This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1940s and have been compiled together into this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the league's 50th anniversary.
| 1937 - 52 | 1963 | |||
| 1939 - 50 | 1965 | |||
| 1945 - 52 | 1965 | |||
| 1941 - 44, 1946 - 52 | 1974 | |||
| 1942, 1945 - 46 | 1966 | |||
| 1947 - 49 | ||||
| Washington Redskins | 1950 - 51, 1953 | |||
| Chicago Bears | 1940 - 41, 1945 - 1950 | 1966 | ||
| 1947 - 55 | 1968 | |||
| 1944 - 51 | 1965 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 1938 | Not Inducted | ||
| Detroit Lions | 1940 - 41 | |||
| Chicago Cardinals | 1946 - 50 | Not Inducted | ||
| Detroit Lions | 1951 - 53 | |||
| 1946 - 53 | 1968 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 1955 | |||
| Chicago Bears | 1939 - 43, 1946 - 47 | Not Inducted | ||
| Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams | 1938 - 40,1942, 1944 - 47 | Not Inducted | ||
| Chicago Bears | 1943 | |||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1941, 1944 - 50 | Not Inducted | ||
| Chicago Bears | 1940 - 41, 1945 - 50 | Not Inducted | ||
| Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 56 | 1975 | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1947 - 55 | 1970 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 52 | 2020 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 1944 - 55 | 2020 | ||
| New York Giants | 1942 - 44 | Not Inducted | ||
| Chicago Bears | 1948 - 55 | 1975 | ||
| Phil-Pitt Steagles | 1943 | Not Inducted | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1945 - 55 | |||
| Green Bay Packers | 1938 - 48 | Not Inducted | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1941 - 42, 1945 - 53 | Not Inducted | ||
| Phil-Pitt Steagles | 1943 | |||
| Phil-Pitt Steagles | 1943 | Not Inducted | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1944 - 51 | |||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1944 - 45 | Not Inducted | ||
| 1946 - 54 | ||||
| New York Giants | 1940 - 42 | Not Inducted | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 1946 - 51 | Not Inducted | ||
| Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 53 | 1977 | ||
| New York Giants | 1941, 1943 - 44, 1946 - 48 | Not Inducted | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 1939 - 47 | Not Inducted | ||
| Chicago Bears | 1940 - 52 | 1966 | ||
| Detroit Lions | 1938 - 46 | 1968 | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1946 - 50 | |||
Team belonged to both the National Football Conference and the All-America Football Conference at different times
The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers were merged into one team for the 1943 season due to World War II[2]
Four-time finalist to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame[3]