most interception return yards by a defensive back since 1959

Since 1959, Ed Reed has the most interception-return yards by a defensive back, with 1,590 yards.

NAME INT YDS GP TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Ed Reed
E. Reed
1,590
174
534
112
646
6.0
56
64
7
11
13
2
2 Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
1,483
238
167
42
209
13.5
71
12
1
32
1
3 Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
1,412
205
517
141
658
7.5
63
11
8
8
2
4 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
1,331
188
34
4
38
1.0
53
9
0
13
1
5 Paul Krause
P. Krause
1,185
226
81
3
19
3
6 Lem Barney
L. Barney
1,077
140
56
7
17
0
7 Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
1,046
164
48
7
14
0
8 Bobby Boyd
B. Boyd
994
121
57
4
12
1
9 Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
966
254
818
198
1,016
20.0
65
11
28
18
2
10 Glen Edwards
G. Edwards
961
142
39
3
13
0
11 Pat Fischer
P. Fischer
941
213
56
4
19
1
12 Emmitt Thomas
E. Thomas
937
181
58
5
7
0
13 Dave Grayson
D. Grayson
933
139
48
5
2
0
14 Ronde Barber
R. Barber
923
241
847
165
1,012
28.0
47
8
13
12
4
15 Ken Houston
K. Houston
898
196
49
9
21
1
16 Marcus Peters
M. Peters
897
116
312
77
389
2.0
22
33
7
12
10
1
17 DeAngelo Hall
D. Hall
838
171
638
176
814
2.0
8
43
5
11
15
5
18 Ty Law
T. Law
828
203
375
81
456
5.0
53
7
5
5
0
19 Ray Buchanan
R. Buchanan
827
184
208
40
248
3.5
47
4
3
6
0
20 Eric Allen
E. Allen
826
217
49
6
55
3.0
54
8
2
7
1
21 Thom Darden
T. Darden
820
128
45
2
9
1
22 Aeneas Williams
A. Williams
807
211
179
46
225
3.0
55
9
5
23
3
23 Ed Sharockman
E. Sharockman
804
142
40
3
9
1
24 Richie Petitbon
R. Petitbon
801
179
48
3
13
0
25 Larry Wilson
L. Wilson
800
169
52
5
14
2
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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1
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2
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