Is Jamaal Charles the best running back in Kansas City Chiefs history?

Given that Jamaal Charles was released on Tuesday, we took this opportunity to count down the five greatest running backs in Chiefs history to see if JC25 is actually the best.

On Tuesday, the Kansas City Chiefs released running back Jamaal Charles. It signaled the end of an era, knowing that one of the best rushers of his generation had already played his last down for the team that drafted him. But just how does Charles fare when compared with his predecessors. Even more to the point, is Jamaal Charles the best running back in franchise history?

The Kansas City Chiefs have had some truly great running backs play for them over the last few decades, which makes this sort of question a difficult one to answer. Each generation will claim that the one player they watched was the best, and it’s also important to take in the context of the rest of the league at the time the player played. Historic figures will be less popular because there are simply less witnesses around to attest to their greatness.

Still, we decided to answer this question definitively, once and for all. Here’s a closer look at whether Jamaal is the best running back in Chiefs history and, if not, who else occupies such a coveted slot?

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