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September 12, 2008
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ESPN Sports Poll: QBs Top List Of Favorite NFL Players

The ESPN Sports Poll, a service of TNS Sport, asked NFL fans to name their favorite active athlete. As Week Two of the NFL season rolls around, the following are the Top 20 favorite active athletes of respondents of NFL fans age 12+ for the first half of '08 and the full year '07 and '06 (ESPN Sports Poll).

 
FIRST HALF OF '08
(n = 6,333)
FULL-YEAR '07
(n = 16,057)
FULL-YEAR '06
(n = 14,871)
RK
PLAYER
%
PLAYER
%
PLAYER
%
1
Peyton Manning
9.8%
 Peyton Manning
12.7%
 Brett Favre
9.0%
2
Tom Brady
7.8%
 Brett Favre
8.3%
 Peyton Manning
8.4%
3
Brett Favre
4.8%
 Tom Brady
6.0%
 Tom Brady
4.8%
4
 Tony Romo
4.5%
 LaDainian Tomlinson
2.8%
 Ben Roethlisberger
3.3%
5
 Eli Manning
2.9%
 Ben Roethlisberger
2.2%
 Michael Vick
3.3%
6
 Ben Roethlisberger
2.2%
 Brian Urlacher
2.1%
 Terrell Owens
2.7%
7
 LaDainian Tomlinson
2.0%
 Reggie Bush
2.1%
 Donovan McNabb
2.5%
8
 Brian Urlacher
2.0%
 Michael Vick
2.0%
 Brian Urlacher
1.6%
9
 Hines Ward
1.5%
 Tony Romo
1.9%
 Shaun Alexander
1.4%
10
 Randy Moss
1.4%
 Terrell Owens
1.8%
 Tiki Barber
1.4%
11
 Donovan McNabb
1.3%
 Donovan McNabb
1.6%
 LaDainian Tomlinson
1.3%
12
 Terrell Owens
1.2%
 Randy Moss
1.2%
 Randy Moss
1.3%
13
 Jason Taylor
0.9%
 Vince Young
1.0%
 Hines Ward
1.2%
14
 Adrian Peterson
0.9%
 Hines Ward
0.9%
 Carson Palmer
0.8%
15
 Reggie Bush
0.9%
 Ray Lewis
0.8%
 Roy Williams
0.8%
16
 Devin Hester
0.8%
 Carson Palmer
0.8%
 Ray Lewis
0.7%
17
 Brian Westbrook
0.7%
 Shaun Alexander
0.8%
 Jake Plummer
0.7%
18
 Matt Hasselbeck
0.7%
 Drew Brees
0.7%
 Troy Polamalu
0.6%
19
 Vince Young
0.6%
 Troy Polamalu
0.6%
 Drew Bledsoe
0.6%
20
 Carson Palmer
0.6%
 Matt Hasselbeck
0.6%
 Matt Hasselbeck
0.6%
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