The Pro Football Hall of Fame includes players, coaches, and contributors (e.g., owners, general managers and team or league officials or other non-players) who have "made outstanding contributions to professional football". The charter class of seventeen was selected in 1963.[1]
Enshrinees are selected by a 48-person selection committee which meets each year at the time and location of the Super Bowl. Current rules of the committee stipulate that between four and eight individuals are selected each year.[2] Any person may nominate an individual to the hall, provided the nominee has been retired for at least five years. Not including the charter class, 76 players have been inducted in their first year of eligibility.[3]
In addition to the regular selection committee, which primarily focuses on contributions made over the past approximately thirty seasons, a nine-member seniors committee (which is a subset of the larger committee) submits two nominees each year whose contributions came prior to 1985.[2] These nominees are referred as "seniors nominees" (formerly "old-timer" nominees).[4]
In 2020, a special Blue-Ribbon Panel selected an additional 15 new members, known as the "Centennial Slate", to be inducted into the Hall of Fame to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Football League (NFL).[5]
All 32 active NFL teams have at least one player in the Hall of Fame who played for their team at some point in that player's career, with the Houston Texans (Ed Reed, class of 2019) and Jacksonville Jaguars (Tony Boselli, class of 2022) being the last two teams to gain representation.[6] Ray Guy was the first full-time punter inducted (class of 2014), while Devin Hester was the first primary return specialist (class of 2024).[7] As of 2024, they both are the only ones honorees at their respective positions.[8] [9] [10]
The hall is not officially affiliated with the National Football League (NFL), although, as of 2022, all but one enshrinee participated in the NFL for at least a portion of his career; the single exception being Billy Shaw.[11] Along with Shaw, there are 37 other inductees into the hall who spent all or part of their careers in the American Football League that merged with the NFL. Shaw was the only player not to make the formal transition to the NFL, as he had retired the year before the merger.[12] Three players, Red Grange, Ray Flaherty, Mike Michalske, played a portion of their career in the first American Football League from 1926. The second American Football League from 1936 only has one Hall of Fame member who has played in this league, Ken Strong; Strong is also one of two Hall of Famers (the other being Sid Luckman) to play in the American Association. Fifteen inductees spent some of their playing career in the All-America Football Conference during the late 1940s. Five players played some at least one year in the Ohio League, the predecessor to the NFL. Six players or coaches who spent part of their careers in the original incarnation of the United States Football League (USFL) have been inducted.[13] Two coaches (Marv Levy,[14] Bud Grant[15]), one administrator (Jim Finks), and five players (Warren Moon,[16] Fred Biletnikoff, John Henry Johnson, Don Maynard, Arnie Weinmeister) who spent part of their careers in the Canadian Football League (CFL) have been inducted; three of which have been or are scheduled to be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame: Marv Levy, Warren Moon and Bud Grant. Four players, Larry Csonka, Leroy Kelly, Don Maynard, and Paul Warfield, played a portion of their career in the short-lived World Football League. Fritz Pollard is the only player to play in the Anthracite League's only season. One player (Kurt Warner) and one owner (Pat Bowlen) made significant contributions in the Arena Football League; Warner and Art McNally are also the only NFL Europe/World League alumni in the Hall. Terrell Owens played one season of professional football in the Indoor Football League and, after his induction, played in Fan Controlled Football. Bill Walsh and Ken Stabler each had one season of experience in the Continental Football League.
Each entry includes the year of induction (i.e., "class"), position(s) played, team(s) each was associated with, and tenures with each team. As some inductees were both players and coaches, the position indicated here is the position indicated on the Hall of Fame website.[17] The Pro Football Hall of Fame website does not include CFL, USFL, WFL, indoor football leagues, and other lesser known league teams. The Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League both have their own halls of fame. NFL, American Football League, All-America Football Conference, and Ohio League (listed as pre-NFL) teams are recognized in the Hall of Fame. The list is complete through the Class of 2024.
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| Elected in 1st year of eligibility** | Elected 1st year as a finalist ^ but not first year of eligibility[18] [19] | Seventeen charter members § | Fifteen Centennial Slate members †[20] |
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| 1980 | Cornerback | Green Bay Packers | 1961 - 1969 | |||
| 1970 - 1972 | ||||||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 2006" | Quarterback | 1989 - 2000 | |||
| 2002 | Coach | 1966 - 1970 | ||||
| Washington Redskins | 1971 - 1977 | |||||
| data-sort-value="General Manager 2002" | General Manager | 1971 - 1977 | ||||
| 2013 | Guard/Tackle | 1994–2005 | ||||
| 2006–2007 | ||||||
| 2003 | Running back | 1982 - 1992 | ||||
| 1993 - 1997 | ||||||
| 1978 | Wide receiver | 1962 - 1970 | ||||
| 1971 - 1972 | ||||||
| 2017 | Placekicker | 1982 - 1994 | ||||
| Atlanta Falcons | 1995 - 2000 2006 - 2007 | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2002 - 2003 | ||||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| 1982 | Defensive end | Cleveland Browns | 1953 - 1954 | |||
| 1955 - 1966 | ||||||
| 1967 - 1969 | ||||||
| 2020 | Safety | Denver Broncos | 1989 - 1998 | |||
| New York Jets | 1999 | |||||
| ^ | 1981 | End | 1927 - 1928 | |||
| 1930 - 1935 | ||||||
| 1936 | ||||||
| 2019 | Cornerback | Washington Redskins | 1999 - 2003 | |||
| Denver Broncos | 2004 - 2013 | |||||
| 2023 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 2023" | Cornerback / Safety | 1997 - 2012 | |||
| 1992 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 1992" | Cornerback | 1967 - 1977 | |||
| 1968 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1968" | Halfback | 1932 - 1937 | |||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1963" | Quarterback | 1937 - 1952 | ||
| data-sort-value="Defensive back 1963" | Defensive back | |||||
| data-sort-value="Punter 1963" | Punter | |||||
| ^ | 2018 | Personnel administrator | Kansas City Chiefs | 1963, 1966 - 1967 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | 1968 - 1971 | |||||
| Miami Dolphins | 1972 - 1977 | |||||
| General Manager | Washington Redskins | 1978 - 1989 | ||||
| 1990 - 2000 | ||||||
| 1967 | data-sort-value="Center 1967" | Center | 1949 - 1962 | |||
| data-sort-value="Linebacker 1967" | Linebacker | |||||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Team owner 1963" | Team owner / Founder | 1933 - 1940 | ||
