Editing Chicago Bears (section)

===Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time===
In honor of the team's centennial anniversary, on May 20, 2019, the Chicago Bears unveiled the Top 100 players in franchise history, as voted on by Hall of Fame writers Don Pierson and Dan Pompei, two of the most famous journalists that have ever covered the club in their long history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Larry |date=May 23, 2019 |title=Ranking best Bears of all time |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/ranking-best-bears-of-all-time-nos-1-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727215421/https://www.chicagobears.com/news/ranking-best-bears-of-all-time-nos-1-25 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |website=ChicagoBears.com}}</ref> At the time of the publish, the list included 27 Pro Football Hall of Famers, while two more inductees would join in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame#2020 Centennial Slate|2020 Centennial class]] ([[Jim Covert]] and [[Ed Sprinkle]]).

Among the 100 Greatest, four active players made the list, including safety [[Eddie Jackson (safety)|Eddie Jackson]] (96), defensive lineman [[Akiem Hicks]] (75), offensive lineman [[Kyle Long]] (74) and [[Khalil Mack]] (60), who had only played only one season with the team at the time of the unveiling of the list. Long would retire the following year.

On a later date, Chicagobears.com released a list titled "Top 10: Best of the rest" that featured the "top 10 snubs" from the centennial list. The players include (in a following order): [[Alex Brown (defensive end)|Alex Brown]], [[Thomas Jones (American football)|Thomas Jones]], [[Dave Whitsell]], [[Curtis Conway]], [[Tim Jennings]], [[Leslie Frazier]], [[Roberto Garza]], [[Marty Booker]], [[Nathan Vasher]] and [[William Perry (American football)|William Perry]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 10: Best of the rest |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/photos/top-10-best-of-the-rest |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727210513/https://www.chicagobears.com/photos/top-10-best-of-the-rest |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |website=ChicagoBears.com}}</ref> Pompei would later say that the last two players who didn't make the list were Brown and Frazier.<ref name="k795">{{cite web | last=Pompei | first=Dan | title=Pompei: How did we put together the Bears 100 list you're arguing about? | website=The Athletic | date=2019-05-23 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/992091/2019/05/23/pompei-how-did-we-put-together-the-bears-100-list-youre-arguing-about/ | access-date=2024-08-21}}</ref>

