most tackles by a player in their first season

Patrick Willis made the most tackles by a player in his first season, with 136 tackles in his rookie season.

	NAME	TKL	SEASON	TM	GP	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Patrick Willis P. Willis	136	2007	SF	16	38	174	4.0	9	0	0	0	2	1	0
2	DeMeco Ryans D. Ryans	126	2006	HOU	16	30	156	3.5	30.5	1	16	0	1	1	0
3	Ray Lewis R. Lewis	114	2001	BAL	16	48	162	3.5	26	3	115	0	1	1	0
4	Lavonte David L. David	112	2012	TB	16	27	139	2.0	14	1	27	0	0	0	0
5	James Farrior J. Farrior	109	2001	NYJ	16	36	145	1.0	8	2	84	0	3	0	0
6	James Laurinaitis J. Laurinaitis	108	2009	STL	16	13	121	2.0	15	2	28	0	1	1	0
7	Shaquille Leonard S. Leonard	107	2018	IND	15	47	154	7.0	48	2	38	0	3	2	0
8	Jon Beason J. Beason	106	2007	CAR	16	34	140	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	Luke Kuechly L. Kuechly	103	2012	CAR	16	61	164	1.0	4	2	22	0	0	3	0
10	Anthony Simmons A. Simmons	103	2001	SEA	16	20	123	2.0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	102	2018	DAL	16	38	140	0.0	0	2	56	0	0	0	0
12	Keith Brooking K. Brooking	102	2001	ATL	16	25	127	3.5	30.5	2	17	0	2	2	0
13	Jerod Mayo J. Mayo	100	2008	NE	16	28	128	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
14	Jalen Pitre J. Pitre	99	2022	HOU	17	48	147	1.0	8	5	57	0	0	1	0
15	Marvcus Patton M. Patton	99	2001	KC	16	15	114	3.0	25	2	5	0	2	0	0
16	Donnie Edwards D. Edwards	98	2001	KC	16	32	130	2.0	16	0	0	0	1	3	0
17	Ronald McKinnon R. McKinnon	98	2001	ARI	16	48	146	2.0	5	1	24	1	1	2	1
18	Marvin Jones M. Jones	97	2001	NYJ	16	40	137	1.0	7	3	27	0	2	1	0
19	Alec Ogletree A. Ogletree	95	2013	STL	16	24	119	1.5	8.5	1	98	1	6	0	0
20	T.J. Ward	95	2010	CLE	16	28	123	0.0	0	2	39	0	1	0	0
21	Warrick Holdman W. Holdman	95	2001	CHI	16	14	109	1.5	15	1	0	0	3	0	0
22	Zach Thomas Z. Thomas	95	2001	MIA	15	60	155	3.0	27	2	51	1	2	0	0
23	Jeremiah Trotter J. Trotter	93	2001	PHI	16	22	115	3.5	29	2	64	1	2	1	0
24	Kirk Morrison K. Morrison	91	2005	OAK	16	25	116	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	Micheal Barrow M. Barrow	91	2001	NYG	16	44	135	6.0	34.5	0	0	0	4	2	0

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