Which members of the Cleveland Browns are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
The Browns' list of Hall of Famers gives you a pretty good insight into what it's been like for the team over the last 40-50 years. Of their 23 inductees, only two – Joe Thomas and Mac Speedie – were inducted within the last decade. The Browns!
Fortunately, they're a team steeped in tradition, and the list of names that came through Cleveland on their way to Canton has about as much football history in it as any team in the NFL. Here's the whole list:
Which members of the Browns are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
NAME | POSITION/TITLE | YEAR INDUCTED |
|---|---|---|
Doug Atkins | DL/DE | 1982 |
Paul Brown | HC | 1967 |
Jim Brown | HB/FB | 1971 |
Willie Davis | DL/DE | 1981 |
Len Dawson | QB | 1987 |
Joe DeLamielleure | OL/G | 2003 |
Len Ford | DL/DE | 1976 |
Frank Gatski | OL/C | 1985 |
Otto Graham | QB | 1965 |
Lou Groza | OL/K | 1974 |
Gene Hickerson | OL/G | 2007 |
Henry Jordan | DL/DT | 1995 |
Leroy Kelly | HB/FB | 1994 |
Dante Lavelli | WR | 1975 |
Mike McCormack | OL/T | 1984 |
Tommy McDonald | WR | 1998 |
Bobby Mitchell | WR/HB | 1983 |
Marion Motley | HB/FB | 1968 |
Ozzie Newsome | TE | 1999 |
Mac Speedie | E | 2020 |
Joe Thomas | OL | 2023 |
Paul Warfield | WR | 1983 |
Bill Willis | DL | 1977 |
As for contemporary Browns who may have a chance to make the Hall in a few years, there are a couple obvious options. Here are a few guys to keep an eye on.
Myles Garrett
2023 was a big year for Garrett's chances – he finally won a Defensive Player of the Year award, which felt like one of the bigger missing pieces (besides a title, of course) in his candidacy.
In his 7 years with the Browns, Garrett has 5 All Pro nods, five Pro Bowls, and 88.5 sacks. He's had at least 10 sacks in every year but his rookie season, and hasn't had less than 14 in any season since 2020, when he had 12. He's started 97 of the 100 games he's played, and has been one of the best defensive players in football for almost a half decade now.
Time's still on his side – he's still 28, and despite the fact that Football Reference's Hall of Fame monitor doesn't have him particularly close yet, edge rushers are playing effectively well into their high 30's right now. Maybe he's not a first ballot guy, but I bet he gets there eventually.
Nick Chubb
Probably not, but it's nice to dream. Chubb was certainly putting up the stats to make a case, at least earlier in his career – he had at least 1,000 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns in every season from 2019-2022.
If you can believe, he made the Pro Bowl all four of those years and got himself an 2nd Team All Pro nod. Injuries and age are catching up to him, and it feels like basically every modern running back is fighting an impossible battle to get into the Hall.
He may end up just in the Browns' ring of honor, and that's okay.
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