National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team

The NFL 2000s All-Decade Team is made up of good players in the National Football League in the ten years spanning 2000–2009. Only a player or coach's play in the 2000s is used for voting.

The team

Note 1: Players are listed alphabetically within first and second teams
Note 2: Only teams for which a player played in a game from 2000–2009 are listed. Teams with whom a player signed but never played or played only before 2000 or after 2009 are not listed.
Note 3: Under "Hall of Fame?" if a year is listed like "e-2022", that is the year player is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Offense

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In Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Finalist for the Hall of Fame

Position	First Team	Hall of Fame?	Second Team	Hall of Fame?
Quarterback	Tom Brady (New England Patriots)	e-2028	Peyton Manning^ (Indianapolis Colts)	Yes
Running back	Edgerrin James^ (Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks)	Yes	Shaun Alexander (Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins)	No
	LaDainian Tomlinson^ (San Diego Chargers)	Yes	Jamal Lewis (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns)	No
Fullback	Lorenzo Neal (Tennessee Titans, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens)	No	Tony Richardson (Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets)	No
Wide receiver	Marvin Harrison^ (Indianapolis Colts)	Yes	Torry Holt (St. Louis Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars)	4 time finalist
	Randy Moss^ (Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots)	Yes	Terrell Owens^ (San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills)	Yes
Tight end	Tony Gonzalez^ (Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons)	Yes	Antonio Gates (San Diego Chargers)	e-2024
Tackle	Walter Jones^ (Seattle Seahawks)	Yes	Orlando Pace^ (St. Louis Rams, Chicago Bears)	Yes
	Jonathan Ogden^ (Baltimore Ravens)	Yes	Willie Roaf^ (New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs)	Yes
Guard	Alan Faneca^ (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets)	Yes	Larry Allen^ (Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers)	Yes
	Steve Hutchinson^ (Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings)	Yes	Will Shields^ (Kansas City Chiefs)	Yes
Center	Kevin Mawae^ (Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, Tennessee Titans)	Yes	Olin Kreutz (Chicago Bears)	No

Defense

Position	First Team	Hall of Fame?	Second Team	Hall of Fame?
Defensive end	Dwight Freeney (Indianapolis Colts)	1 time finalist	Julius Peppers (Carolina Panthers)	e-2024
	Michael Strahan^ (New York Giants)	Yes	Jason Taylor^ (Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins)	Yes
Defensive tackle	Warren Sapp^ (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders)	Yes	La'Roi Glover (New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams)	No
	Richard Seymour (New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders)	Yes	Kevin Williams (Minnesota Vikings)	No
Linebacker	Derrick Brooks^ (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)	Yes	Joey Porter (Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins)	No
	Ray Lewis^ (Baltimore Ravens)	Yes	Zach Thomas (Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys)	4 time finalist
	Brian Urlacher^ (Chicago Bears)	Yes	DeMarcus Ware (Dallas Cowboys)	2 time finalist
Cornerback	Champ Bailey^ (Washington Redskins, Denver Broncos)	Yes	Ronde Barber (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)	3 time finalist
	Charles Woodson^ (Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers)	Yes	Ty Law^ (New England Patriots, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos)	Yes
Safety	Brian Dawkins^ (Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos)	Yes	Troy Polamalu^ (Pittsburgh Steelers)	Yes
	Ed Reed^ (Baltimore Ravens)	Yes	Darren Sharper (Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints)	No

Special teams

Position	First Team	Hall of Fame?	Second Team	Hall of Fame?
Kicker	Adam Vinatieri (New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts)	e-2025	David Akers (Philadelphia Eagles)	No
Punter	Shane Lechler (Oakland Raiders)	No	Brian Moorman (Buffalo Bills)	No
Kick Returner	Josh Cribbs (Cleveland Browns)	No	Dante Hall (Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams)	No
Punt Returner	Dante Hall (Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams)	No	Devin Hester (Chicago Bears)	2 time finalist

Coach

Position	First Team	Hall of Fame?	Second Team	Hall of Fame?
Coach	Bill Belichick (New England Patriots)	Active	Tony Dungy^ (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts)	Yes