Most professional football teams have established an official Ring of Honor. The way I see it, the ring of honor is a way for teams to honor those players they feel were the greatest in the team's history, even if those players weren't quite good enough to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Usually, a team's Ring of Honor is displayed inside the stadium as a tribute to those players.

When the "new Soldier Field" was opened in 2003, the Bears unveiled what they call their ring of honor as panels inside the concourses honoring the 25 Bears players and 1 General Manager that are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But the Bears have never given honors to other players that were consummate Bears but have not made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Bears have not officially recognized any of these players, so we will, with the BearsHistory.com Chicago Bears Ring of Honor. This includes the 26 Bears Hall of Famers, plus the other 15 all-time great Chicago Bears players we have chosen.