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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.	London Fletcher, LB	WAS	16	78	63	141	3	22	11	5	29	0	1	0	0	0	0
2.	Luke Kuechly, LB	CAR	16	103	62	165	1	4	8	2	22	0	0	3	9	0	0
3.	Rey Maualuga, LB	CIN	16	62	60	122	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4.	Jerod Mayo, LB	NEP	16	87	60	147	3	24	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
5.	Jerrell Freeman, LB	IND	16	90	55	145	2	17	2	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
6.	Perry Riley, LB	WAS	16	70	55	125	3.5	24	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
7.	Bobby Wagner, LB	SEA	16	85	54	139	2	11	4	3	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
8.	Vontaze Burfict, LB	CIN	15	73	54	127	1	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9.	NaVorro Bowman, LB	SFO	16	93	51	144	2	9	6	1	11	0	1	0	0	0	0
10.	D'Qwell Jackson, LB	CLE	16	63	51	114	3.5	5	7	2	31	1	2	2	0	0	0
11.	Chad Greenway, LB	MIN	16	96	50	146	3	14	4	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
12.	David Harris, LB	NYJ	16	79	44	123	3	16	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
13.	Wesley Woodyard, LB	DEN	15	70	44	114	5.5	48	6	3	40	0	1	1	12	0	0
14.	Curtis Lofton, LB	NOS	16	82	41	123	1	12	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
15.	Anthony Spencer, DE	DAL	14	55	40	95	11	83	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
16.	A.J. Hawk, LB	GBP	16	81	39	120	3	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17.	Stephen Tulloch, LB	DET	16	74	38	112	0.5	5	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
18.	Larry Foote, LB	PIT	16	75	38	113	4	29	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
19.	Akeem Ayers, LB	TEN	16	65	37	102	6	35	8	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
20.	Brandon Spikes, LB	NEP	14	56	35	91	1	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
21.	Jasper Brinkley, LB	ARI	16	62	35	97	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
22.	Morgan Burnett, S	GBP	16	87	35	122	2	25	5	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
23.	Thomas Davis, LB	CAR	15	66	35	101	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	-2	0	0
24.	James Anderson, LB	CHI	12	38	34	72	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25.	Miles Burris, LB	OAK	15	62	34	96	1.5	11	4	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
26.	Chase Blackburn, LB	CAR	15	61	33	94	3	19	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
27.	Karlos Dansby, LB	ARI	16	101	33	134	1	9	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
28.	Paul Posluszny, LB	JAX	16	106	33	139	2	10	7	3	20	0	2	0	0	0	0
29.	Patrick Willis, LB	SFO	16	88	32	120	0.5	5	9	2	2	0	2	1	3	0	0
30.	Muhammad Wilkerson, DL	NYJ	16	38	32	70	5	25	4	0	0	0	3	1	21	1	0
31.	Philip Wheeler, LB	MIA	16	78	31	109	3	30	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
32.	Lawrence Timmons, LB	PIT	16	75	31	106	6	51	5	3	80	1	2	1	1	0	0
33.	K.J. Wright, LB	SEA	14	66	30	96	1	13	5	1	24	0	1	0	0	0	0
34.	Domata Peko, DT	CIN	16	23	30	53	2	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
35.	Reggie Nelson, S	CIN	13	53	29	82	1	8	9	3	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
36.	Lance Briggs, LB	CHI	16	73	29	102	1.5	8	11	2	110	2	2	0	0	0	0
37.	Erin Henderson, LB	MIN	14	50	29	79	3	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
38.	Kevin Burnett, LB	OAK	16	80	29	109	2.5	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39.	Antoine Winfield, CB	SEA	15	71	29	100	0.5	0	12	3	37	0	0	1	0	0	0
40.	Malcolm Jenkins, S	NOS	12	65	29	94	0	0	7	1	55	1	0	1	0	0	0
41.	Harrison Smith, S	MIN	16	69	28	97	1	0	11	3	87	2	1	1	0	0	0
42.	Ryan Clark, FS	PIT	15	74	28	102	0	0	7	2	26	0	2	1	2	0	0
43.	Dwan Edwards, DE	CAR	15	30	27	57	6	34	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
44.	Roman Harper, S	NOS	16	89	27	116	0	0	11	2	41	0	0	0	0	0	0
45.	Donald Butler, LB	SDC	12	50	27	77	3	13	4	1	21	1	1	0	0	0	0
46.	Lavonte David, LB	TBB	16	112	27	139	2	14	5	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
47.	DeMeco Ryans, LB	PHI	16	84	27	111	1	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48.	Bernard Pollard, S	TEN	13	71	27	98	2	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49.	Craig Robertson, LB	CLE	16	56	27	83	1	10	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
50.	Chris Clemons, S	MIA	16	69	26	95	0	0	4	2	29	0	0	1	-3	0	0

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