most passes defended in the nfl by a defensive lineman sine 2024

Cameron Heyward defended the most passes by a defensive lineman in 2024, with 11 passes defended.

Regular season

	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Cameron Heyward C. Heyward	11	2024	PIT	17	35	36	71	8.0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Trey Hendrickson T. Hendrickson	6	2024	CIN	17	33	13	46	17.5	125.5	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	Jalen Carter J. Carter	6	2024	PHI	16	25	17	42	4.5	31	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	Keeanu Benton K. Benton	6	2024	PIT	17	16	20	36	1.0	11	1	11	0	0	1	0
5	Calais Campbell C. Campbell	5	2024	MIA	17	35	17	52	5.0	40	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	Poona Ford P. Ford	5	2024	LAC	17	24	15	39	3.0	19	1	3	0	0	0	0
7	Maxx Crosby M. Crosby	5	2024	LV	12	28	17	45	7.5	63.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Chauncey Golston C. Golston	5	2024	DAL	17	30	26	56	5.5	33.5	1	18	0	0	1	0
9	George Karlaftis G. Karlaftis	5	2024	KC	16	21	14	35	8.0	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Keion White K. White	5	2024	NE	17	31	25	56	5.0	24.5	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	Cameron Jordan C. Jordan	4	2024	NO	17	18	16	34	4.0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	B.J. Hill	4	2024	CIN	15	25	31	56	3.0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Harrison Phillips H. Phillips	4	2024	MIN	17	16	40	56	2.0	14	0	0	0	1	1	0
14	Jeffery Simmons J. Simmons	4	2024	TEN	16	41	35	76	5.0	35	0	0	0	2	2	0
15	Carl Granderson C. Granderson	4	2024	NO	17	36	25	61	5.5	31.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	Payton Turner P. Turner	4	2024	NO	16	10	11	21	2.0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	Charles Snowden C. Snowden	4	2024	LV	16	18	21	39	1.5	13.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Kobie Turner K. Turner	4	2024	LAR	17	35	27	62	8.0	64	0	0	0	1	1	0
19	Denico Autry D. Autry	3	2024	HOU	10	8	5	13	3.0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Danielle Hunter D. Hunter	3	2024	HOU	17	31	15	46	12.0	93.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	Leonard Williams L. Williams	3	2024	SEA	16	37	27	64	11.0	71.5	1	92	1	0	0	0
22	Arik Armstead A. Armstead	3	2024	JAX	17	21	8	29	2.0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jonathan Bullard J. Bullard	3	2024	MIN	17	21	20	41	1.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Grover Stewart G. Stewart	3	2024	IND	17	29	45	74	3.5	10.5	0	0	0	1	1	0
25	Deatrich Wise Jr. D. Wise Jr.	3	2024	NE	15	16	13	29	5.0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0

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