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2005 NFL Tackles by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Solo tackles plus assists

The Miami Dolphins led the whole NFL in tackles in 2005, with 1,032, 13 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 32 NFL teams is 904.7.

Led the whole NFL in 2005 Miami Dolphins 16 games
1,032 Tackles 13 clear of San Francisco 49ers
# Team Conference G TKL
1 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 1,032
2 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 1,019
3 Detroit Lions NFC 16 981
4 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 970
5 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 966
6 New York Jets AFC 16 954
7 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 949
8 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 944
9 Houston Texans AFC 16 937
10 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 928
11 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 924
12 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 916
13 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 911
14 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 909
14 Chicago Bears NFC 16 909
16 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 906
NFL average 904.7
17 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 902
18 New York Giants NFC 16 897
19 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 896
20 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 885
21 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 875
22 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 873
23 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 870
24 Washington Redskins NFC 16 863
25 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 856
26 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 852
27 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 851
28 New England Patriots AFC 16 849
28 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 849
30 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 843
31 Denver Broncos AFC 16 820
32 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 815

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.