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For combined seasons, from 1920 to 2010, played ILB, sorted by descending Intercept. Ret. Yds.
| Games | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | From | To | Draft | Tm | Lg | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | PD |
| 1 | Ray Lewis | 1996 | 2010 | 1-26 | RAV | NFL | 210 | 209 | 30 | 499 | 3 | 73 |
| 2 | Lee Roy Jordan | 1963 | 1976 | 1-6 2-14AFL |
DAL | NFL | 186 | 21 | 32 | 472 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Willie Lanier* | 1967 | 1977 | 2-50 | KAN | TOT | 149 | 49 | 27 | 440 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Bill Bergey | 1969 | 1980 | 2-31 | TOT | TOT | 159 | 91 | 27 | 397 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ray Nitschke* | 1958 | 1972 | 3-36 | GNB | NFL | 190 | 6 | 25 | 385 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Sam Huff* | 1956 | 1969 | 3-30 | TOT | NFL | 168 | 0 | 30 | 381 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Chuck Allen | 1961 | 1972 | 17-228 28-223AFL |
TOT | TOT | 144 | 8 | 28 | 352 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Donnie Edwards | 1996 | 2008 | 4-98 | TOT | NFL | 197 | 180 | 28 | 347 | 4 | 59 |
| 9 | Randy Gradishar | 1974 | 1983 | 1-14 | DEN | NFL | 145 | 133 | 20 | 335 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Nick Buoniconti* | 1962 | 1976 | 13-102 13-102AFL |
TOT | TOT | 183 | 89 | 32 | 312 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Archie Matsos | 1960 | 1966 | 16-189 | TOT | AFL | 95 | 0 | 22 | 311 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mike Lucci | 1962 | 1973 | 5-69 | TOT | NFL | 154 | 3 | 21 | 308 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Vince Costello | 1957 | 1968 | TOT | NFL | 146 | 14 | 22 | 299 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Joe Schmidt* | 1953 | 1965 | 7-85 | DET | NFL | 155 | 0 | 24 | 294 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Mike Curtis | 1965 | 1978 | 1-14 3-21AFL |
TOT | NFL | 166 | 39 | 25 | 289 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Gregg Bingham | 1973 | 1984 | 4-79 | OTI | NFL | 173 | 173 | 21 | 279 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Brian Urlacher | 2000 | 2010 | 1-9 | CHI | NFL | 154 | 152 | 18 | 271 | 1 | 72 |
| 18 | Mike Peterson | 1999 | 2010 | 2-36 | TOT | NFL | 167 | 156 | 18 | 268 | 1 | 45 |
| 19 | Jack Lambert* | 1974 | 1984 | 2-46 | PIT | NFL | 146 | 136 | 28 | 243 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Dan Conners | 1964 | 1974 | 5-70 2-15AFL |
RAI | TOT | 141 | 88 | 15 | 232 | 3 | 0 |
| Games | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||
| Rk | Player | From | To | Draft | Tm | Lg | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | PD |
| 21 | Rip Hawkins | 1961 | 1965 | 2-15 2-10AFL |
MIN | NFL | 70 | 66 | 12 | 232 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Lofa Tatupu | 2005 | 2010 | 2-45 | SEA | NFL | 84 | 84 | 10 | 232 | 2 | 40 |
| 23 | Brian Kelley | 1973 | 1983 | 14-353 | NYG | NFL | 143 | 127 | 15 | 226 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Steve Nelson | 1974 | 1987 | 2-34 | NWE | NFL | 174 | 171 | 17 | 226 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | James Farrior | 1997 | 2010 | 1-8 | TOT | NFL | 216 | 183 | 11 | 225 | 1 | 58 |
| 26 | Al Atkinson | 1965 | 1974 | 6-84 3-24AFL |
NYJ | TOT | 120 | 16 | 21 | 224 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Myron Pottios | 1961 | 1973 | 2-19 3-20AFL |
TOT | NFL | 129 | 55 | 12 | 224 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Gary Brackett | 2003 | 2010 | CLT | NFL | 115 | 85 | 11 | 219 | 1 | 28 | |
| 29 | Mike Johnson | 1986 | 1995 | 1-18 | TOT | NFL | 144 | 125 | 13 | 217 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Byron Evans | 1987 | 1994 | 4-93 | PHI | NFL | 113 | 91 | 13 | 214 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Harry Carson* | 1976 | 1988 | 4-105 | NYG | NFL | 173 | 149 | 11 | 212 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Jerry Tubbs | 1957 | 1966 | 1-10 | TOT | NFL | 119 | 0 | 17 | 208 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Sherrill Headrick | 1960 | 1968 | TOT | AFL | 116 | 0 | 15 | 207 | 3 | 0 | |
