NFL 2010s All-Decade Team explained
The National Football League 2010s All-Decade Team is composed of outstanding performers in the National Football League in the ten years spanning 2010 - 2019. Only a player or coach's performance during the decade was used as criteria for voting.[1] [2] [3]
Tom Brady, Adrian Peterson, Joe Thomas, Marshal Yanda, J. J. Watt, Aaron Donald, Von Miller, and Justin Tucker were all unanimous selections. Tom Brady, Julius Peppers, Shane Lechler, Devin Hester and Bill Belichick had been previously named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2000s All-Decade Team.
The team
Note 1: Only teams for which a player played in a game from 2010 to 2019 are listed. Teams with whom a player signed but never played or for whom he played only prior to or after are not listed.
Note 2: Under "Hall of Fame" if a year is listed, i.e., "e-2025", that is the year player is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Note 3: Players listed as active may include free agents. They will no longer be listed as active if they remain a free agent for an entire season.
| ^ | | ยค | Finalist information updated through 2023 selection | |
Offense
| Position | Player | Hall of Fame |
|---|
| Quarterback | Tom Brady
| e-2028 |
| Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers) | Active |
| Running back | Frank Gore (San Francisco 49ers, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills) | e-2026 |
| Marshawn Lynch (Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders) | e-2025 |
| LeSean McCoy (Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs) | e-2026 |
| Adrian Peterson
| e-2027 |
| Wide receiver | Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots) | e-2027 |
| Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals) | e-2026 |
| Calvin Johnson^ (Detroit Lions) | Yes |
| Julio Jones (Atlanta Falcons) | e-2029 |
| Tight end | Rob Gronkowski (New England Patriots) | e-2027 |
| Travis Kelce (Kansas City Chiefs) | Active |
| Flex | Darren Sproles (San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles) | e-2025 |
| Tackle | < | -- First Team OT1 -->Jason Peters (Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles) | align=center | Active |
|---|
| < | -- First Team OT2 -->Tyron Smith (Dallas Cowboys) | align=center | Active |
|---|
| < | -- Second Team OT1-->Joe Staley (San Francisco 49ers) | < | -- Second Team OT1 HOF status -->e-2025 |
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| < | -- Second Team OT2 --> Joe Thomas*^ (Cleveland Browns) | align=center style="background-color: | Yes |
|---|
| Guard | Jahri Evans (New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers) | align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1" | 1 time finalist |
| < | -- First Team Guard2 -->Logan Mankins (New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) | < | -- First Team Guard2 HOF status -->No |
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| < | -- Second Team Guard1 --> Zack Martin (Dallas Cowboys) | align=center | Active |
|---|
| < | -- Second Team Guard2 -->Marshal Yanda* (Baltimore Ravens) | < | -- Second Team Guard2 HOF status -->e-2025 |
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| Center | < | -- First Team Center -->Alex Mack (Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons) | e-2027 |
|---|
| Maurkice Pouncey (Pittsburgh Steelers) | < | -- Second Team Center HOF status -->e-2026 | |
|---|
Defense
| Position | Player | Hall of Fame |
|---|
| Defensive end | Calais Campbell (Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars) | Active |
| Cameron Jordan (New Orleans Saints) | Active |
| Julius Peppers^ (Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers) | Yes |
| J. J. Watt
| e-2028 |
| Defensive tackle | Geno Atkins (Cincinnati Bengals) | e-2026 |
| Fletcher Cox (Philadelphia Eagles) | e-2029 |
| Aaron Donald
| e-2029 |
| Ndamukong Suh (Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) | e-2028 |
| Linebacker | Chandler Jones (New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals) | e-2029 |
| Luke Kuechly (Carolina Panthers) | e-2025 |
| Lavonte David (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) | Active |
| Khalil Mack (Oakland Raiders, Chicago Bears) | Active |
| Von Miller
| Active |
| Bobby Wagner (Seattle Seahawks) | Active |
| Patrick Willis^ (San Francisco 49ers) | align=center style="background-color: | Yes |
| Cornerback | Patrick Peterson (Arizona Cardinals) | e-2029 |
| Darrelle Revis^ (New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs) | align=center style="background-color: | Yes |
| Richard Sherman (Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers) | e-2027 |
| Defensive back | Chris Harris Jr. (Denver Broncos) | e-2028 |
| Tyrann Mathieu (Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs) | Active |
| Safety | Eric Berry (Kansas City Chiefs) | e-2025 |
| Earl Thomas (Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens) | e-2025 |
| Eric Weddle (San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Los Angeles Rams) | e-2027 |
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Special teamsCoach
-- denotes a unanimous selection
External links
Notes and References
- News: Battista, Judy . April 6, 2020 . NFL 2010s All-Decade Team: Tom Brady, Aaron Donald headliners . NFL.com . April 6, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811063401/https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-2010s-all-decade-team-tom-brady-aaron-donald-headliners-0ap3000001108338 . August 11, 2022.
- Web site: Iyer . Vinnie . December 17, 2019 . Sporting News' NFL All-Decade team for the 2010s . https://web.archive.org/web/20210501193237/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/sporting-news-nfl-all-decade-team-2010s/1h7sqqktfz2zx132y4zw3qiipr . May 1, 2021.
- Web site: Wagner-McGough . Sean . January 1, 2020 . NFL All-Decade Team: Tom Brady, Antonio Brown, Richard Sherman, Von Miller headline CBS Sports' list . https://web.archive.org/web/20211021044950/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-all-decade-team-tom-brady-antonio-brown-richard-sherman-von-miller-headline-cbs-sports-list/ . October 21, 2021 . 2022-08-14 . CBSSports.com . en.
