League Leaders Who Led?

2002 NFL Interceptions by Team

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

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers led the whole NFL in interceptions in 2002, with 31, 6 ahead of the Baltimore Ravens. The average across 32 NFL teams is 16.5.

Led the whole NFL in 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 games
31 Interceptions 6 clear of Baltimore Ravens
# Team Conference G INT
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 31
2 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 25
3 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 24
3 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 24
5 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 21
5 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 21
7 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 20
7 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 20
9 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 19
9 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 19
9 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 19
9 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 19
13 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 18
13 New England Patriots AFC 16 18
13 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 18
16 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 17
16 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 17
16 New York Jets AFC 16 17
16 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 17
16 Washington Redskins NFC 16 17
NFL average 16.5
21 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 16
22 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 15
23 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 12
24 New York Giants NFC 16 11
25 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 10
25 Detroit Lions NFC 16 10
25 Houston Texans AFC 16 10
25 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 10
29 Chicago Bears NFC 16 9
29 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 9
29 Denver Broncos AFC 16 9
32 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 6

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.