| Coach | 1936 - 1940 | |||||
| 1941 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Team owner 1963" | Team co-owner | 1941 - 1946 | ||||
| data-sort-value="NFL Commissioner 1963" | NFL Commissioner | 1946 - 1959 | ||||
| ^ | 1983 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1983" | Linebacker/ Defensive end | 1963 - 1974 | ||
| 1973 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1973" | Wide receiver | 1955 - 1967 | |||
| ^ | 2003 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 2003" | Defensive end | 1968 - 1983 | ||
| 2015 | Running back | 1993 - 1995 | ||||
| 1996 - 2005 | ||||||
| 1967 | data-sort-value="Team owner 1967" | Team owner | 1933 - 1946 | |||
| 1988 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1988" | Wide receiver | 1965 - 1978 | |||
| 1981 | Quarterback / Placekicker | 1949 - 1958 | ||||
| Baltimore Colts | 1950 | |||||
| 1960 - 1966 | ||||||
| 1967 - 1975 | ||||||
| 1989 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 1989" | Cornerback | 1970 - 1983 | |||
| 2022 | data-sort-value="Offensive Tackle 2022" | Offensive Tackle | 1995 - 2001 | |||
| ^ | 2019 | data-sort-value="Team owner 2019" | Team owner | Denver Broncos | 1984 - 2019 | |
| 1989 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1989" | Quarterback | 1970 - 1983 | |||
| 2022 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2022" | Wide receiver | 1972 - 1985 | |||
| ^ | 2019 | VP of Player Personnel | Dallas Cowboys | 1960 - 1988 | ||
| Contributor | 1995 - 2023 | |||||
| ^ | 2018 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2018" | Linebacker | 1975 - 1984 | ||
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2014" | Linebacker | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1995 - 2008 | ||
| 2004 | Offensive tackle | 1964 - 1968 | ||||
| 1969 - 1970 | ||||||
| 1971 - 1973 | ||||||
| 1971 | data-sort-value="Running back Fullback 1971" | Fullback | 1957 - 1965 | |||
| 1967 | Coach / General Manager | Cleveland Browns (AAFC/ NFL) | 1946 - 1962 | |||
| 1968 - 1975 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Team owner 1967" | Team owner / General Manager | 1968 - 1991 | ||||
| 1975 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1975" | Offensive tackle | 1953 - 1965 | |||
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2015" | Wide receiver / Punt returner | 1988 - 2003 | |||
| data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2015" | Wide receiver | 2004 | ||||
| 1984 | Cornerback | 1963 - 1966 | ||||
| 1967 - 1978 | ||||||
| 2020 | Wide receiver | 1994 - 2007 | ||||
| San Francisco 49ers | 2008 - 2009 | |||||
| 1990 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 1990" | Defensive tackle | 1963 - 1975 | |||
| ^ | 2001 | Linebacker | 1962 - 1968 | |||
| 1969 - 1974, 1976 | ||||||
| 1979 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1979" | Linebacker | 1965 - 1973 | |||
| ^ | 2012 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 2012" | Cornerback | 1951 - 1959 | ||
| 2022 | data-sort-value="Safety 2022" | Safety | 1990 - 2001 | |||
| 1991 | Running back | 1978 - 1984 | ||||
| 1984 - 1985 | ||||||
| 1974 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1974" | Halfback | 1941 - 1944, 1946 - 1952 | |||
| † | 2020 | Wide receiver | Philadelphia Eagles | 1971 - 1983 | ||
| 1984 | ||||||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Team owner 1963" | Team owner | 1904, 1907–1922 | ||
| NFL co-organizer | 1920 | |||||
| 1921 - 1939 | ||||||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2006" | Linebacker | 1976 - 1988 | |||
| 2013 | Wide receiver | 1987–1989 | ||||
| 1990–2001 | ||||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| 2002 | Tight end | 1974 - 1980, 1984 | ||||
| 1980 - 1983 | ||||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| 1965 | End | 1919 | ||||
| 1920 - 1921 | ||||||
| Coach/ End | 1922 - 1923 | |||||
| 1924 | ||||||
| 1925 - 1926 | ||||||
| 1927 | ||||||
| ^ | 1970 | data-sort-value="Safety 1970" | Safety/ Kick Returner | 1951 - 1958 | ||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Running back 1963" | Running back | 1931 - 1932 1934 - 1938 | ||
| 1975 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1975" | Linebacker | 1948 - 1955 | |||
| 1964 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1964" | Quarterback | 1920 | |||
| Quarterback/ Coach | 1921 - 1922 | |||||
| 1922 - 1923 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Quarterback 1964" | Quarterback | 1924 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Team owner 1964" | Team owner/Quarterback/ Coach | 1925 - 1926 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Quarterback 1964" | Quarterback/ Coach | 1927 - 1929 | ||||
| Coach | 1927 - 1930 | |||||
| 1940 - 1942, 1946 - 1948 | ||||||
| 2023 | Coach | 1973 - 1977 | ||||
| 1978 - 1986 | ||||||
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Offensive Tackle 2020" | Offensive Tackle | Chicago Bears | 1983 - 1990 | |
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Coach 2020" | Coach | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1992 - 2006 | |
| 1996 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1996" | Offensive tackle/ Guard | 1950 - 1959 | |||
| 1987 | Fullback | 1968 - 1974, 1979 | ||||
| 1976 - 1978 | ||||||
| ^ | 2013 | Defensive tackle | 1968–1974 | |||
| 1974–1980 | ||||||
| 1980–1981 | ||||||
| 1992 | data-sort-value="Coach 1992" | Coach | 1963 - 1965 | |||
| data-sort-value="General Manager 1992" | General Manager | 1963 - 2011 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Team owner 1992" | Team owner | 1966 - 2011 | ||||
| 1966 | ||||||
| 2017 | data-sort-value="Running back 2017" | Running Back | 1995 - 2001 | |||
| 1981 | Defensive end | 1958 - 1959 | ||||
| 1960 - 1969 | ||||||
| 2018 | Safety | Philadelphia Eagles | 1996 - 2008 | |||
| Denver Broncos | 2009 - 2011 | |||||
| 2012 | data-sort-value="Center 2012" | Center | 1988 - 2000 | |||
| 1987 | Quarterback | 1957 - 1959 | ||||
| 1960 - 1961 | ||||||
| 1962 - 1975 | ||||||
| 2008 | Defensive end | 1975 - 1981 | ||||
| 1981 - 1985 | ||||||
| 2016 | data-sort-value="Team owner 2016" | Team owner | 1977 - 2000 | |||
| ^ | 2003 | Guard | Buffalo Bills | 1973 - 1979, 1985 | ||
| 1980 - 1984 | ||||||
| 2011 | Defensive end | 1983 - 1993, 1995 | ||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1999 | Running back | 1983 - 1987 | ||||
| 1987 - 1991 | ||||||
| 1992 | ||||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| 1996 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1996" | Offensive tackle | 1971 - 1983 | |||
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Defensive back 2020" | Defensive Back | Green Bay Packers | 1952 - 1959 | |
| 1988 | Tight end | 1961 - 1966 | ||||
| 1967 - 1968 | ||||||
| 1969 - 1972 | ||||||
| 2012 | Defensive end/ Linebacker | 1985 - 1993, 1999 | ||||
| 1994 - 1995 | ||||||
| 1996 - 1998 | ||||||
| 1968 | Defensive tackle | Baltimore Colts | 1950 | |||
| 1951 | ||||||
| 1952 | ||||||
| 1953 - 1961 | ||||||
| 1994 | Running back | 1977 - 1987 | ||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| 1965 | Quarterback | 1919 | ||||
| 1920 | ||||||
| 1920 - 1925 | ||||||
| 1926 - 1929 | ||||||
