Official list of the NFL's best players in the 2010s
The National Football League 2010s All-Decade Team is composed of outstanding performers in the National Football League in the ten years spanning 2010–2019. Only a player or coach's performance during the decade was used as criteria for voting.[1][2][3]
Tom Brady, Adrian Peterson, Joe Thomas, Marshal Yanda, J. J. Watt, Aaron Donald, Von Miller, and Justin Tucker were all unanimous selections. Tom Brady, Julius Peppers, Shane Lechler, Devin Hester and Bill Belichick had been previously named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2000s All-Decade Team.
The team
Note 1: Only teams for which a player played in a game from 2010–2019 are listed. Teams with whom a player signed but never played or for whom he played only prior to 2010 or after 2019 are not listed.
Note 2: Under "Hall of Fame" if a year is listed, i.e., "e-2025", that is the year player is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Note 3: Players listed as active may include free agents. They will no longer be listed as active if they remain a free agent for an entire season.
Offense
| Position
|
Player
|
Hall of Fame
|
| Quarterback
|
Tom Brady* (New England Patriots)
|
e-2028
|
| Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)
|
Active
|
| Running back
|
Frank Gore (San Francisco 49ers, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills)
|
e-2026
|
| Marshawn Lynch (Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders)
|
e-2025
|
| LeSean McCoy (Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs)
|
e-2026
|
| Adrian Peterson* (Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins)
|
e-2027
|
| Wide receiver
|
Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots)
|
e-2027
|
| Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals)
|
e-2026
|
| Calvin Johnson^ (Detroit Lions)
|
Yes
|
| Julio Jones (Atlanta Falcons)
|
Active
|
| Tight end
|
Rob Gronkowski (New England Patriots)
|
e-2027
|
| Travis Kelce (Kansas City Chiefs)
|
Active
|
| Flex
|
Darren Sproles (San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles)
|
e-2025
|
| Tackle
|
Jason Peters (Philadelphia Eagles)
|
Active
|
| Tyron Smith (Dallas Cowboys)
|
Active
|
| Joe Staley (San Francisco 49ers)
|
e-2025
|
| Joe Thomas*^ (Cleveland Browns)
|
Yes
|
| Guard
|
Jahri Evans (New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers)
|
1 time finalist
|
| Logan Mankins (New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
|
No
|
| Zack Martin (Dallas Cowboys)
|
Active
|
| Marshal Yanda* (Baltimore Ravens)
|
e-2025
|
| Center
|
Alex Mack (Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons)
|
e-2027
|
| Maurkice Pouncey (Pittsburgh Steelers)
|
e-2026
|
Defense
| Position
|
Player
|
Hall of Fame
|
| Defensive end
|
Calais Campbell (Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars)
|
Active
|
| Cameron Jordan (New Orleans Saints)
|
Active
|
| Julius Peppers^ (Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
|
Yes
|
| J. J. Watt* (Houston Texans)
|
e-2028
|
| Defensive tackle
|
Geno Atkins (Cincinnati Bengals)
|
e-2026
|
| Fletcher Cox (Philadelphia Eagles)
|
Active
|
| Aaron Donald* (St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams)
|
Active
|
| Ndamukong Suh (Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
|
Active
|
| Linebacker
|
Chandler Jones (New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals)
|
Active
|
| Luke Kuechly (Carolina Panthers)
|
e-2025
|
| Khalil Mack (Oakland Raiders, Chicago Bears)
|
Active
|
| Von Miller* (Denver Broncos)
|
Active
|
| Bobby Wagner (Seattle Seahawks)
|
Active
|
| Patrick Willis^ (San Francisco 49ers)
|
Yes
|
| Cornerback
|
Patrick Peterson (Arizona Cardinals)
|
Active
|
| Darrelle Revis^ (New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs)
|
Yes
|
| Richard Sherman (Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers)
|
e-2027
|
| Defensive back
|
Chris Harris Jr. (Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers)
|
Active
|
| Tyrann Mathieu (Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs)
|
Active
|
| Safety
|
Eric Berry (Kansas City Chiefs)
|
No
|
| Earl Thomas (Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens)
|
e-2025
|
| Eric Weddle (San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Los Angeles Rams)
|
e-2027
|
Special teams
Coach
* -- denotes a unanimous selection