most interceptions per game in the nfl in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dwight Hicks had the most interceptions per game played, with 0.63.

Interpreted as:
most defensive interceptions per game by a player in the NFL in the 1970s
NAMEINT/GPINTGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Dwight Hicks
D. Hicks
0.63
5
8
57
0
1
0
2Johnny Robinson
J. Robinson
0.5
14
28
208
0
1
1
3Ken Lee
K. Lee
0.46
6
13
155
1
0
0
4Paul Martha
P. Martha
0.46
6
13
99
0
2
0
5Charlie Stukes
C. Stukes
0.43
28
65
364
0
2
0
6Thom Darden
T. Darden
0.4
40
99
710
2
7
1
7Jake Scott
J. Scott
0.39
49
126
551
0
13
0
8Kent McCloughan
K. McCloughan
0.38
5
13
5
0
0
0
9Jeff Nixon
J. Nixon
0.38
6
16
81
0
0
0
10Kenny Graham
K. Graham
0.38
3
8
31
0
0
0
11Ed Sharockman
E. Sharockman
0.37
13
35
241
1
0
0
12Mike Haynes
M. Haynes
0.37
22
60
333
1
8
0
13Dick LeBeau
D. LeBeau
0.37
15
41
172
0
1
0
14Willie Williams
W. Williams
0.37
19
52
296
0
4
0
15Levi Johnson
L. Johnson
0.36
21
59
549
3
4
0
16James Hunter
J. Hunter
0.35
18
51
226
1
3
0
17Rolland Lawrence
R. Lawrence
0.35
36
102
621
1
9
0
18Gary Barbaro
G. Barbaro
0.35
21
60
426
2
7
0
19Herman Edwards
H. Edwards
0.35
16
46
74
0
4
1
20Jerry Logan
J. Logan
0.33
14
42
167
2
3
0
21Jim Nettles
J. Nettles
0.33
14
42
319
1
2
0
22Bob Wade
B. Wade
0.33
1
3
10
0
0
0
23Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
0.33
33
100
480
0
9
0
24Terry Jackson
T. Jackson
0.32
10
31
125
1
2
0
25Steve Foley
S. Foley
0.32
19
59
215
0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interceptions going back to the 1940 season.

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