League Leaders Who Led?

2001 NFL Interceptions by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Passes intercepted

The Cleveland Browns led the whole NFL in interceptions in 2001, with 34, 6 ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The average across 31 NFL teams is 17.6.

Led the whole NFL in 2001 Cleveland Browns 16 games
34 Interceptions 6 clear of Tampa Bay Buccaneers
# Team Conference G INT
1 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 34
2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 28
3 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 24
3 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 24
5 Washington Redskins NFC 16 23
6 Denver Broncos AFC 16 22
6 New England Patriots AFC 16 22
8 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 21
9 Chicago Bears NFC 16 20
9 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 20
9 New York Jets AFC 16 20
12 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 19
13 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 18
13 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 18
NFL average 17.6
15 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 17
15 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 17
15 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 17
15 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 17
19 Detroit Lions NFC 16 16
20 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 15
20 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 15
20 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 15
20 New York Giants NFC 16 15
24 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 14
24 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 14
24 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 14
27 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 13
28 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 11
29 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 9
30 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 8
31 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 5

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.