Total Tackles | NFL Defensive Player Stats

	Player	Position
95	David Bailey	LB	30	5	18	26	-	10	20
95	Josh Metellus	SAF	30	5	19	30	-	9	21
95	Charles Woods	CB	30	5	12	19	-	17	13
95	Alex Anzalone	MLB	30	3	10	23	-	18	12
95	Michael Taaffe	SAF	30	4	17	30	-	11	19
95	Antonio Johnson	SAF	30	6	15	26	-	19	11
95	Jessie Bates	FS	30	7	14	24	-	19	11
95	L'Jarius Sneed	CB	30	5	15	30	-	20	10
109	Cody Barton	LB	29	3	17	26	-	13	16
109	Kendal Daniels	LB	29	7	19	25	-	18	11
109	Quinyon Mitchell	CB	29	5	14	27	-	11	18
109	Cedric Gray	LB	29	7	18	29	-	10	19
109	Kevin Winston Jr.	SAF	29	-	-	-	-	18	11
114	Christian Benford	CB	28	2	-	-	-	11	17
114	Will Anderson Jr.	DE	28	1	10	25	-	16	12
114	Jaden Dugger	LB	28	11	-	-	-	14	14
114	Marcus Harris	CB	28	4	9	21	-	14	14
118	Derrick Barnes	LB	27	5	14	27	-	14	13
118	Daxton Hill	DB	27	4	10	27	-	9	18
118	Lukas Van Ness	LB	27	3	9	23	-	9	18
118	Jacob Parrish	CB	27	6	20	-	-	16	11
118	Cam Lewis	CB	27	5	13	-	-	13	14
118	A.J. Haulcy	SAF	27	6	15	20	-	16	11
118	Donovan Ezeiruaku	LB	27	1	10	17	-	13	14
118	Davison Igbinosun	CB	27	2	14	25	-	16	11
118	Zyon McCollum	CB	27	11	14	18	-	18	9
127	Frankie Luvu	LB	26	8	22	-	-	14	12
127	Rasul Douglas	CB	26	3	19	25	-	19	7
127	Azareye'h Thomas	CB	26	6	13	21	-	4	22
127	Tuli Tuipulotu	LB	26	4	14	21	-	10	16
127	Christian Izien	SAF	26	1	23	-	-	11	15
127	Omar Speights	LB	26	4	13	24	-	15	11
127	Calen Bullock	SAF	26	5	13	-	-	14	12
127	Quan Martin	SAF	26	3	16	23	-	18	8
127	Marques Sigle	SAF	26	-	-	-	-	17	9
127	Taron Johnson	CB	26	4	12	23	-	9	17
127	Minkah Fitzpatrick	FS	26	5	26	-	-	5	21
127	DeForest Buckner	DT	26	2	12	24	-	11	15
127	Dante Trader Jr.	SAF	26	7	21	26	-	16	10
127	Kamren Kinchens	SAF	26	5	17	-	-	20	6
127	Treydan Stukes	SAF	26	9	16	-	-	17	9
127	C.J. Gardner-Johnson	SAF	26	1	12	18	-	10	16
127	DaRon Bland	CB	26	4	12	18	-	11	15
127	Eric Wilson	LB	26	2	16	26	-	7	19
145	Sydney Brown	SAF	25	7	14	18	-	15	10
145	Byron Young	LB	25	6	15	24	-	15	10
145	Tyson Campbell	CB	25	1	13	-	-	8	17
145	C.J. Henderson	CB	25	-	-	-	-	6	19
145	Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	LB	25	6	-	-	-	23	2
145	Greg Newsome II	CB	25	3	14	22	-	16	9
145	Denzel Ward	CB	25	1	12	20	-	8	17
145	Brandon Cisse	CB	25	4	12	24	-	13	12
145	Grant Delpit	SAF	25	2	13	22	-	12	13
145	Jaden Hicks	SAF	25	2	11	25	-	16	9
145	Bryce Boettcher	LB	25	4	11	18	-	13	12
145	Alontae Taylor	CB	25	-	-	-	-	15	10
145	Cam Hart	CB	25	4	11	19	-	14	11
158	Camryn Bynum	SAF	24	2	6	17	-	11	13
158	Riq Woolen	CB	24	2	15	23	-	10	14
158	Jalen Pitre	SAF	24	-	-	-	-	19	5
158	Will Lee III	CB	24	6	17	24	-	10	14
158	Tony Jefferson	S	24	5	13	21	-	14	10
158	Tyrique Stevenson	CB	24	4	-	-	-	13	11
158	Deommodore Lenoir	CB	24	3	9	18	-	16	8
158	Emmanuel McNeil-Warren	SAF	24	6	13	21	-	15	9
158	Tony Adams	SAF	24	12	-	-	-	11	13
158	Kaden Elliss	LB	24	-	-	-	-	9	15
158	Akheem Mesidor	LB	24	2	16	22	-	13	11
158	Elijah Molden	CB	24	7	19	-	-	12	12
158	Markquese Bell	SAF	24	5	9	23	-	17	7
158	Antoine Winfield Jr.	SAF	24	-	-	-	-	15	9
158	Josh Jobe	CB	24	4	11	18	-	13	11
173	Que Robinson	LB	23	4	11	19	-	12	11
173	Troy Dye	LB	23	4	-	-	-	10	13
173	Harold Perkins Jr.	LB	23	4	17	22	-	8	15
173	Nick Emmanwori	SAF	23	7	20	23	-	13	10
173	Jordan Davis	DT	23	4	11	15	-	16	7
173	Andrew Wingard	SAF	23	-	-	-	-	8	15
173	Talanoa Hufanga	SAF	23	-	-	-	-	11	12
173	Andru Phillips	DB	23	4	9	21	-	17	6
173	Julian Love	SAF	23	3	14	-	-	17	6
182	Mansoor Delane	CB	22	2	22	-	-	2	20
182	Kobie Turner	DE	22	2	6	15	-	16	6
182	Jarrian Jones	CB	22	6	16	22	-	13	9
182	Isaiah McDuffie	LB	22	5	15	20	-	15	7
182	Renardo Green	CB	22	-	-	-	-	18	4
182	Elijah Ponder	LB	22	1	9	15	-	13	9
182	Andre Cisco	SAF	22	3	5	16	-	6	16
182	Marlon Humphrey	CB	22	2	8	18	-	6	16
182	Travis Hunter	CB	22	3	13	21	-	14	8
182	Jowon Briggs	DE	22	6	13	22	-	7	15
182	Kool-Aid McKinstry	CB	22	1	7	15	-	11	11
193	Tarheeb Still	CB	21	8	13	18	-	10	11
193	Tre'von Moehrig	SAF	21	4	13	21	-	8	13
193	Malik Muhammad	CB	21	3	8	15	-	13	8
193	Myles Harden	CB	21	3	11	19	-	9	12
193	Jahdae Barron	CB	21	7	16	-	-	8	13
193	Max Melton	CB	21	6	13	20	-	6	15
193	Carl Granderson	DE	21	5	-	-	-	9	12
193	Joshua Uche	LB	21	3	11	21	-	5	16

