Aaron Donald, J.J. Watt and Lawrence Taylor are tied for the most career Defensive Player of the Year awards in the NFL, with 3.
| NAME | DPOY | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCK | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | A. Donald | 3 | 154 | 340 | 203 | 543 | 111.0 | 813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 |  | J.J. Watt | 3 | 151 | 449 | 137 | 586 | 114.5 | 808.5 | 2 | 99 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 1 |
| 3 |  | L. Taylor | 3 | 184 | 132.5 | 9 | 134 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 4 |  | M. Garrett | 2 | 134 | 293 | 119 | 412 | 125.5 | 827.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 |  | R. Lewis | 2 | 228 | 978 | 365 | 1,343 | 41.5 | 31 | 503 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | B. Smith | 2 | 279 | 85 | 28 | 113 | 200.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 1 | |
| 7 |  | R. White | 2 | 232 | 198.0 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||||
| 8 |  | M. Singletary | 2 | 179 | 19.0 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | | J. Greene | 2 | 181 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | | P. Surtain II | 1 | 80 | 221 | 58 | 279 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | 199 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 |  | N. Bosa | 1 | 85 | 192 | 86 | 278 | 64.5 | 460 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 |  | T.J. Watt | 1 | 135 | 354 | 163 | 517 | 115.0 | 731 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 1 |
| 13 |  | K. Mack | 1 | 179 | 481 | 181 | 662 | 113.0 | 807 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | | S. Gilmore | 1 | 180 | 521 | 96 | 617 | 1.0 | 7 | 32 | 496 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 |  | L. Kuechly | 1 | 118 | 688 | 402 | 1,090 | 12.5 | 73 | 18 | 153 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | | B. Sanders | 1 | 50 | 227 | 78 | 305 | 3.5 | 17 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 |  | T. Polamalu | 1 | 158 | 577 | 196 | 773 | 12.0 | 76 | 32 | 398 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 18 | | T. Suggs | 1 | 244 | 624 | 262 | 886 | 139.0 | 995 | 7 | 144 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 1 |
| 19 | | J. Harrison | 1 | 193 | 573 | 220 | 793 | 84.5 | 536.5 | 8 | 95 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 1 |
| 20 |  | E. Reed | 1 | 174 | 534 | 112 | 646 | 6.0 | 56 | 64 | 1,590 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| 21 |  | B. Urlacher | 1 | 182 | 949 | 289 | 1,238 | 41.5 | 22 | 324 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 2 | |
| 22 |  | C. Woodson | 1 | 254 | 818 | 198 | 1,016 | 20.0 | 65 | 966 | 11 | 28 | 18 | 2 | |
| 23 |  | J. Taylor | 1 | 233 | 407 | 177 | 584 | 139.5 | 8 | 110 | 3 | 40 | 29 | 6 | |
| 24 | | D. Brooks | 1 | 224 | 681 | 218 | 899 | 13.5 | 25 | 530 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | |
| 25 | | W. Sapp | 1 | 198 | 234 | 65 | 299 | 96.5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | |
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