List of NFL career tackles leaders

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This is a list of National Football League (NFL) players with the most solo and combined tackles in their careers.

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According to Pro-Football-Reference.com, the solo tackles are counted since 1994, and the combined tackles since 1978.

Randy Gradashar, Denver Broncos 2nd all-time 2,049.

Players with at least 900 solo tackles

Ray Lewis is the player with the most career solo and combined tackles. Ray-Lewis-2008-Steelers-regseason-game.jpg
Ray Lewis is the player with the most career solo and combined tackles.
Bold denotes an
active player		Elected into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Updated through the 2022 NFL season.

RankPos.PlayerSolo tackles [1] Seasons by teamYear of induction into
Pro Football Hall of Fame		Ref.
1 LB Ray Lewis 1,568 Baltimore Ravens (1996 – 2012)2018 [2]
2 London Fletcher 1,384 St. Louis Rams (1998 – 2001)– [3]
Buffalo Bills (2002 – 2006)
Washington Redskins (2007 – 2012)
3 Derrick Brooks 1,300 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995 – 2008)2014 [4]
4 Donnie Edwards 1,135 Kansas City Chiefs (1996 – 2001, 2007 – 2008)– [5]
San Diego Chargers (2002 – 2006)
5 Zach Thomas 1,107 Miami Dolphins (1996 – 2007)2023 [6]
Dallas Cowboys (2008)
6 Keith Brooking 1,103 Atlanta Falcons (1998 – 2008)– [7]
Dallas Cowboys (2009 – 2011)
Denver Broncos (2012)
T7 Karlos Dansby 1,077 Arizona Cardinals (2004 – 2009, 2013, 2017)– [8]
Miami Dolphins (2010 – 2012)
Cleveland Browns (2014 – 2015)
Cincinnati Bengals (2016)
Junior Seau 1,077 San Diego Chargers (1990 – 2002)2015 [9]
Miami Dolphins (2003 – 2005)
New England Patriots (2006 – 2009)
9 Brian Urlacher 1,046 Chicago Bears (2000 – 2012)2018 [10]
10 CB Ronde Barber 1,044 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997 – 2012)2023 [11]
11LB Lavonte David 1,035 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012–present)Active [12]
12 S Lawyer Milloy 1,033 New England Patriots (1996 – 2002)– [13]
Buffalo Bills (2003 – 2005)
Atlanta Falcons (2006 – 2008)
Seattle Seahawks (2009 – 2010)
13LB Takeo Spikes 1,018 Cincinnati Bengals (1998 – 2002)– [14]
Buffalo Bills (2003 – 2006)
Philadelphia Eagles (2007)
San Francisco 49ers (2008 – 2010)
San Diego Chargers (2011 – 2012)
14 James Farrior 1,012 New York Jets (1997 – 2001)– [15]
Pittsburgh Steelers (2002 – 2011)
15CB/S Charles Woodson 997 Oakland Raiders (1998 – 2005, 2013 – 2015)2021 [16]
Green Bay Packers (2006 – 2012)
16LB Bobby Wagner 996 Seattle Seahawks (2012 __ 2021, 2023)Active [17]
Los Angeles Rams (2022)
17S Antoine Bethea 995 Indianapolis Colts (2006 – 2013)e-2025 [18]
San Francisco 49ers (2014 – 2016)
Arizona Cardinals (2017 – 2018)
New York Giants (2019)
18LB Derrick Johnson 955 Kansas City Chiefs (2005 – 2017)e-2024 [19]
Oakland Raiders (2018)
19 Lance Briggs 944 Chicago Bears (2003 – 2014)– [20]
20CB Antoine Winfield Sr. 935 Buffalo Bills (1999 – 2003)– [21]
Minnesota Vikings (2004 – 2014)
21S Rodney Harrison 920 San Diego Chargers (1994 – 2002)
New England Patriots (2003 – 2008)		– [22]
22 Brian Dawkins 911 Philadelphia Eagles (1996 – 2008)2018 [23]
Denver Broncos (2009 – 2011)
23 Eric Weddle 903 San Diego Chargers (2007 – 2015)e-2027 [24]
Baltimore Ravens (2016 – 2018)
Los Angeles Rams (2019, 2021)

Players with at least 1,300 combined tackles

Bold denotes an
active player		Elected into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Updated through the 2022 NFL season.

RankPos.PlayerCombined Tackles [25] Seasons by teamYear of induction into
Pro Football Hall of Fame		Ref.
1 LB Ray Lewis 2,059 Baltimore Ravens (1996 – 2012)2018 [2]
2 London Fletcher 2,039 St. Louis Rams (1998 – 2001)
Buffalo Bills (2002 – 2006)
Washington Redskins (2007 – 2013)		– [3]
3 Junior Seau 1,847 San Diego Chargers (1990 – 2002)
Miami Dolphins (2003 – 2005)
New England Patriots (2006 – 2009)		2015 [9]
4 Jessie Tuggle 1,809 Atlanta Falcons (1987 – 2000)– [26]
5 Zach Thomas 1,734 Miami Dolphins (1996 – 2007)
Dallas Cowboys (2008)		2023 [6]
6 Derrick Brooks 1,715 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995 – 2008)2014 [4]
7 Bobby Wagner 1,706 Seattle Seahawks (2012 – 2021)
Los Angeles Rams (2022)
Seattle Seahawks (2023–present)		Active [27]
8 Clay Matthews Jr. 1,595 Cleveland Browns (1978 – 1993)
Atlanta Falcons (1994 – 1996)		– [28]
9 Hardy Nickerson 1,586 Pittsburgh Steelers (1987 – 1992)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993 – 1999)
Jacksonville Jaguars (2000 – 2001)
Green Bay Packers (2002)		– [29]
10 Donnie Edwards 1,490 Kansas City Chiefs (1996 – 2001)
San Diego Chargers (2002 – 2006)
Kansas City Chiefs (2007 – 2008)		– [5]
11 Kyle Clifton 1,484 New York Jets (1984 – 1996)– [30]
12 Lavonte David 1,480 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012–present)Active [12]
T13 Keith Brooking 1,440 Atlanta Falcons (1998 – 2008)
Dallas Cowboys (2009 – 2011)
Denver Broncos (2012)		– [7]
James Farrior 1,440 New York Jets (1997 – 2001)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2002 – 2011)		– [15]
15 S Lawyer Milloy 1,431 New England Patriots (1996 – 2002)
Buffalo Bills (2003 – 2005)
Atlanta Falcons (2006 – 2008)
Seattle Seahawks (2009 – 2010)		– [13]
16LB Takeo Spikes 1,423 Cincinnati Bengals (1998 – 2002)
Buffalo Bills (2003 – 2006)
Philadelphia Eagles (2007)
San Francisco 49ers (2008 – 2010)
San Diego Chargers (2011 – 2012)		– [14]
17 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)		– [8]
18S Eugene Robinson 1,415 Seattle Seahawks (1985 – 1995)
Green Bay Packers (1996 – 1997)
Atlanta Falcons (1998 – 1999)
Carolina Panthers (2000)		– [31]
19LB Chris Spielman 1,363 Detroit Lions (1988 – 1995)
Buffalo Bills (1996 – 1997)		– [32]
20 Brian Urlacher 1,361 Chicago Bears (2000 – 2012)2018 [10]
21S Antoine Bethea 1,334 Indianapolis Colts (2006 – 2013)
San Francisco 49ers (2014 – 2016)
Arizona Cardinals (2017 – 2018)
New York Giants (2019)		– [18]

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