Detroit Lions Passes Defended Leaders

Career totals with the Lions and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through November 2: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics. Portsmouth Spartans 1930-1933.

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Darius Slay holds the Lions career record with 104 passes defended. The single-season record is 26, by Darius Slay in 2017.

SK INT TKL TFL SOLO PD FF QBH TD

All-time Lions leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	PD	G
1	Darius Slay	2013–2019	104	99
2	Dre' Bly	2003–2006	65	55
3	Chris Houston	2010–2013	45	55
4	Brian Branch	2023–2026	39	45
5	Glover Quin	2013–2018	37	93
6	Kerby Joseph	2022–2025	35	55
7	Alex Anzalone	2021–2025	33	71
7	Deandre Levy	2009–2016	33	93
9	Fernando Bryant	2004–2007	29	38
10	Andre' Goodman	2002–2005	28	40
10	Rashean Mathis	2013–2015	28	36
12	Todd Lyght	2001–2002	27	31
13	Nevin Lawson	2014–2018	25	60
14	Louis Delmas	2009–2013	24	65
14	Quandre Diggs	2015–2019	24	63
14	Amani Oruwariye	2019–2022	24	46
17	Jerry Jacobs	2021–2023	23	35
17	Tracy Walker III	2018–2023	23	71
19	Shaun Rogers	2001–2007	21	97
20	Amik Robertson	2024–2025	20	33
21	Terrion Arnold	2024–2025	18	24
21	Chris Claiborne	1999–2002	18	63
21	Tahir Whitehead	2012–2017	18	77
24	Kurt Schulz	2000–2001	16	21
24	Eric Wright	2011	16	16

Single-season Lions records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	PD	G
1	Darius Slay	2017	26	16
2	Robert Bailey	1999	23	16
3	Dre' Bly	2004	19	13
3	Bryant Westbrook	2000	19	13
5	Dre' Bly	2006	18	16
5	Todd Lyght	2002	18	16
7	Darius Slay	2018	17	15
7	Darius Slay	2014	17	16
9	Brian Branch	2024	16	16
9	Eric Wright	2011	16	16
11	Dre' Bly	2003	15	14
11	Deandre Levy	2013	15	16
11	Rashean Mathis	2013	15	15
14	Chris Houston	2011	14	14
14	William James	2009	14	16
16	Dre' Bly	2005	13	12
16	Brian Branch	2023	13	15
16	Fernando Bryant	2007	13	16
16	Justin Coleman	2019	13	15
16	Andre' Goodman	2002	13	14
16	Darius Slay	2015	13	15
16	Darius Slay	2019	13	14
16	Darius Slay	2016	13	13
24	Terry Fair	2001	12	12
24	Chris Houston	2010	12	15