| 1966 | Halfback | 1942, 1945 - 1946 | ||||
| 1947 - 1949 | ||||||
| 1950 - 1951, 1953 | ||||||
| 2016 | Coach | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1996 - 2001 | |||
| 2002 - 2008 | ||||||
| ^ | 2017 | data-sort-value="Safety 2017" | Safety | Seattle Seahawks | 1981 - 1987 | |
| 1969 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1969" | Tackle | 1932 - 1940 | |||
| 2004 | Defensive end | 1964 - 1978 | ||||
| 1979 | ||||||
| 2004 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 2004" | Quarterback | 1983 - 1998 | |||
| 1978 | data-sort-value="Coach 1978" | Coach | 1954 - 1962 | |||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1978" | Coach / General Manager | 1963 - 1973 | ||||
| 2021 | Guard | 1998 - 2007 | ||||
| 2008 - 2009 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2011 | Running back | 1994 - 1998 | ||||
| 1999 - 2005 | ||||||
| 2016 | Quarterback | Atlanta Falcons | 1991 | |||
| Green Bay Packers | 1992 - 2007 | |||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 2009 - 2010 | ||||||
| ^ | 1970 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1970" | Wide receiver | 1948 - 1956 | ||
| ^ | 1995 | Team administrator | Minnesota Vikings | 1964 - 1973 | ||
| 1974 - 1982 | ||||||
| 1986 - 1992 | ||||||
| ^ | 1976 | Offensive End | 1927 - 1928 | |||
| 1928 - 1929, 1931 - 1935 | ||||||
| Coach | 1936 - 1942 | |||||
| New York Yankees (AAFC) | 1946 - 1948 | |||||
| Chicago Hornets (AAFC) | 1949 | |||||
| 2021 | Coach | 1979 - 1987 | ||||
| 1992 - 1994 | ||||||
| 1976 | Defensive end | Los Angeles Dons (AAFC) | 1948 - 1949 | |||
| 1950 - 1957 | ||||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Guard 1965" | Guard | 1936 - 1943 | |||
| 1993 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1993" | Quarterback | 1973 - 1987 | |||
| 2024 | Defensive end | 2002 - 2012 | ||||
| San Diego Chargers | 2013 - 2014 | |||||
| 2015 | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| ^ | 2005 | Quarterback | 1927 | |||
| 1928 | ||||||
| 1929 - 1931 | ||||||
| 1932 - 1934 | ||||||
| 1985 | Center | Cleveland Browns (AAFC/ NFL) | 1946 - 1956 | |||
| 1957 | ||||||
| 1974 | Linebacker | 1952 - 1965 | ||||
| 1966 | ||||||
| ^ | 1996 | data-sort-value="Coach 1996" | Coach | 1981 - 1992, 2004 - 2007 | ||
| 1977 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1977" | Halfback / Flanker | 1952 - 1960, 1962 - 1964 | |||
| 1983 | Coach | Los Angeles Rams | 1955 - 1959 | |||
| 1960 - 1969, 1971 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="General Manager 1983" | General Manager | 1960 - 1970 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1983" | Coach / General Manager | 1973 - 1974 | ||||
| 2019 | Tight end | Kansas City Chiefs | 1997 - 2008 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | 2009 - 2013 | |||||
| 2024 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2024" | Linebacker | 1974 - 1983 | |||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1965" | Quarterback | Cleveland Browns (AAFC/ NFL) | 1946 - 1955 | ||
| § | 1963 | Halfback | 1925, 1929 - 1934 | |||
| New York Yankees (AFL I) | 1926 | |||||
| 1927 | ||||||
| 1994 | data-sort-value="Coach 1994" | Coach | 1967 - 1983, 1985 | |||
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 2008" | Cornerback | 1983 - 2002 | |||
| 1987 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 1987" | Defensive tackle | 1969 - 1981 | |||
| 2016 | Linebacker | 1985 - 1992 | ||||
| 1993 - 1995 | ||||||
| 1996, 1998 - 1999 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1977 | Offensive tackle / Guard | Green Bay Packers | 1956, 1958 - 1970 | |||
| 1971 | ||||||
| 1990 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1990" | Quarterback | 1967 - 1980 | |||
| 2010 | data-sort-value="Guard 2010" | Guard | 1981 - 1991 | |||
| 1974 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1974" | Offensive tackle / Kicker | Cleveland Browns (AAFC/ NFL) | 1946 - 1959, 1961 - 1967 | ||
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Punter 2014" | Punter | 1973 - 1986 | |||
| 1966 | Halfback | 1919 - 1920 | ||||
| 1921 | ||||||
| 1921 | ||||||
| 1922 - 1923 | ||||||
| 1924 | ||||||
| 1924 - 1925 | ||||||
| 1927 | ||||||
| § | 1963 | NFL co-organizer | 1920 | |||
| data-sort-value="Team owner 1963" | Team owner | 1920 - 1983 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1963" | Offensive End | 1920 - 1928 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Defensive end 1963" | Defensive end | |||||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1963" | Coach | 1920 - 1929 1933 - 1942 1946 - 1955 1958 - 1967 | ||||
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 2015" | Defensive end/ Linebacker | San Francisco 49ers | 1986 - 1991, 1998 - 1999 | ||
| data-sort-value="Defensive end 2015" | Defensive end | 1992 - 1996 | ||||
| 1988 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1988" | Outside Linebacker | 1971 - 1982 | |||
| 2002 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 2002" | Defensive tackle/ End | Chicago Bears | 1979 - 1990 | ||
| ^ | 2011 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2011" | Linebacker | 1965 - 1978 | ||
| 1991 | data-sort-value="Guard 1991" | Guard | 1973 - 1985 | |||
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Safety 2020" | Free Safety | 1970 - 1979 | ||
| 1990 | Running back | 1972 - 1983 | ||||
| 1984 | ||||||
| 2016 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2016" | Wide receiver | 1996 - 2008 | |||
| 2009 | Wide receiver | 1965 - 1974 | ||||
| 1975 | ||||||
| 1997 | Cornerback | 1976 - 1982 | ||||
| 1983 - 1989 | ||||||
| 1964 | Tackle | 1920 - 1922 | ||||
| 1922 - 1927 | ||||||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Center 1963" | Center | 1931 - 1945 | ||
| 1990 | Linebacker | 1969 - 1973 | ||||
| 1974 | ||||||
| 1975 - 1983 | ||||||
| § | 1963 | Tackle Punter Kicker | 1920 - 1923, 1925 - 1926 | |||
| 1927 | ||||||
| 1927 - 1928 | ||||||
| 1966 | Quarterback | 1930 - 1940 | ||||
| 1944 - 1945 | ||||||
| 2024 | Wide receiver/Return specialist | 2006 - 2013 | ||||
| 2014 - 2015 | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 1971 | End | 1932 - 1936 | ||||
| 1937 - 1939, 1943 | ||||||
| 2007 | data-sort-value="Guard 2007" | Guard | 1958 - 1973 | |||
| † | 2020 | Offensive Tackle | New York Jets | 1963 - 1976 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | 1977 | |||||
| 1964 | data-sort-value="Running back Fullback 1964" | Fullback | 1932 - 1941 | |||
| data-sort-value="Linebacker 1964" | Linebacker | |||||
| 1968 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1968" | Halfback | Chicago Rockets (AAFC) | 1946 - 1948 | ||
| data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1968" | Flanker / Halfback | 1949 - 1957 | ||||
| 1986 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1986" | Halfback/ Placekicker | 1957 - 1962, 1964 - 1966 | |||
| 1986 | Safety | 1967 - 1972 | ||||
| 1973 - 1980 | ||||||
| ^ | 2023 | Linebacker | Chicago Bears | 1958 - 1959 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | 1961 - 1973 | |||||
| § | 1963 | Tackle | 1927 - 1928, 1936 | |||
| 1929 - 1933, 1935 | ||||||
| 1936 | ||||||
| 1982 | Linebacker | 1956 - 1963 | ||||
| 1964 - 1967, 1969 | ||||||
