Who is the best linebacker in Saints 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. Rickey Jackson (1980s) tops the list at 90.
The ranking
Best Saints linebackers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Rickey Jackson
Saints · 1980s90 - 2Demario Davis
Saints · 2020s87 - 3Pat Swilling
Saints · 1990s85 - 4Sam Mills
Saints · 1990s84 - 5Curtis Lofton
Saints · 2010s79 - 6Vaughan Johnson
Saints · 1990s78 - 7Jonathan Vilma
Saints · 2000s78 - 8Joe Federspiel
Saints · 1970s76 - 9Scott Fujita
Saints · 2000s76 - 10Mark Fields
Saints · 1990s76 - 11Pete Werner
Saints · 2020s75 - 12Winfred Tubbs
Saints · 1990s73
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