Editing Chicago Bears (section)

===All-Time Team===
During the week of June 3, 2019, the All-Time Team was announced in parts each day starting with the All-Time defensive players,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bears Centennial Scrapbook: all-time defensive team |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/photos/bears-centennial-scrapbook-all-time-defensive-team |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606160603/https://www.chicagobears.com/photos/bears-centennial-scrapbook-all-time-defensive-team |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |website=ChicagoBears.com}}</ref> followed by the All-Time specialists<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Larry |date=June 4, 2019 |title=Hester highlights specialists on all-time team |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/hester-highlights-specialists-on-all-time-team |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727205039/https://www.chicagobears.com/news/hester-highlights-specialists-on-all-time-team |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |website=ChicagoBears.com}}</ref> and then the All-Time offensive players.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bears Centennial Scrapbook: all-time offensive team |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/photos/bears-centennial-scrapbook-all-time-offensive-team |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727210107/https://www.chicagobears.com/photos/bears-centennial-scrapbook-all-time-offensive-team |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |website=ChicagoBears.com}}</ref> '''Bold''' indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Larry Mayer of the Chicagobears.com would later state, that according to the voters "if they had included a long-snapper on the team it would have been [[Patrick Mannelly]]".<ref name="o812">{{cite web | last=Mayer | first=Larry | title=Chalk Talk: Do London games help or hurt? | website=Chicago Bears | date=2019-06-20 | url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/chalk-talk-do-london-games-help-or-hurt | access-date=2024-07-30}}</ref>

====Offense====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Position
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Player
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Tenure
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Honors* 
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Quarterback|QB]] ||style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| '''[[Sid Luckman]]''' || 1939–1950 || 
* 4× [[NFL champion]] ([[1940 NFL Championship Game|1940]], [[1941 NFL Championship Game|1941]], [[1943 NFL Championship Game|1943]], [[1946 NFL Championship Game|1946]])
* [[Joe F. Carr Trophy|NFL Most Valuable Player]] (1943)
* [[NFL 1940s All-Decade Team]]
* [[#Retired numbers|Chicago Bears No. 42]] retired
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Fullback (American football)|FB]] ||style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| '''[[Bronko Nagurski]]''' || 1930–1937, 1943 || 
* 3× [[List of NFL champions (1920–1969)|NFL champion]] ([[1932 NFL Playoff Game|1932]], [[1933 NFL Championship Game|1933]], [[1943 NFL Championship Game|1943]])
* [[National Football League 1930s All-Decade Team|NFL 1930s All-Decade Team]]
* [[National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team|NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[#Retired numbers|Chicago Bears No. 3]] retired
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Running back|RB]] ||style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| '''[[Walter Payton]]''' || 1975–1987 || 
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])
* 2× [[AP NFL Most Valuable Player|NFL Most Valuable Player]] (1977, 1985)
* [[NFL 1970s All-Decade Team]]
* [[NFL 1980s All-Decade Team]]
* [[NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[#Retired numbers|Chicago Bears No. 34]] retired
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Wide receiver|WR]] || [[Harlon Hill]] || 1954–1961 || 
* [[Jim Thorpe Trophy|NFL MVP]] ({{nfly|1955}})
|-
|[[Ken Kavanaugh]] || 1940–1941, 1945–1950 || 
* 3× [[History of the National Football League championship|NFL champion]] ([[1940 NFL Championship Game|1940]], [[1941 NFL Championship Game|1941]], [[1946 NFL Championship Game|1946]])
* [[NFL 1940s All-Decade Team]]
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Tight end|TE]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Mike Ditka]]''' || 1961–1966 || 
* [[NFL Championship|NFL champion]] ([[1963 NFL Championship Game|1963]])
* [[NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[#Retired numbers|Chicago Bears No. 89]] retired
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Offensive tackle|OT]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Joe Stydahar]]''' || 1936–1942, 1945–1946 || 
*3x [[NFL Championship|NFL champion]] ([[1940 NFL Championship Game|1940]], [[1942 NFL Championship Game|1942]], [[1946 NFL Championship Game|1946]])
* [[NFL 1930s All-Decade Team]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Jim Covert]]''' || 1983–1990 || 
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])
* [[NFL 1980s All-Decade Team]] 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Guard (American football)|G]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Stan Jones (American football)|Stan Jones]]''' || 1954–1965 || 
* [[NFL champion]] ([[1963 NFL Championship Game|1963]])
* [[Sporting News]] 1950s All-Decade Team
|-
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Danny Fortmann]]''' || 1936–1943 || 
* 3× [[NFL champion]] ([[1940 NFL Championship Game|1940]], [[1941 NFL Championship Game|1941]], [[1943 NFL Championship Game|1943]])
* [[NFL 1930s All-Decade Team]]
* [[Sports Illustrated]] 1940s All-Decade Team
* [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Center (American football)|C]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Clyde "Bulldog" Turner]]''' || 1940–1952 || 
* 4× [[NFL champion]] ([[1940 NFL Championship Game|1940]], [[1941 NFL Championship Game|1941]], [[1943 NFL Championship Game|1943]], [[1946 NFL Championship Game|1946]])
* [[NFL 1940s All-Decade Team]]
* [[#Retired numbers|Chicago Bears No. 66]] retired
|-
|}

