The following are lists of past and current players of the Chicago Bears professional American football team.

Historic teams

Partial inaugural (1919) roster

The following is a partial roster for the 1919 season, when the team was known as the Decatur Staleys.

Name	Position	Notes
Roy S. "Bement" Adkins	G
(?) Bailey	E
Robert E. "Red" Brannan	E/Coach
(John W.)? Brant	HB
Perry Brecount	QB
(?) Casey	HB
Frank Manley Chase	G
"Joe" Cooper	E
Robert L. "Bob" Crisp	G
(?) Dancliff	C
Chuck Dressen	QB-HB
(Edward G.)? Eckhoff	E
(?) Gammel	G
Sidney "Sunshine" Gepford	HB-FB
Henry J. Halterman	G
"Charlie" Koehler	T
William Lutz Krigbaum	G-FB	Colonel U.S. Army
Ralph L. "Jake" Lanum	HB-FB
Chester A. "Baldy" May	G
Walter O. "Red" May	T
(?) McGrath	C
(?) McElvey	HB
John F. "Jack" Mintun	C
George H. Moffett	T
"Bun" Moran	G
(?) Pyrzynski	HB-FB
C. Lawrence Thrift	FB-E
(Willard C.)? Valentine	E
W. Walter Veach	HB
A. Wade Wacaser	T
(?) Wagner	E
Paul C. Wilson	E	Methodist Minister Rev. Paul C. Wilson
Fred P. "Fritz" Wasem	E/Manager
Ray C. "Buster" Woodworth	E
Lester "Lefty" Wallack

Super Bowl rosters

The following lists are lists of the Bears Super Bowl teams.

Super Bowl XX championship roster

Complete roster of 1985 season (January 26, 1986) [1]
Quarterbacks 9 Jim McMahon 4 Steve Fuller 18 Mike Tomczak Offensive backs 34 Walter Payton RB 26 Matt Suhey FB 20 Thomas Sanders RB 29 Dennis Gentry RB 33 Calvin Thomas RB Receivers 83 Willie Gault 85 Dennis McKinnon 81 James Maness 82 Ken Margerum 86 Brad Anderson 89 Keith Ortego Tight ends 87 Emery Moorehead 80 Tim Wrightman		Kickers 6 Kevin Butler K 8 Maury Buford P Offensive line 74 Jim Covert T 62 Mark Bortz G 63 Jay Hilgenberg C 57 Tom Thayer G 78 Keith Van Horne T 60 Tom Andrews OL 71 Andy Frederick OL 75 Stefan Humphries OL 79 Kurt Becker G Defensive line 99 Dan Hampton DL 95 Richard Dent DE 76 Steve McMichael DT 72 William Perry DT 70 Henry Waechter DL 73 Mike Hartenstine DL 98 Tyrone Keys DE		Linebackers 50 Mike Singletary MLB 55 Otis Wilson LB 58 Wilber Marshall LB 51 Jim Morrissey LB 52 Cliff Thrift LB 53 Dan Rains LB 54 Brian Cabral LB 59 Ron Rivera LB Cornerbacks 27 Mike Richardson 21 Leslie Frazier 48 Reggie Phillips Defensive backs 31 Ken Taylor 23 Shaun Gayle 24 Jeff Fisher Safeties 22 Dave Duerson SS 45 Gary Fencik FS

Super Bowl XLI runner-up roster

(as of 1/2/2007)
Quarterbacks 8   Rex Grossman 14 Brian Griese 18 Kyle Orton Offensive backs 32 Cedric Benson RB 47 Bryan Johnson FB 20 Thomas Jones RB 37 Jason McKie FB 29 Adrian Peterson RB 48 J.D. Runnels FB Receivers 80 Bernard Berrian 16 Mark Bradley 17 Airese Currie 81 Rashied Davis 12 Justin Gage 87 Muhsin Muhammad Tight ends 88 Desmond Clark 85 John Gilmore 82 Gabe Reid Kickers 9   Robbie Gould K 4   Brad Maynard P		Offensive line 74 Ruben Brown G 63 Roberto Garza C/G 57 Olin Kreutz C 65 Patrick Mannelly LS 60 Terrence Metcalf G 69 Fred Miller T 68 Anthony Oakley OL 78 John St. Clair T 76 John Tait T Defensive line 97 Mark Anderson DE 70 Alfonso Boone DT 96 Alex Brown DE 98 Dusty Dvoracek DT 90 Antonio Garay DT 91 Tommie Harris DT 71 Israel Idonije DT 99 Tank Johnson DT 93 Adewale Ogunleye DE 95 Ian Scott DT		Linebackers 94 Brendon Ayanbadejo OLB 55 Lance Briggs OLB 92 Hunter Hillenmeyer LB 53 Leon Joe OLB 58 Darrell McClover OLB 54 Brian Urlacher MLB 52 Jamar Williams LB 59 Rod Wilson MLB Cornerbacks 23 Devin Hester KR/PR 24 Ricky Manning, Jr. 33 Charles Tillman 31 Nathan Vasher 21 Dante Wesley Safeties 30 Mike Brown SS 22 Tyler Everett SS 46 Chris Harris FS 35 Todd Johnson SS 36 Brandon McGowan S 38 Danieal Manning FS 27 Nick Turnbull FS 44 Cameron Worrell SS		Practice squad 72 Copeland Bryan DE 83 Mike Hass WR 75 Mark LeVoir T 64 Tyler Reed G 84 Brandon Rideau WR 45 Dwayne Slay LB 86 Richard Angulo TE

