most interception yards by a defensive back in a season

Darren Sharper has the most interception-return yards by a defensive back in a season, with 376 yards in 2009.

NAMEINT YDSSEASONTMGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
376
2009
14
51
20
71
0.5
5.5
9
3
0
0
0
2Ed Reed
E. Reed
358
2004
16
64
14
78
2.0
28
9
1
3
2
1
3Charlie McNeil
C. McNeil
349
1961
14
9
2
0
0
4Stevie Brown
S. Brown
307
2012
16
64
12
76
0.0
0
8
0
2
2
0
5Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
303
1994
14
0.0
6
3
1
0
6Night Train Lane
N. Train Lane
298
1952
12
14
2
0
0
7Nick Collins
N. Collins
295
2008
16
60
12
72
0.0
0
7
3
1
0
0
8Marcus Peters
M. Peters
280
2015
16
53
7
60
0.0
0
8
2
1
0
0
9Bob Suci
B. Suci
277
1963
14
7
2
0
0
10Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
276
2005
14
42
10
52
0.0
0
9
2
1
1
0
11Woodley Lewis
W. Lewis
275
1950
12
12
0
1
1
12Mark McMillian
M. McMillian
274
1997
16
0.0
8
3
0
0
13Lester Hayes
L. Hayes
273
1980
16
13
1
2
0
14Ed Reed
E. Reed
264
2008
16
34
7
41
1.0
9
9
2
1
2
1
15Miller Farr
M. Farr
264
1967
14
10
3
1
0
16Henry Jones
H. Jones
263
1992
16
0.0
8
2
2
0
17Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
258
1948
12
13
2
4
0
18Dick Lynch
D. Lynch
251
1963
14
9
3
0
0
19Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
251
1949
12
10
2
0
0
20Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
248
1971
14
11
0
2
0
21Bobby Dillon
B. Dillon
244
1956
12
7
1
1
0
22Jimmy Hitchcock
J. Hitchcock
242
1998
16
0.0
7
3
1
0
23Dwight Hicks
D. Hicks
239
1981
16
9
1
4
1
24Bernie Parrish
B. Parrish
238
1960
12
6
1
1
0
25Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
238
1953
12
12
1
3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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