List of Chicago Bears players

The following are lists of past and current players of the Chicago Bears professional American football team.

Historic teams

Partial inaugural (1919) roster

The following is a partial roster for the 1919 season, when the team was known as the Decatur Staleys.

Name	Position	Notes
Roy S. "Bement" Adkins	G
(?) Bailey	E
Robert E. "Red" Brannan	E/Coach
(John W.)? Brant	HB
Perry Brecount	QB
(?) Casey	HB
Frank Manley Chase	G
"Joe" Cooper	E
Robert L. "Bob" Crisp	G
(?) Dancliff	C
Chuck Dressen	QB-HB
(Edward G.)? Eckhoff	E
(?) Gammel	G
Sidney "Sunshine" Gepford	HB-FB
Henry J. Halterman	G
"Charlie" Koehler	T
William Lutz Krigbaum	G-FB	Colonel U.S. Army
Ralph L. "Jake" Lanum	HB-FB
Chester A. "Baldy" May	G
Walter O. "Red" May	T
(?) McGrath	C
(?) McElvey	HB
John F. "Jack" Mintun	C
George H. Moffett	T
"Bun" Moran	G
(?) Pyrzynski	HB-FB
C. Lawrence Thrift	FB-E
(Willard C.)? Valentine	E
W. Walter Veach	HB
A. Wade Wacaser	T
(?) Wagner	E
Paul C. Wilson	E	Methodist Minister Rev. Paul C. Wilson
Fred P. "Fritz" Wasem	E/Manager
Ray C. "Buster" Woodworth	E
Lester "Lefty" Wallack

Super Bowl rosters

The following lists are lists of the Bears Super Bowl teams.

Super Bowl XX championship roster

Complete roster of 1985 season (January 26, 1986)^[1]

Quarterbacks

Offensive backs

Receivers

Tight ends

87 Emery Moorehead
80 Tim Wrightman

Kickers

6 Kevin Butler K
8 Maury Buford P

Offensive line

Defensive line

Linebackers

Cornerbacks

Defensive backs

Safeties

22 Dave Duerson SS
45 Gary Fencik FS

Super Bowl XLI runner-up roster

(as of 1/2/2007)

Quarterbacks

Offensive backs

Receivers

Tight ends

Kickers

9 Robbie Gould K
4 Brad Maynard P

Offensive line

Defensive line

Linebackers

Cornerbacks

Safeties

Practice squad

Current roster

**Chicago Bears roster**
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Quarterbacks 17 Tyson Bagent 16 Austin Reed 11 Brett Rypien 18 Caleb Williams Running backs 35 Khari Blasingame FB 24 Khalil Herbert 20 Travis Homer 23 Roschon Johnson 4 D'Andre Swift 33 Ian Wheeler Wide receivers 13 Keenan Allen 26 John Jackson 80 Collin Johnson 12 Velus Jones Jr. 82 Peter LeBlanc 2 D. J. Moore 15 Rome Odunze 81 Dante Pettis 10 Tyler Scott 86 Freddie Swain 83 Nsimba Webster Tight ends 87 Brenden Bates 88 Stephen Carlson 14 Gerald Everett 85 Cole Kmet 47 Tommy Sweeney		Offensive linemen 72 Kiran Amegadjie T 71 Ryan Bates C 62 Theo Benedet T 75 Larry Borom T 69 Ja'Tyre Carter G 63 Jerome Carvin G 74 Aviante Collins T 73 Jake Curhan T 64 Nate Davis G 76 Teven Jenkins G 70 Braxton Jones T 68 Doug Kramer C 60 Bill Murray G 79 Matt Pryor T 65 Coleman Shelton C 58 Darnell Wright T Defensive linemen 97 Andrew Billings DT 94 Austin Booker DE 93 Byron Cowart DE 99 Gervon Dexter DT 78 Michael Dwumfour DT 92 Daniel Hardy DE 52 Khalid Kareem DE 59 Jamree Kromah DE 69 Dashaun Mallory DT 55 Jacob Martin DE 96 Zacch Pickens DT 67 Keith Randolph Jr. DT 90 Dominique Robinson DE 98 Montez Sweat DE 95 DeMarcus Walker DE		Linebackers 47 Micah Baskerville MLB 49 Tremaine Edmunds MLB 53 T. J. Edwards OLB 50 Carl Jones Jr. OLB 43 Paul Moala MLB 45 Amen Ogbongbemiga MLB 57 Jack Sanborn OLB 44 Noah Sewell MLB Defensive backs 39 Josh Blackwell CB 9 Jaquan Brisker SS 31 Kevin Byard FS 25 Adrian Colbert FS 38 Douglas Coleman III SS 6 Kyler Gordon CB 22 Elijah Hicks FS 1 Jaylon Johnson CB 26 Quindell Johnson SS 21 Jaylon Jones CB 37 Leon Jones CB 30 Tarvarius Moore FS 36 Jonathan Owens SS 32 Terell Smith CB 29 Tyrique Stevenson CB 46 Reddy Steward CB 27 Greg Stroman CB Special teams 43 Cameron Lyons LS 8 Cairo Santos K 48 Patrick Scales LS 19 Tory Taylor P 37 Corliss Waitman P				Rookies in italics Roster updated May 21, 2024 Depth chart Transactions 85 active, 2 unsigned → AFC rosters → NFC rosters

First-round draft picks

The following list is of the Bears first-round draft picks since 1936.^[2]

Pro Football Hall of Famers

The following is a list of Pro Football Hall of Famers that have been a major contributor to the Bears, along with the year of their induction.

