2012 NFL Tackles by Team

The Tennessee Titans led the whole NFL in tackles in 2012, with 1,043, 7 ahead of the Carolina Panthers. The average across 32 NFL teams is 948.4.

Led the whole NFL in 2012 Tennessee Titans 16 games

1,043 Tackles 7 clear of Carolina Panthers

#	Team	Conference	G	TKL
1	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	1,043
2	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	1,036
3	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	1,035
4	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	1,029
5	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	1,022
6	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	1,010
7	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	1,009
8	New England Patriots	AFC	16	985
9	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	981
9	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	981
11	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	962
12	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	959
13	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	956
14	New York Jets	AFC	16	955
14	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	955
	NFL average			948.4
16	New York Giants	NFC	16	945
17	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	937
17	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	937
19	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	932
20	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	921
21	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	920
22	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	918
23	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	917
24	Houston Texans	AFC	16	910
25	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	905
26	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	901
27	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	898
28	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	897
29	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	894
30	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	882
31	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	861
32	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	855

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.