| 2014 | Defensive end | Atlanta Falcons | 1968 - 1974 1976 - 1978 | |||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1979 - 1981 | |||||
| ^ | 1972 | AFL Co-founder | 1959 | |||
| data-sort-value="Team owner 1972" | Team owner | 1959 - 2006 | ||||
| 2020 | Guard | Seattle Seahawks | 2001 - 2005 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | 2006 - 2011 | |||||
| Tennessee Titans | 2012 | |||||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1963" | Offensive End | 1935 - 1945 | ||
| data-sort-value="Safety 1963" | Safety | |||||
| data-sort-value="Placekicker 1963" | Placekicker | |||||
| 2007 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2007" | Wide receiver | 1988 - 1999 | |||
| ^ | 2010 | Linebacker/ Defensive end | 1981 - 1993 | |||
| 1994–1995 | ||||||
| 2020 | Running Back | Indianapolis Colts | 1999 - 2005 | |||
| Arizona Cardinals | 2006 - 2008 | |||||
| Seattle Seahawks | 2009 | |||||
| 2024 | Wide Receiver | Houston Texans | 2003 - 2014 | |||
| 2015 | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 2021 | data-sort-value="Wide Receiver 2021" | Wide Receiver | 2007 - 2015 | |||
| ^ | 1994 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 1994" | Cornerback | 1961 - 1976 | ||
| † | 2020 | Coach | Dallas Cowboys | 1989 - 1993 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | 1996 - 1999 | |||||
| 1987 | Fullback | 1954 - 1956 | ||||
| 1957 - 1959 | ||||||
| 1960 - 1965 | ||||||
| 1966 | ||||||
| 1996 | Wide receiver | 1969 - 1972 | ||||
| 1972 - 1975 | ||||||
| 1976 - 1986 | ||||||
| 1980 | Defensive end | 1961 - 1971 | ||||
| 1972 - 1973 | ||||||
| 1974 | ||||||
| ^ | 2017 | data-sort-value="Team owner 2017" | Team owner, President, General Manager | Dallas Cowboys | 1989 - present | |
| ^ | 1991 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1991" | Offensive tackle / Guard | 1954 - 1962 | ||
| Defensive tackle | 1962 - 1965 | |||||
| 1966 | ||||||
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 2014" | Offensive tackle | Seattle Seahawks | 1997 - 2008 | ||
| 1995 | Defensive tackle | 1957 - 1958 | ||||
| 1959 - 1969 | ||||||
| 1983 | Quarterback | 1957 - 1963 | ||||
| 1964 - 1974 | ||||||
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 2020" | Defensive Tackle | Detroit Lions | 1958 - 1962 1964 - 1970 | |
| 2002 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 2002" | Quarterback | 1986 - 1996 | |||
| 1994 | data-sort-value="Running back 1994" | Running back | 1964 - 1973 | |||
| 2012 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 2012" | Defensive tackle | 1990 - 2000 | |||
| 1966 | Guard | 1926 - 1927 | ||||
| 1928 | ||||||
| 1929 - 1933 | ||||||
| 1934 | ||||||
| 1935 - 1936 | ||||||
| 1937 - 1938 | ||||||
| Coach | 1939 - 1942 1954 - 1956 | |||||
| 1943 | ||||||
| 1944 | ||||||
| 1971 | Tackle | 1938 - 1944 | ||||
| New York Yankees (AAFC) | 1946 - 1947 | |||||
| ^ | 2023 | Defensive End/ Defensive Tackle/ Nose Tackle | New York Jets | 1977 - 1987 | ||
| Indianapolis Colts | 1988 | |||||
| 2018 | data-sort-value="Guard 2018" | Guard | Green Bay Packers | 1958 - 1968 | ||
| 1998 | Safety | 1964 - 1967 | ||||
| 1968 - 1979 | ||||||
| § | 1963 | Founder | 1919 | |||
| data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1963" | Halfback | 1919 - 1929 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1963" | Coach | 1919 - 1949 | ||||
| data-sort-value="General Manager 1963" | General Manager | 1919 - 1949 | ||||
| Coach | 1950 - 1951 | |||||
| 1952 - 1953 | ||||||
| 1990 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1990" | Middle Linebacker | 1974 - 1984 | |||
| 1990 | data-sort-value="Coach 1990" | Coach | 1960 - 1988 | |||
| 1974 | Cornerback | 1952 - 1953 | ||||
| 1954 - 1959 | ||||||
| 1960 - 1965 | ||||||
| 1987 | Center | 1970 - 1979 | ||||
| 1980 - 1981 | ||||||
| 1986 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1986" | Middle Linebacker | 1967 - 1977 | |||
| 1995 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1995" | Wide receiver | 1976 - 1989 | |||
| 1979 | data-sort-value="Safety 1979" | Safety/ Punter | 1952 - 1953, 1956 - 1964 | |||
| 1975 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1975" | Offensive End | Cleveland Browns (AAFC/ NFL) | 1946 - 1956 | ||
| 2019 | Cornerback | New England Patriots | 1995 - 2004 | |||
| New York Jets | 2005, 2008 | |||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 2006 - 2007 | |||||
| Denver Broncos | 2009 | |||||
| 1967 | Quarterback/ Placekicker | 1948 | ||||
| 1949 | ||||||
| 1950 - 1958 | ||||||
| 1958 - 1962 | ||||||
| ^ | 2010 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 2010" | Cornerback | 1959 - 1972 | ||
| ^ | 1978 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1978" | Halfback/ Fullback | 1936 - 1943 | ||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1978" | Coach/ Halfback/ Fullback | 1943 | ||||
| 2001 | Coach | 1978 - 1982 | ||||
| 1986 - 1997 | ||||||
| 2018 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2018" | Middle Linebacker | Baltimore Ravens | 1996 - 2012 | ||
| 1980 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 1980" | Defensive tackle | 1961 - 1974 | |||
| ^ | 2010 | data-sort-value="Running back 2010" | Running back | 1967 - 1975 | ||
| 1993 | Guard | 1967 - 1968 | ||||
| 1969 - 1980 | ||||||
| 2003 | Wide receiver | 1978 - 1986 | ||||
| 1987 - 1988 | ||||||
| 1989 - 1992 | ||||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| ^ | 1971 | data-sort-value="General Manager 1971" | General Manager | Green Bay Packers | 1959 - 1968 | |
| Coach | 1959 - 1967 | |||||
| 1969 | ||||||
| 2000 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 2000" | Defensive end | 1981 - 1993 | |||
| 2000 | Cornerback/ Safety | 1981 - 1990 | ||||
| 1991 - 1992 | ||||||
| 1993 - 1994 | ||||||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1965" | Quarterback | 1939 - 1950 | |||
| 1964 | Tackle | Canton Bulldogs | 1922 - 23, 1925 | |||
| 1924 | ||||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| 1926 - 1934 | ||||||
| 2021 | Safety | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1993 - 2003 | |||
| 2004 - 2007 | ||||||
| 1999 | data-sort-value="Guard 1999" | Guard | 1966 - 1978 | |||
| 1992 | Tight end | 1963 - 1971 | ||||
| 1972 | ||||||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Coach 2006" | Coach | 1969 - 1978 | |||
| 2021 | Quarterback | 1998 - 2011 | ||||
| 2012 - 2015 | ||||||
| § | 1963 | Team owner / Founder | 1925 - 1959 | |||
| 1997 | data-sort-value="Team owner 1997" | Team owner / Team Administrator | 1937 - 2005 | |||
| 1972 | Defensive end | 1952 | ||||
| 1953 - 1964, 1966 | ||||||
| 2005 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 2005" | Quarterback | 1983 - 1999 | |||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Team owner 1963" | Team owner / Founder | 1932 - 1969 | ||
| 2012 | Running back | 1995 - 1997 | ||||
| 1998 - 2005 | ||||||
| 1972 | Halfback | 1952, 1954 - 1958 | ||||
| 1959 - 1962 | ||||||
| 1963 | ||||||
| 1964 - 1966 | ||||||
| 2007 | data-sort-value="Guard 2007" | 1983 - 2001 | ||||
| 2019 | Center/Guard | Seattle Seahawks | 1994 - 1997 | |||
| New York Jets | 1998 - 2005 | |||||
| Tennessee Titans | 2006 - 2009 | |||||
| 1987 | Wide receiver | 1958 | ||||
