most passes defensed by a defensive lineman, career

Kevin Williams has defended the most career passes by a defensive lineman, with 73 passes defended.

	NAME	PDEF	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Kevin Williams K. Williams	73	203	370	158	528	63.0	401.5	5	82	2	9	13	2
2	J.J. Watt	70	151	449	137	586	114.5	808.5	2	99	2	27	17	1
3	Carlos Dunlap C. Dunlap	70	180	360	183	543	91.5	606.5	2	30	2	21	9	1
4	Julius Peppers J. Peppers	68	218	487	127	614	134.5	813.5	9	192	2	43	17	2
5	Cameron Heyward C. Heyward	67	229	479	320	799	92.0	592.5	2	0	0	9	7	0
6	Cameron Jordan C. Jordan	67	243	494	269	763	132.0	870	3	6	1	17	12	0
7	Calais Campbell C. Campbell	65	279	674	288	962	117.0	813	3	24	0	18	13	3
8	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	64	125	336	152	488	89.5	588	5	108	3	34	18	3
9	Jared Allen J. Allen	58	187	503	145	648	136.0	851.5	6	55	1	31	19	1
10	Jason Pierre-Paul J. Pierre-Paul	57	153	416	154	570	89.0	609.5	4	67	2	20	10	1
11	John Henderson J. Henderson	46	146	382	110	492	29.0	173.5	0	0	0	8	5	0
12	Alex Brown A. Brown	42	143	339	75	414	45.5	335.5	5	27	0	15	12	0
13	Phillip Daniels P. Daniels	41	127	248	83	331	34.5	182.5	1	0	0	10	8	0
14	Marcus Stroud M. Stroud	41	146	314	115	429	29.5	190	0	0	0	8	6	0
15	Shelby Harris S. Harris	40	147	201	157	358	28.5	192.5	1	0	0	5	0	0
16	Haloti Ngata H. Ngata	40	180	328	188	516	32.5	231.5	5	84	0	7	5	1
17	Chris Jones C. Jones	39	156	222	118	340	87.5	590.5	2	17	1	13	4	0
18	Simeon Rice S. Rice	39	95	214	38	252	70.5	491	4	48	0	25	1	0
19	Richard Seymour R. Seymour	39	164	326	172	498	57.5	360.5	2	6	0	4	8	1
20	Ndamukong Suh N. Suh	38	199	391	209	600	71.5	464	1	20	0	5	9	3
21	Emmanuel Ogbah E. Ogbah	37	104	136	93	229	37.0	268.5	1	5	0	8	5	0
22	Brett Keisel B. Keisel	36	156	253	155	408	30.0	145	2	95	1	7	9	0
23	Denico Autry D. Autry	35	164	226	105	331	65.5	450	0	0	0	8	3	0
24	Michael Johnson M. Johnson	33	155	268	130	398	44.5	288.5	4	32	1	8	4	0
25	Greg Ellis G. Ellis	33	93	225	75	300	45.5	236.5	1	0	0	14	6	0

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