NFL Penalty yards leaders, 2000–2026

The NFL players with the most penalty yards since 2000.

Player	POS	Team	GP	PENYDS	GP	OFF SNAPS	OFF %	DEF SNAPS	DEF %	ST SNAPS	ST %	PEN
#1Buster Skrine	CB		154	819	126	0	0%	6,920	93.7%	906	34%	70
#2Andrew Whitworth	OT		176	818	133	8,610	96.2%	0	0%	533	19.8%	104
#3Quentin Jammer	CB		181	816	11	0	0%	216	27.9%	144	41.3%	74
#4Patrick Peterson	CB		201	777	169	38	0.4%	11,060	137.2%	1,188	37.8%	89
#5Xavier Rhodes	CB		135	768	135	0	0%	7,584	93.6%	212	7.1%	58
#6Richie Incognito	G		111	758	68	4,408	98.5%	0	0%	282	17.6%	76
#7Kareem Jackson	S		202	740	158	0	0%	9,247	89.1%	188	6.2%	46
#8Trent Williams	OT		187	711	168	10,571	94.9%	0	0%	136	4.9%	89
#9Stephon Gilmore	CB		180	709	164	0	0%	9,906	131.4%	298	9.9%	75
#10Tramon Williams	CB		202	705	110	0	0%	6,294	106.6%	227	8.9%	51
#11Janoris Jenkins	CB		144	694	129	0	0%	8,255	104.9%	618	21.3%	63
#12Charles Tillman	CB		166	688	22	0	0%	1,239	82.4%	117	17.6%	61
#13Flozell Adams	OT		84	680	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	93
#14Terence Newman	CB		220	663	73	0	0%	3,956	80.9%	193	9.4%	54
#15Philip Rivers	QB		247	662	131	8,601	97.8%	0	0%	1	0%	93
#16Jason Peters	OT		170	655	121	7,255	86.4%	0	0%	0	0%	102
#17Charles Woodson	FS		220	645	48	1	0%	3,279	98.2%	186	12.7%	73
#18Garett Bolles	OT	DEN	137	632	137	8,903	98.8%	0	0%	516	25.1%	77
#19Antonio Cromartie	CB		153	631	51	0	0%	3,153	92.4%	176	11.8%	60
#20Tyron Smith	OT		148	629	136	8,741	96.4%	0	0%	514	21.3%	83
#21Donovan Smith	OT		136	625	136	9,220	97.6%	0	0%	542	30.6%	78
#21Ike Taylor	CB	PIT	172	625	21	0	0%	1,304	94.2%	115	18.3%
#23Dre Kirkpatrick	CB		117	620	114	0	0%	5,389	71.9%	533	20%	54
#24Carlton Davis III	CB		109	607	109	0	0%	6,504	121.3%	363	41%	54
#25Jeff Backus	OT	DET	78	604	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	84
#26Brandon Browner	CB		60	601	33	0	0%	2,058	91.1%	57	5.9%	60
#26Richard Sherman	CB		142	601	112	0	0%	6,752	93%	367	14.3%	55
#28Jawaan Taylor	OT		115	595	115	7,472	113.4%	0	0%	348	42.3%	80
#29Marshon Lattimore	CB		108	594	108	0	0%	6,431	99.5%	125	5.8%	44
#29Ronde Barber	FS	TB	206	594	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68
#31Bashaud Breeland	CB		107	591	107	0	0%	6,002	111.1%	496	21.4%	56
#32Brandon Carr	CB		195	578	115	0	0%	6,850	103.3%	432	15.9%	49
#33Anquan Boldin	WR		202	572	62	3,344	84.3%	0	0%	8	0.5%	65
#33Laremy Tunsil	OT		139	572	139	8,318	95.3%	0	0%	506	31.5%	90
#35Robert Alford	CB		101	570	101	0	0%	5,751	97.3%	877	36%	43
#36Dion Dawkins	OT	BUF	147	566	147	9,227	93.9%	0	0%	630	35%	72
#37Chris McAlister	DB		117	559	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68
#37Nate Clements	S		178	559	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	48
#39Jerry Hughes	DE		214	558	185	0	0%	7,757	76.1%	229	7.2%	68
#40Morgan Moses	OT		187	555	187	10,837	90%	0	0%	524	17.6%	81
#41Marlon Humphrey	CB	BAL	135	554	135	0	0%	7,562	151.1%	387	28.3%
#42Al Harris	CB		151	552	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	67
#43Adam Jones	DB		145	551	78	0	0%	4,115	77%	237	10.8%	50
#43Ndamukong Suh	NT		198	551	153	0	0%	8,004	87.6%	376	13.7%	85
#45Chester Pitts	G		55	540	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	66
#46Shaun Rogers	DT		158	539	7	0	0%	223	42.7%	46	21.3%	72
#47Darius Slay	CB		187	537	187	2	0%	10,719	104.9%	504	15.9%	51
#48Drew Brees	QB		287	536	117	7,855	97.3%	0	0%	0	0%	80
#48Jalen Ramsey	CB		156	536	156	14	0.1%	9,870	135.2%	542	27.7%	47
