Before 2000, Nick Buoniconti and Don Shinnick were tied for playing the most seasons by a linebacker with 2+ interceptions, with 10 seasons.
Interpreted as:
most seasons with 2 or more defensive interceptions by a linebacker before 2000| NAME | SEAS | INT | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCK | SCKY | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | N. Buoniconti | 10 | 31 | 131 | 296 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | | D. Shinnick | 10 | 35 | 132 | 249 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | | J. Ham | 9 | 29 | 128 | 191 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | | W. Lanier | 9 | 27 | 125 | 440 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | | D. Robinson | 9 | 27 | 116 | 449 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | | L. Roy Jordan | 9 | 29 | 119 | 414 | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | | R. Nitschke | 9 | 22 | 120 | 362 | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | | J. Lambert | 8 | 26 | 119 | 4.0 | 232 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | | I. Robertson | 8 | 23 | 118 | 329 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | | B. Bergey | 8 | 24 | 114 | 374 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | | S. Huff | 8 | 23 | 104 | 284 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 12 | | M. Merriweather | 7 | 17 | 107 | 37.0 | 277 | 3 | 14 | 1 | |||||
| 13 | | J. Anderson | 7 | 23 | 98 | 18.5 | 163 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | | B. Van Pelt | 7 | 17 | 99 | 3.0 | 94 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | | G. Bingham | 7 | 19 | 102 | 267 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | | S. White | 7 | 31 | 97 | 0.0 | 365 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | | T. Hendricks | 7 | 23 | 102 | 269 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | | M. Curtis | 7 | 21 | 90 | 279 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | D. Buffone | 7 | 19 | 101 | 166 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 20 | | R. Baker | 7 | 17 | 94 | 218 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | C. Howley | 7 | 21 | 96 | 355 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | | B. Pellington | 7 | 19 | 90 | 240 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | | S. Joyner | 6 | 19 | 92 | 27.5 | 278 | 2 | 11 | 3 | |||||
| 24 | | W. Marshall | 6 | 21 | 95 | 28.0 | 267 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 25 | | G. Buttle | 6 | 12 | 80 | 0.0 | 174 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||||
StatMuse has season-level data for interceptions going back to the 1940 season.
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