most passes defended by a player in a single nfl season since 2015

Since 2015, Darius Slay, David Amerson and Marcus Peters are tied for defending the most passes in a season, with 26 passes defended.

	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Darius Slay D. Slay	26	2017	DET	16	54	6	60	0.0	0	8	73	0	0	1	0
2	David Amerson D. Amerson	26	2015	TOT	16	55	5	60	0.0	0	4	28	1	1	0	0
3	Marcus Peters M. Peters	26	2015	KC	16	53	7	60	0.0	0	8	280	2	1	0	0
4	Brent Grimes B. Grimes	24	2016	TB	16	51	6	57	0.0	0	4	37	1	1	0	0
5	Charvarius Ward C. Ward	23	2023	SF	17	56	16	72	0.0	0	5	91	1	1	0	0
6	J.C. Jackson	23	2021	NE	17	44	14	58	0.0	0	8	92	1	1	0	0
7	Davon House D. House	23	2015	JAX	16	49	11	60	0.0	0	4	21	0	1	1	0
8	Casey Hayward C. Hayward	22	2017	LAC	16	33	7	40	0.0	0	4	7	0	1	2	0
9	Kyle Fuller K. Fuller	22	2017	CHI	16	61	8	69	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	Johnathan Joseph J. Joseph	22	2015	HOU	16	48	10	58	0.0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0
11	Trevon Diggs T. Diggs	21	2021	DAL	16	43	9	52	0.0	0	11	142	2	0	0	0
12	Kyle Fuller K. Fuller	21	2018	CHI	16	45	10	55	0.0	0	7	52	0	0	0	0
13	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie D. Rodgers-Cromartie	21	2016	NYG	15	41	8	49	1.0	9	6	28	0	1	0	0
14	Ronald Darby R. Darby	21	2015	BUF	15	61	7	68	0.0	0	2	48	0	0	0	0
15	Sauce Gardner S. Gardner	20	2022	NYJ	17	51	24	75	0.0	0	2	19	0	0	0	0
16	Xavien Howard X. Howard	20	2020	MIA	16	40	11	51	0.0	0	10	77	0	1	0	0
17	Stephon Gilmore S. Gilmore	20	2019	NE	16	44	9	53	0.0	0	6	126	2	0	1	0
18	Stephon Gilmore S. Gilmore	20	2018	NE	16	40	5	45	1.0	7	2	0	0	2	1	0
19	Robert Alford R. Alford	20	2017	ATL	16	60	8	68	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	Casey Hayward C. Hayward	20	2016	SD	16	51	7	58	0.0	0	7	102	1	0	0	0
21	Marcus Peters M. Peters	20	2016	KC	15	35	10	45	0.0	0	6	63	0	1	3	0
22	Denzel Ward D. Ward	19	2024	CLE	16	41	8	49	0.0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0
23	Darious Williams D. Williams	19	2023	JAX	17	44	9	53	0.0	0	4	72	1	2	0	0
24	Marshon Lattimore M. Lattimore	19	2021	NO	16	55	13	68	0.0	0	3	35	0	0	1	0
25	Carlton Davis III C. Davis III	19	2019	TB	14	54	6	60	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0

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