| New York Titans/ Jets (AFL) | 1960 - 1972 | |||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| 1966 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1966" | Halfback | 1940 - 1941, 1945 - 1950 | |||
| 1984 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1984" | Offensive tackle | 1951 | |||
| Defensive lineman | 1954 | |||||
| data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1984" | Offensive tackle | 1955 - 1962 | ||||
| 2009 | Guard | 1988 - 1999 | ||||
| 2000 - 2001 | ||||||
| 1998 | Wide receiver | 1957 - 1963 | ||||
| 1964 | ||||||
| 1965 - 1966 | ||||||
| 1967 | ||||||
| 1968 | ||||||
| 1970 | Halfback | 1952 - 1960 | ||||
| 1961 - 1962 | ||||||
| 1963 | ||||||
| 1964 | ||||||
| 2024 | Defensive tackle | 1980 | ||||
| 1981 - 1993 | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| 2022 | Supervisor of officials | 1968 - 1990 | ||||
| § | 1963 | Halfback | 1925 - 1926 | |||
| 1926 - 1927 | ||||||
| 1928 | ||||||
| 1929 - 1933, 1935 - 1936 | ||||||
| 1934, 1937 - 1938 | ||||||
| 1964 | Guard | New York Yankees (AFL I) | 1926 | |||
| 1927 - 1928 | ||||||
| 1929 - 1935, 1937 | ||||||
| 1968 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1968" | Offensive End | 1936 - 1941, 1945 | |||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1968" | Coach / Offensive End | 1945 | ||||
| 2022 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2022" rowspan=2 | Linebacker | 1986 - 1994 | |||
| 1995 - 1997 | ||||||
| ^ | 1983 | Flanker/ Halfback/ Kickoff / Punt Returner | 1958 - 1961 | |||
| 1962 - 1968 | ||||||
| ^ | 1979 | Offensive tackle | 1960 - 1969 | |||
| 1971 | ||||||
| 2008 | Wide receiver | 1980 - 1993 | ||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 2000 | Quarterback | 1979 - 1992 | ||||
| 1993 - 1994 | ||||||
| 2006 | Quarterback | 1984 - 1993 | ||||
| 1994 - 1996 | ||||||
| 1997 - 1998 | ||||||
| 1999 - 2000 | ||||||
| 1975 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1975" | Halfback | 1956 - 1967 | |||
| 2018 | Wide receiver | Minnesota Vikings | 1998 - 2004, 2010 | |||
| Oakland Raiders | 2005 - 2006 | |||||
| New England Patriots | 2007 - 2010 | |||||
| Tennessee Titans | 2010 | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | 2012 | |||||
| 1968 | Fullback | Cleveland Browns (AAFC/ NFL) | 1946 - 1953 | |||
| 1955 | ||||||
| 2001 | data-sort-value="Guard 2001" | Guard | 1982 - 1993 | |||
| 1998 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1998" | Offensive tackle | 1980 - 1992 | |||
| ^ | 1982 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1982" | Tackle, Guard | 1933 - 1944 | ||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Running back Fullback 1963" | Fullback | 1930 - 1937, 1943 | ||
| data-sort-value="Linebacker 1963" | Linebacker | |||||
| 1985 | Quarterback | 1965 - 1976 | ||||
| 1977 | ||||||
| 1969 | data-sort-value="Coach 1969" | Coach | 1941 - 1950 | |||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Running back Fullback 1963" | Fullback | 1926 - 1927 | ||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1963" | Coach/Fullback | 1927 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Running back Fullback 1963" | Fullback | 1929 - 1931 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1963" | Coach/Fullback | 1930 - 1931 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1963" | Coach | 1939 | ||||
| 1999 | data-sort-value="Tight end 1999" | Tight end | 1978 - 1990 | |||
| 1978 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1978" | Middle Linebacker | 1958 - 1972 | |||
| 1993 | data-sort-value="Coach 1993" | Coach | 1969 - 1991 | |||
| 1969 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 1969" | Defensive tackle | 1950 - 1963 | |||
| ^ | 2021 | Scout | 1968 - 2014 | |||
| 2013 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 2013" | Offensive tackle | 1996–2007 | |||
| 1982 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 1982" | Defensive tackle | 1962 - 1976 | |||
| 1980 | data-sort-value="Center 1980" | Center | 1960 - 1974 | |||
| 1966 | Tackle | 1924 - 1925 | ||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| 1926 - 1931, 1933 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1966" | Coach | 1930 - 1953 | ||||
| 2018 | Wide receiver | San Francisco 49ers | 1996 - 2003 | |||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 2004 - 2005 | |||||
| 2006 - 2008 | ||||||
| Buffalo Bills | 2009 | |||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | 2010 | |||||
| 2016 | Offensive tackle | 1997 - 2008 | ||||
| Chicago Bears | 2009 | |||||
| 1988 | Defensive tackle | 1967 - 1978 | ||||
| 1978 - 1981 | ||||||
| 2013 | Coach | 1983–1990 | ||||
| 1993–1996 | ||||||
| 1997–1999 | ||||||
| 2003–2006 | ||||||
| ^ | 1972 | Quarterback | 1937 - 1941 | |||
| 1945 | ||||||
| New York Yankees (AAFC) | 1946 | |||||
| 1973 | data-sort-value="Guard 1973" | Guard/Tackle | 1957 - 1967 | |||
| 1993 | data-sort-value="Running back 1993" | Running back | 1975 - 1987 | |||
| 2021 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2021" | Wide receiver | 1973 - 1983 | |||
| 2024 | Defensive End | Carolina Panthers | 2002 - 2009, 2017 - 2018 | |||
| Chicago Bears | 2010 - 2013 | |||||
| Green Bay Packers | 2014 - 2016 | |||||
| 1969 | Fullback | 1948 - 1960, 1963 | ||||
| 1961 - 1962 | ||||||
| ^ | 1970 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1970" | End | 1947 - 1955 | ||
| 2020 | data-sort-value="Safety 2020" | Safety | 2003 - 2014 | |||
| 2015 | General Manager | Buffalo Bills | 1986 - 1992 | |||
| 1995 - 1997 | ||||||
| 1998 - 2008 | ||||||
| Team President | 1998 - 2011 | |||||
| ^ | 2005 | Halfback | 1919 - 1921, 1925 - 1926 | |||
| 1922 | ||||||
| 1923, 1925 | ||||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| Coach | 1921 | |||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| 2010 | Defensive tackle | 1990 - 2000 | ||||
| 2001 - 2003 | ||||||
| 1966 | Technical Advisor on Rules, Supervisor of Officials | 1938 - 1952 | ||||
| 2014 | Wide receiver | Buffalo Bills | 1985 - 1999 | |||
| 2000 | ||||||
| 2019 | Free Safety | Baltimore Ravens | 2002 - 2012 | |||
| New York Jets | 2013 | |||||
| Houston Texans | 2013 | |||||
| 1967 | data-sort-value="Team owner 1967" | Team owner | 1941 - 1971 | |||
| 1996 | data-sort-value="Safety 1996" | Safety/ Cornerback | 1964 - 1977 | |||
| 2023 | Cornerback | New York Jets | 2007 - 2012, 2015 - 2016 | |||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2013 | |||||
| New England Patriots | 2014 | |||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 2017 | |||||
| 2010 | Wide receiver | 1985 - 2000 | ||||
| 2001 - 2004 | ||||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| ^ | 2011 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2011" | Linebacker/Center/Kicker | 1954 - 1962 | ||
| 1992 | Running back | 1971 - 1975 | ||||
| 1976 - 1979, 1981 - 1985 | ||||||
| ^ | 2023 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 2023" | Cornerback | Cincinnati Bengals | 1969 - 1983 | |
| 1981 | Center | 1953 - 1963 | ||||
| 1964 - 1967 | ||||||
| 2012 | Offensive tackle | 1993 - 2001 | ||||
| 2002 - 2005 | ||||||
| ^ | 2013 | Linebacker | 1963–1972 | |||
| 1973–1974 | ||||||
| 2019 | data-sort-value="Safety 2019" | Safety | 1960 - 1971 | |||
| 1971 | Defensive end | 1951 - 1955 | ||||
