- Bart Starr won the first two Super Bowls, five NFL Championships, and was Super Bowl MVP in both wins.
- Aaron Rodgers had a 0.3% interception rate in 2018, throwing just two interceptions on nearly 600 attempts.
- Brett Favre threw 286 interceptions in his career with the Packers and a total of 336 in his career.
The Green Bay Packers have won four Super Bowls, the most recent being Super Bowl XLV following the 2010 season, as well as 11 NFL Championships. If online football betting here at BetMGM online sportsbook was around in those days (1929 to 1967), you bet I’d be wagering on Packers futures to win the Super Bowl often.
If you look back at the NFL odds in each Super Bowl Green Bay won (I, II, XXXI, and XLV), the Packers were favoured in all of them, including three-point favourites over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Super Bowl XLV.
With so much history, I’ve dug through the archives to list the top 10 players in franchise history.
Hint: The first three are quarterbacks, and two of them started a combined 476 games for the team.
10 Best Green Bay Packers of All Time, Ranked
| Rank | Player | Position | Packers Years |
| 1 | Bart Starr | QB | 1956-1971 |
| 2 | Aaron Rodgers | QB | 2005-2022 |
| 3 | Brett Favre | QB | 1992-2007 |
| 4 | Reggie White | DE | 1993-1998 |
| 5 | Don Hutson | WR | 1935-1945 |
| 6 | Ray Nitschke | LB | 1958-1972 |
| 7 | Paul Hornung | RB | 1957-1966 |
| 8 | Forrest Gregg | OT | 1956-1970 |
| 9 | Jerry Kramer | OG | 1958-1968 |
| 10 | Donald Driver | WR | 1999-2012 |
1. Bart Starr
Starr may not have the statistics of the next two quarterbacks on the list, but he single-handedly put the Packers on the map, leading them not only to back-to-back Super Bowls but the first two Super Bowls ever—there’s something unquantifiably special about that.
Not only did he win both of those, but he was the MVP in Super Bowls I and II.
Before the Super Bowl era, Starr won five NFL Championships with the Packers – 1961, 1962, and from 1965 to 1967.
He went 94-57-6 in his career, passing for 24,718 yards and 152 passing touchdowns.
Starr was also the MVP of the league in 1966, was a three-time second-team All-Pro, made it to four Pro Bowls, and led the league in completion percentage and passer rating four times.
His No. 15 was retired by the Packers, and he’s in their Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2. Aaron Rodgers
I strongly considered Rodgers for No. 1, but Starr’s seven championships, including the first two Super Bowls, sold me.
As for Rodgers, he edges out Brett Favre for the second spot on this list.
In 230 games for Green Bay, Rodgers went 147-75-1 and completed 5,001 of 7,660 passes for 59,055 yards, 475 touchdown passes, and 105 interceptions.
He has a better winning percentage than Favre, more passing touchdowns, and far fewer interceptions (Favre has 286).
Rodgers managed to win Super Bowl XLV with the team, was named MVP of that game, and won four NFL MVP awards, including in 2020 and 2021.
He’s a four-time first-team All-Pro, one-time second-team All-Pro, went to 10 Pro Bowls with the Packers, led the league in passing touchdowns twice, led the league in completion percentage once, was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year, and also won the Bert Bell Award.
Rodgers also holds the NFL single-season passer rating record of 122.5 in 2011 and the lowest interception percentage in a single season of just 0.3% in 2018 (two interceptions on 597 attempts).
3. Brett Favre
Coming in at third is Favre.
He holds Packers records doe pass attempts (8,754) and passing yards (61,655), but he also holds the NFL record for most interceptions (336), 286 of which came during his time in Green Bay.
If you take away every interception he had after leaving the Packers, his total would still be the most ever, ahead of George Blanda’s 277.
Favre was truly a gunslinger, and it produced more success than failure. He won Super Bowl XXXI, was a three-time league MVP, was the Offensive Player of the Year in 1995, a three-time first-team and second-team All-Pro, went to 11 Pro Bowls, led the league in passing yards twice and passing touchdowns four times, and won two Bert Bell Awards.
The Packers retired his No. 4, and he’s enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
4. Reggie White
White also appeared on my list of the best Philadelphia Eagles players of all time, and he does so again here with the Packers, which speaks to how incredibly dominant he was.
He played for the Packers from 1993 to 1998, and during that time, he racked up 68.5 sacks in 95 games. He’s fifth in Packers history in sacks, and every player ahead of him played at least 124 games.
