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

Karlos Dansby has defended the most passes by a linebacker in a season, with 19 passes defended in 2013.

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	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Karlos Dansby K. Dansby	19	2013	ARI	16	114	8	122	6.5	46.5	4	48	2	1	1	0
2	Daryl Smith D. Smith	18	2013	BAL	16	57	66	123	5.0	43.5	3	41	1	2	0	0
3	Takeo Spikes T. Spikes	18	2004	BUF	16	63	35	98	3.0	16	5	122	2	3	1	0
4	Derrick Johnson D. Johnson	16	2010	KC	16	96	26	122	1.0	11	1	15	1	4	1	0
5	DeAndre Levy D. Levy	15	2013	DET	16	85	33	118	0.0	0	6	76	1	0	0	0
6	Rolando McClain R. McClain	14	2011	OAK	15	77	22	99	5.0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	London Fletcher L. Fletcher	14	2006	BUF	16	101	45	146	2.0	5	4	30	1	0	1	1
8	Will Witherspoon W. Witherspoon	14	2005	CAR	15	66	15	81	2.5	13	2	35	1	0	0	0
9	Donnie Edwards D. Edwards	14	2004	SD	16	106	46	152	1.0	2	5	49	1	3	0	0
10	Will Witherspoon W. Witherspoon	14	2004	CAR	16	84	19	103	3.0	21	4	48	0	1	1	0
11	Kailee Wong K. Wong	14	2004	HOU	16	51	20	71	5.5	29	3	0	0	1	1	0
12	Tedy Bruschi T. Bruschi	14	2003	NE	16	81	52	133	2.0	16	3	26	2	3	1	0
13	Ray Lewis R. Lewis	14	2003	BAL	16	121	42	163	1.5	11	6	99	1	2	2	0
14	Jamir Miller J. Miller	14	2001	CLE	16	83	18	101	13.0	72	1	0	0	4	0	0
15	Cory Littleton C. Littleton	13	2018	LAR	16	90	35	125	4.0	43	3	48	1	0	0	0
16	Lavonte David L. David	13	2015	TB	16	85	62	147	3.0	17	3	19	1	2	2	0
17	Keith Bulluck K. Bulluck	13	2004	TEN	16	100	52	152	5.0	39	2	25	0	1	1	1
18	Demario Davis D. Davis	12	2019	NO	16	87	24	111	4.0	37	1	1	0	0	0	0
19	Luke Kuechly L. Kuechly	12	2019	CAR	16	81	63	144	0.0	0	2	26	0	0	0	0
20	Eric Kendricks E. Kendricks	12	2019	MIN	15	70	40	110	0.5	4.5	0	0	0	2	2	0
21	Tremaine Edmunds T. Edmunds	12	2018	BUF	15	80	41	121	2.0	4	2	19	0	2	0	0
22	Luke Kuechly L. Kuechly	12	2014	CAR	16	99	54	153	3.0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0
23	Alec Ogletree A. Ogletree	12	2014	STL	16	84	27	111	0.0	0	2	44	0	4	0	0
24	Patrick Willis P. Willis	12	2011	SF	13	74	23	97	2.0	12	1	10	0	4	2	0
25	Brian Urlacher B. Urlacher	12	2007	CHI	16	93	30	123	5.0	36	5	101	1	0	2	0

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