List of NFL annual tackles leaders

This is a list of National Football League (NFL) players who have led the regular season in solo and combined tackles each year.

The record for most solo tackles is held by Ray Lewis, who made 156 in the 1997 season, while the record for most combined tackles belongs to Hardy Nickerson, who made 214 in 1993.

According to Pro-Football-Reference.com, the solo tackles are counted since 1994, and the combined tackles since 1978.

Solo tackles leaders

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Set record*
Year Player Solo tackles Team
1994 Junior Seau 124* San Diego Chargers
Chris Spielman Detroit Lions
1995 Terry Wooden 114 Seattle Seahawks
1996 Victor Green 123 New York Jets
1997 Ray Lewis 156* Baltimore Ravens
1998 Derrick Brooks 123 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1999 Ray Lewis (2) 130 Baltimore Ravens
2000 Derrick Brooks (2) 123 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2001 Ray Lewis (3) 114 Baltimore Ravens
2002 Brian Urlacher 117 Chicago Bears
2003 Keith Brooking 126 Atlanta Falcons
2004 Derrick Brooks (3) 109 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2005 Jonathan Vilma 128 New York Jets
2006 DeMeco Ryans 126 Houston Texans
2007 Patrick Willis 136 San Francisco 49ers
2008 Jon Beason 110 Carolina Panthers
2009 Patrick Willis (2) 114 San Francisco 49ers
2010 Jerod Mayo 113 New England Patriots
2011 D'Qwell Jackson 116 Cleveland Browns
2012 James Laurinaitis 117 St. Louis Rams
2013 Paul Posluszny 122 Jacksonville Jaguars
2014 DeAndre Levy 117 Detroit Lions
2015 NaVorro Bowman 116 San Francisco 49ers
2016 Kwon Alexander 108 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2017 Demario Davis 97 New York Jets
Bobby Wagner Seattle Seahawks
2018 Shaquille Leonard 111 Indianapolis Colts
2019 Budda Baker 104 Arizona Cardinals
2020 Zach Cunningham 106 Houston Texans
2021 Jordyn Brooks 109 Seattle Seahawks
2022 Foyesade Oluokun 128 Jacksonville Jaguars
2023 Foyesade Oluokun (2) 111 Jacksonville Jaguars

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Combined tackles leaders

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Set record*
Year Player Combined tackles Team
1978 Clay Matthews Jr. 34* Cleveland Browns
1979 Clay Matthews Jr. (2) 103* Cleveland Browns
1980 Monte Coleman 118* Washington Redskins
1981 Clay Matthews Jr. (3) 128* Cleveland Browns
1982 Ronnie Lott 68 San Francisco 49ers
1983 Dennis Smith 114 Denver Broncos
1984 Clay Matthews Jr. (4) 126 Cleveland Browns
1985 Kyle Clifton 160* New York Jets
1986 Kyle Clifton (2) 174* New York Jets
1987 Jesse Solomon 126 Minnesota Vikings
1988 Kyle Clifton (3) 162 New York Jets
1989 Byron Evans 184* Philadelphia Eagles
1990 Jessie Tuggle 201* Atlanta Falcons
1991 Jessie Tuggle (2) 207* Atlanta Falcons
1992 Jessie Tuggle (3) 193 Atlanta Falcons
1993 Hardy Nickerson 214* Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1994 Jeff Herrod 200 Indianapolis Colts
1995 Jessie Tuggle (4) 152 Atlanta Falcons
1996 Victor Green 165 New York Jets
1997 Ray Lewis 184 Baltimore Ravens
1998 Derrick Brooks 158 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1999 Ray Lewis (2) 165 Baltimore Ravens
2000 Mike Peterson 160 Indianapolis Colts
2001 Ray Lewis (3) 162 Baltimore Ravens
2002 Zach Thomas 156 Miami Dolphins
2003 Jamie Sharper 166 Houston Texans
2004 Keith Bulluck 152 Tennessee Titans
Donnie Edwards San Diego Chargers
2005 Jonathan Vilma 173 New York Jets
2006 Zach Thomas (2) 165 Miami Dolphins
2007 Patrick Willis 174 San Francisco 49ers
2008 D'Qwell Jackson 154 Cleveland Browns
2009 Patrick Willis (2) 152 San Francisco 49ers
2010 Jerod Mayo 174 New England Patriots
2011 London Fletcher 166 Washington Redskins
2012 Luke Kuechly 164 Carolina Panthers
2013 Vontaze Burfict 171 Cincinnati Bengals
2014 Luke Kuechly (2) 164 Carolina Panthers
2015 NaVorro Bowman 154 San Francisco 49ers
2016 Bobby Wagner 167 Seattle Seahawks
2017 Blake Martinez 144 Green Bay Packers
Joe Schobert Cleveland Browns
2018 Shaquille Leonard 163 Indianapolis Colts
2019 Bobby Wagner (2) 159 Seattle Seahawks
2020 Zach Cunningham 164 Houston Texans
2021 Foyesade Oluokun 192 Atlanta Falcons
2022 Foyesade Oluokun (2) 184 Jacksonville Jaguars
2023 Bobby Wagner (3) 183 Seattle Seahawks

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NFL Tackles Year-by-Year Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  2. ^ "NFL Tackles Combined Year-by-Year Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-20.