| 34 | Les Richter* | 1954 | 1962 | 1-2 | RAM | NFL | 112 | 0 | 16 | 206 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Dave Lloyd | 1959 | 1970 | 4-47 | TOT | NFL | 157 | 71 | 14 | 202 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Richard Wood | 1975 | 1984 | 3-68 | TOT | NFL | 146 | 94 | 9 | 199 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Kurt Gouveia | 1987 | 1999 | 8-213 | TOT | NFL | 183 | 91 | 12 | 193 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Frank LeMaster | 1974 | 1982 | 4-89 | PHI | NFL | 129 | 115 | 10 | 190 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Sam Hunt | 1974 | 1979 | 15-374 | NWE | NFL | 84 | 81 | 7 | 189 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Pepper Johnson | 1986 | 1998 | 2-51 | TOT | NFL | 193 | 158 | 14 | 188 | 2 | 0 |
| Games | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||
| Rk | Player | From | To | Draft | Tm | Lg | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | PD |
| 41 | Tedy Bruschi | 1996 | 2008 | 3-86 | NWE | NFL | 189 | 139 | 12 | 187 | 4 | 44 |
| 42 | Keith Brooking | 1998 | 2010 | 1-12 | TOT | NFL | 193 | 176 | 13 | 185 | 0 | 52 |
| 43 | Tommy Nobis | 1966 | 1976 | 1-1 1-5AFL |
ATL | NFL | 133 | 0 | 12 | 182 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Nick Barnett | 2003 | 2010 | 1-29 | GNB | NFL | 107 | 107 | 9 | 175 | 1 | 36 |
| 45 | Hardy Brown | 1948 | 1960 | 12-104 | TOT | TOT | 115 | 5 | 13 | 173 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Dirt Winston | 1977 | 1986 | 5-132 | TOT | NFL | 142 | 64 | 13 | 173 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Zach Thomas | 1996 | 2008 | 5-154 | TOT | NFL | 184 | 182 | 17 | 170 | 4 | 38 |
| 48 | Antonio Pierce | 2001 | 2009 | TOT | NFL | 124 | 94 | 7 | 169 | 1 | 43 | |
| 49 | Brian Simmons | 1998 | 2007 | 1-17 | TOT | NFL | 137 | 118 | 11 | 169 | 2 | 34 |
| 50 | Dick Butkus* | 1965 | 1973 | 1-3 2-9AFL |
CHI | NFL | 119 | 0 | 22 | 166 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Bob Matheson | 1967 | 1979 | 1-18 | TOT | NFL | 180 | 51 | 12 | 166 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Jeremiah Trotter | 1998 | 2009 | 3-72 | TOT | NFL | 147 | 124 | 9 | 163 | 2 | 40 |
| 53 | Ken Lee | 1971 | 1972 | 8-204 | TOT | NFL | 13 | 6 | 6 | 155 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Wahoo McDaniel | 1960 | 1968 | TOT | AFL | 105 | 14 | 13 | 151 | 1 | 0 | |
| 55 | Lonnie Warwick | 1965 | 1974 | TOT | NFL | 120 | 75 | 12 | 145 | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | Bill George* | 1952 | 1966 | 2-23 | TOT | NFL | 173 | 0 | 18 | 144 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | London Fletcher | 1998 | 2010 | TOT | NFL | 208 | 192 | 16 | 139 | 2 | 66 | |
| 58 | Jeff Herrod | 1988 | 1998 | 9-243 | TOT | NFL | 153 | 125 | 5 | 138 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Gary Reasons | 1984 | 1992 | 4-105 | TOT | NFL | 134 | 88 | 10 | 137 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Frank Nunley | 1967 | 1976 | 3-62 | SFO | NFL | 137 | 86 | 14 | 136 | 0 | 0 |
| Games | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||
| Rk | Player | From | To | Draft | Tm | Lg | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | PD |
| 61 | Monte Johnson | 1973 | 1979 | 2-49 | RAI | NFL | 99 | 55 | 10 | 135 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Dale Lindsey | 1965 | 1973 | 7-97 | TOT | NFL | 111 | 0 | 8 | 134 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | David Bowens | 1999 | 2010 | 5-158 | TOT | NFL | 167 | 41 | 4 | 133 | 2 | 36 |
| 64 | Marty Schottenheimer | 1965 | 1970 | 4-49 7-56AFL |
