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List of NFL career tackles leaders

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This is a list of National Football League (NFL) players with the most solo and combined tackles in their careers.

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

Randy Gradashar, Denver Broncos 2nd all-time 2,049.

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Rank	Pos.	Player	Solo tackles^[1]	Seasons by team	Year of induction into Pro Football Hall of Fame	Ref.
1	LB	Ray Lewis	1,568	Baltimore Ravens (1996–2012)	2018	^[2]
2		London Fletcher	1,384	St. Louis Rams (1998–2001)	–	^[3]
				Buffalo Bills (2002–2006)
				Washington Redskins (2007–2012)
3		Derrick Brooks	1,300	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995–2008)	2014	^[4]
4		Donnie Edwards	1,135	Kansas City Chiefs (1996–2001, 2007–2008)	–	^[5]
4		Donnie Edwards	1,135	San Diego Chargers (2002–2006)	–	^[5]
5		Zach Thomas	1,107	Miami Dolphins (1996–2007)	2023	^[6]
5		Zach Thomas	1,107	Dallas Cowboys (2008)	2023	^[6]
6		Keith Brooking	1,103	Atlanta Falcons (1998–2008)	–	^[7]
				Dallas Cowboys (2009–2011)
				Denver Broncos (2012)
T7		Karlos Dansby	1,077	Arizona Cardinals (2004–2009, 2013, 2017)	–	^[8]
				Miami Dolphins (2010–2012)
				Cleveland Browns (2014–2015)
				Cincinnati Bengals (2016)
		Junior Seau	1,077	San Diego Chargers (1990–2002)	2015	^[9]
				Miami Dolphins (2003–2005)
				New England Patriots (2006–2009)
9		Brian Urlacher	1,046	Chicago Bears (2000–2012)	2018	^[10]
10	CB	Ronde Barber	1,044	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997–2012)	2023	^[11]
11	S	Lawyer Milloy	1,033	New England Patriots (1996–2002)	–	^[12]
				Buffalo Bills (2003–2005)
				Atlanta Falcons (2006–2008)
				Seattle Seahawks (2009–2010)
12	LB	Takeo Spikes	1,018	Cincinnati Bengals (1998–2002)	–	^[13]
				Buffalo Bills (2003–2006)
				Philadelphia Eagles (2007)
				San Francisco 49ers (2008–2010)
				San Diego Chargers (2011–2012)
13		James Farrior	1,012	New York Jets (1997–2001)	–	^[14]
13		James Farrior	1,012	Pittsburgh Steelers (2002–2011)	–	^[14]
14	CB/S	Charles Woodson	997	Oakland Raiders (1998–2005, 2013–2015)	2021	^[15]
14	CB/S	Charles Woodson	997	Green Bay Packers (2006–2012)	2021	^[15]
15	S	Antoine Bethea	995	Indianapolis Colts (2006–2013)	e-2025	^[16]
				San Francisco 49ers (2014–2016)
				Arizona Cardinals (2017–2018)
				New York Giants (2019)
16	LB	Derrick Johnson	955	Kansas City Chiefs (2005–2017)	e-2024	^[17]
16		Derrick Johnson	955	Oakland Raiders (2018)	e-2024	^[17]
17		Lavonte David	949	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012–present)	Active	^[18]
18		Lance Briggs	944	Chicago Bears (2003–2014)	–	^[19]
19	CB	Antoine Winfield Sr.	935	Buffalo Bills (1999–2003)	–	^[20]
19	CB	Antoine Winfield Sr.	935	Minnesota Vikings (2004–2014)	–	^[20]
20	S	Rodney Harrison	920	San Diego Chargers (1994–2002) New England Patriots (2003–2008)	–	^[21]
21		Brian Dawkins	911	Philadelphia Eagles (1996–2008)	2018	^[22]
21		Brian Dawkins	911	Denver Broncos (2009–2011)	2018	^[22]
22		Eric Weddle	903	San Diego Chargers (2007–2015)	e-2027	^[23]
				Baltimore Ravens (2016–2018)
				Los Angeles Rams (2019, 2021)
23	LB	Bobby Wagner	900	Seattle Seahawks (2012–2021, 2023–present) Los Angeles Rams (2022)	Active	^[24]
23	LB	Bobby Wagner	900		Active	^[24]

