List of National Football League career interceptions leaders

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This is the list of the 39 National Football League (NFL) players who have recorded at least 50 interceptions. The last players to achieve this mark retired after the 2013 season.

Bold denotes an active player

Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Rank	Pos.	Player	Seasons by team	Total interceptions	Year of induction into Pro Football Hall of Fame	Ref.
1	FS	Paul Krause	Washington Redskins (1964–1967) Minnesota Vikings (1968–1979)	81	1998
2	DB	Emlen Tunnell	New York Giants (1948–1958) Green Bay Packers (1959–1961)	79	1967
3	DB	Rod Woodson	Pittsburgh Steelers (1987–1996) San Francisco 49ers (1997) Baltimore Ravens (1998–2001) Oakland Raiders (2002–2003)	71	2009
4	DB	Dick "Night Train" Lane	Los Angeles Rams (1952–1953) Chicago Cardinals (1954–1959) Detroit Lions (1960–1965)	68	1974
5	DB	Ken Riley	Cincinnati Bengals (1969–1983)	65	Z—
	DB	Charles Woodson	Oakland Raiders (1998–2005, 2013–2015) Green Bay Packers (2006–2012)	65	2021
7	FS	Ed Reed	Baltimore Ravens (2002–2012) Houston Texans (2013) New York Jets (2013)	64	2019
8	S	Ronnie Lott	San Francisco 49ers (1981–1990) Los Angeles Raiders (1991–1992) New York Jets (1993–1994)	63	2000
	FS	Darren Sharper	Green Bay Packers (1997–2004) Minnesota Vikings (2005–2008) New Orleans Saints (2009–2010)	63	Z—
10	CB	Dave Brown	Pittsburgh Steelers (1975) Seattle Seahawks (1976–1986) Green Bay Packers (1987–1989)	62	Z-
	DB	Dick LeBeau	Detroit Lions (1959–1972)		2010
12	DB	Emmitt Thomas	Kansas City Chiefs (1966–1978)	58	2008
13	DB	Everson Walls	Dallas Cowboys (1981–1989) New York Giants (1990–1992) Cleveland Browns (1992–1993)	57	Z—
	DB	Johnny Robinson	Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs (1960–1971)	57	2019
	FS	Eugene Robinson	Seattle Seahawks (1985–1995) Green Bay Packers (1996–1997) Atlanta Falcons (1998–1999) Carolina Panthers (2000)	57	Z—
	DB	Bobby Boyd	Baltimore Colts (1960–1968)	57	Z—
	DB	Mel Blount	Pittsburgh Steelers (1970–1983)	57	1989
18	DB	Lem Barney	Detroit Lions (1967–1977)	56	1992
	DB	Pat Fischer	St. Louis Cardinals (1961–1967) Washington Redskins (1968–1977)	56	Z—
20	FS	Aeneas Williams	Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals (1991–2000) St. Louis Rams (2001–2004)	55	2014
21	DB	Darrell Green	Washington Redskins (1983–2002)	54	2008
	DB	Willie Brown	Denver Broncos (1963–1966) Oakland Raiders (1967–1978)	54	1984
	CB	Eric Allen	Philadelphia Eagles (1988–1994) New Orleans Saints (1995–1997) Oakland Raiders (1998–2001)	54	Z—
24	CB	Ty Law	New England Patriots (1995–2004) New York Jets (2005, 2008) Kansas City Chiefs (2006–2007) Denver Broncos (2009)	53	2019
	CB	Deion Sanders	Atlanta Falcons (1989–1993) San Francisco 49ers (1994) Dallas Cowboys (1995–1999) Washington Redskins (2000) Baltimore Ravens (2004–2005)	53	2011
26	CB	Champ Bailey	Washington Redskins (1999–2003) Denver Broncos (2004–2013)	52	2019
	DB	Jack Butler	Pittsburgh Steelers (1951–1959)	52	2012
	DB	Bobby Dillon	Green Bay Packers (1952–1959)	52	2020
	DB	Jimmy Patton	New York Giants (1955–1966)	52	Z—
	DB	Mel Renfro	Dallas Cowboys (1964–1977)	52	1996
	DB	Larry Wilson	St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1972)	52	1978
32	DB	Donnie Shell	Pittsburgh Steelers (1974–1987)	51	2020
	CB	Asante Samuel	New England Patriots (2003–2007) Philadelphia Eagles (2008–2011) Atlanta Falcons (2012–2013)	51	Z—
	DB	Bobby Bryant	Minnesota Vikings (1968–1980)	51	Z—
35	DB	Terrell Buckley	Green Bay Packers (1992–1994) Miami Dolphins (1995–1999, 2003) Denver Broncos (2000) New England Patriots (2001–2002) New York Jets (2004) New York Giants (2005)	50	Z—
	DB	Don Burroughs	Los Angeles Rams (1955–1959) Philadelphia Eagles (1960–1964)	50	Z—
	FS	Deron Cherry	Kansas City Chiefs (1981–1991)	50	Z—
	DB	John Harris	Seattle Seahawks (1978–1985) Minnesota Vikings (1986–1988)	50	Z—
	DB	Yale Lary	Detroit Lions (1952–1964)	50	1979

See also

• List of National Football League annual interceptions leaders

External links

• Pro-football-reference.com enumeration of career interception leaders

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