nfl tackles leaders rookie in season ever

Patrick Willis has the most tackles by a rookie, with 136 tackles in 2007.

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 SF
16
38
174
4.0
9
0
0
0
2
1
0
2 DeMeco Ryans
D. Ryans
126
2006
HOU HOU
16
30
156
3.5
30.5
1
16
0
1
1
0
3 Lavonte David
L. David
112
2012
TB TB
16
27
139
2.0
14
1
27
0
0
0
0
4 James Laurinaitis
J. Laurinaitis
108
2009
STL STL
16
13
121
2.0
15
2
28
0
1
1
0
5 Shaquille Leonard
S. Leonard
107
2018
IND IND
15
47
154
7.0
48
2
38
0
3
2
0
6 Jon Beason
J. Beason
106
2007
CAR CAR
16
34
140
0.0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
7 Luke Kuechly
L. Kuechly
103
2012
CAR CAR
16
61
164
1.0
4
2
22
0
0
3
0
8 Leighton Vander Esch
L. Vander Esch
102
2018
DAL DAL
16
38
140
0.0
0
2
56
0
0
0
0
9 Jerod Mayo
J. Mayo
100
2008
NE NE
16
28
128
0.0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
10 Jalen Pitre
J. Pitre
99
2022
HOU HOU
17
48
147
1.0
8
5
57
0
0
1
0
11 Alec Ogletree
A. Ogletree
95
2013
STL STL
16
24
119
1.5
8.5
1
98
1
6
0
0
12 T.J. Ward
T.J. Ward
95
2010
CLE CLE
16
28
123
0.0
0
2
39
0
1
0
0
13 Kirk Morrison
K. Morrison
91
2005
OAK OAK
16
25
116
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
14 Jerrell Freeman
J. Freeman
90
2012
IND IND
16
55
145
2.0
17
1
4
1
1
0
0
15 David Harris
D. Harris
90
2007
NYJ NYJ
16
36
126
5.0
52
0
0
0
2
1
0
16 Roquan Smith
R. Smith
89
2018
CHI CHI
16
32
121
5.0
37
1
22
0
0
0
0
17 C.J. Mosley
C.J. Mosley
88
2014
BAL BAL
16
45
133
3.0
16
2
23
0
1
1
0
18 Thomas Howard
T. Howard
88
2006
OAK OAK
16
22
110
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19 Chris Cash
C. Cash
88
2002
DET DET
16
13
101
0.0
0
1
11
0
1
2
0
20 Kiko Alonso
K. Alonso
87
2013
BUF BUF
16
72
159
2.0
17
4
38
0
1
2
0
21 Bobby Wagner
B. Wagner
87
2012
SEA SEA
16
53
140
2.0
11
3
55
0
0
0
0
22 Johnathan Cyprien
J. Cyprien
86
2013
JAX JAX
15
17
103
1.0
0
1
27
0
2
0
0
23 Brian Cushing
B. Cushing
86
2009
HOU HOU
16
47
133
4.0
30.5
4
26
0
2
0
0
24 Kerry Rhodes
K. Rhodes
86
2005
NYJ NYJ
16
20
106
1.0
10
1
0
0
1
0
0
25 Madieu Williams
M. Williams
86
2004
CIN CIN
16
17
103
2.0
19
3
51
1
0
2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for tackles going back to the 2001 season.

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19.7

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16.3

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89.7

26th

PASS YDS/G

280.0

3rd

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TEAM W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
Cardinals Cardinals
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
JAX JAX
@
SF SF
4:05 PM
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
SF SF
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

3 - 0 - 0

16

Final

15

ARI Cardinals

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM