National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team

Official list of the NFL's best players in the 2000s

The NFL 2000s All-Decade Team is made up of good players in the National Football League in the ten years spanning 20002009. Only a player or coach's play in the 2000s is used for voting.

The team

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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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0^0 In Pro Football Hall of Fame ¤ 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

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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

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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
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