NFL Passes defended leaders — DL, 2026

The defensive linemen with the most passes defended in the 2026 season.

Player	POS	Team	GP	PD	SCK	DEF INT	SOLO	AST	TOT TKL	TFL	QBH	FF	FUM REC	SCKY
#1Cameron Heyward	DE	PIT	4	4	0	0	6	8	14	0	4	1	0	0
#1Deone Walker	DT	BUF	4	4	1	0	6	6	12	3	4	0
#3Danielle Hunter	DE	HOU	4	3	2	0	3	6	9	1	4	1
#3Derrick Brown	DT	CAR	4	3	0	0	8	3	11	0	1	0
#3Malcolm Roach	DT	DEN	4	3	1	0	9	4	13	3	3	0
#3Tonka Hemingway	DT	LV	4	3	0	0	3	10	13	1	2	0
#7Chase Young	DE	NO	4	2	3.5	0	5	3	8	3	5	1
#7Chris Jones	DE	KC	4	2	0	0	5	6	11	1	2	0
#7DeForest Buckner	DT	IND	4	2	3	0	5	13	18	3	7	0
#7George Karlaftis	DE	KC	4	2	0	1	6	9	15	2	10	0
#7Jalen Redmond	DL	MIN	4	2	0	0	8	4	12	0	0	1
#7Javon Kinlaw	DT	WAS	4	2	1	0	6	3	9	2	2	0
#7Kobie Turner	DE	LAR	4	2	0	0	7	10	17	0	1	0
#7Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins	DT	MIN	4	2	0	0	3	3	6	1	0	0
#7Vita Vea	DT	TB	4	2	0	0	1	7	8	0	3	0
#16A'Shawn Robinson	DT	TB	4	1	1	1	5	10	15	1	2	0
#16Bobby Brown III	DT	CAR	3	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
#16Broderick Washington	DT	BAL	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	0
#16Cameron Thomas	DE	ATL	4	1	1.5	0	6	6	12	1	8	1
#16Charles Omenihu	DE	WAS	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
#16D.J. Jones	DT	DEN	4	1	0	0	3	3	6	0	1	0
#16D.J. Wonnum	DE	DET	4	1	3	0	5	3	8	2	4	0
#16Dante Stills	DT	ARI	4	1	1	0	3	8	11	1	3	0
#16Dayo Odeyingbo	DE	CHI	4	1	3	0	4	3	7	3	3	0
#16Derek Barnett	DE	CLE	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	0
#16Foley Fatukasi	DT	LV	4	1	0.5	0	2	7	9	0	2	0
#16Gervon Dexter Sr.	DT	ATL	4	1	0.5	0	2	7	9	0	3	0
#16Gracen Halton	DT	SF	3	1	0	0	5	6	11	2	0	0
#16Grover Stewart	DT	IND	4	1	0.5	0	2	8	10	2	2	0
#16Javon Hargrave	NT	GB	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	0	1	0
#16Jaylahn Tuimoloau	DE	IND	4	1	0	0	3	4	7	0	1	0
#16Jeffery Simmons	DT	TEN	4	1	2	0	12	12	24	3	5	0
#16John Franklin-Myers	DE	TEN	4	1	1	0	4	5	9	2	2	0
#16Landon Jackson	DE	BUF	4	1	0	0	3	6	9	0	0	0
#16LT Overton	DT	DAL	4	1	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	0
#16Maason Smith	DT	ATL	4	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	0
#16Maxx Crosby	DE	LV	4	1	2	0	3	5	8	1	11	1
#16Osa Odighizuwa	DT	SF	4	1	0	0	1	6	7	0	5	0
#16Peter Woods	DT	KC	4	1	0	0	2	7	9	0	0	0
#16Poona Ford	DT	LAR	3	1	0	0	4	5	9	1	1	0
#16Sam Williams	DE	CLE	4	1	1	0	4	7	11	1	2	0
#16Shelby Harris	DE	NYG	3	1	0	0	3	4	7	1	0	0
#16Sheldon Rankins	DT	HOU	4	1	2	0	5	5	10	3	5	0
#16Tim Settle	DT	WAS	4	1	0.5	0	3	5	8	0	1	0
#16Tommy Togiai	DT	HOU	4	1	0	0	5	14	19	0	0	0
#16Travis Jones	DT	BAL	3	1	0	0	6	2	8	4	0	1
#16Travon Walker	DE	JAX	4	1	1.5	0	3	7	10	1	4	0
#16Will Anderson Jr.	DE	HOU	4	1	4.5	0	12	10	22	7	11	1
#16Za'Darius Smith	DE	ATL	3	1	2.5	0	3	2	5	4	3	0