Once the 2025 regular season rolls around in a few weeks, the New York Giants will start their 101st season of professional football. Looking back on all of that time paints a picture that this franchise has been blessed with some legendary players.
Tied with the third-most members in the Hall of Fame with 32, we have all witnessed some of the greatest players in the history of the sport. But what if you had to narrow it down to just four players who contributed more than anyone else?
Let's find out which heads are getting carved in the mountain.
New York Giants Mount Rushmore:
Lawrence Taylor (LB)
This list would not be real if it did not include the all-mighty Lawrence Taylor. Heralded as not only the best player in Giants history but as one of the greatest players in NFL history, he changed the game forever. His tenacity and raw power terrorized the league for 13 seasons.
Taylor won the NFL Most Valuable Player in 1986, which was also the year of the first Giants Super Bowl victory over the Buffalo Bills. That season, he set the franchise record for most sacks in one season with 20.5, which held up until Michael Strahan broke it in 2001 with 22.5 sacks.
Taylor was a force of nature during his career. No one comes even close to matching his importance to this franchise, and he would be right at the center of the Giants' Mount Rushmore.
Eli Manning (QB)
The Giants were lucky enough to not only have one quarterback, but two, on this list of the greatest players to play with this franchise. The first, and arguably the better of the two, is Eli Manning.
Manning was an integral part of two Super Bowl championships. He had to go up against the undisputed greatest of all time, Tom Brady, and he had to beat him on the biggest stage of them all, twice.
Coming from an iconic football family, Manning finished his 16-year career throwing for 57,023 yards, 366 touchdowns and 244 interceptions. All three of those are still the franchise-leaders, and it will be a long time before any of those are broken.
Despite not being a first-ballot Hall of Famer, he will be there before you know it.
Phil Simms (QB)
The other quarterback on the Giants Mount Rushmore was another in a long line of great passers. Phil Simms led this franchise to their first two Super Bowls, defeating the Buffalo Bills twice. Both victories have been looped on every highlight reel showcasing the rich history of this franchise, and they wouldn't have happened without the stellar performances from Simms.
Over his 14-year career, he held the franchise record in most passing categories until Manning shattered most of them. He threw for 33,462 yards, all with the G-Men, and added 199 touchdown passes.
Tiki Barber (RB)
Finishing up the Giants' Mount Rushmore, there is one last player who had to fight extremely hard to make it onto the list. Looking at all of the great running backs over the last century, there is a full list of players who could make it on the monument. But only one truly deserves it.
That would be Tiki Barber. He was a part of the Giants for 10 seasons, and retired with the most rushing yards in franchise history with 10,449 and had the second most touchdown runs with 55. He is the only Giants player to eclipse the 10,000-plus mark for rushing, and much like Manning, it will take a very long time for that record to be broken.
Barber was a sensational running back. Even though he was often ridiculed for his lack of ball security, he was still touted as a generational talent during his career.