most passes defended since 2020 by a defensive line player

Since 2020, Cameron Heyward has defended the most passes by a defensive lineman, with 34 passes defended.

	NAME	PDEF	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Cameron Heyward C. Heyward	34	94	220	179	399	38.0	248.5	2	0	0	3	2	0
2	Derrick Brown D. Brown	28	84	168	151	319	13.0	100	2	2	0	1	0	0
3	Jeffery Simmons J. Simmons	26	90	201	143	344	40.5	304.5	0	0	0	8	6	0
4	Maxx Crosby M. Crosby	25	94	242	150	392	59.5	406	1	19	0	7	3	0
5	Shelby Harris S. Harris	24	90	118	104	222	14.5	105	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	Zach Allen Z. Allen	23	91	146	143	289	32.0	201	1	25	0	1	3	1
7	A.J. Epenesa	21	91	81	54	135	24.0	173.5	4	63	1	5	3	0
8	Cameron Jordan C. Jordan	20	99	182	118	300	45.0	283.5	1	0	0	7	2	0
9	Emmanuel Ogbah E. Ogbah	20	70	71	57	128	24.5	199.5	1	5	0	5	3	0
10	Daron Payne D. Payne	20	99	168	152	320	30.0	197.5	1	0	0	6	5	0
11	Chris Jones C. Jones	19	94	125	78	203	54.5	332.5	0	0	0	6	2	0
12	Montez Sweat M. Sweat	19	93	160	97	257	50.0	346	1	15	1	13	1	0
13	Denico Autry D. Autry	18	82	105	57	162	42.5	294	0	0	0	5	0	0
14	Shy Tuttle S. Tuttle	18	91	108	121	229	2.5	5.5	0	0	0	2	3	0
15	George Karlaftis G. Karlaftis	17	65	93	70	163	30.5	165	0	0	0	1	3	0
16	Greg Rousseau G. Rousseau	17	78	159	69	228	32.0	193	1	3	0	7	2	0
17	Calais Campbell C. Campbell	17	92	155	109	264	29.0	198.5	0	0	0	4	2	0
18	DeForest Buckner D. Buckner	17	88	220	169	389	43.0	308	0	0	0	6	3	1
19	Christian Wilkins C. Wilkins	17	70	185	131	316	20.5	151.5	1	8	0	4	5	0
20	J.J. Watt	16	39	76	31	107	18.5	136	1	19	1	4	2	0
21	DeMarcus Lawrence D. Lawrence	16	61	129	79	208	22.5	145.5	1	40	1	11	3	1
22	Chase Young C. Young	16	72	110	59	169	32.0	202.5	0	0	0	9	6	2
23	Trey Hendrickson T. Hendrickson	14	87	136	60	196	74.5	482	0	0	0	13	0	0
24	Myles Garrett M. Garrett	14	97	219	89	308	95.0	639	0	0	0	17	5	1
25	B.J. Hill	14	97	154	170	324	21.0	134	2	0	0	1	4	0

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