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  or after  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

|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:15%;"|Position|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:35%;"|First Team|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:35%;"|Second Team|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|Quarterback|Tom Brady<small>  (New England Patriots</small><small>)</small>|align=center|<small>e-2028 </small>|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Peyton Manning^<small> (Indianapolis Colts)</small>|align=center|Yes||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Running back|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Edgerrin James^ <small> (Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks)</small>|align=center|Yes|Shaun Alexander<small> (Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins)</small>|align=center|No||
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|LaDainian Tomlinson^ <small>  (San Diego Chargers)</small>|align=center|Yes|Jamal Lewis<small> (Baltimore Ravens,  Cleveland Browns)</small>|align=center|No||||
|align=center|Fullback|Lorenzo Neal<small> (Tennessee Titans,  Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens)</small>|align=center|No|Tony Richardson<small> (Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets)</small>|align=center|No|||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Wide receiver|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Marvin Harrison^  <small>  (Indianapolis Colts)</small>|align=center|Yes|Torry Holt   <small>(St. Louis Rams,  Jacksonville Jaguars)</small>|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|4 time finalist||
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Randy Moss^  <small>(Minnesota Vikings,  Oakland Raiders,  New England Patriots)</small>|align=center|Yes|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Terrell Owens^  <small>(San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills)</small>|align=center|Yes|||
|align=center|Tight end|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Tony Gonzalez^ <small>(Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons)</small>|align=center|Yes|Antonio Gates  <small>(San Diego Chargers)</small>|align=center|<small>e-2024</small>||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Tackle|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Walter Jones^<small></small> <small>(Seattle Seahawks)</small>|align=center|Yes|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Orlando Pace^<small> (St. Louis Rams,  Chicago Bears)</small>|align=center|Yes|
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Jonathan Ogden^  <small></small> <small>(Baltimore Ravens)</small>|align=center|Yes|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Willie Roaf^<small> (New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs)</small>|align=center|Yes|||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Guard|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Alan Faneca^  <small> (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets) </small>|align=center style|Yes|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Larry Allen^  <small>  (Dallas Cowboys,  San Francisco 49ers)  </small>|align=center|Yes|
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Steve Hutchinson^  <small>  (Seattle Seahawks,  Minnesota Vikings)  </small>|align=center|Yes|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Will Shields^  <small>  (Kansas City Chiefs)  </small>|align=center|Yes|||
|align=center|Center|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Kevin Mawae^ <small>(Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, Tennessee Titans)</small>|align=center|Yes|Olin Kreutz<small> (Chicago Bears)</small>|align=center|No||

### Defense

|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:15%;"|Position|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:35%;"|First Team|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:35%;"|Second Team|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Defensive end|Dwight Freeney  <small>  (Indianapolis Colts)</small>|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|1 time finalist|Julius Peppers  <small>(Carolina Panthers)</small>|align=center|e-2024|||
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Michael Strahan^<small> (New York Giants)</small>|align=center|Yes|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Jason Taylor^ <small> (Miami Dolphins,  Washington Redskins)</small>|align=center|Yes|||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Defensive tackle|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Warren Sapp^<small> (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders)</small>|align=center|Yes|La'Roi Glover  <small>  (New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams)</small>|align=center|No||
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Richard Seymour <small> (New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders)</small>|align=center|Yes|Kevin Williams  <small>  (Minnesota Vikings)</small>|align=center|No||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|Linebacker|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Derrick Brooks^<small> (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)</small>|align=center|Yes|Joey Porter  <small>  (Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins)</small>|align=center|No||
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Ray Lewis^ <small>(Baltimore Ravens)</small>|align=center|Yes|Zach Thomas<small> (Miami Dolphins,  Dallas Cowboys)</small>|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|4 time finalist||||
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Brian Urlacher^<small> (Chicago Bears)</small>|align=center|Yes|DeMarcus Ware  <small>(Dallas Cowboys)</small>|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|2 time finalist||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Cornerback|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Champ Bailey^ <small>(Washington Redskins, Denver Broncos)</small>|align=center|Yes|Ronde Barber <small>(Tampa Bay Buccaneers)</small>|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|3 time finalist||
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Charles Woodson^<small> (Oakland Raiders,  Green Bay Packers)</small>|align=center|Yes|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Ty Law^<small>  (New England Patriots, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos)</small>|align=center|Yes|||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Safety|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Brian Dawkins^<small> (Philadelphia Eagles,  Denver Broncos)</small>|align=center|Yes|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Troy Polamalu^ <small>(Pittsburgh Steelers)</small>|align=center|Yes|
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Ed Reed^ <small>(Baltimore Ravens)</small>|align=center|Yes|Darren Sharper<small> (Green Bay Packers,  Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints)</small>|align=center|No||||

### Special teams

|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:15%;"|Position|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:35%;"|First Team|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:35%;"|Second Team|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|Kicker|Adam Vinatieri<small> (New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts)</small>|align=center|e-2025|David Akers  <small>(Philadelphia Eagles)</small>|align=center|No|||
|align=center|Punter|Shane Lechler  <small>(Oakland Raiders)</small>|align=center|No|Brian Moorman  <small> (Buffalo Bills)</small>|align=center|No|||
|align=center|Kick Returner|Josh Cribbs  <small>(Cleveland Browns) </small>|align=center|No|Dante Hall <small>  (Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams) </small>|align=center|No|||
|align=center|Punt Returner|Dante Hall<small> (Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams)</small>|align=center|No|Devin Hester<small> (Chicago Bears)</small>|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|2 time finalist|||

### Coach

|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:15%;"|Position|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:35%;"|First Team|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:35%;"|Second Team|style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|Coach|Bill Belichick<small>  (New England Patriots)</small>|align=center|Active|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Tony Dungy^<small> (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts)</small>|align=center|Yes||