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 Junior Seau ^1,847 San Diego Chargers (1990 2002)
Miami Dolphins (2003 2005)
New England Patriots (2006 2009)
[4]
4LB Bobby Wagner *1,838 Seattle Seahawks (2012 2021)
Los Angeles Rams (2022)
Seattle Seahawks (2023)
Washington Commanders (2024–present)
[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 Clay Matthews Jr. 1,595 Cleveland Browns (1978 1993)
Atlanta Falcons (1994 1996)
[9]
9LB Hardy Nickerson 1,586 Pittsburgh Steelers (1987 1992)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993 1999)
Jacksonville Jaguars (2000 2001)
Green Bay Packers (2002)
[10]
10LB Lavonte David *1,565 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012–present) [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 Keith Brooking 1,440 Atlanta Falcons (1998 2008)
Dallas Cowboys (2009 2011)
Denver Broncos (2012)
[14]
14LB James Farrior New York Jets (1997 2001)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2002 2011)
[15]
15 S Lawyer Milloy 1,439 New England Patriots (1996 2002)
Buffalo Bills (2003 2005)
Atlanta Falcons (2006 2008)
Seattle Seahawks (2009 2010)
[16]
16LB 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)
[17]
17LB 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)
[18]
18S Eugene Robinson 1,413 Seattle Seahawks (1985 1995)
Green Bay Packers (1996 1997)
Atlanta Falcons (1998 1999)
Carolina Panthers (2000)
[19]
19LB Chris Spielman 1,363 Detroit Lions (1988 1995)
Buffalo Bills (1996 1997)
[20]
20LB Brian Urlacher ^1,361 Chicago Bears (2000 2012) [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. "Junior Seau stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  5. "Bobby Wagner stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on July 7, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  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. "Clay Matthews Jr. stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  10. "Hardy Nickerson stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  11. "Lavonte David 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. "Keith Brooking stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  15. "James Farrior stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  16. "Lawyer Milloy stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  17. "Takeo Spikes stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  18. "Karlos Dansby stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  19. "Eugene Robinson stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  20. "Chris Spielman stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  21. "Brian Urlacher stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.