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|-
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|#
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Name
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Position
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Years
|-
|1
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Walter Payton]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|RB
|1975–1987
|-
|2
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Dick Butkus]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|LB
|1965–1973
|-
|3
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Bronko Nagurski]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|FB/LB/T
|1930–1937, 1943
|-
|4
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Sid Luckman]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|QB/P/DB
|1939–1950
|-
|5
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Gale Sayers]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|RB
|1965–1971
|-
|6
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Mike Ditka]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|TE
|1961–1966
|-
|7
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Bill George (linebacker)|Bill George]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|LB
|1952–1965
|-
|8
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Clyde "Bulldog" Turner]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|C/LB
|1940–1952
|-
|9
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Doug Atkins]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|DE
|1955–1966
|-
|10
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Danny Fortmann]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|OG
|1936–1943
|-
|11
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Dan Hampton]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|DE/DT
|1979–1990
|-
|12
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Richard Dent]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|DE
|1983–1993, 1995
|-
|13
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Jim Covert]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|OT
|1983–1990
|-
|14
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Brian Urlacher]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|LB
|2000–2012
|-
|15
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Mike Singletary]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|LB
|1981–1992
|-
|16
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Bill Hewitt (American football)|Bill Hewitt]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|E
|1932–1936
|-
|17
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Stan Jones (American football)|Stan Jones]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|OG/DT
|1954–1965
|-
|18
|style="background-color:#e3e3e3"|[[Jay Hilgenberg]]<sup>'''''vg'''''</sup>
|C/LS
|1981–1991
|-
|19
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Steve McMichael]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|DT
|1981–1993
|-
|20
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Devin Hester]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|KR/PR/WR
|2006–2013
|-
|21
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Joe Stydahar]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|OT
|1936–1942<br />1945–1946
|-
|22
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[George Connor (American football)|George Connor]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|T/LB
|1948–1955
|-
|23
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[George McAfee]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|HB/DB
|1940–1941<br />1945–1950
|-
|24
|style="background-color:#e3e3e3"|[[Joe Fortunato (linebacker)|Joe Fortunato]]<sup>'''''vg'''''</sup>
|LB
|1955–1966
|-
|25
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Ed Sprinkle]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|DE
|1944–1955
|-
|26
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Ed Healey]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|OT/DT
|1922–1927
|-
|27
|[[Olin Kreutz]]
|C
|1998–2010
|-
|28
|[[Lance Briggs]]
|LB
|2003–2014
|-
|29
|style="background-color:#e3e3e3"|[[Rick Casares]]<sup>'''''vg'''''</sup>
|FB
|1955–1964
|-
|30
|[[Gary Fencik]]
|S
|1976–1987
|-
|31
|[[Charles Tillman]]
|CB
|2003–2014
|-
|32
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Paddy Driscoll]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|HB/QB/P
|1920, 1926–1929
|-
|33
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[George Trafton]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|C
|1920–1932
|-
|34
|[[Matt Forte]]
|RB
|2008–2015
|-
|35
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[George Musso]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|OG
|1933–1944
|-
|36
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Red Grange]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|HB/DB
|1925, 1929–1934
|-
|37
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[George Halas]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|E
|1920–1929
|-
|38
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Link Lyman]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|T
|1926–1928<br />1930–1931<br />1933–1934
|-
|39
|style="background-color:#e3e3e3"|[[Harlon Hill]]<sup>'''''vg'''''</sup>
|FL
|1954–1961
|-
|40
|style="background-color:#e3e3e3"|[[Ken Kavanaugh]]<sup>'''''vg'''''</sup>
|E
|1940–1941<br />1945–1950
|-
|41
|[[Neal Anderson]]
|RB
|1986–1993
|-
|42
|style="background-color:#e3e3e3"|[[Richie Petitbon]]<sup>'''''vg'''''</sup>
|S
|1959–1968
|-
|43
|[[Wilber Marshall]]
|LB
|1984–1987
|-
|44
|[[Johnny Morris (American football)|Johnny Morris]]
|FL
|1958–1967
|-
|45
|[[Otis Wilson]]
|LB
|1980–1987
|-
|46
|[[Doug Buffone]]
|LB
|1966–1979
|-
|47
|[[Dave Duerson]]
|S
|1983–1989
|-
|48
|[[Fred Williams (defensive lineman)|Fred Williams]]
|DT
|1952–1963
|-
|49
|style="background-color:#FFE34D"|[[Ray Bray]]<sup>'''''HAF'''''</sup>
|OG
|1939–1942<br />1946–1951
|-
|50
|[[Mark Bortz]]
|OG
|1983–1994
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|#
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Name
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Position
! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Years
|-
|51
|[[Keith Van Horne]]
|OT
|1981–1993
|-
|52
|[[Joe Kopcha]]
|OG
|1929, 1932–1935
|-
|53
|[[Jim McMahon]]
|QB
|1982–1988
|-
|54
|[[Ed Brown (quarterback)|Ed Brown]]
|QB/P
|1954–1961
|-
|55
|[[Johnny Lujack]]
|QB/DB
|1948–1951
|-
|56
|[[Roosevelt Taylor]]
|CB
|1961–1969
|-
|57
|[[Jim Osborne (American football)|Jim Osborne]]
|DT
|1972–1984
|-
|58
|[[Wally Chambers]]
|DT
|1973–1977
|-
|59
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Julius Peppers]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|DE
|2010–2013
|-
|60
|[[Khalil Mack]]
|LB
|2018–2021
|-
|61
|style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|[[Willie Galimore]]<sup>𝐟</sup>
|HB
|1957–1963
|-
|62
|[[Robbie Gould]]
|K
|2005–2015
|-
|63
|[[Mike Brown (safety)|Mike Brown]]
|S
|2000–2008
|-
|64
|[[James "Big Cat" Williams]]
|OT
|1991–2002
|-
|65
|[[Dick Gordon (American football)|Dick Gordon]]
|WR
|1965–1971
|-
|66
|[[Mike Hartenstine]]
|DE
|1975–1986
|-
|67
|[[Ed O'Bradovich]]
|DE
|1962–1971
|-
|68
|[[Dick Barwegen]]
|OG
|1950–1952
|-
|69
|[[Bill Wade]]
|QB
|1961–1966
|-
|70
|[[Matt Suhey]]
|FB
|1980–1989
|-
|71
|[[Kevin Butler (American football)|Kevin Butler]]
|K
|1985–1995
|-
|72
|[[Mark Carrier (safety)|Mark Carrier]]
|S
|1990–1996
|-
|73
|[[Tommie Harris]]
|DT
|2004–2010
|-
|74
|[[Kyle Long]]
|OG
|2013–2019
|-
|75
|[[Akiem Hicks]]
|DT
|2016–2021
|-
|76
|[[J.C. Caroline]]
|DB
|1956–1965
|-
|77
|[[Bennie McRae]]
|DB
|1962–1970
|-
|78
|[[Donnell Woolford]]
|CB
|1989–1996
|-
|79
|[[Dennis McKinnon]]
|WR/KR
|1983–1985<br />1987–1989
|-
|80
|[[Alshon Jeffery]]
|WR
|2012–2016
|-
|81
|[[Brandon Marshall]]
|WR
|2012–2014
|-
|82
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[George Blanda]]<sup>𝙝𝙤𝙛</sup>
|QB/K
|1949–1958
|-
|83
|[[Willie Gault]]
|WR
|1983–1987
|-
|84
|[[Tom Thayer]]
|OG
|1985–1992
|-
|85
|[[Jay Cutler]]
|QB
|2009–2016
|-
|86
|[[Allan Ellis (American football)|Allan Ellis]]
|CB
|1973–1977<br />1979–1980
|-
|87
|[[Luke Johnsos]]
|E
|1929–1936
|-
|88
|[[Joey Sternaman]]
|QB/HB/K
|1922–1925<br />1927–1930
|-
|89
|[[Mike Pyle (American football)|Mike Pyle]]
|C
|1961–1969
|-
|90
|style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|[[Beattie Feathers]]<sup>𝐟</sup>
|HB
|1934–1937
|-
|91
|[[Bob Wetoska]]
|OT
|1960–1969
|-
|92
|[[Bill Osmanski]]
|FB
|1939–1943<br />1946–1947
|-
|93
|[[Herm Lee]]
|OT
|1958–1966
|-
|94
|[[Jim Dooley]]
|FL/DB
|1952–1954<br />1956–1957<br />1959–1962
|-
|95
|[[Larry Morris]]
|LB
|1959–1965
|-
|96
|[[Eddie Jackson (safety)|Eddie Jackson]]
|S
|2017–2023
|-
|97
|[[Bobby Joe Green]]
|P
|1962–1973
|-
|98
|[[Trace Armstrong]]
|DE
|1989–1994
|-
|99
|[[Doug Plank]]
|S
|1975–1982
|-
|100
|[[Patrick Mannelly]]
|LS
|1998–2013
|}
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