White averaged more than 0.7 sacks per game, so if you were to expand that to 124 games, he would’ve finished with around 89.5 sacks, which would be 10 behind Willie Davis (the Packers’ all-time leader), who played in 138 games.
The point is that White was dominant in his short time with the team after posting 100-plus sacks with the Eagles.
During his time with the Packers, he was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1998 and the UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year in 1995. He was also a two-time first-team All-Pro, a four-time second-team All-Pro, and a six-time Pro Bowler.
He won Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers at Super Bowl XXXI and had a game-sealing sack. That was his third of the game.
5. Don Hutson
A three-time NFL Champion (1936, 1939, and 1944), Hutson is regarded as one of the most legendary players in football history. He played end, safety, and kicker.
Hutson was a two-time MVP, an eight-time first-team All-Pro, four-time NFL All-Star, and led the league in receptions eight times, in receiving yards seven times, in receiving touchdowns nine times, and in scoring five teams.
He was also the NFL interceptions co-leader in 1940.
Simply put, he did it all in an era that is often forgotten due to the tens of thousands of yards worth of statistics nowadays, but Hutson was truly a marvel of his time.
The Packers retired his No. 14, and he’s enshrined in both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame.
6. Ray Nitschke
A linebacker, Nitschke played during a time when defensive statistics were sporadically kept. His total tackle numbers are unknown and he’s unofficially credited with 16.0 sacks.
Still, we do know that in Super Bowl I, he had six tackles and a sack and then contributed nine more tackles in Super Bowl II.
Like Starr, he won those two Super Bowls and five NFL Championships before that.
Nitschke was also a two-time first-team All-Pro and five-time second-team All-Pro. He went to the Pro Bowl in 1964, and the Packers retired his No. 66.
There’s a famous Nitschke story about a 1,000-pound steel coaching tower falling on him. When head coach Vince Lombardi came over to check on him, he said he’d be fine and to get back to work. It was said that a spike was driven into Nitschke’s helmet, yet he was uninjured. The helmet, with the hole, can be seen at the Packer Hall of Fame in Green Bay.
Nitschke is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
7. Paul Hornung
Hornung played halfback and kicker for the Packers from 1957 to 1962 and again from 1964 to 1966. He was suspended during the 1963 season for betting on NFL games with some shady characters. Hornung admitted his mistake and was reinstated for the 1964 season.
He’s credited with a win in Super Bowl I, but he didn’t see action due to injury.
Before that, though, he won four NFL Championships (1961, 1962, 1965, and 1966) and was named league MVP in 1961.
Hornung was also a two-time first-team All-Pro, a second-team All-Pro, went to two Pro Bowls, led the league in rushing touchdowns in 1960, and also led the NFL in scoring from 1959-1961.
He finished his career with 893 carries for 3,711 yards and 50 rushing scores.
He’s enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
8. Forrest Gregg
The No. 20 overall pick in the second round of the 1956 NFL Draft, Gregg played for the Packers in 1956 and again from 1958 to 1970. He missed the 1957 season to fulfill his duty with the United States Army.
Playing offensive tackle, he won three Super Bowls, including two with the Packers and five NFL Championships, was a seven-time first-team All-Pro, one second-team All-Pro nod, and nine Pro Bowls.
After his playing days, he coached in various roles from 1972 to 1995 and served as Packers head coach from 1984 to 1987.
He’s enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
9. Jerry Kramer
Kramer played both guard and kicker for the Packers from 1958 to 1968. He won two Super Bowls and five NFL championships, was a five-time first-team All-Pro, a two-time second-team All-Pro, and went to three Pro Bowls.
As a kicker, he made 29 field goals and 90 extra points. He kicked three field goals in the Packers’ 1962 NFL Championship against the New York Giants, which they won 16-7.
Unfortunately, Kramer dealt with a lot of injuries, including surgery to remove wood fragments from his abdomen from an injury that happened decades earlier. He also had a severely injured ankle in 1961. He underwent 22 surgeries throughout his 11-season career.
10. Donald Driver
Driver is the only player in Packers history to surpass 10,000 receiving yards, and he did so after playing in 205 games while catching 743 passes on 1,234 targets. He also scored 61 touchdowns. He’s the Packers’ all-time leader in receiving yards, receptions, and is fifth in receiving touchdowns.
Driver won Super Bowl XLV with the Packers, went to four Pro Bowls and is in the Packers Hall of Fame.
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