TOT | TOT | 79 | 10 | 6 | 133 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Matt Millen | 1980 | 1991 | 2-43 | TOT | NFL | 180 | 166 | 9 | 132 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Shelton Quarles | 1997 | 2006 | TAM | NFL | 148 | 113 | 4 | 132 | 2 | 9 | |
| 67 | Johnny Holland | 1987 | 1993 | 2-41 | GNB | NFL | 103 | 100 | 9 | 130 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Scot Brantley | 1980 | 1987 | 3-76 | TAM | NFL | 114 | 71 | 8 | 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Jack Del Rio | 1985 | 1995 | 3-68 | TOT | NFL | 160 | 128 | 13 | 128 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Karl Mecklenburg | 1983 | 1994 | 12-310 | DEN | NFL | 180 | 141 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Jim Cheyunski | 1968 | 1976 | 12-305 | TOT | TOT | 121 | 62 | 9 | 127 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Dale Meinert | 1958 | 1967 | 8-88 | CRD | NFL | 125 | 0 | 9 | 126 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Kirk Morrison | 2005 | 2010 | 3-78 | TOT | NFL | 96 | 95 | 7 | 126 | 0 | 19 |
| 74 | Scott Radecic | 1984 | 1995 | 2-34 | TOT | NFL | 182 | 79 | 8 | 125 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Dennis Gaubatz | 1963 | 1969 | 8-111 25-199AFL |
TOT | NFL | 95 | 0 | 10 | 124 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Dale Dodrill | 1951 | 1959 | 6-67 | PIT | NFL | 103 | 0 | 10 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Sam Mills | 1986 | 1997 | TOT | NFL | 181 | 173 | 11 | 119 | 1 | 0 | |
| 78 | Marvcus Patton | 1990 | 2002 | 8-208 | TOT | NFL | 208 | 163 | 17 | 119 | 1 | 5 |
| 79 | Patrick Willis | 2007 | 2010 | 1-11 | SFO | NFL | 63 | 63 | 4 | 119 | 2 | 28 |
| 80 | A.J. Hawk | 2006 | 2010 | 1-5 | GNB | NFL | 80 | 77 | 8 | 114 | 0 | 24 |
| Games | Def Interceptions | |||||||||||
| Rk | Player | From | To | Draft | Tm | Lg | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | PD |
| 81 | Steve Kiner | 1970 | 1978 | 3-73 | TOT | NFL | 114 | 58 | 10 | 114 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Jeff Brady | 1991 | 1999 | 12-323 | TOT | NFL | 115 | 53 | 9 | 112 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Bob Summerhays | 1949 | 1951 | 4-34 | GNB | NFL | 35 | 2 | 3 | 112 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Earnest Rhone | 1975 | 1984 | MIA | NFL | 116 | 54 | 14 | 110 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | Jerry Robinson | 1979 | 1991 | 1-21 | TOT | NFL | 184 | 147 | 12 | 107 | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | Jessie Tuggle | 1987 | 2000 | ATL | NFL | 209 | 189 | 6 | 106 | 1 | 0 | |
| 87 | Jon Beason | 2007 | 2010 | 1-25 | CAR | NFL | 64 | 64 | 8 | 105 | 0 | 29 |
| 88 | Al Chesley | 1979 | 1982 | 11-296 | TOT | NFL | 56 | 18 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Jim Files | 1970 | 1973 | 1-13 | NYG | NFL | 56 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | Jeff Siemon | 1972 | 1982 | 1-10 | MIN | NFL | 156 | 123 | 11 | 104 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Ed Beard | 1965 | 1972 | 14-183 20-159AFL |
SFO | NFL | 97 | 40 | 3 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Mike Henry | 1959 | 1964 | 9-100 | TOT | NFL | 76 | 0 | 9 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Tom Hicks | 1976 | 1980 | 6-151 | CHI | NFL | 64 | 28 | 5 | 102 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Jonathan Vilma | 2004 | 2010 | 1-12 | TOT | NFL | 102 | 100 | 11 | 98 | 1 | 35 |
| 95 | Jim Collins | 1981 | 1989 | 2-43 | TOT | NFL | 93 | 69 | 6 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Scott Studwell | 1977 | 1990 | 9-250 | MIN | NFL | 201 | 161 | 11 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Eric D. Williams | 1977 | 1984 | 8-216 | TOT | NFL | 97 | 58 | 5 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Vincent Brown | 1988 | 1995 | 2-43 | NWE | NFL | 123 | 103 | 10 | 95 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Walker Lee Ashley | 1983 | 1990 | 3-73 | TOT | NFL | 94 | 16 | 2 | 94 | 1 | 0 |
| 100 | Greg Biekert | 1993 | 2003 | 7-181 | TOT | NFL | 176 | 155 | 7 | 94 | 0 | 3 |