Legion of 50 strong as Seahawks reveal Top 50 players in franchise history

The Seattle Seahawks have finally finished releasing their top 50 compilation to honor the 50th season in franchise history.

The list was “Voted on by the 12s and a jury of Seahawks Legends, front office stage, and Seattle media members”, and has its own dedicated page here.

Spanning the decades, welcome to your official ranking of the best 50 players in Seahawk history.

Alphabetical:

Shaun Alexander
Cliff Avril
Edwin Bailey
Doug Baldwin
Michael Bennett
Brian Blades
Dave Brown
Chad Brown
Jeff Bryant
Keith Butler
Kam Chancellor
Michael Dickson
Kenny Easley
Bobby Engram
Chris Gray
Jacob Green
John Harris
Matt Hasselbeck
Steve Hutchinson
Darrell Jackson
Walter Jones
Cortez Kennedy
Dave Krieg
Steve Largent
Tyler Lockett
Marshawn Lynch
Brandon Mebane
DK Metcalf
Bryan Millard
Joe Nash
Rufus Porter
Eugene Robinson
Jon Ryan
Richard Sherman
Michael Sinclair
Mack Strong
Lofa Tatupu
Earl Thomas
Robbie Tobeck
Marcus Trufant
Max Unger
Bobby Wagner
Curt Warner
Chris Warren
John Williams
Russell Wilson
Devon Witherspoon(!)
K.J. Wright
Fredd Young
Jim Zorn

Positions

QB (4) – Zorn, Wilson, Krieg, Hasselbeck

RB – (4 + 2 fullbacks) Alexander, Lynch, Warner, Warren, Strong, Williams

WR (7) – Baldwin, Lockett, Metcalf, Engram, Largent, Jackson, Blades

TE (0) – well this is awkward.

OL – (7) Unger, Tobeck, Jones, Millard, Hutchinson, Gray, Bailey

DT (3) – Nash, Mebane, Kennedy

DE (5) – Avril, Bennett, Bryant, Green, Sinclair

LB – (7) Young, Wright, Wagner, Tatupu, Porter, Butler, Chad Brown

S – (5) Chancellor, Harris, Easley, Robinson, Earl

CB – (4) Spoon, Trufant, Sherm, Dave Brown

Special Teams (2)

Dickson and Ryan, both punters.

And there we have it! 24 on offense, 24 defense, and two punters. Numerically, linebacker and wide receiver have been the most historically strong groups for Seattle.

Impressive of Witherspoon to make the list after two seasons. If you’d like, you can view the entire list of nominees and debate below why the likes of Jimmy Graham, Jordan Babineaux, Steven Hauschka or Joey Galloway didn’t make the cut.