====Defense====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Position
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Player
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Tenure
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Honors* 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Defensive end|DE]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Doug Atkins]]''' || 1955–1966 || 
* [[List of NFL champions|NFL champion]] ([[1963 NFL Championship Game|1963]])
* [[NFL 1960s All-Decade Team]]
* [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Richard Dent]]''' || 1983–1993, 1995 || 
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])
* [[Super Bowl MVP]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Defensive tackle|DT]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Dan Hampton]]''' || 1979–1990 || 
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])
* [[NFL 1980s All-Decade Team]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| '''[[Steve McMichael]]''' || 1981–1993 || 
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])
* [[Pro-Football-Reference.com|PFR]] 1980s All-Decade Team 
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Linebacker#Middle linebacker|MLB]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Dick Butkus]]''' || 1965–1973 || 
* 2× [[NFL Defensive Player of the Year]] (1969, 1970)
* [[National Football League 1960s All-Decade Team|NFL 1960s All-Decade Team]]
* [[National Football League 1970s All-Decade Team|NFL 1970s All-Decade Team]]
* [[National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team|NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team|NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[#Retired numbers|Chicago Bears No. 51]] retired
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Linebacker#Outside linebacker|OLB]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[George Connor (American football)|George Connor]]''' || 1948–1955 || 
* [[NFL 1940s All-Decade Team]]
|-
|[[Joe Fortunato (linebacker)|Joe Fortunato]] || 1955–1966 || 
* [[NFL champion]] ([[1963 NFL Championship Game|1963]])
* [[NFL 1950s All-Decade Team]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Cornerback|CB]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[George McAfee]]''' || 1940–1941, 1945–1950 || 
* 3× [[NFL champion]] ([[1940 NFL Championship Game|1940]], [[1941 NFL Championship Game|1941]], [[1946 NFL Championship Game|1946]])
* [[NFL 1940s All-Decade Team]]
* [[Chicago Bears retired numbers|Chicago Bears No. 5]] retired
|-
|[[Charles Tillman]] || 2003–2014 || 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Safety (American football position)|S]] || |[[Gary Fencik]] || 1976–1987 || 
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])
* [[Pro-Football-Reference.com|PFR]] 1980s All-Decade Team 
|-
|[[Richie Petitbon]] || 1959–1968 || 
* [[NFL Championship|NFL champion]] ([[1963 NFL Championship Game|1963]])
|-
|}

====Special teams====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Position
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Player
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Tenure
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Honors* 
|-
|[[Punter (football position)|P]] || [[Bobby Joe Green]] || 1962–1973 || 
|-
|[[Placekicker|PK]] || [[Robbie Gould]] || 2005–2015 || 
|-
|[[Punt returner|PR]] ||style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| '''[[Devin Hester]]''' || 2006–2013 || 
* 3× [[National Football League Alumni|Special Teams Player of the Year]] (2006, 2007, 2010)
* [[National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team|NFL 2000s All-Decade Team]] (PR)
* [[National Football League 2010s All-Decade Team|NFL 2010s All-Decade Team]] (KR)
* [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
|-
|[[Kickoff returner|KR]] || style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''[[Gale Sayers]]''' || 1965–1971 || 
* [[NFL 1960s All-Decade Team]]
* [[NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[#Retired numbers|Chicago Bears No. 40]] retired
|}
<sup>*</sup> ''As a Chicago Bear''