#50Roddy White	WR	ATL	167	534	43	2,587	87%	0	0%	6	0.5%	57
#51Kelvin Beachum	OT		191	533	189	11,008	96.1%	0	0%	530	18%	75
#52Marcus Trufant	CB	SEA	135	532	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	41
#53Drayton Florence	CB		145	522	14	0	0%	584	66.8%	55	14.8%	59
#53Jason Witten	TE		268	522	112	6,368	85.9%	0	0%	507	22.8%	80
#55Adrian Wilson	S	ARI	179	521	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	56
#55Stanford Routt	CB		103	521	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	47
#57Jake Matthews	OT	ATL	200	518	200	12,939	97.4%	0	0%	879	27.8%	67
#58Joe Haden	CB		158	517	116	0	0%	7,293	107%	698	28.4%	53
#59Cortland Finnegan	DB		132	512	24	0	0%	1,279	81.2%	95	13.7%	42
#60Josh Norman	CB		139	511	124	0	0%	6,570	79.3%	447	15.5%	53
#61Taylor Lewan	OT	TEN	100	509	100	5,659	88.4%	0	0%	325	13.4%
#61Terrell Suggs	OLB		240	509	94	0	0%	4,729	89.8%	1	0%	71
#63Malcolm Jenkins	S		195	508	142	7	0.1%	9,284	110.1%	1,138	35.8%	42
#64D.J. Hayden	DB		91	507	91	0	0%	4,119	79.7%	442	20.8%	43
#65Nevin Lawson	CB		100	505	100	0	0%	4,339	89.5%	997	57%	42
#66Von Miller	OLB		207	501	176	0	0%	7,976	78.1%	20	0.6%	72
#67Eli Apple	CB		104	500	104	0	0%	5,696	144.8%	325	19.9%
#68Jimmy Smith	CB	BAL	122	498	105	0	0%	5,443	110.6%	61	2.5%	45
#69Travis Kelce	TE	KC	195	495	195	10,877	91.7%	5	0.1%	161	5.8%	59
#70Marcus Peters	CB		116	494	116	0	0%	7,292	148.4%	16	0.9%	41
#71Richard Marshall	CB		124	493	24	0	0%	904	60.4%	216	32.6%	50
#72Olin Kreutz	C		67	490	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	62
#73Demar Dotson	OT		110	488	100	6,372	94.2%	0	0%	354	14.9%	63
#74Chad Scott	CB		81	485	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44
#74Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	CB		160	485	85	0	0%	3,962	67.7%	658	25.8%
#74London Fletcher	ILB		224	485	16	0	0%	917	89.6%	89	18.7%	40
#74Robert Gallery	G		51	485	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	63
#78DeAngelo Hall	S		169	482	38	0	0%	1,896	76.6%	112	10%	42
#79Jermaine Gresham	TE		132	481	87	4,366	73.9%	0	0%	152	6%	60
#80David Bakhtiari	OT	GB	129	480	129	8,351	109.7%	0	0%	447	15.7%
#80Eli Manning	QB	NYG	235	480	99	6,539	98.5%	0	0%	1	0%	71
#82Greg Robinson	OT		83	474	83	4,329	81.2%	0	0%	295	15.1%	54
#83Fred Miller	OT		58	471	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68
#84Jahri Evans	G		111	469	71	4,967	99.3%	0	0%	336	16.6%	57
#84Vontae Davis	CB		119	469	67	0	0%	3,986	88.3%	8	0.4%	43
#86Duane Brown	OT		168	468	144	9,091	103.1%	0	0%	341	12.5%	63
#86Jared Veldheer	OT		96	468	71	4,695	96.9%	0	0%	244	12%	62
#86Rock Ya-Sin	CB		100	468	100	0	0%	3,781	64.4%	777	88.8%	35
#89Luke Petitgout	OT	NYG	53	465	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68
#90Donald Penn	OT		135	464	98	6,092	95.7%	0	0%	275	9.7%	60
#91Russell Okung	OT		108	463	94	5,664	92.7%	0	0%	359	15.1%	65
#92Michael Bennett	DE		149	461	106	0	0%	5,009	85.5%	146	5.7%	68
#93Jason Kelce	C	PHI	181	460	175	11,866	97%	0	0%	15	0.5%	59
#93Randy Moss	WR		179	460	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	57
#95Lane Johnson	OT	PHI	171	458	171	10,986	101.8%	0	0%	348	10.8%
#96Roman Harper	S		156	457	57	12	0.3%	2,548	68.6%	436	26.4%	36
#97Nnamdi Asomugha	CB		146	454	3	0	0%	137	65.2%	0	0%	50
#97Tony Gonzalez	TE		222	454	16	1,003	93.1%	0	0%	0	0%	64
#99Willie Colon	G		62	452	32	2,118	99%	0	0%	126	13.3%	61
#100D.J. Fluker	G		108	448	108	6,364	101%	0	0%	333	15%	55