most interceptions in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Jake Scott caught the most interceptions, with 49 interceptions.

Interpreted as:
most defensive interceptions by a player in the 1970s
NAMEINTGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Jake Scott
J. Scott
49
126
551
0
13
0
2Mel Blount
M. Blount
42
143
568
1
11
1
3Paul Krause
P. Krause
41
144
688
1
7
2
4Emmitt Thomas
E. Thomas
41
128
706
3
4
0
5Thom Darden
T. Darden
40
99
710
2
7
1
6Ken Riley
K. Riley
40
138
338
2
13
0
7Bobby Bryant
B. Bryant
38
123
582
2
10
1
8Lemar Parrish
L. Parrish
38
132
440
4
12
3
9Tony Greene
T. Greene
37
128
628
2
13
0
10Rolland Lawrence
R. Lawrence
36
102
621
1
9
0
11Ray Brown
R. Brown
36
122
626
2
9
0
12Ken Houston
K. Houston
36
141
500
4
16
1
13Norm Thompson
N. Thompson
33
115
593
2
8
1
14Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
33
100
480
0
9
0
15Charlie Waters
C. Waters
33
128
485
2
5
0
16Glen Edwards
G. Edwards
32
118
794
2
10
0
17Roger Wehrli
R. Wehrli
32
140
232
2
22
0
18Lem Barney
L. Barney
31
99
637
4
10
0
19Bill Thompson
B. Thompson
31
133
629
2
14
3
20Jack Tatum
J. Tatum
30
120
636
0
8
1
21Mike Wagner
M. Wagner
30
104
464
0
11
0
22Bob Howard
B. Howard
30
127
282
1
6
0
23Nate Wright
N. Wright
30
127
256
0
4
1
24Tom Myers
T. Myers
29
104
455
2
13
2
25Cliff Harris
C. Harris
29
141
281
1
18
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interceptions going back to the 1940 season.

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.533
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8
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.467
6
9
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.400
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10
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12
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