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These are the Detroit Lions' Top 100 all-time players, as ranked by Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett.

Player profiles compiled by Free Press sports writers Greg Levinsky and J.L. Kirven

No. 1: Barry Sanders

Pos: RB. Years: 1989-98.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; 1997 NFL MVP; 1989 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year; 6-time First team All-Pro; 4-time Second team All-Pro; 10-time Pro Bowl selection.

[ 20 years ago, Barry Sanders retired and 'all hell broke loose' ]

No. 2: Joe Schmidt

Pos: LB. Years: 1953-65.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; 2-time NFL champion; 1960 & 1963 NFL Defensive MVP; 1957 NFL Lineman of the Year; 8-time First team All-Pro; 10-time Pro Bowl selection.

[ A revealing look at the 1957 Lions in Joe Schmidt's basement ]

No. 3: Calvin Johnson

Pos: WR. Years: 2007-15

Achievements: NFL record 1,964 receiving yards in a season, 2012; 2007 PFWA All-Rookie Team; 3-time First team All-Pro; 6-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 4: Lem Barney

Pos: CB. Years: 1967-77.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; 1967 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year; 2-time First team All-Pro; 7-time Pro Bowl Selection.

No. 5: Bobby Layne

Pos: QB. Years: 1950-58.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; 3-time NFL champion; 3-time First Team All-Pro; 3-time Second Team All-Pro; 5-time Pro Bowl selection.

More:Is Curse of Bobby Layne real? 1957 Lions say team's jinxed

No. 6: Dick "Night Train" Lane

Pos: CB. Years: 1960-65.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team; NFL 1960s All-Decade Team; 5-time First Team All-Pro; 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 7: Dutch Clark

Pos: QB. Years: 1931-38.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; 1935 NFL champion; 3-time NFL rushing touchdowns leader; 6-time First team All-Pro.

No. 8: Jack Christiansen

Pos: DB. Years: 1951-58.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; 3 NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; 3-time NFL champion; 6-time All-Pro; 5-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 9: Alex Karras

Pos: DL. Years: 1958-70.

Achievements: NFL 1960s All-Decade Team; 4-time First team All-Pro; 4-time Pro Bowl selection.

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No. 10: Charlie Sanders

Pos: TE. Years: 1968-77.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; NFL 1970s All-Decade Team; 3-time First team All-Pro; 7-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 11: Yale Lary

Pos: DB/P/KR/PR. Years: 1952-53, 1956-64.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; 5-time All-Pro; 9-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 12: Dick LeBeau

Pos: DB. Years: 1959-72.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; 3-time Second team All-Pro; 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 13: Billy Sims

Pos: RB. Years: 1980-84.

Achievements: 1980 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year; First team All-Pro; Second Team All-Pro; 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 14: Chris Spielman

Pos: LB. Years: 1988-95.

Achievements: 3-time All-Pro; 4-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 15: Herman Moore

Pos: WR. Years: 1991-2001

Achievements: 2-time NFL receptions leader; 3-time First team All-Pro; Second team All-Pro; 4-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 16: Lou Creekmur

Pos: OL. Years: 1950-59.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; 3-time NFL champion; 7-time First team All-Pro; 8-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 17: Alex Wojciechowicz

Pos: C/LB. Years: 1938-46.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; 2-time First team All-Pro.

No. 18: Doak Walker

Pos: RB/K/P. Years: 1950-55

Achievements: Hall of Fame; 2-time NFL champion; 1950 NFL Rookie of the Year; 5-time First team All-Pro; 5-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 19: Roger Brown

Pos: DT. Years: 1960-66.

Achievements: 1962 NFL Outstanding Defensive Lineman; 2-time First Team All-Pro; 5-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 20: Jason Hanson

Pos: K. Years: 1992-2012.

Achievements: NFL record most seasons played with one team; 2-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 21: Ndamukong Suh

Pos: DT. Years: 2010-14.

Achievements: 2010 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year; 3-time First Team All-Pro; Second Team All-Pro; 4-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 22: Matthew Stafford

Pos: QB. Years: 2009-Present.

Achievements: Fastest player in NFL history to reach 30,000 passing yards; 2011 NFL Comeback Player of the Year; Pro Bowl selection.

No. 23: Dick Stanfel

Pos: G. Years: 1952-55.

Achievements: Hall of Fame; NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; 2-time NFL champion; 2-time First Team All-Pro; 2-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 24: Lomas Brown

Pos: T. Years: 1985-95.

Achievements: 3-time First Team All-Pro; 3-time Second Team All-Pro; 3-time First Team All-NFC; 6-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 25: Mel Gray

Pos: WR/RB/KR. Years: 1989-94.

Achievements: NFL 1990s All-Decade Team; 4-time First team All-Pro, Second team All-Pro; 4-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 26: Al "Bubba" Baker

Pos: DE. Years: 1978-82.