Current roster

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Quarterbacks 17 Tyson Bagent 11 Brett Rypien Running backs 35 Khari Blasingame FB 24 Khalil Herbert 20 Travis Homer 23 Roschon Johnson  4 D'Andre Swift Wide receivers 15 Keenan Allen 80 Collin Johnson 12 Velus Jones Jr.  2 D. J. Moore 81 Dante Pettis 10 Tyler Scott 83 Nsimba Webster Tight ends 88 Stephen Carlson 14 Gerald Everett 85 Cole Kmet

Offensive linemen -- Ryan Bates G 75 Larry Borom T 69 Ja'Tyre Carter G 63 Jerome Carvin G 74 Aviante Collins T 73 Jake Curhan T 64 Nate Davis G 76 Teven Jenkins G 70 Braxton Jones T 68 Doug Kramer C 60 Bill Murray G 79 Matt Pryor T -- Coleman Shelton C 58 Darnell Wright T Defensive linemen 97 Andrew Billings DT 93 Byron Cowart DE 99 Gervon Dexter DT 72 Michael Dwumfour DT 92 Daniel Hardy DE 52 Khalid Kareem DE 55 Jacob Martin DE 96 Zacch Pickens DT 90 Dominique Robinson DE 98 Montez Sweat DE 95 DeMarcus Walker DE

Linebackers 47 Micah Baskerville MLB 49 Tremaine Edmunds MLB 53 T. J. Edwards OLB 45 Amen Ogbongbemiga MLB 57 Jack Sanborn OLB 44 Noah Sewell MLB Defensive backs 39 Josh Blackwell CB  9 Jaquan Brisker SS -- Kevin Byard FS 25 Adrian Colbert FS 38 Douglas Coleman III SS  6 Kyler Gordon CB 22 Elijah Hicks FS  1 Jaylon Johnson CB 26 Quindell Johnson SS 31 Jaylon Jones CB -- Tarvarius Moore FS 36 Jonathan Owens SS 32 Terell Smith CB 29 Tyrique Stevenson CB 27 Greg Stroman CB Special teams 16 Trenton Gill P 43 Cameron Lyons LS  8 Cairo Santos K 48 Patrick Scales LS 37 Corliss Waitman P

Rookies in italics Roster updated April 22, 2024 Depth chart Transactions 68 active → AFC rosters → NFC rosters

First-round draft picks

The following list is of the Bears first-round draft picks since 1936. ^[2]

Joe Stydahar ( 1936) Les McDonald ( 1937) Joe Gray ( 1938) Sid Luckman ( 1939) Bill Osmanski ( 1939) Clyde Turner ( 1940) Tom Harmon ( 1941) Norm Standlee ( 1941) Don Scott ( 1941) Frankie Albert ( 1942) Bob Steuber ( 1943) Ray Evans ( 1944) Don Lund ( 1945) John Lujack ( 1946) Bob Fenimore ( 1947) Dick Kindt ( 1947) Bobby Layne ( 1948) Max Bumgardner ( 1948) Dick Harris ( 1949) Chuck Hunsinger ( 1950) Fred "Curly" Morrison ( 1950) Bob Williams ( 1951)

Billy Stone ( 1951) Gene Schroeder ( 1951) Jim Dooley ( 1952) Billy Anderson ( 1953) Stan Wallace ( 1954) Ron Drzewiecki ( 1955) Menan Schriewer ( 1956) Earl Leggett ( 1957) Chuck Howley ( 1958) Don Clark ( 1959) Roger Davis ( 1960) Mike Ditka ( 1961) Ronnie Bull ( 1962) Dave Behrman ( 1963) Dick Evey ( 1964) Dick Butkus ( 1965) Gale Sayers ( 1965) Steve DeLong ( 1965) George Rice ( 1966) Loyd Phillips ( 1967) Mike Hull ( 1968) Rufus Mayes ( 1969)

Joe Moore ( 1971) Lionel Antoine ( 1972) Craig Clemons ( 1972) Wally Chambers ( 1973) Waymond Bryant ( 1974) Dave Gallagher ( 1974) Walter Payton ( 1975) Dennis Lick ( 1976) Ted Albrecht ( 1977) Dan Hampton ( 1979) Al Harris ( 1979) Otis Wilson ( 1980) Keith Van Horne ( 1981) Jim McMahon ( 1982) Jim Covert ( 1983) Willie Gault ( 1983) Wilber Marshall ( 1984) William Perry ( 1985) Neal Anderson ( 1986) Jim Harbaugh ( 1987) Brad Muster ( 1988) Wendell Davis ( 1988)

