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2012 Defensive Leaders

Season

Stats

Rank	Player	Team	GP	Tkl	Ast	Total	Sack	Yds	PD	Int	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Yds	TD	Sfty
1.	James Laurinaitis, LB	STL	16	117	25	142	0.5	3	4	2	18	0	0	1	4	0	0
2.	Lavonte David, LB	TBB	16	112	27	139	2	14	5	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	Derrick Johnson, LB	KCC	16	110	15	125	2	10	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
4.	Daryl Washington, LB	ARI	16	108	26	134	9	51	2	1	7	0	2	1	3	0	0
5.	Paul Posluszny, LB	JAX	16	106	33	139	2	10	7	3	20	0	2	0	0	0	0
6.	Russell Allen, LB	JAX	16	105	24	129	0.5	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7.	Luke Kuechly, LB	CAR	16	103	62	165	1	4	8	2	22	0	0	3	9	0	0
8.	Karlos Dansby, LB	ARI	16	101	33	134	1	9	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9.	Chad Greenway, LB	MIN	16	96	50	146	3	14	4	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
10.	NaVorro Bowman, LB	SFO	16	93	51	144	2	9	6	1	11	0	1	0	0	0	0
11.	Jerrell Freeman, LB	IND	16	90	55	145	2	17	2	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
12.	Roman Harper, S	NOS	16	89	27	116	0	0	11	2	41	0	0	0	0	0	0
13.	Patrick Willis, LB	SFO	16	88	32	120	0.5	5	9	2	2	0	2	1	3	0	0
14.	Jo-Lonn Dunbar, LB	STL	16	88	24	112	4.5	41	4	2	63	0	2	0	0	0	0
15.	Morgan Burnett, S	GBP	16	87	35	122	2	25	5	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
16.	Jerod Mayo, LB	NEP	16	87	60	147	3	24	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
17.	Bobby Wagner, LB	SEA	16	85	54	139	2	11	4	3	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
18.	DeMeco Ryans, LB	PHI	16	84	27	111	1	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19.	Cortland Finnegan, CB	STL	16	83	18	101	1	7	9	3	68	1	1	0	0	0	0
20.	Eric Weddle, FS	SDC	16	83	14	97	1	0	9	3	52	1	2	0	0	0	0
21.	Justin Durant, LB	DAL	16	82	21	103	0.5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22.	Curtis Lofton, LB	NOS	16	82	41	123	1	12	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
23.	A.J. Hawk, LB	GBP	16	81	39	120	3	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24.	Dawan Landry, S	NYJ	16	81	18	99	0	0	2	1	47	0	0	0	0	0	0
25.	Mason Foster, LB	TBB	16	80	23	103	2	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0
26.	Kevin Burnett, LB	OAK	16	80	29	109	2.5	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27.	David Harris, LB	NYJ	16	79	44	123	3	16	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
28.	London Fletcher, LB	WAS	16	78	63	141	3	22	11	5	29	0	1	0	0	0	0
29.	Philip Wheeler, LB	MIA	16	78	31	109	3	30	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
30.	Larry Foote, LB	PIT	16	75	38	113	4	29	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
31.	Lawrence Timmons, LB	PIT	16	75	31	106	6	51	5	3	80	1	2	1	1	0	0
32.	LaRon Landry, S	IND	16	75	25	100	0	0	8	2	42	1	4	0	9	0	0
33.	Antoine Bethea, S	IND	16	75	25	100	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34.	Reshad Jones, S	MIA	16	74	21	95	1	5	9	4	28	0	2	2	24	0	0
35.	Ryan Clark, FS	PIT	15	74	28	102	0	0	7	2	26	0	2	1	2	0	0
36.	Stephen Tulloch, LB	DET	16	74	38	112	0.5	5	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
37.	Tyvon Branch, SS	OAK	14	74	20	94	0	0	3	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
38.	Eric Berry, DB	KCC	16	73	13	86	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39.	Charles Tillman, CB	CHI	15	73	12	85	0	0	16	3	71	3	10	2	0	0	0
40.	Lance Briggs, LB	CHI	16	73	29	102	1.5	8	11	2	110	2	2	0	0	0	0
41.	Jason McCourty, CB	TEN	16	73	19	92	0	0	15	4	29	0	1	1	0	0	0
42.	Vontaze Burfict, LB	CIN	15	73	54	127	1	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
43.	George Wilson, S	TEN	16	73	25	98	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44.	Mark Barron, S	TBB	16	72	17	89	0	0	10	1	12	0	1	0	0	0	0
45.	Stephen Nicholas, LB	ATL	15	71	24	95	2	20	4	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
46.	Bernard Pollard, S	TEN	13	71	27	98	2	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47.	Antrel Rolle, S	NYG	16	71	21	92	0	0	5	2	42	0	1	1	0	0	0
48.	Antoine Winfield, CB	SEA	15	71	29	100	0.5	0	12	3	37	0	0	1	0	0	0
49.	Wesley Woodyard, LB	DEN	15	70	44	114	5.5	48	6	3	40	0	1	1	12	0	0
50.	Sean Weatherspoon, LB	ATL	13	70	25	95	3	10	4	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	0

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