Top 10 Denver Broncos players of all-time

There is John Elway and then a bunch of other awesome Denver Broncos players.

By Tim Lynch@TimLynch1978 Jul 4, 2017, 8:34am MDT

The people at numberFire used players’ career approximate value from Pro Football Reference to come up with the 10 greatest all-time players for each team. Obviously John Elway leads the way, but surprisingly, the modern era doesn’t represent the Denver Broncos on this list as much as I thought it would.

Player	Position	Career AV	Games
Player	Position	Career AV	Games
John Elway	QB	203	234
Tom Nalen	C	132	194
Rod Smith	WR	125	183
Karl Mecklenburg	LB	113	180
Tom Jackson	LB	109	191
Louis Wright	CB	109	166
Randy Gradishar	LB	107	145
Bill Thompson	S	106	179
Dennis Smith	S	98	184
Champ Bailey	CB	97	135

What do you think of this list? Anyone missing? Shannon Sharpe and Terrell Davis jump out immediately. Still a great list of players, though.

Have a safe and happy Fourth of July, Broncos Country!

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