Leaders · FR
Defense · 2023 regular season · min 4 GP
Top 100
2023 REG
| # | Player | Pos | Tm | G | Solo | Ast | Sk | QBH | TFL | Int | PD | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick McCloud | CB | NYG | 12 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Keisean Nixon | CB | GB | 17 | 52 | 21 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Oren Burks | LB | SF | 12 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Byron Murphy | CB | MIN | 14 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Dee Alford | CB | ATL | 14 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Foyesade Oluokun | LB | JAX | 17 | 91 | 62 | 2.5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Nick Niemann | LB | LAC | 11 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Brenden Schooler | S | NE | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Adrian Amos | S | HOU | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Will McDonald | DE | NYJ | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Kelee Ringo | CB | PHI | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Jalen Davis | CB | CIN | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Nick Bellore | LB | SEA | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Rodney McLeod | S | CLE | 10 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Tashaun Gipson | S | SF | 16 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Bobby Wagner | LB | SEA | 17 | 77 | 87 | 3.5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Justin Bethel | CB | MIA | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Stephon Gilmore | CB | DAL | 17 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Lavonte David | LB | TB | 15 | 69 | 48 | 4.5 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Harrison Smith | S | MIN | 17 | 49 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Demario Davis | LB | NO | 17 | 67 | 47 | 6.5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Fletcher Cox | DT | PHI | 14 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Cody Davis | S | NE | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Mike Purcell | DT | DEN | 16 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Darius Slay | CB | PHI | 12 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Johnathan Hankins | DT | DAL | 13 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | John Jenkins | DT | LV | 16 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Micah Hyde | S | BUF | 14 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Jordan Poyer | S | BUF | 16 | 58 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Duron Harmon | S | CLE | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | William Gholston | DT | TB | 12 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Logan Ryan | S | SF | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Tyrann Mathieu | S | NO | 17 | 42 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Nick Williams | DT | LAC | 13 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Khalil Mack | DE | LAC | 17 | 45 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | DaQuan Jones | DT | BUF | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2.5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Shaq Barrett | DE | TB | 16 | 29 | 19 | 4.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Brent Urban | DT | BAL | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Denico Autry | DE | TEN | 17 | 25 | 20 | 11.5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Shelby Harris | DT | CLE | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1.5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | C.J. Mosley | LB | NYJ | 17 | 66 | 71 | 0.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Jimmie Ward | S | HOU | 10 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Kyle Van Noy | DE | BAL | 14 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Jadeveon Clowney | DE | BAL | 17 | 21 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Bradley Roby | CB | PHI | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Aaron Donald | DT | LAR | 16 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Adrian Phillips | S | NE | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Demarcus Lawrence | DE | DAL | 16 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Eric Kendricks | LB | LAC | 15 | 67 | 38 | 3.5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Jordan Phillips | DT | BUF | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Danielle Hunter | DE | MIN | 17 | 44 | 29 | 16.5 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 52 | Za'Darius Smith | DE | CLE | 16 | 14 | 9 | 5.5 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Grady Jarrett | DT | ATL | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | David Mayo | LB | WAS | 11 | 36 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Quandre Diggs | S | SEA | 17 | 56 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Neville Hewitt | LB | HOU | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Troy Hill | CB | CAR | 16 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | DeShawn Williams | DT | CAR | 15 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Dean Marlowe | S | LAC | 9 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Alex Singleton | LB | DEN | 17 | 83 | 71 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Leonard Williams | DT | SEA | 17 | 33 | 25 | 5.5 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Preston Smith | DE | GB | 17 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | Rakeem Nunez-Roches | DT | NYG | 13 | 11 | 12 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Dante Fowler | DE | DAL | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Denzel Perryman | LB | HOU | 12 | 37 | 31 | 0.5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Angelo Blackson | DT | JAX | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Kwon Alexander | LB | PIT | 8 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Markus Golden | DE | PIT | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Jordan Hicks | LB | MIN | 13 | 43 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Bud Dupree | DE | ATL | 16 | 12 | 22 | 6.5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Steven Nelson | CB | HOU | 17 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Marcus Peters | CB | LV | 10 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Ronald Darby | CB | BAL | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Randy Gregory | DE | SF | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3.5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Frank Clark | DE | SEA | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Mario Edwards | DT | SEA | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Tyler Matakevich | LB | BUF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | DeForest Buckner | DT | IND | 17 | 35 | 36 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Eli Apple | CB | MIA | 9 | 33 | 9 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Keanu Neal | S | PIT | 9 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Jarran Reed | DT | SEA | 16 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Deion Jones | LB | CAR | 12 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Miles Killebrew | S | PIT | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | De'Vondre Campbell | LB | GB | 11 | 35 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Dean Lowry | DT | MIN | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Matt Judon | DE | NE | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Quinton Jefferson | DT | NYJ | 13 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | D.J. Reader | DT | CIN | 13 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Kamu Grugier-Hill | LB | CAR | 16 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Elandon Roberts | LB | PIT | 16 | 58 | 33 | 2.5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Jayron Kearse | S | DAL | 16 | 41 | 24 | 1.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Kyle Peko | DT | TEN | 13 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Matthias Farley | S | CAR | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Mike Hilton | CB | CIN | 17 | 53 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Michael Pierce | DT | BAL | 16 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Jonathan Jones | CB | NE | 14 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Romeo Okwara | DE | DET | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Roy Robertson-Harris | DT | JAX | 17 | 12 | 18 | 3.5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Morgan Fox | DT | LAC | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5.5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Sheldon Rankins | DT | HOU | 12 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |