All-Time NFL Tackles for Loss Leaders

J.J. Watt is the all-time NFL leader in tackles for loss with 172, 6 clear of Aaron Donald (166). He did it in 12 seasons, from 2011 to 2022. The top ten runs from 172 down to 135.

All-time NFL leader J.J. Watt 2011–2022 · 12 seasons

172 Tackles for Loss 6 clear of Aaron Donald

Showing Tackles for Loss and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Seasons	TFL	G	TKL	SK	INT
1	J.J. Watt	2011–2022 (12)	172	150	539	114.5	2
2	Aaron Donald	2014–2026 (11)	166	159	512	111.0	0
3	Cameron Jordan	2011–2026 (16)	165	240	740	132.0	3
4	Lavonte David	2012–2025 (14)	156	215	1,577	42.5	14
5	Calais Campbell	2008–2026 (19)	154	280	894	117.5	3
6	Von Miller	2011–2026 (15)	153	195	577	139.5	2
7	Khalil Mack	2014–2026 (13)	142	181	630	116.0	3
8	Myles Garrett	2017–2025 (9)	142	131	379	125.5	0
9	T.J. Watt	2017–2026 (10)	140	141	488	122.5	10
10	Danielle Hunter	2015–2026 (11)	135	157	540	118.5	0
11	Maxx Crosby	2019–2026 (8)	130	117	425	72.5	1
12	Cameron Heyward	2011–2026 (16)	126	221	738	94.5	2
13	Brandon Graham	2010–2025 (16)	119	188	463	79.5	0
14	Justin Houston	2011–2023 (13)	119	163	484	112.0	5
15	Chandler Jones	2012–2022 (11)	117	152	485	112.0	1
16	Demario Davis	2012–2026 (15)	114	230	1,513	47.0	4
17	Jadeveon Clowney	2014–2026 (13)	111	156	423	68.0	1
18	Michael Bennett	2009–2019 (11)	111	146	335	69.5	0
19	DeMarcus Lawrence	2014–2026 (13)	106	159	496	67.5	2
20	Carlos Dunlap	2010–2022 (13)	104	189	553	100.0	2
21	Ryan Kerrigan	2011–2021 (11)	104	151	423	95.5	3
22	Ndamukong Suh	2010–2022 (13)	100	192	569	71.5	1
23	Robert Quinn	2011–2022 (12)	100	154	351	102.0	0
24	Chris Jones	2016–2026 (11)	97	154	332	88.0	2
25	Bobby Wagner	2012–2025 (14)	95	218	1,866	39.5	15
26	DeForest Buckner	2016–2026 (11)	95	156	616	75.5	0
27	Leonard Williams	2015–2026 (12)	92	179	612	64.5	2
28	Matthew Judon	2016–2026 (11)	92	141	408	72.0	1
29	Joey Bosa	2016–2025 (10)	92	119	339	77.0	0
30	Jason Pierre-Paul	2010–2025 (15)	91	170	523	94.5	5
31	Za'Darius Smith	2015–2026 (12)	91	142	326	75.0	0
32	Brian Burns	2019–2026 (8)	91	112	366	71.0	0
33	Everson Griffen	2010–2021 (12)	89	162	379	85.5	2
34	Geno Atkins	2010–2020 (11)	86	145	369	75.5	0
35	Nick Bosa	2019–2026 (8)	86	85	263	64.5	2
36	Jerry Hughes	2010–2024 (15)	84	197	419	70.0	2
37	Fletcher Cox	2012–2023 (12)	81	181	486	70.0	0
38	Clay Matthews	2009–2019 (11)	81	152	480	90.5	6
39	Olivier Vernon	2012–2020 (9)	81	121	348	63.5	1
40	Denico Autry	2014–2025 (12)	79	151	299	65.5	0
41	Grady Jarrett	2015–2026 (12)	76	165	514	38.0	0
42	Trey Hendrickson	2017–2026 (10)	76	117	232	83.0	0
43	Harold Landry III	2018–2025 (7)	76	111	410	59.0	2
44	Kyle Van Noy	2014–2026 (13)	75	165	520	58.5	4
45	Terrell Suggs	2003–2019 (16)	74	236	743	138.0	7
46	Leonard Floyd	2016–2025 (10)	74	143	399	70.0	2
47	Haason Reddick	2017–2025 (9)	74	132	437	61.5	0
48	Josh Hines-Allen	2019–2026 (8)	74	113	332	63.0	2
49	Jurrell Casey	2011–2020 (10)	73	138	483	51.0	0
50	Preston Smith	2015–2025 (11)	72	163	430	71.0	5

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