Who is the best linebacker in Bengals 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. Takeo Spikes (2000s) tops the list at 83.
The ranking
Best Bengals linebackers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Takeo Spikes
Bengals · 2000s83 - 2Vontaze Burfict
Bengals · 2010s80 - 3Reggie Williams
Bengals · 1970s80 - 4Bill Bergey
Bengals · 1970s78 - 5Logan Wilson
Bengals · 2020s78 - 6Jim LeClair
Bengals · 1970s78 - 7Alfred Williams
Bengals · 1990s78 - 8Odell Thurman
Bengals · 2000s76 - 9Germaine Pratt
Bengals · 2020s76 - 10Brian Simmons
Bengals · 2000s75 - 11Glenn Cameron
Bengals · 1970s74 - 12Rey Maualuga
Bengals · 2010s74
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