The 100 Best Chiefs of All-Time: #1 – 50

Chris Burford @ 21? He was kind of a poor man’s Raymond Berry with sure hands and good routes but seemed to have an ongoing feud with Lenny. The ranking seems high, given the achievements of some who are lower on the list, but we’ll live with it because he was important to the team in its early stages.

A case can be made in any number of different groupings but my personal Chief’s Mt Rushmore would have these faces in stone:

Lenny Dawson-Otis Taylor-DT-Willie Lanier

What about Daryl Stroud

What about Marcus Allen? He was one of the leaders throughout the great decade of the 90′s.

What About Montana?

Not that he isn’t great – but J-Charles – doesn’t he have a bit more to accomplish over a longer period of time include maybe leading his team to a win in the playoffs before we can rank him over some of the guys you have below him?

Joe Montana, on the other hand, alongside Marcus Allen, led his team to AFC Championship against the vaunted Buffalo Bills. He was an injury and a dropped red zone pass by Kimble Anders from giving them Cowboys a different SB opponent. And that’s not even to mention the great MNF football comeback over Elway’s Broncos. I don’t see him in the Top 20…the Top 40…the Top 60…wait he’s not even on the list??

DT has gotta be in the Top 5, probably plug him in at #3 or #4.

Will Shields should be higher as well, probably #9 or #10, either before or after Jim Tyrer.

I would put DT, Tony G, and Will Shields higher on the list.

Willie Roaf 49? Please. He made DE’s disappear. If KC had a defense when he played he would be a first ballot Hall of Fame. Definitely one of the top five OT’s to play in the NFL.

THE PRIEST should have EASILY been in the top 5 if not @ # 1!!!!! LONG LIVE THE PRIEST!!!!! GO MIGHTY CHIEFS GO!!!!!

Dante Hall at 27?? Really?? common now..

Larry Johnson is on this list. Seriously?

Unless I missed his name, didn’t Joe Montana wear the red and gold? Yes. Should be on the list.

I would have Cherry and Alt higher.

There are quite a few that require a WTF….You have done your job of getting discussion on creating a list like this..LOL…I just can’t believe it almost appears you ranked people YET on “Potential” like guys as Mike Bell, Dewayne Bowe and my God – Greg Wesley…he was horrible!!

Where’s Keith Cash..? Where is Barry Word..? … There are quite a few 90′s era players getting missed here that really achieved more than those listed here….

Appreciate stirring the pot…

Never heard of Daryl Stroud, but if Jonathan Hayes can make the list then surely Morris Stroud can.

Sorry, forgot to log-in. That Morris Stroud comment was mine.

Nice selections. I cannot disagree with any of them; except I would have Willie Roaf higher on the list–probably in the top half. I know he only played a few years for the Chiefs at the tail end of his career; but I haven’t seen a better blocking or pulling lineman not named Gene Upshaw or Art Shell.

I don’t know a great deal about the Chiefs before the Trent Green/Dick Vermeil era so I will not try to make an argument for Tony G to be number one because I don’t have all the information. I will however ask why Tony Richardson didn’t make the list. Without knowing how good anyone who played before I started watching truly was, I’ll stick with player’s I’ve seen play every down in the Red and Gold. Mr. “make any running back look like a star” has to make the list over Dante Hall and Larry Johnson. Hall was a great return man and we probably averaged the best starting field position in team history with him receiving kicks, but he was an awful receiver. Johnson was a monster for a few years but loses points for beating on women and only being good for a few years. On a side note, thanks for making the list. I love reading up on Chiefs’ History and this is a great learning tool.

Joe Montana and Marcus Allen should definitely be on this list. The fact that they spent most of their time somewhere else and were on the downside of HOF careers, doesn’t change the fact that their time in KC was filled with memorable performances.

Will Shields should be much higher. SAme with Derrick Thomas and Tony G.