Pittsburgh Steelers Tackles for Loss Leaders
Career totals with the Steelers 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. Pittsburgh Pirates 1933-1939. 1943: merged with Philadelphia (Phil-Pitt); 1944: merged with the Chicago Cardinals (Card-Pitt). Merged-season player lines count for both franchises, as Pro-Football-Reference's franchise histories do. No schedule length in the source for 1943, 1944, so no season line that year qualifies for a rate board.
T.J. Watt holds the Steelers career record with 140 tackles for loss. The single-season record is 23, by T.J. Watt in 2020.
All-time Steelers leaders
Career totals with the club| # | Player | With the club | TFL | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
2017–2026 | 140 | 141 |
| 2 |
|
2011–2026 | 126 | 221 |
| 3 |
|
2020–2026 | 67 | 96 |
| 4 |
|
2015–2020 | 50 | 75 |
| 5 |
|
2014–2020 | 46 | 83 |
| 6 |
|
2013–2020 | 41 | 111 |
| 7 |
|
2004–2017 | 34 | 159 |
| 7 |
|
1999–2006 | 34 | 118 |
| 7 |
|
2007–2016 | 34 | 154 |
| 10 |
|
1999–2011 | 30 | 145 |
| 11 |
|
2023–2026 | 29 | 46 |
| 11 |
|
2017–2020 | 29 | 57 |
| 13 |
|
2010–2014 | 26 | 63 |
| 14 | Kendrell Bell | 2001–2004 | 25 | 45 |
| 15 |
|
2014–2017 | 22 | 45 |
| 16 |
|
2016–2019 | 19 | 57 |
| 17 |
|
2024–2026 | 17 | 42 |
| 18 |
|
2024–2026 | 16 | 41 |
| 19 |
|
2023–2024 | 14 | 31 |
| 20 |
|
2023–2026 | 13 | 58 |
| 20 |
|
2007–2017 | 13 | 146 |
| 20 |
|
2022–2024 | 13 | 47 |
| 20 |
|
2003–2014 | 13 | 156 |
| 24 |
|
2017–2022 | 12 | 66 |
| 24 |
|
2000–2005 | 12 | 87 |
Single-season Steelers records
Best seasons in club history| # | Player | Season | TFL | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
2020 | 23 | 15 |
| 2 |
|
2021 | 20 | 15 |
| 3 |
|
2023 | 19 | 17 |
| 3 |
|
2024 | 19 | 16 |
| 5 | Kendrell Bell | 2001 | 16 | 14 |
| 6 |
|
2019 | 15 | 16 |
| 6 |
|
2000 | 15 | 16 |
| 6 |
|
2025 | 15 | 13 |
| 9 |
|
2001 | 14 | 16 |
| 9 |
|
2021 | 14 | 17 |
| 9 |
|
2017 | 14 | 15 |
| 9 |
|
2015 | 14 | 16 |
| 9 |
|
2021 | 14 | 16 |
| 9 | Earl Holmes | 2001 | 14 | 16 |
| 9 |
|
2001 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 |
|
2025 | 13 | 15 |
| 16 |
|
2002 | 13 | 16 |
| 18 |
|
2017 | 12 | 14 |
| 18 |
|
2024 | 12 | 17 |
| 18 |
|
2022 | 12 | 17 |
| 18 |
|
2022 | 12 | 17 |
| 18 |
|
2019 | 12 | 16 |
| 18 |
|
2018 | 12 | 16 |
| 24 |
|
2000 | 11 | 16 |
| 24 |
|
2017 | 11 | 16 |