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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.	Luke Kuechly, LB	CAR	16	103	62	165	1	4	8	2	22	0	0	3	9	0	0
2.	Jerod Mayo, LB	NEP	16	87	60	147	3	24	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
3.	Chad Greenway, LB	MIN	16	96	50	146	3	14	4	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
4.	Jerrell Freeman, LB	IND	16	90	55	145	2	17	2	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
5.	NaVorro Bowman, LB	SFO	16	93	51	144	2	9	6	1	11	0	1	0	0	0	0
6.	James Laurinaitis, LB	STL	16	117	25	142	0.5	3	4	2	18	0	0	1	4	0	0
7.	London Fletcher, LB	WAS	16	78	63	141	3	22	11	5	29	0	1	0	0	0	0
8.	Bobby Wagner, LB	SEA	16	85	54	139	2	11	4	3	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
9.	Paul Posluszny, LB	JAX	16	106	33	139	2	10	7	3	20	0	2	0	0	0	0
10.	Lavonte David, LB	TBB	16	112	27	139	2	14	5	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
11.	Daryl Washington, LB	ARI	16	108	26	134	9	51	2	1	7	0	2	1	3	0	0
12.	Karlos Dansby, LB	ARI	16	101	33	134	1	9	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13.	Russell Allen, LB	JAX	16	105	24	129	0.5	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14.	Vontaze Burfict, LB	CIN	15	73	54	127	1	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15.	Perry Riley, LB	WAS	16	70	55	125	3.5	24	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
16.	Derrick Johnson, LB	KCC	16	110	15	125	2	10	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
17.	David Harris, LB	NYJ	16	79	44	123	3	16	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
18.	Curtis Lofton, LB	NOS	16	82	41	123	1	12	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
19.	Rey Maualuga, LB	CIN	16	62	60	122	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20.	Morgan Burnett, S	GBP	16	87	35	122	2	25	5	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
21.	Patrick Willis, LB	SFO	16	88	32	120	0.5	5	9	2	2	0	2	1	3	0	0
22.	A.J. Hawk, LB	GBP	16	81	39	120	3	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23.	Roman Harper, S	NOS	16	89	27	116	0	0	11	2	41	0	0	0	0	0	0
24.	Wesley Woodyard, LB	DEN	15	70	44	114	5.5	48	6	3	40	0	1	1	12	0	0
25.	D'Qwell Jackson, LB	CLE	16	63	51	114	3.5	5	7	2	31	1	2	2	0	0	0
26.	Larry Foote, LB	PIT	16	75	38	113	4	29	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
27.	Jo-Lonn Dunbar, LB	STL	16	88	24	112	4.5	41	4	2	63	0	2	0	0	0	0
28.	Stephen Tulloch, LB	DET	16	74	38	112	0.5	5	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
29.	DeMeco Ryans, LB	PHI	16	84	27	111	1	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30.	Philip Wheeler, LB	MIA	16	78	31	109	3	30	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
31.	Kevin Burnett, OLB	OAK	16	80	29	109	2.5	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32.	Lawrence Timmons, LB	PIT	16	75	31	106	6	51	5	3	80	1	2	1	1	0	0
33.	Justin Durant, LB	DAL	16	82	21	103	0.5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34.	Mason Foster, LB	TBB	16	80	23	103	2	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0
35.	Lance Briggs, LB	CHI	16	73	29	102	1.5	8	11	2	110	2	2	0	0	0	0
36.	Akeem Ayers, LB	TEN	16	65	37	102	6	35	8	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
37.	Ryan Clark, FS	PIT	15	74	28	102	0	0	7	2	26	0	2	1	2	0	0
38.	Thomas Davis, LB	CAR	15	66	35	101	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	-2	0	0
39.	Cortland Finnegan, CB	STL	16	83	18	101	1	7	9	3	68	1	1	0	0	0	0
40.	LaRon Landry, S	IND	16	75	25	100	0	0	8	2	42	1	4	0	9	0	0
41.	Antoine Winfield, CB	SEA	15	71	29	100	0.5	0	12	3	37	0	0	1	0	0	0
42.	Antoine Bethea, S	IND	16	75	25	100	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43.	Dawan Landry, S	NYJ	16	81	18	99	0	0	2	1	47	0	0	0	0	0	0
44.	George Wilson, S	TEN	16	73	25	98	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45.	Bernard Pollard, S	TEN	13	71	27	98	2	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46.	Eric Weddle, FS	SDC	16	83	14	97	1	0	9	3	52	1	2	0	0	0	0
47.	Jasper Brinkley, LB	ARI	16	62	35	97	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
48.	Harrison Smith, S	MIN	16	69	28	97	1	0	11	3	87	2	1	1	0	0	0
49.	K.J. Wright, LB	SEA	14	66	30	96	1	13	5	1	24	0	1	0	0	0	0
50.	Miles Burris, LB	OAK	15	62	34	96	1.5	11	4	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

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