Aaron HagerList RulesVote based only on players' success from 2010-2019.
The best NFL players of the 2010s all dominated the sport in different ways. Offensive talents like Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson, and Julio Jones led their teams with incredible stats and awards. Defensive standouts like J.J. Watt, Von Miller, and Aaron Donald proved that defense could impact the game with positive results and hard work.
All the best NFL players of the decade will be featured here along with a hit list of their biggest accomplishments in the decade. Teams like the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Green Bay Packers had the biggest impact by going to the Super Bowl multiple times, and all featured superstars who would be major factors on any list like this. Given how hard it is to have a long career in the NFL, these talents all deserve to be appreciated for their success.
Vote up for the best overall players to shine in the decade and help decide which top NFL players of the decade deserve to be ranked the highest on the list.
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465208Accomplishments in the decade:
- 3× Super Bowl champion (XLIX, LI, LIII)
- 2× Super Bowl MVP (XLIX, LI)
- 2× NFL Most Valuable Player (2010, 2017)
- 9× Pro Bowl (2010–2018)
- 2× First-team All-Pro (2010, 2017)
- Second-team All-Pro (2016)
- NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2010)
- NFL passing yards leader (2017)
- 2× NFL passing touchdowns leader (2010, 2015)
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355160Accomplishments in the decade:
- Super Bowl champion (50)
- 4× Pro Bowl (2010, 2012–2014)
- 2× First-team All-Pro (2012, 2013)
- NFL MVP (2013)
- Bert Bell Award (2013)
- NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2013)
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2013)
- NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2012)
- NFL passing yards leader (2013)
- NFL passing touchdowns leader (2013)
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348159Accomplishments in the decade:
Super Bowl champion (XLV)
Super Bowl MVP (XLV)
2× NFL Most Valuable Player (2011, 2014)
6× Pro Bowl (2011, 2012, 2014–2016, 2018)
2× First-team All-Pro (2011, 2014)
Second-team All-Pro (2012)
Associated Press Athlete of the Year (2011)
Bert Bell Award (2011)
2× NFL passer rating leader (2011, 2012)
NFL passing touchdowns leader (2016)4
315140Accomplishments in the decade:
- 5× Pro Bowl (2012–2015, 2018)
- 5× First-team All-Pro (2012–2015, 2018)
- Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2017)
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2017)
- 3× NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014, 2015)
- Pro Bowl Defensive MVP (2014)
- Bert Bell Award (2014)
- 2× NFL sacks leader (2012, 2015)
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284122Accomplishments in the decade:
- 7× Pro Bowl (2010–2013, 2015–2017)
- Second-team All-Pro (2011)
- Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2016)
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287124Accomplishments in the decade:
- 6× Pro Bowl (2012, 2014–2018)
- 2× First-team All-Pro (2015, 2016)
- 2× Second-team All-Pro (2017, 2018)
- 2× NFL receiving yards leader (2015, 2018)
- NFL receptions co-leader (2015)
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259107Accomplishments in the decade:
- 6× Pro Bowl (2010–2015)
- 3× First-team All-Pro (2011–2013)
- Second-team All-Pro (2010)
- 2× NFL receiving yards leader (2011, 2012)
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248101Accomplishments in the decade:
- 5× Pro Bowl (2014–2018)
- 4× First-team All-Pro (2015–2018)
- 2× NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
- NFL sacks leader (2018)
- NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2014)
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264111Accomplishments in the decade:
- 3× Super Bowl champion (XLIX, LI, LIII)
- 4× First-team All-Pro (2011, 2014, 2015, 2017)
- 5× Pro Bowl (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
- NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2014)
- NFL receiving touchdowns leader (2011)
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269115Accomplishments in the decade:
- 4× Pro Bowl (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