What Are Total Tackles?

Total tackles record the combined number of solo and assisted tackles by a player. This stat reflects defensive involvement and production.

Who leads the NFL in total tackles in 2026?

Through games played October 23, 2026, Alex Singleton of Denver leads all NFL players in total tackles with 66. Ernest Jones of Seattle is second with 59, Fred Warner of San Francisco third with 58 and Nakobe Dean of Las Vegas & Jacob Rodriguez of Miami are tied for fourth with 57. Singleton's total puts him 7 tackles clear of second place & 20 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Fred Warner of San Francisco is the highest-ranked middle linebacker on the board at 58 tackles, third overall. Anthony Hill Jr. of Tennessee & Carson Schwesinger of Cleveland are tied for sixth with 56, Payton Wilson of Pittsburgh is eighth with 55, Akeem Davis-Gaither of Indianapolis ninth with 53 and Evan Williams of Green Bay & Josiah Trotter of Tampa Bay are tied for tenth with 52.

Two tackles separate eighth from ninth, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Christian Elliss of New England & Nate Landman of the Los Angeles Rams are tied 12th with 51, Tremaine Edmunds of the New York Giants ranks 14th with 50, Azeez Al-Shaair of Houston & Arvell Reese of the New York Giants are tied 15th with 49, Nick Bolton of Kansas City ranks 17th with 48 & Roquan Smith of Baltimore, Jihaad Campbell of Philadelphia and Dillon Thieneman of Chicago are tied 18th with 47.

All 9 players are within 2 tackles of each other. Jamien Sherwood of the New York Jets, Kyle Hamilton of Baltimore, Sonny Styles of Washington, Dane Belton of the New York Jets & Dorian Williams of Buffalo are tied 21st with 46. Baltimore, the New York Giants & the New York Jets are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Eighteen of the 25 are linebackers; the two middle linebackers are Warner third & Edmunds 14th; the four safeties are Williams 10th, Thieneman 18th, Hamilton 21st & Belton 21st; the only inside linebacker is Smith 18th. Seven ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.

How this ranking is measured

The ranking above covers the top 25 of 1,175 NFL players in the 2026 regular season. Total tackles record the combined number of solo and assisted tackles by a player. Figures are as of October 23, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.