List of NFL career tackles leaders

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This is a list of National Football League (NFL) players with the most tackles in their careers. Tackles have officially been recorded since 1978, with solo tackles being tracked since 1994.

Contents


Top 20 players

Key
^Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Denotes player who is still active
List of career NFL combined tackle leaders
RankPos.PlayerTackles [1] CareerRef.
1 LB Ray Lewis ^2,059 Baltimore Ravens (1996 – 2012) [2]
2LB London Fletcher 2,039 St. Louis Rams (1998 – 2001)
Buffalo Bills (2002 – 2006)
Washington Redskins (2007 – 2013)		 [3]
3LB Bobby Wagner *1,928 Seattle Seahawks (2012 – 2021)
Los Angeles Rams (2022)
Seattle Seahawks (2023)
Washington Commanders (2024–present)		 [4]
4LB Junior Seau ^1,847 San Diego Chargers (1990 – 2002)
Miami Dolphins (2003 – 2005)
New England Patriots (2006 – 2009)		 [5]
5LB Jessie Tuggle 1,805 Atlanta Falcons (1987 – 2000) [6]
6LB Zach Thomas ^1,734 Miami Dolphins (1996 – 2007)
Dallas Cowboys (2008)		 [7]
7LB Derrick Brooks ^1,713 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995 – 2008) [8]
8LB Lavonte David *1,659 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012–present) [9]
9LB Clay Matthews Jr. 1,595 Cleveland Browns (1978 – 1993)
Atlanta Falcons (1994 – 1996)		 [10]
10LB Hardy Nickerson 1,586 Pittsburgh Steelers (1987 – 1992)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993 – 1999)
Jacksonville Jaguars (2000 – 2001)
Green Bay Packers (2002)		 [11]
11LB Donnie Edwards 1,501 Kansas City Chiefs (1996 – 2001)
San Diego Chargers (2002 – 2006)
Kansas City Chiefs (2007 – 2008)		 [12]
12LB Kyle Clifton 1,484 New York Jets (1984 – 1996) [13]
13LB Demario Davis *1,477 New York Jets (2012 – 2015)
Cleveland Browns (2016)
New York Jets (2017)
New Orleans Saints (2018-present)		 [14]
14LB Keith Brooking 1,440 Atlanta Falcons (1998 – 2008)
Dallas Cowboys (2009 – 2011)
Denver Broncos (2012)		 [15]
James Farrior New York Jets (1997 – 2001)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2002 – 2011)		 [16]
16 S Lawyer Milloy 1,439 New England Patriots (1996 – 2002)
Buffalo Bills (2003 – 2005)
Atlanta Falcons (2006 – 2008)
Seattle Seahawks (2009 – 2010)		 [17]
17LB Takeo Spikes 1,431 Cincinnati Bengals (1998 – 2002)
Buffalo Bills (2003 – 2006)
Philadelphia Eagles (2007)
San Francisco 49ers (2008 – 2010)
San Diego Chargers (2011 – 2012)		 [18]
18LB Karlos Dansby 1,422 Arizona Cardinals (2004 – 2009)
Miami Dolphins (2010 – 2012)
Arizona Cardinals (2013)
Cleveland Browns (2014 – 2015)
Cincinnati Bengals (2016)
Arizona Cardinals (2017)		 [19]
19S Eugene Robinson 1,413 Seattle Seahawks (1985 – 1995)
Green Bay Packers (1996 – 1997)
Atlanta Falcons (1998 – 1999)
Carolina Panthers (2000)		 [20]
20LB Chris Spielman 1,363 Detroit Lions (1988 – 1995)
Buffalo Bills (1996 – 1997)		 [21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NFL Career Tackles Combined Leaders". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ray Lewis stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ "London Fletcher stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bobby Wagner stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on July 7, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Junior Seau stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Jessie Tuggle stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Zach Thomas stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Derrick Brooks stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Lavonte David stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Clay Matthews Jr. stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Hardy Nickerson stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Donnie Edwards stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Kyle Clifton stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Demario Davis stats". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved September 23, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ "Keith Brooking stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  16. ↑ "James Farrior stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Lawyer Milloy stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Takeo Spikes stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Karlos Dansby stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Eugene Robinson stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Chris Spielman stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
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