB Jack Ham

58: LB Jack Lambert

57: LB Clay Matthews

56: LB Lawrence Taylor

55: LB Junior Seau

54: LB Brian Urlacher

53: LB Harry Carson

52: LB Ray Lewis

51: LB Dick Butkus

50: LB Mike Singletary

49: S Dennis Smith

48: FB Daryl Johnston

47: CB Mel Blount

46: TE Todd Christensen

45: S Kenny Easley

44: RB John Riggins

43: S Troy Polamalu

42: CB/S Ronnie Lott

41: LB Phil Villapiano

40: RB Gale Sayers

39: RB Larry Csonka

38: RB George Rogers

37: S Rodney Harrison

36: RB Jerome Bettis

35: DB Aeneas Williams

34: RB Walter Payton

33: RB Tony Dorsett

32: RB Jim Brown

31: S Donnie Shell

30: RB Terrell Davis

29: RB Eric Dickerson

28: RB Marshall Faulk

27: S Steve Atwater

26: DB Rod Woodson

25: WR Fred Biletnikoff

24: DB Charles Woodson

23: WR/KR Devin Hester

22: RB Emmitt Smith

21: CB Deion Sanders

20: RB Barry Sanders

19: QB Johnny Unitas

18: QB Peyton Manning

17: WR Harold Carmichael

16: QB Joe Montana

15: QB Bart Starr

14: QB Otto Graham

13: QB Dan Marino

12: QB Tom Brady

11: WR Larry Fitzgerald

10: QB Fran Tarkenton

9: QB Drew Brees

8: QB Steve Young

7: QB John Elway

6: QB Jay Cutler

5: QB Donovan McNabb

4: QB Brett Favre

3: QB Russell Wilson

2: QB Matt Ryan

1: QB Warren Moon

00: C Jim Otto