- 3× First-team All-Pro (2012, 2015)
- 3× Second-team All-Pro (2010, 2013)
- NFL Most Valuable Player (2012)
- NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2012)
- Bert Bell Award (2012)
- 2× NFL rushing yards leader (2012, 2015)
- NFL rushing touchdowns leader (2015)
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361172Accomplishments in the decade:
- 8× Pro Bowl (2010–2014, 2016–2018)
- 2× Second-team All-Pro (2011, 2018)
- NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2011)
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2010)
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year (2010)
- Art Rooney Award (2018)
- 5× NFL passing yards leader (2011, 2012, 2014–2016)
- 2× NFL passing touchdowns leader (2011, 2012)
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21784Accomplishments in the decade:
- 6× Pro Bowl (2013–2018)
- 5× First-team All-Pro (2013–2015, 2017, 2018)
- Second-team All-Pro (2016)
- Art Rooney Award (2017)
- 3× Butkus Award (pro) (2014, 2015, 2017)
- NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2013)
- NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2012)
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21382Accomplishments in the decade:
- Super Bowl champion (50)
- Super Bowl MVP (50)
- 7× Pro Bowl (2011, 2012, 2014–2018)
- 3× First-team All-Pro (2012, 2015, 2016)
- 4× Second-team All-Pro (2011, 2014, 2017, 2018)
- NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2011)
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306141Accomplishments in the decade:
- Super Bowl champion (XLVIII)
- 6× Pro Bowl (2012–2015, 2017, 2018)
- Pro Bowl Offensive MVP (2015)
- NFL passer rating leader (2015)
- NFL passing touchdowns leader (2017)
- NFL Rookie of the Year (2012)
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21592Accomplishments in the decade:
- Super Bowl champion (XLVIII)
- 4× Pro Bowl (2013–2016)
- 3× First-team All-Pro (2012–2014)
- Second-team All-Pro (2015)
- NFL interceptions leader (2013)
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19785Accomplishments in the decade:
- Super Bowl champion (XLVIII)
- 5× Pro Bowl (2008, 2011–2014)
- First-team All-Pro (2012)
- Second-team All-Pro (2014)
- 2× NFL rushing touchdowns leader (2013, 2014)
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14859Accomplishments in the decade:
- Super Bowl champion (XLVIII)
- 5× Pro Bowl (2014–2018)
- 4× First-team All-Pro (2014, 2016–2018)
- Second-team All-Pro (2015)
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14864Accomplishments in the decade:
- Super Bowl champion (XLVIII)
- 6× Pro Bowl (2011–2015, 2017)
- 3× First-team All-Pro (2012–2014)
- 2× Second-team All-Pro (2011, 2017)
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16577Khalil Mack
Accomplishments in the decade:
- 4× Pro Bowl (2015–2018)
- 3× First-team All-Pro (2015, 2016, 2018)
- NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2016)
- Butkus Award (Pro) (2016, 2018)
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14262Accomplishments in the decade:
- 8× Pro Bowl (2011–2018)
- 3× First-team All-Pro (2011, 2013, 2015)
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190108Patrick Mahomes II
Accomplishments in the decade:
- Pro Bowl (2018)
- First-team All-Pro (2018)
- NFL Most Valuable Player (2018)
- NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2018)
- NFL passing touchdowns leader (2018)
- Bert Bell Award (2018)
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15888Accomplishments in the decade:
- 3× Pro Bowl (2010, 2011, 2013)
- 2× First-team All-Pro (2010, 2011)
- NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2010)
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14377Accomplishments in the decade:
- NFC Champion (2012)
- 5× Pro Bowl (2006, 2009, 2011–2013)
- Second-team All-Pro (2006)
- Art Rooney Award (2016)
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11764Accomplishments in the decade:
- 4× Pro Bowl (2012–2014, 2018)
- NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2018)
- NFL passing touchdowns leader (2014)
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13384Accomplishments in the decade:
- 5× Pro Bowl (2011, 2014–2017)
- 2× NFL passing yards leader (2014, 2018)
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