Achievements: 1978 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year; First team All-Pro; 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 27: Doug English

Pos: DT. Years: 1975-85.

Achievements: First team All-Pro; 4-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 28: Robert Porcher

Pos: DE/DT. Years: 1992-2003.

Achievements: First team All-NFC; 3-time First team All-Pro; 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 29: George Christensen

Pos: OL. Years: 1931-38.

Achievements: NFL 1930s All-Decade Team; 4-time First team All-Pro; 2-time Second team All-Pro.

No. 30: Jim David

Pos: DB. Years: 1952-59.

Achievements: 6-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 31: John Gordy

Pos: G. Years: 1957-67.

Achievements: 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 32: Kevin Glover

Pos: OL. Years: 1985-97.

Achievements: 4-time First team All-Pro; 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 33: Bennie Blades

Pos: S. Years: 1988-96.

Achievements: All-Pro; Pro Bowl selection.

No. 34: Don Doll

Pos: DB/RB/QB/P/PR/KR. Years: 1949-52.

Achievements: 4-time Pro Bowl selection; 1952 Pro Bowl Most Valuable Player.

No. 35: Wayne Walker

Pos: LB/K. Years: 1958-72.

Achievements: 3-time First team All-Pro; 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 36: Cloyce Box

Pos: TE/RB. Years: 1949-50, 1952-54.

Achievements First team All-Pro, 2-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 37: Harley Sewell

Pos: G. Years: 1953-62.

Achievements: 4-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 38: Darius Slay

Pos: CB. Years: 2013-present.

Achievements: First team All-Pro; 2-time Pro Bowl.

No. 39: Gail Cogdill

Pos: TE/WR. Years: 1960-68.

Achievements: 1960 NFL Rookie of the Year; 3-time Second team All-Pro.

No. 40: Jim Gibbons

Pos: TE. Years: 1958-68.

Achievements: 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 41: Ed Flanagan

Pos: C. Years: 1965-74.

Achievements: 4-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 42: Dominic Raiola

Pos: C. Years: 2001-14.

Achievements: Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie team; first Lion to start 200 games.

No. 43: Les Bingaman

Pos: OL. Years: 1948-54.

Achievements: 4-time First team All-Pro; 2-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 44: Bill Radovich

Pos: G. Years: 1938-41, 1945.

Achievements: 2-time All-Pro.

No. 45: Nick Pietrosante

Pos: FB. Years: 1959-65.

Achievements: 1959 NFL Rookie of the Year; 2-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 46: Pat Studstill

Pos: WR/P. Years: 1957-67.

Achievements: 2-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 47: Terry Barr

Pos: RB/DB. Years: 1957-65.

Achievements: NFL champion; 2-time Pro Bowl.

No. 48: Mel Farr

Pos: RB. Years: 1967-73.

Achievements: 1967 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year; Second team All-Pro; 2-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 49: Mike Lucci

Pos: LB. Years: 1965-73.

Achievements: Pro Bowl selection.

No. 50: Jerry Ball

Pos: DL. Years: 1985-97.

Achievements: 3-time Pro Bowl selection.

No. 51: Frank Sinkwich

Pos: RB. Years: 1943-44.

Achievements: MVP, 2-time First-team All-Pro.

No. 52: Greg Landry

Pos: QB. Years: 1968-78.

Achievements: Pro Bowl, First team All-Pro, NFL comeback player of the year (1976).

No. 53: Stephen Boyd

Pos: LB. Years: 1995-2001.

Achievements: 2-time Pro Bowl, All-Pro.

No. 54: Golden Tate

Pos: WR. Years: 2014-18.

Achievements: Pro Bowl.

No. 55: Johnnie Morton

Pos: WR. Years: 1994-2001.

Achievements: Ranks third all-time in Lions receiving yards and receptions.

No. 56: Brett Perriman

Pos: WR. Years: 1991-96.

Achievements: Fourth highest for receiving yards in a season in franchise history (1995, with 1,488).

No. 57: Luther Elliss

Pos: DT. Years: 1995-2003.

Achievements: Two-time Pro Bowl.

No. 58: Dre Bly

Pos: DB. Years: 2003-06.

Achievements: 2-time Pro Bowl, All-Pro.

No. 59: Shaun Rogers

Pos: DT. Years: 2001-07.

Achievements: 3-time Pro Bowl, Second-team All-Pro.

No. 60: DeAndre Levy

Pos: LB. Years: 2009-16.

Achievements: Second-team All-Pro.

No. 61: Glover Quin

Pos: FS. Years: 2013-18.

Achievements: Pro Bowl, Second-team All-Pro, NFL interceptions leader (2014).

No. 62: Bob Hoernschemeyer

Pos: RB. Years: 1950-55.

Achievements: 2-time Pro Bowl, 2-time NFL champion.

No. 63: Cory Schlesinger

Pos: FB. Years: 1995-2006.