Rank	Pos.	Player	Combined Tackles^[25]	Seasons by team	Year of induction into Pro Football Hall of Fame	Ref.
1	LB	Ray Lewis	2,059	Baltimore Ravens (1996–2012)	2018	^[2]
2		London Fletcher	2,039	St. Louis Rams (1998–2001) Buffalo Bills (2002–2006) Washington Redskins (2007–2013)	–	^[3]
3		Junior Seau	1,847	San Diego Chargers (1990–2002) Miami Dolphins (2003–2005) New England Patriots (2006–2009)	2015	^[9]
4		Jessie Tuggle	1,805	Atlanta Falcons (1987–2000)	–	^[26]
5		Zach Thomas	1,734	Miami Dolphins (1996–2007) Dallas Cowboys (2008)	2023	^[6]
6		Derrick Brooks	1,713	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995–2008)	2014	^[4]
7		Clay Matthews Jr.	1,595	Cleveland Browns (1978–1993) Atlanta Falcons (1994–1996)	–	^[27]
8		Hardy Nickerson	1,586	Pittsburgh Steelers (1987–1992) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1993–1999) Jacksonville Jaguars (2000–2001) Green Bay Packers (2002)	–	^[28]
9		Bobby Wagner	1,523	Seattle Seahawks (2012–2021) Los Angeles Rams (2022) Seattle Seahawks (2023–present)	Active	^[24]
10		Donnie Edwards	1,501	Kansas City Chiefs (1996–2001) San Diego Chargers (2002–2006) Kansas City Chiefs (2007–2008)	–	^[5]
11		Kyle Clifton	1,484	New York Jets (1984–1996)	–	^[29]
T12		Keith Brooking	1,440	Atlanta Falcons (1998–2008) Dallas Cowboys (2009–2011) Denver Broncos (2012)	–	^[7]
T12		James Farrior	1,440	New York Jets (1997–2001) Pittsburgh Steelers (2002–2011)	–	^[14]
14	S	Lawyer Milloy	1,439	New England Patriots (1996–2002) Buffalo Bills (2003–2005) Atlanta Falcons (2006–2008) Seattle Seahawks (2009–2010)	–	^[12]
15	LB	Takeo Spikes	1,431	Cincinnati Bengals (1998–2002) Buffalo Bills (2003–2006) Philadelphia Eagles (2007) San Francisco 49ers (2008–2010) San Diego Chargers (2011–2012)	–	^[13]
16	LB	Karlos Dansby	1,422	Arizona Cardinals (2004–2009) Miami Dolphins (2010–2012) Arizona Cardinals (2013) Cleveland Browns (2014–2015) Cincinnati Bengals (2016) Arizona Cardinals (2017)	–	^[8]
17	S	Eugene Robinson	1,413	Seattle Seahawks (1985–1995) Green Bay Packers (1996–1997) Atlanta Falcons (1998–1999) Carolina Panthers (2000)	–	^[30]
18	LB	Chris Spielman	1,363	Detroit Lions (1988–1995) Buffalo Bills (1996–1997)	–	^[31]
19		Brian Urlacher	1,361	Chicago Bears (2000–2012)	2018	^[10]
20		Lavonte David	1,346	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012–present)	Active	^[18]
21	S	Antoine Bethea	1,333	Indianapolis Colts (2006–2013) San Francisco 49ers (2014–2016) Arizona Cardinals (2017–2018) New York Giants (2019)	–	^[16]

List_of_National_Football_League_career_tackles_leaders

List of NFL career tackles leaders

Players with at least 900 solo tackles

Players with at least 1,300 combined tackles

See also

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