If the Seahawks were to have a Mount Rushmore of their greatest players of all time, fans would universally agree on at least two members. That would be wide receiver Steve Largent and left tackle Walter Jones, who are both in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After those two, the consensus completely falls apart for the other franchise GOAT spots, though.
Seattle only has one former league MVP, running back Shaun Alexander. However, he’s not even the most popular Seahawks running back of all time. That would be Marshawn Lynch, who was the beating heart of the team when it was at its absolute best from 2012-2015.
Some great defenders have also come through over the years, including a few Defensive Player of the Year winners in Kenny Easley and Cortez Kennedy. There’s also several potential future Hall of Famers that played for the Legion of Boom, including Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Earl Thomas and Bobby Wagner.
The Seahawks have also had a couple of very good/great quarterbacks in Matt Hasselbeck and Russell Wilson, both deserving of recognition but not in the same league as Largent or Jones.
Over the weekend, FanDuel asked if Wilson is the greatest in franchise history and Seahawks fans stormed the replies in force. Judging by the replies, Wilson is never going to go down as the greatest in Seattle history.
Here’s what they’re saying.
1
False.
Best QB, maybe.
Best player…absolutely not— Ⓣ︎Ⓐ︎Ⓡ︎Ⓐ︎ (@hawk_lovr) May 29, 2023
2
He was the best QB, not the best player the Seahawks have ever had.
— Tonya Bailey (@tbailey1976) May 29, 2023
3
As an HONEST Seahawks fan (shut up all of you)
He’s Top 5 all time
— HOT TAKES ANA (free agency WE MOVE) (@FootballGirlAna) May 28, 2023
4
False
Top 10 players in Seahawks franchise history:
1) Steve Largent
2) Walter Jones
3) Russell Wilson
4) Bobby Wagner
5) Cortez Kennedy
6) Shaun Alexander
7) Marshawn Lynch
8) Kenny Easley
9) Richard Sherman
10) Earl Thomas— Max Powers (@MaxPowers44) May 28, 2023
5
False, but definitely best QB they ever had – Largent and Walter Jones clear top 2, then maybe Wagner and Cortez Kennedy. Wilson is in the next group with Sherman, Easley, and Lynch. The LOB would rank with the top 2 if considered as a unit
— Scott Engel (@scotteTheKing) May 29, 2023
6
Not the best player in our history but he’s top 5 for sure. Obviously #1 QB for us but there’s some peeps I’d put above
— 𝒫𝒶𝓉 (@PatGoBrrr) May 29, 2023
7
Yes 💍
— BowTied Jock (@BowTiedJock) May 28, 2023
8
False — I'd say Russ is in the top 10 for sure and certainly the best QB for his time in SEA but any "Best Seahawk Ever" conversation starts with
1) Steve Largent
2) Cortez Kennedy
3) Walter JonesAfter that, there is Shaun Alexander and the L.O.B. (Sherman and Wagner,…
— Apollo | EN VTuber | (@Apollo_VT) May 30, 2023
9
Marshawn & the LOB did more for the Seahawks than Russ ever did. Best QB? Sure.
— Hurley (@sjhurley95) May 29, 2023
10
This is because he plays QB, but you went to games and Sherman, Chancellor, ETIII, Bobby, and Beast jerseys were just as common. Important piece to the puzzle, but wasn’t the most important piece. Without Beast, Doug, and Tate/Lockett, that offense isn’t what it was.
— Treyn 1️⃣2️⃣ (@Hyatt81) May 29, 2023
11
Walter Jones and Steve Largent better. Russ is third
— Lil Nash X (@Lil_Nash_X) May 29, 2023
12
— Kaeden (@One_day52) May 28, 2023
13
He should objectively be in any Seahawks fans’ top 5. Don’t care what order, just stop with the silly takes.
— Cloud (@maestroxv_) May 29, 2023
14
False. Cortez Kennedy, Steve Largent, Kenny Easley, Walter Jones all hall of famers
— Micah J Montgomery (@MicahJMontgome2) May 29, 2023
15
Exceptionally false. Probably not top 5. Arguably not top 10.
— Dan Cohen (@DanCohen17) May 30, 2023
16
No. Big Walt, Largent tier of their own for best ever. Next group is Tez and Wagner. Third tier is greats but not long enough which is Sherm, Easley, Earl. Russ in 4th tier with Lynch, Alexander, Kam, Hutchinson.
— Kris (@HuskiesFan19) May 29, 2023
17
Tell me you don’t know the Seahawks without telling me you don’t know the Seahawks. Walter Jones. Steve Largent. Bobby Wagner.
— Jeff Mustonen – Penix 4 Heisman (@UWMoose) May 29, 2023
18
False
Shaun Alexander won league MVP and OPTY.
Wilson wasn’t even the best player on his own superbowl teams. pic.twitter.com/CQum1HHhIZ— CAM 🏈〽️🐴💙 (@cammarshallfilm) May 29, 2023
19
Only Walter Jones is in the discussion for greatest of all time. Russell is nowhere near that
— Tom (@Bueller27) May 30, 2023
20
Walter Jones, Cortez Kennedy, Steve Largent, Earl Thomas, Bobby Wagner, Marshawn Lynch, Kam Chancellor, Richard Sherman, Shaun Alexander, then MAYBE Russ.
— King Oscar (@dhodgs) May 29, 2023
21
False. He’s not even the best player from his draft class with the Seahawks
— Jeff Graff (@jeffgraff425) May 29, 2023
22
He's not even the best Hawk of the last 2 decades, let alone all time
— Schneider's Season (@Blaisien_) May 29, 2023
23
Maybe…maybe the best qb. Warren moon, would probably like to have a discussion about that. I’m not sure he was ever a top 3 player on any Seahawks team he was on…
— Travis Mansur (@tmansur15) May 29, 2023
24
Absolutely, unequivocally, no. He is an honorable mention for a top 5 list.
