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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.	Aldon Smith, LB	SFO	16	49	16	65	19.5	145	1	1	6	0	3	0	0	0	0
2.	J.J. Watt, DE	HOU	16	69	12	81	20.5	139	16	0	0	0	4	2	7	0	0
3.	Von Miller, LB	DEN	16	55	13	68	18.5	130	2	1	26	1	6	0	0	0	0
4.	Charles Johnson, DE	CAR	16	31	11	42	12.5	100	4	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0
5.	Cameron Wake, DE	MIA	16	38	15	53	15	93	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
6.	Geno Atkins, DT	CIN	15	39	15	54	12.5	90	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
7.	Chris Clemons, DE	SEA	15	31	9	40	11.5	87	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0
8.	Greg Hardy, DE	CAR	14	41	20	61	11	86	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
9.	Clay Matthews, LB	GBP	12	32	11	43	13	84	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10.	Anthony Spencer, DE	DAL	14	55	40	95	11	83	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
11.	Elvis Dumervil, LB	BAL	15	32	22	54	11	83	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
12.	Everson Griffen, DE	MIN	12	20	3	23	8	77	2	1	29	1	0	2	5	0	0
13.	Julius Peppers, DE	CHI	15	32	7	39	11.5	75	2	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	0
14.	Chris Long, DE	STL	15	25	8	33	11.5	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15.	Michael Johnson, DE	CIN	14	35	17	52	11.5	71	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
16.	Justin Houston, LB	KCC	16	53	13	66	10	69	5	1	32	0	1	1	4	0	1
17.	Jason Pierre-Paul, DE	NYG	16	43	23	66	6.5	67	5	1	28	1	1	1	10	0	0
18.	Ndamukong Suh, DT	DET	15	25	10	35	8	67	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19.	DeMarcus Ware, LB	DAL	16	33	23	56	11.5	65	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
20.	Shaun Phillips, LB	DEN	16	33	17	50	9.5	64	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0
21.	Jared Allen, DE	MIN	15	36	10	46	12	63	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
22.	Cliff Avril, DE	SEA	15	28	7	35	9.5	61	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
23.	Robert Quinn, DE	STL	13	24	5	29	10.5	61	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
24.	Bruce Irvin, DE	SEA	13	10	7	17	8	60	0	0	0	0	1	1	35	0	0
25.	Tamba Hali, LB	KCC	15	43	8	51	9	57	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
26.	Michael Bennett, DE	SEA	16	34	7	41	9	57	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
27.	Corey Liuget, DT	SDC	15	35	15	50	7	56	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28.	Carlos Dunlap, DE	CIN	14	34	7	41	6	55	3	1	14	1	4	3	2	0	0
29.	Jabaal Sheard, LB	CLE	16	36	17	53	7	55	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
30.	Robert Mathis, LB	IND	15	22	11	33	8	54	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
31.	Cameron Jordan, DE	NOS	16	40	26	66	8	54	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0
32.	Ryan Kerrigan, LB	WAS	16	42	12	54	8.5	52	8	1	28	1	2	1	0	0	0
33.	Rob Ninkovich, DL	NEP	15	32	26	58	8	51	1	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	0
34.	Mario Williams, DE	BUF	16	37	9	46	10.5	51	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
35.	Antonio Smith, DE	HOU	15	24	7	31	7	51	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
36.	Lawrence Timmons, LB	PIT	16	75	31	106	6	51	5	3	80	1	2	1	1	0	0
37.	Haloti Ngata, NT	BAL	13	33	17	50	5	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38.	Daryl Washington, LB	ARI	16	108	26	134	9	51	2	1	7	0	2	1	3	0	0
39.	Ahmad Brooks, LB	SFO	16	35	12	47	6.5	50	6	1	50	1	2	0	0	0	0
40.	Henry Melton, DL	CHI	13	31	12	43	6	50	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
41.	Wallace Gilberry, DE	CIN	14	15	9	24	6.5	48	0	0	0	0	1	3	31	1	0
42.	Wesley Woodyard, LB	DEN	15	70	44	114	5.5	48	6	3	40	0	1	1	12	0	0
43.	Paul Kruger, LB	CLE	15	30	12	42	9	47	6	1	0	0	1	1	9	0	0
44.	Kamerion Wimbley, DE	TEN	13	16	14	30	6	43	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
45.	Derrick Morgan, DE	TEN	16	35	24	59	6.5	42	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
46.	Brian Robison, DE	MIN	15	26	11	37	8.5	42	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0
47.	Corey Wootton, DE	CHI	15	20	7	27	7	42	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
48.	Quinton Coples, DE	NYJ	14	22	8	30	5.5	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49.	Derek Wolfe, DT	DEN	13	26	14	40	6	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50.	Jo-Lonn Dunbar, LB	STL	16	88	24	112	4.5	41	4	2	63	0	2	0	0	0	0

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