most interception return yards by a defensive lineman since 1970

Since 1970, Julius Peppers has the most interception-return yards by a defensive lineman, with 192 yards.

NAMEINT YDSGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Julius Peppers
J. Peppers
192
218
487
127
614
134.5
813.5
9
2
43
17
2
2George Martin
G. Martin
164
201
46.0
3
3
15
2
3Grant Wistrom
G. Wistrom
129
132
238
52
290
53.0
5
2
6
8
0
4Keith Traylor
K. Traylor
129
192
173
47
220
19.0
2
1
4
3
0
5Michael Strahan
M. Strahan
124
216
338
93
431
141.5
4
2
14
15
1
6Greg Townsend
G. Townsend
117
174
99.0
3
1
7
3
7Jason Taylor
J. Taylor
110
185
336
152
488
120.5
7
3
34
26
5
8Larry Hand
L. Hand
104
107
3
1
5
0
9J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
99
151
449
137
586
114.5
808.5
2
2
27
17
1
10Dan Wilkinson
D. Wilkinson
99
195
97
32
129
54.5
5
1
4
4
0
11Leonard Williams
L. Williams
98
172
329
301
630
61.5
439.5
2
1
6
4
0
12Al Wallace
A. Wallace
96
96
117
26
143
23.0
4
0
4
5
1
13Brett Keisel
B. Keisel
95
156
253
155
408
30.0
145
2
1
7
9
0
14Gary Johnson
G. Johnson
93
157
16.0
2
2
13
1
15Marcellus Wiley
M. Wiley
92
147
152
40
192
44.0
2
0
9
5
0
16Darren Howard
D. Howard
91
145
229
74
303
67.0
3
0
17
10
0
17Jim Jeffcoat
J. Jeffcoat
91
227
102.5
2
2
11
2
18Steve Emtman
S. Emtman
90
50
8.0
1
1
3
0
19Jacob Green
J. Green
90
180
97.5
3
2
17
2
20Aidan Hutchinson
A. Hutchinson
89
53
107
54
161
38.0
273.5
5
0
8
5
0
21Richard Dent
R. Dent
89
203
137.5
8
1
13
1
22Greg Ellis
G. Ellis
87
138
225
75
300
59.0
2
1
14
10
1
23Kenard Lang
K. Lang
85
137
209
63
272
48.0
3
0
9
7
0
24Clyde Simmons
C. Simmons
85
236
121.5
3
2
14
2
25Haloti Ngata
H. Ngata
84
180
328
188
516
32.5
231.5
5
0
7
5
1
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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