The 50 greatest Washington Commanders players of all time

The Washington Commanders began life as the Boston Braves in 1932. The NFL was barely a decade old when George Preston Marshall and a couple of partners began operations. There were 10 teams in the league that year. Half of them are vestiges of a distant past. The other half are still sending teams onto the gridiron every year. Washington is the fifth oldest franchise, behind the Bears, Cardinals, Packers, and Giants. Approximately 1,500 players have suited up for Washington over the past 92 seasons. Darrell Green played most games at 295. When he took the field against Dallas in the final game of 2023, Jace Whitaker became the latest player to wear a Commanders uniform. They have won five championships and retired four jerseys. Sixteen of its players have been enshrined in Canton. That number goes a lot higher if you include players who made brief career stopovers in D.C. Marshall brought the team to Washington for the 1937 season, where they have remained. There have been highs - in the 1940s and 1980s, in