8Barry Sanders is the greatest RB of all time IMO.
Played on some of the worst teams with Detroit but was still one of the most game changing & impactful dynamic backs who could hit a homerun on any given play.
The best field vision of all-time, the best juke artist of all-time, the best escape artists of all-time, I've never seen a RB make defenders miss even without blockers like Barry Sanders did, he could literally have 4 or 5 guys all closing in on him about to tackle him & he could still find a way to maneuver out of it. And in the open field would absolutely embarrass DB's trying to tackle him, he would literally spin Safeties around who were in pursuit.
Barry was special player cut from elite cloth & he cut his career short, had he not retired he probably would've surpassed Walter Payton's record before Emmitt did.
My top 5 favorite (key word is favorite, not best) RB's of All-time:
1. Barry Sanders
2. LaDainian Tomlinson
3. Marshall Faulk
4. Edgerrin James
5. Ricky Williams