| 1956 - 1964 | ||||||
| 1964 | data-sort-value="Team owner 1964" | Team owner / Founder | 1933 - 1988 | |||
| 2000 | data-sort-value="Team owner 2000" | Team owner | 1955 - 2017 | |||
| data-sort-value="General Manager 22000" | Team administrator | 1955 - 2003 | ||||
| 1985 | data-sort-value="General Manager 1985" | General Manager | 1957 - 1959 | |||
| data-sort-value="NFL Commissioner 1985" | NFL Commissioner | 1960 - 1989 | ||||
| ^ | 2011 | 1964–1995 | ||||
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Founder of O" | NFL Films co-founder | 1964–2012 | ||
| 2004 | data-sort-value="Running back 2004" | Running back | 1989 - 1998 | |||
| ^ | 2007 | data-sort-value="Tight end 2007" | Tight end | 1968 - 1977 | ||
| 2011 | Cornerback/ Kick Returner | 1989 - 1993 | ||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| 1995 - 1999 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| Baltimore Ravens | 2004 - 2005 | |||||
| 2013 | Defensive tackle | 1995–2003 | ||||
| 2004–2007 | ||||||
| 1977 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1977" | Halfback | 1965 - 1971 | |||
| 1973 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1973" | Linebacker | 1953 - 1965 | |||
| ^ | 1991 | Team administrator | 1947 - 1956 | |||
| 1960 - 1989 | ||||||
| 2015 | Linebacker | 1990 - 2002 | ||||
| 2003 - 2005 | ||||||
| 2006 - 2009 | ||||||
| ^ | 1995 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 1995" | Defensive end | 1976 - 1984 | ||
| 2022 | Defensive end/ Tackle | 2001 - 2008 | ||||
| 2009 - 2012 | ||||||
| 2011 | Tight end | 1990 - 1999, 2002 - 2003 | ||||
| 2000 - 2001 | ||||||
| ^ | 1999 | data-sort-value="Guard 1999" | Guard | Buffalo Bills (AFL) | 1961 - 1969 | |
| 1989 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1989" | Offensive tackle | 1968 - 1982 | |||
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Defensive back 2020" | Defensive Back | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1974 - 1987 | |
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Guard 2015" | Guard | 1993 - 2006 | |||
| 1997 | Coach | 1963 - 1969 | ||||
| 1970 - 1995 | ||||||
| 1985 | Running back | 1969 - 1977 | ||||
| 1978 - 1979 | ||||||
| 1998 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1998" | Middle Linebacker | 1981 - 1992 | |||
| † | 2020 | Tackle | Milwaukee Badgers | 1922 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 1922 - 1925 | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals | 1926 - 1931 | |||||
| 2001 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 2001" | Offensive tackle | 1976 - 1995 | |||
| 2009 | Defensive end | 1985 - 1999 | ||||
| 2000 - 2003 | ||||||
| 2010 | Running back | 1990 - 2002 | ||||
| 2003 - 2004 | ||||||
| 1994 | Tight end | 1963 - 1977 | ||||
| 1978 | ||||||
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2020" | End | Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 1952 | |
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2020" | End | Chicago Bears | 1944 - 1955 | |
| ^ | 1990 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1990" | Offensive tackle | 1953 - 1963 | ||
| 2016 | Quarterback | 1970 - 1979 | ||||
| 1980 - 1981 | ||||||
| 1982 - 1984 | ||||||
| 2002 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2002" | Wide receiver | 1974 - 1987 | |||
| 2016 | Guard | 1952 - 1955 | ||||
| Washington Redskins | 1956 - 1958 | |||||
| 1977 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1977" | Quarterback | 1956 - 1971 | |||
| 1985 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1985" | Quarterback | 1969 - 1979 | |||
| 1969 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 1969" | Defensive tackle | 1950 - 1963 | |||
| 1991 | Placekicker | 1967 - 1979 | ||||
| 1980 - 1983 | ||||||
| 1984 - 1985 | ||||||
| 1998 | data-sort-value="Center 1998" | Center | 1980 - 1987 | |||
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 2014" | Defensive end | 1993 - 2007 | |||
| ^ | 2003 | Coach | 1960 - 1974 | |||
| 1976 - 1977 | ||||||
| 1967 | Halfback / Placekicker | 1929 - 1932 | ||||
| 1933 - 1935, 1939 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Placekicker 1967" | Placekicker | 1944 - 1947 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1967" | Halfback | New York Yankees (AFL II) | 1936 - 1937 | |||
| 1967 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1967" | Tackle | 1936 - 1942, 1945 - 1946 | |||
| Coach | 1950 - 1952 | |||||
| 1953 - 1954 | ||||||
| 2001 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 2001" | Wide receiver | 1974 - 1982 | |||
| † | 2020 | data-sort-value="NFL Commissioner 2020" | NFL Commissioner | 1989 - 2006 | ||
| 1986 | Quarterback | 1961 - 1966, 1972 - 1978 | ||||
| 1967 - 1971 | ||||||
| 1984 | data-sort-value="Wide receiver 1984" | Wide receiver | 1964 - 1975, 1977 | |||
| 2017 | Defensive End | Miami Dolphins | 1997 - 2007, 2009, 2011 | |||
| Washington Redskins | 2008 | |||||
| New York Jets | 2010 | |||||
| 1976 | Fullback | 1958 - 1966 | ||||
| 1967 | ||||||
| 1999 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1999" | Linebacker | 1981 - 1993 | |||
| 2009 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2009" | Linebacker | 1989 - 1999 | |||
| ^ | 2008 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 2008" | Cornerback | 1966 - 1978 | ||
| 2023 | data-sort-value="Offensive Tackle 2023" | Offensive Tackle | Cleveland Browns | 2007 - 2017 | ||
| 2007 | Running back | 1988 - 1999 | ||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| 2023 | Linebacker | Miami Dolphins | 1996 - 2007 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | 2008 | |||||
| § | 1963 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1963" | Halfback/Coach | 1915 - 17, 1919 | ||
| 1920 | ||||||
| Coach / Halfback | 1920 | |||||
| 1921 | ||||||
| 1922 - 1923 | ||||||
| Halfback | 1924 - 1925 | |||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| 1926 | ||||||
| 1928 | ||||||
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Center 2015" | Center | 1962 - 1978 | |||
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2008" | Linebacker | 1982 - 1993 | |||
| 1971 | Quarterback | Baltimore Colts (AAFC/ NFL) | 1948 - 1950 | |||
| 1951 - 1960 | ||||||
| 1961 - 1964 | ||||||
| 2017 | Running Back | 2001 - 2009 | ||||
| New York Jets | 2010 - 2011 | |||||
| 1964 | data-sort-value="Center 1964" | Center | 1920 - 1932 | |||
| 1968 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1968" | Halfback | 1947 - 1955 | |||
| 1967 | Safety | 1948 - 1958 | ||||
| 1959 - 1961 | ||||||
| 1966 | data-sort-value="Center 1966" | Center | 1940 - 1952 | |||
| 1979 | Quarterback | 1956 - 1972 | ||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| 1987 | data-sort-value="Guard 1987" | Guard | 1967 - 1981 | |||
| 2018 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2018" | Linebacker | Chicago Bears | 2000 - 2012 | ||
| 1971 | Quarterback | 1949 - 1957 | ||||
| 1958 - 1960 | ||||||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1965" | Halfback | 1944 - 1951 | |||
| 2022 | Coach | 1976 - 1982 | ||||
| 1997 - 1999 | ||||||
| 2001 - 2005 | ||||||
| 1986 | data-sort-value="Running back Halfback 1986" | Halfback / Placekicker | 1950 - 1955 | |||
| 1993 | data-sort-value="Coach 1993" | Coach | 1979 - 1988 | |||
