Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Miami Dolphins.
As for all of our top 50 players in football, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Miami made it back to the playoffs, backed by an exciting offense, but the eventual champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, bounced them. Despite this, there were no new entrants and only one minor elevation.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Dan Marino
2. Jason Taylor
3. Zach Thomas
4. Bob Griese
5. Jim Lange
You can find the entire list here.
Cornerback Xavien Howard, who is no longer with Miami, had the only change by moving up one spot to #27.
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When Jason Arnott arrived in Nashville, he was many years removed from his Calder runner-up year. This is not to say that Arnott was not still a good player, as he most certainly was. In fact, Arnott had a .83 PPG in Nashville, a strong average in any era.
Arnott, a Stanley Cup Champion in 2000 with New Jersey, joined the Predators in 2006. Arnott scored 54 Points in his first year in Nashville and had 76 the year after, the second highest of his career. The Center would not reach that mark again in his career, but he had another 103 Points for Nashville in the next two years.
The Predators would trade Arnott to New Jersey after a solid four-year period of 229 Points in 275 Games.
In his fifth year in the NHL, Jason Arnott was traded from his first NHL club, the Edmonton Oilers to New Jersey, where he finished off the 1997-98 Season providing scoring depth to the Devils.
Jason Arnott was the 7th Overall Draft Pick in 1993, and as a rookie, he would have one of the best seasons of his career. The Center scored 68 Points, and was the runner-up for the Calder Trophy, losing to future Hockey Hall of Famer, Martin Brodeur. Arnott would never match that total again as an Oiler, but he would have two more campaigns where he had at least 57 Points. He would also be named an All-Star in 1997.
Jason Arnott played 1,244 Games with 938 Points and had over 100 Point Shares, all of which are impressive but it might make him the ultimate “compiler” as he was never considered an elite player and was an All Star only twice. Beyond being the runner up for the Calder in 1994, he never received any consideration for any award as the highest he came was a 29th place finish for the Selke in 2004.