The Bears were still atop the highest mountain following a night when the Pro Football Hall of Fame presented its newest entrants to Canton.
With the picks of Steve “Mongo” McMichael, Devin Hester, and Julius Peppers on Thursday night, they went from having 36 to 39 all-time franchise Hall of Famers.
To be clear, there are 39 players in total. There are seven partial players and 32 primary Bears in the Hall of Fame. They have 40 members in total since they have George Halas, the only head coach in the HOF.
With 39 Hall of Famers, the Bears still own the most HOFs in the NFL.
Here are the top ten teams with the most Hall of Famers:
- Chicago Bears – 39
- Green Bay Packers – 34 (Julius Peppers counts for Packers)
- Dallas Cowboys – 32
- New York Giants – 32
- Washington Commanders – 32
- Pittsburgh Steelers – 30
- San Francisco 49ers – 30 (Patrick Willis inducted to 2024 class)
- Los Angeles Rams – 27
- Las Vegas Raiders – 25
- Kansas City Chiefs – 25
Here are all 40 members from the Bears franchise who are in the Hall of Fame, coaches included:
- Doug Atkins
- George Blanda
- Dick Butkus
- Guy Chamberlin
- George Connor
- Jimmy Conzelman
- Jimbo Covert
- Richard Dent
- Mike Ditka
- John “Paddy” Driscoll
- Jim Finks
- Dan Fortmann
- Bill George
- Harold “Red” Grange
- George Halas
- Dan Hampton
- Ed Healey
- Devin Hester
- Bill Hewitt
- Chuck Howley
- Stan Jones
- Wait Kiesling
- Bobby Layne
- Sid Luckman
- William Roy Lyman
- George McAfee
- Steve “Mongo” McMichael
- George Musso
- Bronko Nagurski
- Orlando Pace
- Alan Page
- Walter Payton
- Julius Peppers
- Gale Sayers
- Mike Singletary
- Ed Sprinkle
- Joe Stydahar
- George Trafton
- Clyde Turner
- Brian Urlacher