List of NFL career tackles leaders

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This is a list of National Football League (NFL) players with the most tackles in their careers. Tackles have officially been recorded since 1978, with solo tackles being tracked since 1994.


Top 20 players

Key
^ Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Denotes player who is still active
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List of career NFL combined tackle leaders
Rank Pos. Player Tackles[1] Career Ref.
1 LB Ray Lewis^ 2,059 Baltimore Ravens (19962012) [2]
2 LB London Fletcher 2,039 St. Louis Rams (19982001)
Buffalo Bills (20022006)
Washington Redskins (20072013)
[3]
3 LB Bobby Wagner* 2,000 Seattle Seahawks (20122021)
Los Angeles Rams (2022)
Seattle Seahawks (2023)
Washington Commanders (20242025)
[4]
4 LB Junior Seau^ 1,847 San Diego Chargers (19902002)
Miami Dolphins (20032005)
New England Patriots (20062009)
[5]
5 LB Jessie Tuggle 1,805 Atlanta Falcons (19872000) [6]
6 LB Zach Thomas^ 1,734 Miami Dolphins (19962007)
Dallas Cowboys (2008)
[7]
7 LB Lavonte David 1,716 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20122025) [8]
8 LB Derrick Brooks^ 1,713 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (19952008) [9]
9 LB Clay Matthews Jr. 1,595 Cleveland Browns (19781993)
Atlanta Falcons (19941996)
[10]
10 LB Hardy Nickerson 1,586 Pittsburgh Steelers (19871992)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (19931999)
Jacksonville Jaguars (20002001)
Green Bay Packers (2002)
[11]
11 LB Demario Davis* 1,536 New York Jets (20122015)
Cleveland Browns (2016)
New York Jets (2017)
New Orleans Saints (20182025)
New York Jets (2026–present)
[12]
12 LB Donnie Edwards 1,501 Kansas City Chiefs (19962001)
San Diego Chargers (20022006)
Kansas City Chiefs (20072008)
[13]
13 LB Kyle Clifton 1,484 New York Jets (19841996) [14]
14 LB Keith Brooking 1,440 Atlanta Falcons (19982008)
Dallas Cowboys (20092011)
Denver Broncos (2012)
[15]
James Farrior New York Jets (19972001)
Pittsburgh Steelers (20022011)
[16]
16 S Lawyer Milloy 1,439 New England Patriots (19962002)
Buffalo Bills (20032005)
Atlanta Falcons (20062008)
Seattle Seahawks (20092010)
[17]
17 LB Takeo Spikes 1,431 Cincinnati Bengals (19982002)
Buffalo Bills (20032006)
Philadelphia Eagles (2007)
San Francisco 49ers (20082010)
San Diego Chargers (20112012)
[18]
18 LB Karlos Dansby 1,422 Arizona Cardinals (20042009)
Miami Dolphins (20102012)
Arizona Cardinals (2013)
Cleveland Browns (20142015)
Cincinnati Bengals (2016)
Arizona Cardinals (2017)
[19]
19 S Eugene Robinson 1,413 Seattle Seahawks (19851995)
Green Bay Packers (19961997)
Atlanta Falcons (19981999)
Carolina Panthers (2000)
[20]
20 LB Chris Spielman 1,363 Detroit Lions (19881995)
Buffalo Bills (19961997)
[21]
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