most interception return yardage in a career by a dt

Julius Peppers has the most career interception-return yards by a defensive lineman, with 192 yards.

NAME INT YDS GP TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Julius Peppers
J. Peppers
192
218
487
127
614
134.5
813.5
9
2
43
17
2
2 George Martin
G. Martin
164
201
46.0
3
3
15
2
3 Earl Faison
E. Faison
136
73
6
2
0
0
4 Grant Wistrom
G. Wistrom
129
132
238
52
290
53.0
5
2
6
8
0
5 Keith Traylor
K. Traylor
129
192
173
47
220
19.0
2
1
4
3
0
6 Michael Strahan
M. Strahan
124
216
338
93
431
141.5
4
2
14
15
1
7 Greg Townsend
G. Townsend
117
174
99.0
3
1
7
3
8 Ron McDole
R. McDole
115
240
12
1
14
1
9 Jason Taylor
J. Taylor
110
185
336
152
488
120.5
7
3
34
26
5
10 Larry Hand
L. Hand
110
164
5
3
8
0
11 Larry Cole
L. Cole
102
176
4
3
14
1
12 J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
99
151
449
137
586
114.5
808.5
2
2
27
17
1
13 Dan Wilkinson
D. Wilkinson
99
195
97
32
129
54.5
5
1
4
4
0
14 Leonard Williams
L. Williams
98
164
311
291
602
57.5
413.5
2
1
6
4
0
15 Al Wallace
A. Wallace
96
96
117
26
143
23.0
4
0
4
5
1
16 Brett Keisel
B. Keisel
95
156
253
155
408
30.0
145
2
1
7
9
0
17 Gary Johnson
G. Johnson
93
157
16.0
2
2
13
1
18 Marcellus Wiley
M. Wiley
92
147
152
40
192
44.0
2
0
9
5
0
19 Darren Howard
D. Howard
91
145
229
74
303
67.0
3
0
17
10
0
20 Jim Jeffcoat
J. Jeffcoat
91
227
102.5
2
2
11
2
21 Steve Emtman
S. Emtman
90
50
8.0
1
1
3
0
22 Jacob Green
J. Green
90
180
97.5
3
2
17
2
23 Harry Gunner
H. Gunner
90
42
2
1
2
0
24 Richard Dent
R. Dent
89
203
137.5
8
1
13
1
25 Bill Forester
B. Forester
88
48
10
0
3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
Saints Saints
1
5
0
.167
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
CAR CAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
CAR CAR
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

3 - 3 - 0

30

Final

27

DAL Cowboys

2 - 3 - 1

Sun 12 Oct 2025

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AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
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4
2
0
.667
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3
4
0
.429
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1
0
.833
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2
0
.667
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4
2
0
.667
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4
2
0
.667
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Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
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Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
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4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
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2
0
.667

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
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Sun
10/19
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9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
CAR CAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM