who has the most passes defended in a season since 2020

Since 2020, Charvarius Ward and J.C. Jackson are tied for defending the most passes in a season, with 23 passes defended.

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	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Charvarius Ward C. Ward	23	2023	SF	17	56	16	72	0.0	0	5	91	1	1	0	0
2	J.C. Jackson	23	2021	NE	17	44	14	58	0.0	0	8	92	1	1	0	0
3	Trevon Diggs T. Diggs	21	2021	DAL	16	43	9	52	0.0	0	11	142	2	0	0	0
4	Sauce Gardner S. Gardner	20	2022	NYJ	17	51	24	75	0.0	0	2	19	0	0	0	0
5	Xavien Howard X. Howard	20	2020	MIA	16	40	11	51	0.0	0	10	77	0	1	0	0
6	Riley Moss R. Moss	19	2025	DEN	17	57	23	80	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	Mike Jackson M. Jackson	19	2025	CAR	17	54	14	68	0.0	0	4	102	1	1	0	0
8	Denzel Ward D. Ward	19	2024	CLE	16	41	8	49	0.0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0
9	Darious Williams D. Williams	19	2023	JAX	17	44	9	53	0.0	0	4	72	1	2	0	0
10	Marshon Lattimore M. Lattimore	19	2021	NO	16	55	13	68	0.0	0	3	35	0	0	1	0
11	Tyson Campbell T. Campbell	18	2025	TOT	17	54	33	87	0.0	0	1	34	1	2	0	0
12	Emmanuel Forbes Jr. E. Forbes Jr.	18	2025	LAR	17	32	13	45	0.0	0	3	43	0	1	0	0
13	DJ Turner II	18	2025	CIN	17	28	12	40	0.0	0	2	7	0	2	1	0
14	Derek Stingley Jr. D. Stingley Jr.	18	2024	HOU	17	37	17	54	0.0	0	5	48	0	0	0	0
15	Paulson Adebo P. Adebo	18	2023	NO	15	60	16	76	0.0	0	4	32	0	2	2	0
16	Jalen Ramsey J. Ramsey	18	2022	LAR	17	64	24	88	2.0	17	4	53	0	3	1	0
17	James Bradberry IV J. Bradberry IV	18	2020	NYG	15	44	10	54	0.0	0	3	19	0	2	1	0
18	Carlton Davis III C. Davis III	18	2020	TB	14	52	16	68	0.0	0	4	42	0	0	0	0
19	Denzel Ward D. Ward	18	2020	CLE	12	38	8	46	0.0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
20	Keisean Nixon K. Nixon	17	2025	GB	17	58	14	72	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	Quinyon Mitchell Q. Mitchell	17	2025	PHI	16	35	10	45	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Kool-Aid McKinstry K. McKinstry	17	2025	NO	17	59	17	76	0.0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kamari Lassiter K. Lassiter	17	2025	HOU	16	62	29	91	0.0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
24	Zyon McCollum Z. McCollum	17	2024	TB	17	55	27	82	0.0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0
25	Mike Jackson M. Jackson	17	2024	CAR	17	58	18	76	0.0	0	2	20	0	0	0	0

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Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
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Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
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Thu 10/1	PIT	@	CLE	8:15 PM
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