Who is the best linebacker in Packers 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. Ray Nitschke (1960s) tops the list at 92.
The ranking
Best Packers linebackers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Ray Nitschke
Packers · 1960s92 - 2Clay Matthews III
Packers · 2010s86 - 3Ted Hendricks
Packers · 1970s85 - 4De'Vondre Campbell
Packers · 2020s81 - 5Bryce Paup
Packers · 1990s80 - 6Za'Darius Smith
Packers · 2010s80 - 7George Koonce
Packers · 1990s78 - 8A.J. Hawk
Packers · 2000s78 - 9Blake Martinez
Packers · 2010s78 - 10Preston Smith
Packers · 2020s78 - 11Seth Joyner
Packers · 1990s76 - 12Nick Barnett
Packers · 2000s74
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