who has the most passes defended by a dl in a season

J.J. Watt has defended the most passes by a defensive lineman in a season, with 16 passes defended in 2012.

	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	J.J. Watt	16	2012	HOU	16	69	12	81	20.5	138.5	0	0	0	4	2	0
2	Carlos Dunlap C. Dunlap	15	2016	CIN	16	30	19	49	8.0	45	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	Emmanuel Ogbah E. Ogbah	12	2021	MIA	17	26	15	41	9.0	64	0	0	0	1	1	0
4	Cameron Heyward C. Heyward	11	2024	PIT	17	35	36	71	8.0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Cameron Jordan C. Jordan	11	2017	NO	16	48	14	62	13.0	93.5	1	0	1	2	0	0
6	Greg Hardy G. Hardy	11	2011	CAR	16	38	12	50	4.0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	Jared Allen J. Allen	11	2007	KC	14	56	9	65	15.5	111	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	11	2006	MIA	16	42	20	62	13.5	74	2	71	2	9	2	0
9	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	11	2004	MIA	16	41	27	68	9.5	64.5	1	-3	0	2	3	0
10	Simeon Rice S. Rice	11	2002	TB	16	41	9	50	15.5	111	1	30	0	6	0	0
11	J.J. Watt	10	2014	HOU	16	59	19	78	20.5	140	1	80	1	4	5	1
12	Calais Campbell C. Campbell	10	2011	ARI	16	53	19	72	8.0	64	1	0	0	2	1	0
13	Kevin Williams K. Williams	10	2010	MIN	16	27	12	39	1.0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	Johnny Jolly J. Jolly	10	2009	GB	16	25	15	40	1.0	4	1	2	0	1	2	0
15	Jared Allen J. Allen	10	2006	KC	16	64	12	76	7.5	58.5	1	3	0	3	6	0
16	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	10	2005	MIA	16	52	21	73	12.0	80	0	0	0	4	2	1
17	Richard Seymour R. Seymour	10	2003	NE	15	34	22	56	8.0	57	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Willie McGinest W. McGinest	10	2002	NE	16	42	21	63	5.5	41	1	2	0	0	0	0
19	Phillip Daniels P. Daniels	10	2001	CHI	16	44	7	51	9.0	53	0	0	0	3	2	0
20	Cameron Heyward C. Heyward	9	2021	PIT	17	53	36	89	10.0	55.5	1	0	0	1	1	0
21	Shelby Harris S. Harris	9	2019	DEN	16	28	21	49	6.0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Kony Ealy K. Ealy	9	2017	NYJ	15	11	3	14	1.0	5	1	9	0	0	0	0
23	Michael Johnson M. Johnson	9	2013	CIN	15	35	21	56	3.5	23	1	7	0	2	0	0
24	Corey Liuget C. Liuget	9	2012	SD	16	36	15	51	7.0	56	0	0	0	1	1	0
25	Julius Peppers J. Peppers	9	2010	CHI	16	43	11	54	8.0	54	2	1	0	3	0	0

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