League Leaders Who Led?

Most Interceptions by a Team in a Season (NFL)

The best single seasons by any NFL team, 1940–2026. Passes intercepted

The 1943 Green Bay Packers hold the NFL team record for interceptions in a season, with 42. Next best is the 1951 New York Giants, at 41.

NFL team record Green Bay Packers 1943 season, 10 games
42 Interceptions 1 clear of 1951 New York Giants
# Team Season G INT
1 Green Bay Packers 1943 10 42
2 New York Giants 1951 12 41
3 Green Bay Packers 1940 11 40
3 Baltimore Colts 1959 12 40
5 New York Giants 1948 12 39
5 San Francisco 49ers 1986 16 39
7 Los Angeles Rams 1952 12 38
7 Detroit Lions 1953 12 38
7 Seattle Seahawks 1984 16 38
10 Pittsburgh Steelers 1973 14 37
10 Dallas Cowboys 1981 16 37
12 Chicago Bears 1963 14 36
12 Minnesota Vikings 1988 16 36
14 Baltimore Colts 1958 12 35
14 Oakland Raiders 1975 14 35
14 Oakland Raiders 1980 16 35
17 Chicago Bears 1941 11 34
17 New York Giants 1944 10 34
17 Baltimore Colts 1950 12 34
17 New York Giants 1963 14 34
17 Washington Redskins 1964 14 34
17 Houston Oilers 1979 16 34
17 Washington Redskins 1983 16 34
17 Chicago Bears 1985 16 34
17 Cincinnati Bengals 1996 16 34
17 Cleveland Browns 2001 16 34
27 Green Bay Packers 1942 11 33
27 Chicago Bears 1942 11 33
27 Philadelphia Eagles 1944 10 33
27 Chicago Cardinals 1949 12 33
27 San Francisco 49ers 1951 12 33
27 New York Giants 1954 12 33
27 Chicago Cardinals 1956 12 33
27 New York Giants 1961 14 33
27 Washington Redskins 1980 16 33
27 Dallas Cowboys 1985 16 33
37 Detroit Lions 1949 12 32
37 Detroit Lions 1952 12 32
37 Los Angeles Rams 1967 14 32
37 Baltimore Colts 1967 14 32
37 Cleveland Browns 1968 14 32
37 Los Angeles Rams 1976 14 32
37 Miami Dolphins 1978 16 32
37 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1981 16 32
37 Philadelphia Eagles 1988 16 32
46 Los Angeles Rams 1950 12 31
46 Cleveland Browns 1950 12 31
46 Detroit Lions 1950 12 31
46 Philadelphia Eagles 1950 12 31
46 Green Bay Packers 1955 12 31
46 Los Angeles Rams 1955 12 31
46 Cleveland Browns 1960 12 31
46 Green Bay Packers 1962 14 31
46 Kansas City Chiefs 1970 14 31
46 Pittsburgh Steelers 1977 14 31
46 Denver Broncos 1978 16 31
46 Denver Broncos 1984 16 31
46 Pittsburgh Steelers 1984 16 31
46 Kansas City Chiefs 1986 16 31
46 Chicago Bears 1986 16 31
46 Chicago Bears 1990 16 31
46 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2002 16 31
46 Cincinnati Bengals 2005 16 31
46 Green Bay Packers 2011 16 31
65 Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers 1945 10 30
65 Green Bay Packers 1947 12 30
65 Chicago Bears 1948 12 30
65 Los Angeles Rams 1949 12 30
65 New York Yanks 1950 12 30
65 Pittsburgh Steelers 1951 12 30
65 Los Angeles Rams 1953 12 30
65 Detroit Lions 1954 12 30
65 Pittsburgh Steelers 1954 12 30
65 Green Bay Packers 1957 12 30
65 Baltimore Colts 1960 12 30
65 Philadelphia Eagles 1960 12 30
65 Cleveland Browns 1966 14 30
65 Minnesota Vikings 1969 14 30
65 Baltimore Colts 1977 14 30
65 Green Bay Packers 1981 16 30
65 Pittsburgh Steelers 1981 16 30
65 Kansas City Chiefs 1983 16 30
65 Kansas City Chiefs 1984 16 30
65 New Orleans Saints 1987 15 30
65 Philadelphia Eagles 1989 16 30
65 Seattle Seahawks 1999 16 30
65 San Diego Chargers 2007 16 30
65 Green Bay Packers 2009 16 30
89 Detroit Lions 1940 11 29
89 New York Giants 1941 11 29
89 Green Bay Packers 1944 10 29
89 Green Bay Packers 1948 12 29
89 Philadelphia Eagles 1949 12 29
89 Baltimore Colts 1953 12 29
89 Chicago Cardinals 1955 12 29
89 Green Bay Packers 1961 14 29
89 Detroit Lions 1961 14 29
89 Dallas Cowboys 1967 14 29
89 Baltimore Colts 1968 14 29
89 Washington Redskins 1971 14 29

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.