| 2023 | Linebacker/ Defensive End | Dallas Cowboys | 2005 - 2013 | |||
| Denver Broncos | 2014 - 2016 | |||||
| 1983 | Wide receiver | 1964 - 1969, 1976 - 1977 | ||||
| 1970 - 1974 | ||||||
| 2017 | Quarterback | 1998 - 2003 | ||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| 2005 - 2009 | ||||||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1965" | Quarterback | 1945 - 1952 | |||
| 1997 | Center | 1974 - 1988 | ||||
| 1989 - 1990 | ||||||
| 2007 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 2007" | Cornerback | 1969 - 1982 | |||
| ^ | 1984 | Defensive tackle | New York Yankees (AAFC) | 1948 - 1949 | ||
| 1950 - 1953 | ||||||
| 1994 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 1994" | Defensive tackle | 1975 - 1988 | |||
| 2006 | Defensive end/ Tackle | 1985 - 1992 | ||||
| 1993 - 1998 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| ^ | 2000 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2000" | Linebacker | 1964 - 1974 | ||
| 2014 | Cornerback | 1991 - 2000 | ||||
| 2001 - 2002 | ||||||
| data-sort-value="Safety 2014" | Safety | 2003 - 2004 | ||||
| ^ | 1977 | Defensive Middle Guard | Cleveland Browns (AAFC/ NFL) | 1946 - 1953 | ||
| 2024 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 2024" | Linebacker | 2007 - 2014 | |||
| 1978 | data-sort-value="Safety 1978" | Safety | 1960 - 1972 | |||
| 2009 | AFL Co-founder | 1959 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Team owner 2009" | Team owner / Founder | Buffalo Bills (AFL/ NFL) | 1959 - 2014 | |||
| 1995 | data-sort-value="Tight end 1995" | Tight end | 1979 - 1987 | |||
| 1968 | Center / linebacker | 1938 - 1946 | ||||
| 1946 - 1950 | ||||||
| 2015 | General Manager | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1976 - 1978 | |||
| Green Bay Packers | 1991 - 2001 | |||||
| 1989 | data-sort-value="Safety 1989" | Safety | 1960 - 1971 | |||
| 2021 | Cornerback/ Safety | 1998 - 2005, 2013 - 2015 | ||||
| 2006 - 2012 | ||||||
| 2009 | Cornerback/ Safety/ Kick Returner | 1987 - 1996 | ||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1998 - 2001 | ||||||
| 2002 - 2003 | ||||||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 2006" | Offensive tackle | 1967 - 1979 | |||
| 2001 | Offensive tackle | 1968 - 1981 | ||||
| 1982 | ||||||
| 2022 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 2022" | Defensive end/ Tackle | 1994 - 2007 | |||
| † | 2020 | Director of player personnel | Miami Dolphins | 1975 - 1978 | ||
| data-sort-value="General manager 2020" | General manager | New York Giants | 1979 - 1997 | |||
| Senior vice president of football operations | 1998 - 2001 | |||||
| 2005 | Quarterback | 1985 - 1986 | ||||
| 1987 - 1999 | ||||||
| 2001 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 2001" | Defensive end | 1971 - 1984 | |||
| 2008 | Offensive tackle | 1986 - 1992 | ||||
| 1993 - 1997 |
Selected in first year of eligibility[22]
Charter member[23]
Senior nominee[4]
Heisman Trophy Winner[24]
As head coach of the Akron Pros in 1921, Fritz Pollard became the first African American coach in NFL history.[25]
Through 2021, Billy Shaw is the only player in the Hall of Fame who has never played in the NFL; he played the entirety of his career with the Buffalo Bills in the AFL. While the hall recognizes NFL teams which had previously been in the AFL, AAFC, or been independent/Ohio League, other professional football league's franchises are not considered primary teams to the individuals who have contributed to them. Here is a list of individuals who have contributed to other professional leagues at some point in their career. As of 2022, four players have contributed to AFL I, one to AFL II, one to AFL III, three to the American Association, three to the Arena Football League, one to the Indoor Football League, eleven to the Canadian Football League, four to the World Football League, seven to the United States Football League, two to the Continental Football League, two for NFL Europe, one for the 1960s United Football League, one for Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit, and eleven played for independent teams (several of which played in the NFL at some point). The Ohio League had five individuals contribute, the All-America Football Conference had fifteen, and the American Football League which merged with the NFL had thirty-nine Hall of Famers play for the league. Bill Polian founded the Alliance of American Football, but he was inducted into the hall in 2015 and the league started in 2019. As previously stated, for CFL stars, there is a corresponding Canadian Football Hall of Fame; only one player, Warren Moon, and two coaches, Bud Grant and Marv Levy, are enshrined in both halls. Again for the Arena Football League, there is also a corresponding Arena Football Hall of Fame; similarly, one player, Kurt Warner, has been enshrined into both halls. The Indoor Football League has also established a Hall of Fame, of which Terrell Owens played one season, thus no players have been inducted into both halls. Owens has also played in the Fan Controlled Football since 2022, five years after his enshrinement into the Hall.
(Note that this list only includes contributors in the same field for which they were inducted; thus, though Doak Walker and Steve Van Buren were inducted to the Hall of Fame as players, their coaching work in the Continental Football League is not counted here.)
| Inductee | Class | Position | League(s) | Team(s) | Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | New York Yankees | 1926 | |||||
| 1963 | Founder | Independent | Green Bay Packers | 1919 | |||
| 1919 - 1920 | |||||||
| data-sort-value="Coach 1963" | Coach | 1919 - 1920 | |||||
| data-sort-value="General Manager 1963" | General Manager | 1919 - 1920 | |||||
| 1976 | Los Angeles Wildcats | 1926 | |||||
| 1964 | data-sort-value="Guard 1964" | Guard | New York Yankees | 1926 | |||
| 1964 | Owner / General Manager / Coach | Hope-Harvey/ Majestic Radios/ J.P. Rooneys
| 1921 - 1932 | ||||
| 1967 | 1936 - 1937 | ||||||
| Jersey City Giants | 1938, 1940 | ||||||
| Coach | 1938 | ||||||
| 1967 | data-sort-value="Coach 1967" | Coach / General Manager | All-America Football Conference | Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 1949 | ||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1965" | Quarterback | American Association | 1939 | |||
| 1963 | End | Independent | Hammond All-Stars | 1919 | |||
| Chicago Stayms | 1920 | ||||||
| 1963 | 1941 | ||||||
| 1963 | Ohio League (Pre-NFL) | Canton Bulldogs | 1915 - 17, 1919 | ||||
| Independent | 1926 | ||||||
| 1963 | Coach | Independent | Columbus Panhandles | 1901 - 1903 | |||
| Ohio League (Pre-NFL) | 1904, 1907 - 1918 | ||||||
| Team owner / General Manager | 1904, 1907 - 1919 | ||||||
| 1964 | Coach | Independent | St. Louis Gunners | 1931 | |||
| 1965 | Ohio League (Pre-NFL) | Canton Bulldogs | 1919 | ||||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1965" | Quarterback | Independent | Hammond All-Stars/ Pros | 1917, 1919 | ||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1965" | Quarterback | Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 1949 | |||
| 1966 | Ohio League (Pre-NFL) | Canton Bulldogs | 1919 | ||||
