NFL Single-Season Passes Defended Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The NFL single-season passes defended record is 31, set by Darrelle Revis in 2009. It has stood for 16 years. The mark has been raised 2 times since 1999.
Record Holders
3 marks since 1999| Year | Player | PD | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |
 Darrelle Revis
|
31 | still standing |
| 2001 |
 Troy Vincent
|
27 | 8 years |
| 1999 | Donnie Abraham | 25 | 2 years |
The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.
Every Season
34 seasons| Year | Leader | PD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Riley Moss | 19 | |
| 2025 | Mike Jackson | 19 | |
| 2024 | Denzel Ward | 19 | |
| 2023 | Charvarius Ward | 23 | |
| 2022 | Sauce Gardner | 20 | |
| 2021 | J.C. Jackson | 23 | |
| 2020 | Xavien Howard | 20 | |
| 2019 | Stephon Gilmore | 20 | |
| 2018 | Kyle Fuller | 21 | |
| 2017 | Darius Slay | 26 | |
| 2016 | Brent Grimes | 24 | |
| 2015 | Marcus Peters | 26 | |
| 2015 | David Amerson | 26 | |
| 2014 | Bradley Fletcher | 22 | |
| 2013 | Lardarius Webb | 22 | |
| 2013 | Alterraun Verner | 22 | |
| 2012 | Richard Sherman | 24 | |
| 2011 | Brandon Browner | 23 | |
| 2010 | Brandon Carr | 25 | |
| 2009 | Darrelle Revis | 31 | new record |
| 2008 | Leon Hall | 24 | |
| 2008 | Corey Webster | 24 | |
| 2008 | Carlos Rogers | 24 | |
| 2007 | Terrence McGee | 21 | |
| 2007 | Roderick Hood | 21 | |
| 2006 | Asante Samuel | 24 | |
| 2005 | Sheldon Brown | 27 | |
| 2004 | Kelly Herndon | 23 | |
| 2003 | Ty Law | 23 | |
| 2002 | Champ Bailey | 24 | |
| 2001 | Troy Vincent | 27 | new record |
| 2000 | Duane Starks | 23 | |
| 2000 | Donnie Abraham | 23 | |
| 1999 | Donnie Abraham | 25 | new record |