Some of the best players in NFL history have worn a Kansas City Chiefs jersey during the course of their careers.
Our friends at Touchdown Wire recently took a look at the best players in NFL (and AFL) history to wear every jersey number. It inspired us to take a look at Kansas City’s history and track down the best player to wear each respective jersey number.
They’ve yet to assign the newly allowed No. 0 jersey, but every other jersey number has been worn during the course of franchise history. From the 1 all the way to 99, here is the best Chiefs player to wear every jersey number:
No. 1: RB Jerick McKinnon
No. 2: P Dustin Colquitt
No. 3: K Jan Stenerud
No. 4: QB Steve Fuller
No. 5: P Tommy Townsend
No. 6: K Ryan Succop
No. 7: K Harrison Butker
No. 8: K Nick Lowery
Honorable mention: K Morten Andersen
No. 9: QB Bill Kenney
No. 10: WR Tyreek Hill
Honorable mentions: Trent Green, Mike Livingston
No. 11: QB Alex Smith
No. 12: QB Rich Gannon
No. 13: QB Steve Bono
No. 14: RB Ed Podolak
No. 15: Patrick Mahomes
No. 16: Len Dawson
No. 17: QB Steve DeBerg
No. 18: CB Emmitt Thomas
No. 19: QB Joe Montana
Honorable mention: Cotton Davidson
No. 20: S Deron Cherry
No. 21: RB Mike Garrett
Honorable mentions: Jerome Woods, Dave Webster
No. 22: CB Marcus Peters
Honorable mentions: Willie Mitchell, Juan Thornhill, Dexter McCluster
No. 23: CB Patrick Surtain
No. 24: CB Gary Green
Honorable mention: Brandon Flowers
No. 25: RB Jamaal Charles
No. 26: S Gary Barbaro
No. 27: RB Larry Johnson
No. 28: RB Abner Haynes
No. 29: CB Albert Lewis
Honorable mention: Eric Berry
No. 30: RB Jack Spikes
No. 31: RB Priest Holmes
Honorable mention: Kevin Ross
No. 32: RB Curtis McClinton
Honorable mention: Marcus Allen
No. 33: RB Stone Johnson
No. 34: CB Dale Carter
Honorable mention: Lloyd Burress
No. 35: FB Christian Okoye
No. 36: RB Mack Lee Hill
No. 37: RB Joe Delaney
No. 38: FB/RB Kimble Anders
No. 39: CB Brandon Carr
No. 40: CB James Hasty
Honorable mention: Jim Marsalis
No. 41: LS James Winchester
No. 42: S Johnny Robinson
No. 43: LS Thomas Gafford
No. 44: P Jerrel Wilson
Honorable mention: Eric Warfield
No. 45: CB Dave Grayson
No. 46: S Jim Kearney
No. 47: S Jon McGraw
No. 48: RB Todd McNair
No. 49: FB Tony Richardson
Honorable mention: Bernard Pollard
No. 50: EDGE Justin Houston
No. 51: LB Jim Lynch
No. 52: LB Tom Howard
Honorable mention: Creed Humphrey
No. 53: LB Marvcus Payton
No. 54: OG Brian Waters
No. 55: C/LB E.J. Holub
Honorable mention: Frank Clark
No. 56: LB Derrick Johnson
No. 57: LB Jerry Blanton
Honorable mentions: Chris Martin, Orlando Brown Jr.
No. 58: EDGE Derrick Thomas
No. 59: LB Donnie Edwards
Honorable mention: Gary Spani
No. 60: OL Matt Herkenhoff
No. 61: DL Curley Culp
Honorable mention: Tim Grunhard
No. 62: C Casey Wiegmann
Honorable mention: Joe Thuney
No. 63: LB Willie Lanier
No. 64: OL Curt Merz
No. 65: OL Tom Condon
No. 66: OG Brad Budde
No. 67: DL Art Still
No. 68: RG Will Shields
No. 69: EDGE Jared Allen
Honorable mention: Sherril Headrick
No. 70: OT Jim Nicholson
No. 71: OG Ed Budde
Honorable mention: Mitchell Schwartz