Who is the best running back 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. Walter Payton (1980s) tops the list at 99.
The ranking
Best Bears running backs ever · rating out of 100
- 1Walter Payton
Bears · 1980s99 - 2Gale Sayers
Bears · 1960s95 - 3Matt Forte
Bears · 2000s85 - 4Neal Anderson
Bears · 1980s82 - 5Thomas Jones
Bears · 2000s78 - 6Jordan Howard
Bears · 2010s78 - 7Cedric Benson
Bears · 2000s76 - 8Matt Suhey
Bears · 1980s75 - 9David Montgomery
Bears · 2020s74 - 10Tarik Cohen
Bears · 2010s74 - 11Anthony Thomas
Bears · 2000s74 - 12Khalil Herbert
Bears · 2020s73
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