Who is the best defensive back in Jets 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. Darrelle Revis (2010s) tops the list at 95.
The ranking
Best Jets defensive backs ever · rating out of 100
- 1Darrelle Revis
Jets · 2010s95 - 2Sauce Gardner
Jets · 2020s93 - 3Jamal Adams
Jets · 2010s85 - 4Ty Law
Jets · 2000s80 - 5Ronnie Lott
Jets · 1990s80 - 6Kerry Rhodes
Jets · 2000s78 - 7D.J. Reed
Jets · 2020s78 - 8Antonio Cromartie
Jets · 2010s78 - 9Aaron Glenn
Jets · 1990s76 - 10Victor Green
Jets · 1990s76 - 11Burgess Owens
Jets · 1970s73 - 12Otis Smith
Jets · 1990s73
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