Achievements: 3-time Pro Bowl.

No. 64: Dexter Bussey

Pos: RB. Years: 1974-84.

Achievements: Had at least 1,000 yards from scrimmage 3 times.

No. 65: Darris McCord

Pos: DE. Years: 1955-67.

Achievements: Pro Bowl, NFL champion.

No. 66: Sam Williams

Pos: DT. Years: 1960-65.

Achievements: Member of Detroit’s fearsome foursome.

No. 67: Charley Ane

Pos: OL. Years: 1953-59.

Achievements: Two-time Pro Bowl.

No. 68: Paul Naumoff

Pos: LB. Years: 1967-78.

Achievements: Pro Bowl.

No. 69: Charlie Weaver

Pos: LB. Years: 1971-81.

Achievements: 2-time team defensive MVP.

No. 70: David Hill

Pos: TE. Years: 1976-82.

Achievements: 2-time Pro Bowl.

No. 71: Jeff Backus

Pos: OT. Years: 2001-12.

Achievements: Started 186 consecutive games.

No. 72: Cliff Avril

Pos: DE. Years:2008-12.

Achievements: Led defensive ends in forced fumbles in 2011.

No. 73: James Jones

Pos: RB. Years: 1983-88.

Achievements: Led team in rushing from 1985-87.

No. 74: Eddie Murray

Pos: K. Years: 1980-91.

Achievements: Two-time Pro Bowl, three-time All-Pro, Second-team NFL 1980’s All-Decade team.

No. 75: Leon Hart

Pos: WR/FB. Years: 1950-57.

Achievements: Pro Bowl, 3-time NFL champion.

No. 76: Ernie Caddel

Pos: RB. Years: 1934-38.

Achievements: Led the league in all-purpose yards, rushing touchdowns and yards per carry, NFL champion.

No. 77: Rockne “Rocky” Freitas

Pos: OT. Years: 1968-77.

Achievements: 2-time second team all-pro.

No. 78: Mike Cofer

Pos: LB. Years: 1983-93.

Achievements: Pro Bowl.

No. 79: Keith Dorney

Pos: OT. Years: 1979-87.

Achievements: Pro Bowl.

No. 80: Dick Jauron

Pos: FS. Years: 1973-77.

Achievements: Pro Bowl.

No. 81: Altie Taylor

Pos: RB. Years: 1969-75.

Achievements: Led the team in rushing from 1972-74.

No. 82: Jimmy Williams

Pos: LB. Years: 1982-90.

Achievements: Recorded 7.5 sacks in 1985.

No. 83: Ziggy Ansah

Pos: DE. Years: 2013-18.

Achievements: Pro Bowl.

No. 84: Cory Redding

Pos: DT. Years: 2003-08.

Achievements: 16 sacks in 86 games.

No. 85: Jeff Hartings

Pos: OL. Years: 1996-2000.

Achievements: Voted 2-time best OL on team.

No. 86: Stephen Tulloch

Pos: LB. Years: 2011-15.

Achievements: Recorded 111 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 interceptions in 2011.

No. 87: Roy Williams

Pos: WR. Years: 2004-08.

Achievements: Pro Bowl.

No. 88: David Sloan

Pos: TE. Years: 1995-2001.

Achievements: Pro Bowl.

No. 89: Gary Danielson

Pos: QB. Years: 1976-84.

Achievements: Ranked fourth in team history in passing yards and touchdowns.

No. 90: Tracy Scroggins

Pos: LB/DE. Years: 1992-2001.

Achievements: Recorded 9.5 sacks in 1995.

No. 91: Ray Crockett

Pos: DB. Years: 1989-93.

Achievements: Recorded six interceptions in 1991.

No. 92: William Gay

Pos: DT. Years: 1978-87.

Achievements: Voted team defensive MVP in 1983.

No. 93: Larry Hand

Pos: DE. Years: 1965-77.

Achievements: Voted team defensive MVP in 1972.

No. 94: Dave Pureifory

Pos: DE. Years: 1978-82.

Achievements: Voted team defensive MVP in 1980.

No. 95: Damien Woody

Pos: OL. Years: 2004-07.

Achievements: 2-time Pro Bowl.

No. 96: Tobin Rote

Pos: QB. Years: 1957-59.

Achievements: Split time with Layne in 1957 and started and won NFL championship.

No. 97: Whizzer White

Pos: RB. Years: 1940-41.

Achievements: All-Pro, NFL 1940’s All-Decade team.

No. 98: John Henry Johnson

Pos: RB. Years: 1957-59.

Achievements: Led team in rushing in 1957, NFL champion.

No. 99: Jim Arnold

Pos: P. Years: 1986-93.

Achievements: 2-time Pro Bowl.

No. 100: James Stewart

Pos: RB. Years: 2000-03.

Achievements: Had 1,000-yard rushing seasons in 2000 and 2002.