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

most interception return yardage in a career by a dt
Peppers Martin Faison Wistrom Traylor Strahan Townsend McDole Taylor Hand Cole Watt Wilkinson Wallace Keisel Johnson Wiley Howard Jeffcoat Emtman Green Gunner Dent Forester Ellis Lang Simmons 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 192 164 136 129 129 124 117 115 110 110 102 99 99 96 95 93 92 91 91 90 90 90 89 88 87 85 85
NAME GP INT YDS TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT TD FF FR FR TD
Julius Peppers Julius Peppers 218 192 487 127 614 134.5 813.5 9 2 43 17 2
George Martin George Martin 201 164 46.0 3 3 15 2
Earl Faison Earl Faison 73 136 6 2 0 0
Grant Wistrom Grant Wistrom 132 129 238 52 290 53.0 5 2 6 8 0
Keith Traylor Keith Traylor 192 129 173 47 220 19.0 2 1 4 3 0
Michael Strahan Michael Strahan 216 124 338 93 431 141.5 4 2 14 15 1
Greg Townsend Greg Townsend 174 117 99.0 3 1 7 3
Ron McDole Ron McDole 240 115 12 1 14 1
Jason Taylor Jason Taylor 185 110 336 152 488 120.5 7 3 34 26 5
Larry Hand Larry Hand 164 110 5 3 8 0
Larry Cole Larry Cole 176 102 4 3 14 1
J.J. Watt J.J. Watt 151 99 449 137 586 114.5 808.5 2 2 27 17 1
Dan Wilkinson Dan Wilkinson 195 99 97 32 129 54.5 5 1 4 4 0
Al Wallace Al Wallace 96 96 117 26 143 23.0 4 0 4 5 1
Brett Keisel Brett Keisel 156 95 253 155 408 30.0 145 2 1 7 9 0
Gary Johnson Gary Johnson 157 93 16.0 2 2 13 1
Marcellus Wiley Marcellus Wiley 147 92 152 40 192 44.0 2 0 9 5 0
Darren Howard Darren Howard 145 91 229 74 303 67.0 3 0 17 10 0
Jim Jeffcoat Jim Jeffcoat 227 91 102.5 2 2 11 2
Steve Emtman Steve Emtman 50 90 8.0 1 1 3 0
Jacob Green Jacob Green 180 90 97.5 3 2 17 2
Harry Gunner Harry Gunner 42 90 2 1 2 0
Richard Dent Richard Dent 203 89 137.5 8 1 13 1
Bill Forester Bill Forester 48 88 10 0 3 0
Greg Ellis Greg Ellis 138 87 225 75 300 59.0 2 1 14 10 1
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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10 7 0 .588
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9 8 0 .529
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12 5 0 .706
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9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
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12 5 0 .706
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12 5 0 .706
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9 8 0 .529
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