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The 16 Greatest Tampa Bay Buccaneers Players of All Time

by YPB Team

A Super Bowl defense, a creamsicle era nobody wants to relive, and one late arrival who changed the ceiling. Rank them against each other.

  1. Derrick Brooks — ranked #11
    Derrick Brooks
    Linebacker who spent all 14 of his seasons in Tampa, an 11-time Pro Bowler and the 2002 Defensive Player of the Year.
  2. Warren Sapp — ranked #22
    Warren Sapp
    Disruptive defensive tackle, the 1999 Defensive Player of the Year and the engine of the Super Bowl XXXVII defense.
  3. Tom Brady — ranked #33
    Tom Brady
    Won Super Bowl LV in his first season in Tampa, the only Lombardi the franchise has claimed outside the 2002 defense.
  4. Ronde Barber — ranked #44
    Ronde Barber
    Cornerback who played 16 seasons in Tampa and is the only NFL player with 25 interceptions and 25 sacks.
  5. John Lynch — ranked #55
    John Lynch
    Hard-hitting safety and enforcer of the championship secondary, a nine-time Pro Bowler and Hall of Famer.
  6. Mike Evans — ranked #66
    Mike Evans
    Wide receiver who opened his career with an unmatched run of consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.
  7. Lee Roy Selmon — ranked #77
    Lee Roy Selmon
    The franchise's first draft pick and first Hall of Famer, a defensive end who carried the early Buccaneers alone.
  8. Mike Alstott — ranked #88
    Mike Alstott
    Fullback known as the A-Train, a six-time Pro Bowler and the most beloved short-yardage weapon in club history.
  9. Simeon Rice — ranked #99
    Simeon Rice
    Pass rusher who piled up sacks on the championship defense and terrorised quarterbacks off the edge.
  10. Doug Williams — ranked #1010
    Doug Williams
    Quarterback who took the young franchise to its first playoff runs before making history elsewhere.
  11. Hardy Nickerson — ranked #1111
    Hardy Nickerson
    Linebacker whose arrival in 1993 set the tone for the defense that would later win a Super Bowl.
  12. Lavonte David — ranked #1212
    Lavonte David
    Linebacker who spent over a decade as the quiet, relentless heart of the Tampa defense.
  13. Paul Gruber — ranked #1313
    Paul Gruber
    Left tackle who started every game he was healthy for across 12 seasons on some very bad teams.
  14. James Wilder — ranked #1414
    James Wilder
    Running back who carried an enormous workload in the 1980s and long held the franchise rushing record.
  15. Jimmie Giles — ranked #1515
    Jimmie Giles
    Tight end and four-time Pro Bowler who was the offense's most reliable target in the franchise's early years.
  16. Warrick Dunn — ranked #1616
    Warrick Dunn
    Running back and Rookie of the Year whose speed gave the late-1990s offense its only real spark.

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Derrick Brooks gave Tampa fourteen seasons and eleven Pro Bowls; the three-year visitor was 43 years and 189 days old when he won the club a Lombardi: https://youpick.best/articles/tom-brady-ranked-many-ways

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