— ThaDabCrab (@ThaDabCrab) May 28, 2023
25
Top 3 rushing QB of all time.
Great passing stats.
Never missed a game until the Donald injury.
Tough to beat.
— Chill (@Chillionaire_NW) May 30, 2023
26
What? False. We had the greatest LT of all time. Russ was fantastic, but Walt is the greatest Seahawk of all time.
— Ben (@bwwasea) May 29, 2023
27
Russ is the most VALUABLE players the hawks have ever had but he isn’t the best ever. I’d say he’s maybe top 5 or top 10
— Seattle over everyone since ‘02 (@Pnw_02) May 29, 2023
28
False. Seahawks have legit HOF guys. first Ballot guys. He's not even top 5 franchise player.
— Hockey 🔱 (@FunkytownGotcha) May 29, 2023
29
False and not really close. RW might have the most recognizable name in Seahawks history. But Seattle has multiple first ballot Hall of Fame players. More than likely a few more are on their way.
— Mark Aiton (@MarkAiton2) May 29, 2023
30
The lack of Steve Largent mentions in general on comments really shows the 12’s since 12.
Tier 1: Walt/Largent
Tier 2: Bobby/Tez
Tier 3: Easley, Russ, Sherm, Earl
Tier 4: Lynch, Alexander, Green, Hutch
— Kris (@HuskiesFan19) May 29, 2023
31
Steve Largent pic.twitter.com/B4fBcpfdfn
— Dan (@FFBuddyGuy) May 28, 2023
32
Wait wut? Not even top 10
— jp (@dontliveNfear) May 30, 2023
33
False. Bam Bam Kam Chancellor was more consistently great.
— Rena Corwin (@renacorwin) May 29, 2023
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— Eric🍪 (@CANHawk1) May 29, 2023
35
No… I mean, I'm very grateful for the last dozen years of seahawks football, and he was an enormous part of that, but no is the answer
— Stiffalis (@stiffalis) May 29, 2023
36
Best QB, yes. However I think you have to break it down by position. Better wording would be most impactful. And that is false. Walter Jones has to be #1 and I’d rank Kam Chancellor pretty high on the most impactful as well.
— Mike Landry (@mlandry360) May 30, 2023
37
Russ is in my top 3 NFL players of all time. Marshawn is in my top 5 RBs of all time and Sherm is in my top 3 CBs of all time. Plus there’s Kam, Hutch, Steve, Walter, Jerry, Jimmy, and Bobby. Too many great players formerly on the Seahawks but Russ is my favorite. #GoHawks
— ⚡️JaeBolted ⚡️ (@jaebolted) May 29, 2023
38
Steve Largent or Richard Sherman > pic.twitter.com/kogYuDFbBC
— Grant Flood (@floodsters) May 28, 2023
39
Not the best player, but certainly the best QB. Seattle was super lucky to be able to go from Hasselbeck to him!
— Gage Madrid (@GageMadridNFL) May 29, 2023
40
False. The best Seahawks player all time was Walter Jones. Nine times in his whole career, he was called for holding. How many tackles have you seen that are called multiple times in a game?
There will come a time when Russ gets all time accolades from Hawk fans, but not yet.— Cheryl Ito (@ayako38) May 29, 2023
41
Very false
I wouldn't put him top 5
*Maybe* top 10, depending
Walter Jones, Cortez Kennedy, Steve Largeant, some order of B-Wagz/Earl T/Rich S
then you get to Marshawn, Shaun A, Ken Easely, and Russ W in some order
So….maybe 10ish
— Quivering Moist Mess (@QuiveringMoist) May 29, 2023
42
Alexander accomplished what he did with a pathetically bad team. Wilson's accomplishments were with world-class teammates. Shaun Alexander has to get my vote.
— GSeabhac (@GSeabhac) May 29, 2023
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— Frankie Lasagna (@lasagna_frankie) May 28, 2023
44
Is this a joke?
— Ya Boy Big Nel (@TheeNelDog) May 29, 2023
45
When all is said and done, the only answer is
Bobby Wagner.
SB champ
6x 1st Team All pro
3x 2nd Team All pro
Leader of one of the most dominant DEF in history
Slam dunk 1st ballet HOF.Gold Jacket respect to Largent, Jones, Cortez, Easley. Sherm will get his too.
— Canadian Wingman (@CanadianWingman) May 30, 2023
46
Shaun Alexander is
— Hawks Nest (@thHAWKSNEST12) May 30, 2023
47
Walter Jones was called for holding 9 times…. In thirteen years!
— Shane Deegan (@_ShaneDeegan) May 29, 2023
48
This would be false…clearly Uncle Pete & John knew how to make him succeed putting the right players around him…his scrambling ability is his strongest innate talent. When that fades it shows…
— jeff mosher (@stainshare) May 29, 2023
49
At best Russell Wilson was a top five quarterback in the league for the year. Walter Jones and Steve Largent are top five players at their position ever.
— Scott Amos (@Sdamos51) May 30, 2023
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— Anthony Ausler Sr. (@AnthonyAusler) May 29, 2023
51
Jacob Green is in the ring of honor.He played forever and has a bunch of Seahawk https://t.co/abkxHyNmrq the tike of his retirement only ones ahead of him were Reggie White and Lawrence Taylor.
— boxingjunkie206 (@boxingjunkie206) May 30, 2023
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I feel like he was never the best player on the Seahawks roster at any time
— TOOFASTFOYO (@TOOFASTFOYO) May 29, 2023
