Kansas City Chiefs Interceptions Leaders

Career totals with the Chiefs and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season. AFL seasons (1960-1969) are not loaded, so franchise totals start in 1970.

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Deron Cherry holds the Chiefs career record with 50 interceptions. The single-season record is 12, by Emmitt Thomas in 1974.

SK INT TKL TFL SOLO PD FF QBH TD

All-time Chiefs leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	INT	G
1	Deron Cherry	1981–1991	50	148
2	Emmitt Thomas	1970–1978	41	128
3	Gary Barbaro	1976–1982	39	101
4	Albert Lewis	1983–1993	38	150
5	Kevin Ross	1984–1997	30	156
6	Greg Wesley	2000–2007	29	115
7	Gary Green	1977–1983	24	100
8	Lloyd Burruss	1981–1991	22	145
9	Dale Carter	1992–1998	21	104
9	James Hasty	1995–2000	21	93
11	Mike Sensibaugh	1971–1975	20	63
11	Eric Warfield	1998–2005	20	110
13	Willie Lanier	1970–1977	19	111
13	Marcus Peters	2015–2017	19	45
15	Brandon Flowers	2008–2013	17	88
15	Eric Harris	1980–1982	17	39
17	Jim Kearney	1970–1975	15	84
17	Jerome Woods	1996–2005	15	123
19	Eric Berry	2010–2018	14	86
19	Derrick Johnson	2005–2017	14	179
19	Kerry Reardon	1971–1976	14	58
19	Johnny Robinson	1970–1971	14	28
23	Tyrann Mathieu	2019–2021	13	47
24	Charles Mincy	1992–1994	12	48
24	Daniel Sorensen	2014–2021	12	103

Single-season Chiefs records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	INT	G
1	Emmitt Thomas	1974	12	14
2	Gary Barbaro	1980	10	16
2	Johnny Robinson	1970	10	14
4	Deron Cherry	1986	9	16
5	Gary Barbaro	1977	8	14
5	Albert Lewis	1985	8	16
5	Mark McMillian	1997	8	16
5	Marcus Peters	2015	8	16
5	Mike Sensibaugh	1972	8	14
5	Emmitt Thomas	1971	8	14
11	Gary Barbaro	1979	7	16
11	Dale Carter	1992	7	16
11	Deron Cherry	1985	7	16
11	Deron Cherry	1984	7	16
11	Deron Cherry	1988	7	16
11	Deron Cherry	1983	7	16
11	Eric Harris	1980	7	15
11	Eric Harris	1981	7	16
11	James Hasty	1999	7	15
20	Tyrann Mathieu	2020	6	15
20	Dexter McCleon	2003	6	16
20	Marcus Peters	2016	6	15
20	Greg Wesley	2005	6	16
20	Greg Wesley	2003	6	16
20	Greg Wesley	2002	6	13