Best NFL Defensive Players

The Top Ten
1 Ray Lewis Raymond Anthony Lewis Jr. is a former American football middle linebacker who played his entire 17-year career for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.

Have Barry Sanders vs Ray Lewis. I'm 100 percent sure that Barry will have a broken collarbone after the game.

THIS GUY IS A BEAST! SHOVING YOU HERE AND THERE THIS GUY IS awesome! BEST LINEBACKER OF ALL TIME, NOT ONLY THAT HE IS THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF ALL TIME BY FAR!

All time great.

2 Clay Matthews William Clay Matthews III is an American football outside linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

He rocks he is the beast of all time no one can compare to this guy he will sack you a 1000000 times in a row if he had to so watch out

PLAYS on green bay packers.

3 Charles Woodson Charles Woodson is a former American football cornerback and free safety. He played college football for Michigan, where he led the Wolverines to a national championship in 1997. Woodson, a "two-way player" who played both offense and defense, won the Heisman Trophy in the same year, becoming the second, behind Leon Hart of Notre Dame to win the award.

This guy was scary good! ( I'm a Pats fan)

Played on green bay packers.

4 J.J. Watt Justin James "J. J." Watt is an American football defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Texans with the 11th pick in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft, and played college football at Wisconsin. ...read more.

JJ Watt is an amazing player to watch. He impacts just about every play and rarely comes off the field during defensive plays. He can play offensively and score. He scores playing defensively. If you ever get the chance, attend a Texans game and note the response he can generate from the stadium crowd. It is truly amazing! He is just fun to watch on top of all his other talents.

Bro this guy needs to be higher he had 41 sacks in 2 seasons. 2! that's as many sacks as a defensive tackle gets in his entire career and he did it in 2 seasons

5 Troy Palamalu
6 Ed Reed

64 interceptions for 1,590 yards. An average of 24.8 yards per INT return.11 INT for TDs.11 forced fumbles. Pure legend. He is underestimated. He should be second on this list.

Plays on baltimore ravens.

7 Lawrence Taylor

This is stupid. He combined speed and power like no one else. Stupid.

8 William Perry
9 Richard Sherman Richard Kevin Sherman is an American football cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League.
10 Jason Taylor

Plays on miami dolphins.

The Contenders
11 Deion Sanders Deion Luywnn Sanders, Sr. is a former American football and former American baseball player, who works as an analyst for CBS Sports and the NFL Network.
12 Asante Samuel
13 Ndokomong Suh
14 Bob Lilly

Teams committed 3 guys to block him on most plays. Like M. Irvin said. He looks like the state of Texas!

15 DeAngelo Hall

Played on Washington redskins.

16 Patrick Willis Patrick L. Willis is a former American football inside linebacker who played his entire eight-year career with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League.
17 Reggie White
18 Brian Urlacher Brian Urlacher is a former American football middle linebacker who spent his entire 13-year career playing for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League.
19 Bob Sanders

Injured prone player! Need I say more.

Played on Indianapolis colts.

20 Jared Allen Jared Scot Allen is a former professional American football defensive end. After playing college football for Idaho State University for four years, he was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
21 Marcus Peters
22 Bobby Wagner Bobby Joseph Wagner is an American football inside linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League.
23 Dick Butkus

Greatest MLB ever...what if he hadn't had the knee injuries or had the luxury of today's modern knee surgery.

24 Tracy Porter Tracy O'Neil Porter is an American football cornerback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League.

Come on he's not even good at all

25 Patrick Peterson Patrick Peterson is an American football cornerback and return specialist for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
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