The following are lists of past and current players of the
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...
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.
Super Bowl rosters
The following lists are lists of the Bears
Super Bowl
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teams.
Super Bowl XX
Super Bowl XX was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for ...
championship roster
Super Bowl XLI
Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League (NFL) champio ...
runner-up roster
Current roster
First-round draft picks
The following list is of the Bears first-round draft picks since
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
.
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
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's
Boston Celtics
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(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.
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. 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
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(96), defensive lineman
Akiem Hicks (75), offensive lineman
Kyle Long (74) and highest-ranked active Bear was
Khalil Mack
Khalil Delshon Mack (; born February 22, 1991) is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Buffalo, and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the ...
(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
Curtis Lamont Conway Sr (born January 13, 1971) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft out of the University of Southern Ca ...
,
Tim Jennings,
Leslie Frazier
Leslie Antonio Frazier (born April 3, 1959) is an American football coach and former cornerback who is the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the he ...
,
Roberto Garza
Roberto Garza (born March 26, 1979) is a former American football center. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round (99th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft, and in 2005, joined the Chicago Bears, spending ten seasons with the team. ...
,
Marty Booker
Marty Montez Booker (born July 31, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver who played for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Louisiana-Monroe, he was drafted by the Chicago Bears ...
,
Nathan Vasher
Nathaniel DeWayne Vasher (born November 17, 1981) is a former American football cornerback who played seven seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Texas and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of ...
and
William Perry.
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee.
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, followed by the All-Time specialists and then the All-Time offensive players.
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
Patrick Mannelly (born April 18, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a long snapper for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Duke University and was selected by Chicag ...
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Offense
Defense
Special teams
Starting quarterbacks
References
External links
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Players
Players may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Players'' (1979 film), a film starring Ali MacGraw
* ''Players'' (2012 film), a Bollywood film
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