most interception return yardage in a career by a dt

Julius Peppers has the most career interception-return yards by a defensive lineman, with 192 yards.

NAME INT YDS GP TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Julius Peppers
J. Peppers
192
218
487
127
614
134.5
813.5
9
2
43
17
2
2 George Martin
G. Martin
164
201
46.0
3
3
15
2
3 Earl Faison
E. Faison
136
73
6
2
0
0
4 Grant Wistrom
G. Wistrom
129
132
238
52
290
53.0
5
2
6
8
0
5 Keith Traylor
K. Traylor
129
192
173
47
220
19.0
2
1
4
3
0
6 Michael Strahan
M. Strahan
124
216
338
93
431
141.5
4
2
14
15
1
7 Greg Townsend
G. Townsend
117
174
99.0
3
1
7
3
8 Ron McDole
R. McDole
115
240
12
1
14
1
9 Jason Taylor
J. Taylor
110
185
336
152
488
120.5
7
3
34
26
5
10 Larry Hand
L. Hand
110
164
5
3
8
0
11 Larry Cole
L. Cole
102
176
4
3
14
1
12 J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
99
151
449
137
586
114.5
808.5
2
2
27
17
1
13 Dan Wilkinson
D. Wilkinson
99
195
97
32
129
54.5
5
1
4
4
0
14 Leonard Williams
L. Williams
98
158
298
277
575
54.5
395
2
1
6
4
0
15 Al Wallace
A. Wallace
96
96
117
26
143
23.0
4
0
4
5
1
16 Brett Keisel
B. Keisel
95
156
253
155
408
30.0
145
2
1
7
9
0
17 Gary Johnson
G. Johnson
93
157
16.0
2
2
13
1
18 Marcellus Wiley
M. Wiley
92
147
152
40
192
44.0
2
0
9
5
0
19 Darren Howard
D. Howard
91
145
229
74
303
67.0
3
0
17
10
0
20 Jim Jeffcoat
J. Jeffcoat
91
227
102.5
2
2
11
2
21 Steve Emtman
S. Emtman
90
50
8.0
1
1
3
0
22 Jacob Green
J. Green
90
180
97.5
3
2
17
2
23 Harry Gunner
H. Gunner
90
42
2
1
2
0
24 Richard Dent
R. Dent
89
203
137.5
8
1
13
1
25 Bill Forester
B. Forester
88
48
10
0
3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647