As the Seahawks established themselves as one of the NFC's best teams under Mike Holmgren, one of the driving forces was an offensive line that helped make those offenses run. Yes, Matt Hasselbeck was a great quarterback, earning Pro-Bowl honors three times, and yes, Shaun Alexander had an incredible career, earning MVP honors in 2005 as part of an eight-year run in Seattle that saw him become the franchise leader in career rushing yards and total touchdowns. But the engine behind all of that was a line that included a pair of future Hall of Famers in left tackle Walter Jones and left guard Steve Hutchinson, as well as rock solid veterans in center Robbie Tobeck and Chris Gray, who between them started 233 games as Seahawks.

And it should come as no surprise to anyone who watched those teams, and the 2005 squad in particular, that four members of the best offensive line in franchise history were named to the Seahawks Top 50 Players.

In addition to those four Holmgren-era players, the Top 50 Players also includes two linemen who helped lead the Chuck Knox-led teams to success in the 1980s, Edwin Bailey and Bryan Millard; as well as a Pete Carroll-era center, Max Unger, who helped the Seahawks to their first Super Bowl title while paving the way for some of Marshawn Lynch's best seasons.

Those seven offensive linemen are among the top 50 players in franchise history, a group selected in honor of the Seahawks' upcoming 50^th season. The Top 50 Players were voted on by fans, media members and internal stakeholders. The voting process took place toward the end of the 2024 season, with more than 160 players eligible based on the following criteria:

• Started at least 45 games
• Voted to an AP All-Pro or NFL Pro Bowl team roster
• Won Seahawks Man of the Year or the Steve Largent Award
• Currently leads a career major statistical category, such as most receiving yards in a career
• Part of an iconic moment in Seahawks history

For more information on the offensive linemen selected to the Seahawks Top 50 Players, see the link below to their full bios:

**G Edwin Bailey, 1981-1991**: Bailey, the 114^th overall pick out of South Carolina State, won the starting job at left guard as a rookie and starting 15 of 16 games played, and would go on to start 120 games in an 11-year NFL career, all of which was with the Seahawks. A key member of the Chuck Knox era teams that saw the franchise reach new heights in the 80s, Bailey was part of the first playoff team in franchise history, the 1983 squad that reached the AFC championship game, and he played on four playoff teams, including the 1984 team that went 12-4, and the 1988 team that won the first division title in franchise history.

**G Chris Gray, 1998-2007:** Gray's contributions may have been overlooked at times due to the presence of two future Hall of Famers on the same line, but the 1998 free-agent signing was a key member of the Mike Holmgren-era Seahawks. Gray, who started 145 games in 10 seasons with the Seahawks, missed only one start over the final eight seasons of his career, a stretch that included Seattle's run of five straight playoff berths and four consecutive NFC West titles from 2003-2007. His 121 consecutive games started from 1999-2006 were a franchise record when he retired, though it was later surpassed by Russell Wilson.

**G Steve Hutchinson, 2001-2005**: A first-round pick in 2001, Hutchinson joined Jones to form a dominant left side of Seattle's line that helped lead the Seahawks to so much success, including a 13-3 season in 2005 in which running back Shaun Alexander rushed for a franchise-record 1,880 yards on his way to the first MVP award in franchise history. In five seasons with Seattle, Hutchinson was selected to three Pro Bowls while earning first-team All-Pro honors twice and second-team honors once. He went on to earn All-Pro and Pro-Bowl honors four more times in Minnesota, adding to a resume that helped him earn a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

**T Walter Jones, 1997-2008**: Simply put, Jones is one of the greatest left tackles in NFL history, a player whose spots in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Seahawks Ring of Honor were all but formalities by the time he retired. A nine-time Pro-Bowler and six-time All-Pro (four first team, two second team), Jones was a dominant force on the left side of the Seahawks line for more than a decade, allowing only 23 sacks while being called for holding just nine times on 5,703 pass attempts, according coaches statistics.

**G/T Bryan Millard, 1984-1991:** Millard joined the Seahawks after beginning his pro career in the USFL. He would go on to spend eight seasons with Seattle, becoming an eventual mainstay at right guard. Millard started 99 of his 121 career games, all with the Seahawks. By the 1986 season, Millard was a regular starter for the Seahawks, known for being dependable and durable, playing in at least 15 games in six of the next seven seasons. Ring of Honor running back Curt Warner rushed for a career-high 1,481 yards in Millard's first season as a regular starter, while Millard was also a key pass protector for quarterback Dave Krieg in two of his Pro Bowl seasons in 1988 and 1989. In 1997, he was named as the best offensive lineman in franchise history in an NFL.com poll, and he was also named to the Seahawks' 35th Anniversary team on Seahawks.com in 2010.

**C Robbie Tobeck, 2000-2006:** Tobeck signed with Seattle as a free agent in 2000 after six years in Atlanta where he started at both center and left guard. In his second season with the Seahawks, Tobeck became the starting center and held that role for 93 consecutive games, including a stretch that included four straight playoff berths to close out his career. Tobeck, a two-time captain, earned Pro Bowl honors in 2005 as part of the line that paved the way for Shaun Alexander's MVP season as the Seahawks went to the Super Bowl for the first time.

**C Max Unger, 2009-2014:** Selected in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft, Unger began his career at right guard before finding a permanent home at center. During his seven seasons in Seattle, Unger was selected to two Pro Bowls and was named first-team All-Pro in 2012 as the Seahawks led the league in rushing yards. He was one of six Pro-Bowl selections on the 2013 team that went 13-3 and won Super Bowl XLVIII. With Unger helping pave the way, Marshawn Lynch rushed for at least 1,200 yards and double-digit touchdown totals, earning Pro-Bowl honors each season from 2011-2014.