# The 11 Greatest Buffalo Bills Players of All Time

> AFL champions, the core that reached four straight Super Bowls and a modern MVP share one franchise list.

*By YPB Team · Published October 28, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-11-greatest-buffalo-bills-players-of-all-time*

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1. **Jim Kelly** — score 1000/1000
   Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Bills to four straight Super Bowls in the early 1990s.
2. **Andre Reed** — score 591/1000
   Hall of Fame receiver who caught Kelly's passes through all four Super Bowl runs.
3. **Bruce Smith** — score 577/1000
   Defensive end and the NFL's career sacks leader, with 171 of his 200 sacks for Buffalo.
4. **Kyle Williams** — score 577/1000
   Defensive tackle who spent all 13 seasons in Buffalo and made six Pro Bowls.
5. **Steve Tasker** — score 500/1000
   Seven-time Pro Bowl special teams player, the best gunner of his era.
6. **Fred Jackson** — score 409/1000
   Undrafted running back from Division III Coe College who became a Bills fan favorite.
7. **O. J. Simpson** — score 409/1000
   Running back who in 1973 became the first player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.
8. **Thurman Thomas** — score 300/1000
   Hall of Fame running back and 1991 MVP, the engine of the K-Gun offense.
9. **Stefon Diggs** — score 300/1000
   Receiver who set the franchise's single-season receiving records after a 2020 trade.
10. **Jack Kemp** — score 300/1000
   Quarterback of the 1964 and 1965 AFL champion Bills, later a congressman.
11. **Josh Allen** — score 0/1000
   Quarterback drafted in 2018 who won the 2024 MVP and holds the record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.

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