| Independent | 1921 | ||||||
| 1966 | Tackle | Independent | Hartford Blues | 1925 | |||
| Coach | 1959 | ||||||
| 1960 | |||||||
| 1961 - 1962 | |||||||
| United Football League | Syracuse Stormers | 1963 | |||||
| 1968 | 1946 - 1948 | ||||||
| 1968 | 1946 - 1949 | ||||||
| 1969 | Coach | Ohio League (Pre-NFL) | Dayton Triangles | 1918 | |||
| Independent | 1930 | ||||||
| 1969 | San Francisco 49ers | 1948 - 1949 | |||||
| 1971 | Tackle | Independent/Military program | Fleet City Blue Jackets | 1945 | |||
| 1946 - 1947 | |||||||
| 1971 | Guard | Independent | 1937 | ||||
| Brooklyn Eagles | 1938 | ||||||
| 1972 | AFL Co-founder | AFL (Pre-merger) | 1959 | ||||
| Team owner | Dallas Texans/ Kansas City Chiefs | 1959 - 1969 | |||||
| 1972 | Quarterback | 1946 | |||||
| 1974 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1974" | Offensive tackle / Kicker | Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 1949 | |||
| 1975 | Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 1949 | |||||
| 1976 | Defensive end | 1948 - 1949 | |||||
| 1977 | Defensive Middle Guard | Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 1949 | ||||
| 1978 | AFL (Pre-merger) | San Diego Chargers | 1962 - 1969 | ||||
| 1978 | data-sort-value="Coach 1978" | Coach | AFL (Pre-merger) | New York Jets | 1963 - 1969 | ||
| 1979 | Offensive tackle | AFL (Pre-merger) | Los Angeles/ San Diego Chargers* | 1960 - 1969 | |||
| 1980 | data-sort-value="Center 1980" | Center | AFL (Pre-merger) | Oakland Raiders | 1960 - 1969 | ||
| 1981 | Quarterback / Placekicker | AFL (Pre-merger) | Houston Oilers | 1960 - 1966 | |||
| 1967 - 1969 | |||||||
| 1983 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1983" | Linebacker/ Defensive end | AFL (Pre-merger) | Kansas City Chiefs | 1963 - 1969 | ||
| 1983 | Coach / General Manager | AFL (Pre-merger) | Los Angeles/ San Diego Chargers* | 1960 - 1969 | |||
| 1983 | Wide receiver | 1975 | |||||
| 1984 | Cornerback | AFL (Pre-merger) | Denver Broncos | 1963 - 1966 | |||
| Oakland Raiders | 1967 - 1969 | ||||||
| 1984 | Defensive tackle | 1948 - 1949 | |||||
| 1954 - 1955 | |||||||
| 1985 | Center | Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 1956 | ||||
| 1985 | Quarterback | AFL (Pre-merger) | New York Jets | 1965 - 1969 | |||
| 1985 | Running back | AFL (Pre-merger) | Buffalo Bills | 1969 | |||
| 1986 | Safety | AFL (Pre-merger) | Houston Oilers | 1967 - 1969 | |||
| 1986 | data-sort-value="Linebacker 1986" | Middle Linebacker | AFL (Pre-merger) | Kansas City Chiefs | 1967 - 1969 | ||
| 1987 | AFL (Pre-merger) | Miami Dolphins | 1968 - 1969 | ||||
| 1975 | |||||||
| 1987 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1987" | Quarterback | AFL (Pre-merger) | Dallas Texans/ Kansas City Chiefs | 1962 - 1969 | ||
| 1987 | 1953 | ||||||
| AFL (Pre-merger) | Houston Oilers | 1966 | |||||
| 1987 | Wide receiver | 1959 | |||||
| AFL (Pre-merger) | New York Titans/ Jets | 1960 - 1969 | |||||
| 1974 | |||||||
| 1987 | data-sort-value="Guard 1987" | Guard | AFL (Pre-merger) | Oakland Raiders | 1967 - 1969 | ||
| 1988 | Wide receiver | AFL (Pre-merger) | Oakland Raiders | 1965 - 1969 | |||
| 1980 | |||||||
| 1989 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1989" | Offensive tackle | AFL (Pre-merger) | Oakland Raiders | 1968 - 1969 | ||
| 1990 | data-sort-value="Defensive tackle 1990" | Defensive tackle | AFL (Pre-merger) | Kansas City Chiefs | 1963 - 1969 | ||
| 1990 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 1990" | Quarterback | AFL (Pre-merger) | Miami Dolphins | 1967 - 1969 | ||
| 1991 | Placekicker | AFL (Pre-merger) | Kansas City Chiefs | 1967 - 1969 | |||
| 1992 | data-sort-value="Coach 1992" | Coach | AFL (Pre-merger) | Oakland Raiders | 1963 - 1965 | ||
| data-sort-value="General Manager 1992" | General Manager | 1963 - 1969 | |||||
| Team owner | 1966 - 1969 | ||||||
| 1966 | |||||||
| 1993 | Guard | AFL (Pre-merger) | San Diego Chargers | 1967 - 1968 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | 1969 | ||||||
| 1994 | data-sort-value="Coach 1994" | Coach | 1957 - 1966 | ||||
| 1994 | Running back | 1974 | |||||
| 1995 | data-sort-value="General Manager 21996" | Team administrator | 1957 - 1964 | ||||
| 1996 | Wide receiver | AFL (Pre-merger) | Houston Oilers | 1969 | |||
| 1999 | data-sort-value="Guard 1999" | Guard | AFL (Pre-merger) | Buffalo Bills | 1961 - 1969 | ||
| 2001 | Linebacker | AFL (Pre-merger) | Boston Patriots | 1962 - 1968 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | 1969 | ||||||
| 2001 | Coach | 1973 - 1977 | |||||
| 1984 | |||||||
| 2002 | Coach | 1983 | |||||
| 1984 | |||||||
| 2002 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 2002" | Quarterback | 1984 - 1985 | ||||
| 2003 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 2003" | Defensive end | AFL (Pre-merger) | Houston Oilers | 1968 - 1969 | ||
| 2003 | data-sort-value="Guard 2003" | Guard | 1992 | ||||
| 2003 | data-sort-value="Coach 2003" | Coach | AFL (Pre-merger) | Dallas Texans/ Kansas City Chiefs | 1960 - 1969 | ||
| 2005 | Independent | 1920 | |||||
| 1924 | |||||||
| 1925 | |||||||
| Coach | Independent | 1928 | |||||
| 2005 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 2005" | Quarterback | 1984 - 1985 | ||||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Coach 2006" | Coach | AFL (Pre-merger) | Oakland Raiders | 1969 | ||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Quarterback 2006" | Quarterback | 1978 - 1983 | ||||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Defensive end 2006" | Defensive end | 1984 - 1985 | ||||
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Cornerback 2008" | Cornerback | AFL (Pre-merger) | Kansas City Chiefs | 1966 - 1969 | ||
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 2008" | Offensive tackle | 1984 - 1985 | ||||
| 2009 | AFL Co-founder | AFL (Pre-merger) | 1959 | ||||
| Team owner / Founder | Buffalo Bills | 1959 - 1969 | |||||
| 1993 | data-sort-value="Coach 1993" | Coach | 1967 | ||||
| 2013 | Defensive tackle | AFL (Pre-merger) | Kansas City Chiefs | 1968 - 1969 | |||
| 2015 | Personnel administrator | AFL (Pre-merger) | Oakland Raiders | 1963 - 1969 | |||
| 2016 | Quarterback | 1968 | |||||
| AFL (Pre-merger) | Oakland Raiders | 1968 - 1969 | |||||
| 2017 | Quarterback | 1995 - 1997 | |||||
| 1998 | |||||||
| 2018 | Personnel administrator | AFL (Pre-merger) | Kansas City Chiefs | 1963, 1966 - 1967 | |||
| 2018 | Wide Receiver | 2012 | |||||
| 2022 | |||||||
| Knights of Degen | 2022 - present | ||||||
| 2019 | Team owner | 2003 - 2008 | |||||
| 2019 | Safety | AFL (Pre-merger) | Dallas Texans/ Kansas City Chiefs | 1960 - 1969 | |||
| 2015 | Personnel administrator | Montreal Alouettes | |||||
| 1984 | |||||||
| Founder | 2019 | ||||||
| 2021 | Offensive Tackle | AFL (Pre-merger) | New York Jets | 1963 - 1969 | |||
| 2021 | data-sort-value="Offensive tackle 1966.5" | Tackle | Rock Island Independents | 1926 | |||
| 2021 | End | Cleveland Browns | 1946 - 1949 | ||||
| 1953 - 1954 | |||||||
| 1955 | |||||||
| 2022 | Supervisor of Officiating | 1991–1995 |
The following are current and defunct professional football leagues which as of 2020 have had no Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductees play for: