most solo tackles in a career by a defensive back

Antoine Bethea has made the most career tackles by a defensive back, with 995 tackles.

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Data note: Tackles: player season data complete from 2001

	NAME	TKL	GP	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Antoine Bethea A. Bethea	995	209	338	1,333	9.5	65	25	312	1	9	7	0
2	Eric Weddle E. Weddle	903	201	276	1,179	9.5	52.5	29	467	4	8	7	1
3	Harrison Smith H. Smith	869	215	328	1,197	22.0	191	40	525	4	13	10	0
4	Ronde Barber R. Barber	847	192	165	1,012	18.5	110	41	750	7	13	11	3
5	Antoine Winfield A. Winfield	834	164	149	983	7.5	62	24	238	2	14	11	2
6	Charles Woodson C. Woodson	818	206	198	1,016	20.0	140.5	55	797	9	28	16	2
7	Malcolm Jenkins M. Jenkins	804	199	240	1,044	13.5	102.5	21	590	7	20	11	1
8	Charles Tillman C. Tillman	786	168	139	925	3.0	14	38	675	8	44	11	1
9	Terence Newman T. Newman	749	221	130	879	2.0	6	42	363	3	8	11	1
10	Devin McCourty D. McCourty	740	205	231	971	3.0	28	35	581	2	11	7	0
11	Kareem Jackson K. Jackson	738	205	219	957	3.0	17	22	389	3	6	7	1
12	Adrian Wilson A. Wilson	727	181	172	899	25.5	168.5	27	508	2	14	8	2
13	Antrel Rolle A. Rolle	709	155	128	837	4.0	26.5	26	565	4	8	6	0
14	Mike Adams M. Adams	708	228	227	935	6.0	38	30	337	2	13	16	0
15	Budda Baker B. Baker	707	147	376	1,083	13.5	115.5	9	260	0	8	6	1
16	Champ Bailey C. Bailey	703	183	87	790	2.0	14	42	361	3	7	5	0
17	Tyrann Mathieu T. Mathieu	685	180	153	838	11.0	78	36	530	4	7	8	0
18	Kevin Byard III K. Byard III	678	173	337	1,015	6.0	54	37	424	1	4	6	1
19	Johnathan Joseph J. Joseph	670	211	117	787	0.0	0	32	643	7	8	6	1
20	Nate Clements N. Clements	669	180	157	826	4.5	25	36	508	5	23	8	0
21	Donte Whitner D. Whitner	668	157	255	923	3.0	17.5	11	331	2	12	6	0
22	Jordan Poyer J. Poyer	649	181	326	975	12.5	86	25	185	1	9	6	0
23	Ryan Clark R. Clark	645	177	286	931	4.0	34.5	16	137	0	5	8	0
24	Roman Harper R. Harper	641	156	179	820	18.0	146	11	148	2	15	5	0
25	Brian Dawkins B. Dawkins	639	152	154	793	20.5	165.5	21	168	0	28	12	1

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