Who is the best linebacker in Chargers 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. Junior Seau (1990s) tops the list at 94.
The ranking
Best Chargers linebackers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Junior Seau
Chargers · 1990s94 - 2Shawne Merriman
Chargers · 2000s83 - 3Donnie Edwards
Chargers · 2000s80 - 4Kenneth Murray
Chargers · 2020s78 - 5Drue Tranquill
Chargers · 2020s78 - 6Woodrow Lowe
Chargers · 1970s76 - 7Gary Plummer
Chargers · 1990s76 - 8Chip Banks
Chargers · 1980s76 - 9Denzel Perryman
Chargers · 2010s75 - 10Stephen Cooper
Chargers · 2000s74 - 11Randall Godfrey
Chargers · 2000s74 - 12Donald Butler
Chargers · 2010s74
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