Donnell Woolford ( 1989) Trace Armstrong ( 1989) Mark Carrier ( 1990) Stan Thomas ( 1991) Alonzo Spellman ( 1992) Curtis Conway ( 1993) John Thierry ( 1994) Rashaan Salaam ( 1995) Walt Harris ( 1996) Curtis Enis ( 1998) Cade McNown ( 1999) Brian Urlacher ( 2000) David Terrell ( 2001) Marc Colombo ( 2002) Michael Haynes ( 2003) Rex Grossman ( 2003) Tommie Harris ( 2004) Cedric Benson ( 2005) Greg Olsen ( 2007) Chris Williams ( 2008) Gabe Carimi ( 2011) Shea McClellin ( 2012)

Kyle Long ( 2013) Kyle Fuller ( 2014) Kevin White ( 2015) Leonard Floyd ( 2016) Mitchell Trubisky ( 2017) Roquan Smith ( 2018) Justin Fields ( 2021) Darnell Wright ( 2023)

Pro Football Hall of Famers

The following is a list of Pro Football Hall of Famers that have been a major contributor to the Bears, along with the year of their induction.

George Halas (1963) [3] Bronko Nagurski (1963) [4] Red Grange (1963) [5] Ed Healey (1964) [6] William R. Lyman (1964) [7] George Trafton (1964) [8] Paddy Driscoll (1965) [9] Dan Fortmann (1965) [10]

Sid Luckman (1965) [11] George McAfee (1966) [12] Bulldog Turner (1966) [13] Joe Stydahar (1967) [14] Bill Hewitt (1971) [15] Bill George (1974) [16] George Connor (1975) [17] Gale Sayers (1977) [18]

Dick Butkus (1979) [19] George Blanda (1981) [20] Doug Atkins (1982) [21] George Musso (1982) [22] Mike Ditka (1988) [23] Stan Jones (1991) [24] Walter Payton (1993) [25] Jim Finks [26] (1995) [27]

Mike Singletary (1998) [28] Dan Hampton (2002) [29] Richard Dent (2011) [30] Brian Urlacher (2018) [31] Jim Covert (2020) Ed Sprinkle (2020)

Retired numbers

The Bears have retired fourteen uniform numbers, which is the most in the NFL, and ranks fourth behind the NBA's Boston Celtics (21), MLB's New York Yankees (20), and NHL's Montreal Canadiens (15) for the most in the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time

In honor of the team centennial anniversary, on May 20, 2019, the Chicago Bears have unveiled the Top 100 players in franchise history, as voted on by Hall of Fame writers Don Pierson and Dan Pompei, two of the most famous journalists that have ever covered the club in their long history. ^[32] At the time of the publish, the list included 27 Pro Football Hall of Famers, while two more inductees would join in the 2020 class ( Jim Covert and Ed Sprinkle).

Among the 100 Greatest, four active players made the list, including safety Eddie Jackson (96), defensive lineman Akiem Hicks (75), offensive lineman Kyle Long (74) and highest-ranked active Bear was Khalil Mack (60), who played only one season with the team. Long would retire the following year.

On later date, Chicagobears.com released a list titled "Top 10: Best of the rest", that featured the top 10 snubs from the centennial list. The players include (in a following order): Alex Brown, Thomas Jones, Dave Whitsell, Curtis Conway, Tim Jennings, Leslie Frazier, Roberto Garza, Marty Booker, Nathan Vasher and William Perry. ^[33]

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^𝐟: Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist.

All-Time Team

During the week of June 3, 2019 the All-Time Team was announced in parts each day starting with the All-Time defensive players, ^[34] followed by the All-Time specialists ^[35] and then the All-Time offensive players. ^[36]

Larry Mayer of the Chicagobears.com would later state, that according to the voters "if they had included a long-snapper on the team it would have been Patrick Mannelly". ^[37]

Offense

Position	Player	Years played for
QB	Sid Luckman	1939–1950
FB	Bronko Nagurski	1930–1937, 1943
RB	Walter Payton	1975–1987
WR	Harlon Hill	1954–1961
	Ken Kavanaugh	1940–1941, 1945–1950
TE	Mike Ditka	1961–1966
OT	Joe Stydahar	1936–1942, 1945–1946
	Jim Covert	1983–1990
G	Stan Jones	1954–1965
	Danny Fortmann	1936–1943
C	Clyde "Bulldog" Turner	1940–1952

Defense

Position	Player	Years played for
DE	Doug Atkins	1955–1966
	Richard Dent	1983–1993, 1995
DT	Dan Hampton	1979–1990
	Steve McMichael	1981–1993
MLB	Dick Butkus	1965–1973
OLB	George Connor	1948–1955
	Joe Fortunato	1955–1966
DB	George McAfee	1940–1941, 1945–1950
	Charles Tillman	2003–2014
S	Gary Fencik	1976–1987
	Richie Petitbon	1959–1968

Special teams

Position	Player	Years played for
P	Bobby Joe Green	1962–1973
PK	Robbie Gould	2005–2015
PR	Devin Hester	2006–2013
KR	Gale Sayers	1965–1971

Starting quarterbacks

References