Who is the best linebacker in Buccaneers 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. Derrick Brooks (2000s) tops the list at 92.
The ranking
Best Buccaneers linebackers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Derrick Brooks
Buccaneers · 2000s92 - 2Lavonte David
Buccaneers · 2020s87 - 3Devin White
Buccaneers · 2020s83 - 4Shaquil Barrett
Buccaneers · 2010s82 - 5Hardy Nickerson
Buccaneers · 1990s80 - 6Kwon Alexander
Buccaneers · 2010s78 - 7Barrett Ruud
Buccaneers · 2000s77 - 8Hugh Green
Buccaneers · 1980s76 - 9David Lewis
Buccaneers · 1970s76 - 10Shelton Quarles
Buccaneers · 2000s76 - 11Broderick Thomas
Buccaneers · 1990s75 - 12Richard Wood
Buccaneers · 1980s72
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