2009 NFL Tackles by Team

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

The Detroit Lions led the whole NFL in tackles in 2009, with 1,019, 42 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 32 NFL teams is 890.8.

SK INT TKL TFL SOLO PD FF QBH TD

Led the whole NFL in 2009 Detroit Lions 16 games

1,019 Tackles 42 clear of San Francisco 49ers

#	Team	Conference	G	TKL
1	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	1,019
2	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	977
3	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	949
4	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	947
4	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	947
6	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	946
7	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	924
8	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	919
9	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	917
10	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	914
11	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	913
11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	913
13	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	911
14	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	894
15	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	893
16	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	891
	NFL average			890.8
17	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	888
18	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	883
19	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	879
20	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	876
21	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	875
22	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	869
23	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	868
24	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	864
25	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	853
26	Houston Texans	AFC	16	850
27	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	848
28	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	840
29	New York Giants	NFC	16	836
30	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	830
31	New York Jets	AFC	16	789
32	New England Patriots	AFC	16	783

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.