Retired numbers

The Bears have retired fourteen uniform numbers, which is the most in the NFL, and ranks fourth behind the NBA's Boston Celtics (21), MLB's New York Yankees (20), and NHL's Montreal Canadiens (15) for the most in the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Chicago Bears retired numbers

Bronko Nagurski FB/LB/T 1930–1937, 1943 Minnesota	George McAfee RB/DB/PR 1940–1941, 1945–1950 Duke	George Halas End/HC Owner/Founder 1920–1983 Illinois	Willie Galimore RB 1957–1963 Florida A&M	Walter Payton RB 1975–1987 Jackson State	Gale Sayers RB/KR 1965–1971 Kansas	Brian Piccolo RB/FB 1965–1969 Wake Forest

Sid Luckman QB/DB/P 1939–1950 Columbia	Dick Butkus MLB 1965–1973 Illinois	Bill Hewitt End 1932–1936 Michigan	Bill George MG/MLB 1952–1965 Wake Forest	Clyde Turner C/LB 1940–1952 Hardin-Simmons	Red Grange RB/DB 1925, 1929–1934 Illinois	Mike Ditka TE 1961–1966 Pittsburgh

Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time

In honor of the team centennial anniversary, on May 20, 2019, the Chicago Bears have 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.^[32] At the time of the publish, the list included 27 Pro Football Hall of Famers, while two more inductees would join in the 2020 class (Jim Covert and Ed Sprinkle).

Among the 100 Greatest, four active players made the list, including safety Eddie Jackson (96), defensive lineman Akiem Hicks (75), offensive lineman Kyle Long (74) and highest-ranked active Bear was Khalil Mack (60), who played only one season with the team. Long would retire the following year.

On 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, Thomas Jones, Dave Whitsell, Curtis Conway, Tim Jennings, Leslie Frazier, Roberto Garza, Marty Booker, Nathan Vasher and William Perry.^[33]

#	Name	Position	Years
51	Keith Van Horne	OT	1981–1993
52	Joe Kopcha	OG	1929, 1932–1935
53	Jim McMahon	QB	1982–1988
54	Ed Brown	QB/P	1954–1961
55	Johnny Lujack	QB/DB	1948–1951
56	Roosevelt Taylor	CB	1961–1969
57	Jim Osborne	DT	1972–1984
58	Wally Chambers	DT	1973–1977
59	Julius Peppers	DE	2010–2013
60	Khalil Mack	LB	2018–present
61	Willie Galimore^𝐟	HB	1957–1963
62	Robbie Gould	K	2005–2015
63	Mike Brown	S	2000–2008
64	James "Big Cat" Williams	OT	1991–2002
65	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	K	1985–1995
72	Mark Carrier	S	1990–1996
73	Tommie Harris	DT	2004–2010
74	Kyle Long	OG	2013–2019
75	Akiem Hicks	DT	2016–present
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 1987–1989
80	Alshon Jeffery	WR	2012–2016
81	Brandon Marshall	WR	2012–2014
82	George Blanda^𝙝𝙤𝙛	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	CB	1973–1977 1979–1980
87	Luke Johnsos	E	1929–1936
88	Joey Sternaman	QB/HB/K	1922–1925 1927–1930
89	Mike Pyle	C	1961–1969
90	Beattie Feathers^𝐟	HB	1934–1937
91	Bob Wetoska	OT	1960–1969
92	Bill Osmanski	FB	1939–1943 1946–1947
93	Herm Lee	OT	1958–1966
94	Jim Dooley	FL/DB	1952–1954 1956–1957 1959–1962
95	Larry Morris	LB	1959–1965
96	Eddie Jackson	S	2017–present
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

^{𝙝𝙤𝙛:} Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee.
^𝐟: Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist.

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,^[34] followed by the All-Time specialists^[35] and then the All-Time offensive players.^[36]

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".^[37]

Offense

Position	Player	Years played for
QB	Sid Luckman	1939–1950
FB	Bronko Nagurski	1930–1937, 1943
RB	Walter Payton	1975–1987
WR	Harlon Hill	1954–1961
WR	Ken Kavanaugh	1940–1941, 1945–1950
TE	Mike Ditka	1961–1966
OT	Joe Stydahar	1936–1942, 1945–1946
OT	Jim Covert	1983–1990
G	Stan Jones	1954–1965
G	Danny Fortmann	1936–1943
C	Clyde "Bulldog" Turner	1940–1952

Defense

Position	Player	Years played for
DE	Doug Atkins	1955–1966
DE	Richard Dent	1983–1993, 1995
DT	Dan Hampton	1979–1990
DT	Steve McMichael	1981–1993
MLB	Dick Butkus	1965–1973
OLB	George Connor	1948–1955
OLB	Joe Fortunato	1955–1966
DB	George McAfee	1940–1941, 1945–1950
DB	Charles Tillman	2003–2014
S	Gary Fencik	1976–1987
S	Richie Petitbon	1959–1968

Special teams

Position	Player	Years played for
P	Bobby Joe Green	1962–1973
PK	Robbie Gould	2005–2015
PR	Devin Hester	2006–2013
KR	Gale Sayers	1965–1971

Starting quarterbacks

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