who led the league in passes defended in 2016

Brent Grimes defended the most passes in 2016, with 24 passes defended.

	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Brent Grimes B. Grimes	24	2016	TB	16	51	6	57	0.0	0	4	37	1	1	0	0
2	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie D. Rodgers-Cromartie	21	2016	NYG	15	41	8	49	1.0	9	6	28	0	1	0	0
3	Casey Hayward C. Hayward	20	2016	SD	16	51	7	58	0.0	0	7	102	1	0	0	0
4	Marcus Peters M. Peters	20	2016	KC	15	35	10	45	0.0	0	6	63	0	1	3	0
5	Robert Alford R. Alford	19	2016	ATL	16	50	11	61	0.0	0	2	34	1	0	0	0
6	Josh Norman J. Norman	19	2016	WAS	16	52	15	67	0.0	0	3	38	0	2	0	0
7	Janoris Jenkins J. Jenkins	18	2016	NYG	15	44	5	49	1.0	9	3	26	0	1	0	0
8	Malcolm Butler M. Butler	17	2016	NE	16	48	15	63	1.0	0	4	28	0	1	2	0
9	David Amerson D. Amerson	16	2016	OAK	15	56	8	64	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	A.J. Bouye	16	2016	HOU	15	48	15	63	1.0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Leodis McKelvin L. McKelvin	16	2016	PHI	13	32	11	43	0.0	0	2	29	1	0	0	0
12	Steven Nelson S. Nelson	16	2016	KC	15	59	6	65	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Carlos Dunlap C. Dunlap	15	2016	CIN	16	30	19	49	8.0	45	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	Byron Maxwell B. Maxwell	15	2016	MIA	13	43	10	53	0.0	0	2	29	0	4	0	0
15	Tramaine Brock T. Brock	14	2016	SF	16	49	10	59	0.0	0	1	39	0	1	0	0
16	DeShawn Shead D. Shead	14	2016	SEA	15	57	24	81	0.0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
17	Ross Cockrell R. Cockrell	14	2016	PIT	16	47	15	62	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	Jalen Ramsey J. Ramsey	14	2016	JAX	16	55	10	65	0.0	0	2	65	1	1	0	0
19	Sterling Moore S. Moore	13	2016	NO	13	44	12	56	0.0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0
20	Richard Sherman R. Sherman	13	2016	SEA	16	38	20	58	0.0	0	4	37	0	0	1	0
21	Darius Slay D. Slay	13	2016	DET	13	43	1	44	1.0	7	2	24	0	1	0	0
22	Jamar Taylor J. Taylor	13	2016	CLE	15	46	11	57	0.0	0	3	43	0	0	0	0
23	Eric Weddle E. Weddle	13	2016	BAL	16	48	41	89	1.0	5	4	92	0	1	0	0
24	Landon Collins L. Collins	13	2016	NYG	16	100	25	125	4.0	39	5	72	1	0	1	0
25	Artie Burns A. Burns	13	2016	PIT	16	52	13	65	0.0	0	3	13	0	0	0	0

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