Who is the best linebacker in Bears history? Here are the top 12, ranked by their rating in 17-0 — the free game where you draft an all-time roster and simulate whether it can go a perfect 17-0 season. Dick Butkus (1960s) tops the list at 96.
The ranking
Best Bears linebackers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Dick Butkus
Bears · 1960s96 - 2Mike Singletary
Bears · 1980s92 - 3Brian Urlacher
Bears · 2000s92 - 4Khalil Mack
Bears · 2010s92 - 5Bill George
Bears · 1960s88 - 6Roquan Smith
Bears · 2020s88 - 7Wilber Marshall
Bears · 1980s85 - 8Lance Briggs
Bears · 2000s85 - 9Tremaine Edmunds
Bears · 2020s83 - 10Otis Wilson
Bears · 1980s79 - 11Danny Trevathan
Bears · 2010s78 - 12Bryan Cox
Bears · 1990s76
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