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INTERCEPTIONS

Most Interceptions

Career

Table inside Article
Name (Years) Interceptions
1. Mel Blount (1970-83) 57
2. Jack Butler (1951-59) 52
3. Donnie Shell (1974-87) 51
4. Rod Woodson (1987-96) 38
5. Dwayne Woodruff (1979-85, 1987-90) 37
6. Mike Wagner (1971-80) 36
t7. Troy Polamalu (2003-14) 32
t7. Darren Perry (1992-98) 32
t7. Jack Ham (1971-82) 32
10. Jack Lambert (1974-84) 28

Season

Table inside Article
Name (Year) Interceptions
1. Mel Blount (1975) 11
Jack Butler (1957) 10
t2. Howard Hartley (1951) 10
t2. Bill Dudley (1946) 10
t5. Jack Butler (1958) 9
t5. Jack Butler (1953) 9
t7. Rod Woodson (1993) 8
t7. Mike Wagner (1973) 8
t7. Clendon Thomas (1963) 8
t7. Johnny Sample (1961) 8

Game

Table inside Article
Name (Year) Interceptions
1. Jack Butler (12/13/1953 at Washington) 4
t2. Darren Perry (09/11/1994 at Cleveland) 3
t2. Richard Shelton (12/22/1991 vs. Cleveland) 3
t2. Donnie Shell (11/22/1981 at Cleveland) 3
t2. Mike Wagner (09/28/1980 vs. Chicago) 3
t2. Mike Wagner (10/28/1973 vs. Cincinnati) 3
t2. Jim Bradshaw (10/24/1965 at Philadelphia) 3
t2. Johnny Sample (10/08/1961 at Philadelphia) 3
t2. Dicky Moegle (10/09/1960 vs. N.Y. Giants) 3
t2. Dean Derby (12/13/1958 vs. Chicago Cardinals) 3
t2. Dick Alban (11/02/1958 vs. Washington) 3
t2. Jack Butler (11/03/1957 at Baltimore) 3
t2. Claude Hipps (11/30/1952 vs. New York Giants) 3
t2. Ed Kissell (10/04/1952 vs. Cleveland) 3
t2. Tony Compagno (10/10/1948 vs. Washington) 3

Most Interception Return Yards

Career

Table inside Article
Name (Years) Yards
1. Jack Butler (1951-59) 827
2. Rod Woodson (1987-96) 779
3. Mel Blount (1970-83) 736
4. Dwayne Woodruff (1979-85, 1987-90) 689
5. Glen Edwards (1971-78) 652
6. Darren Perry (1992-98) 574
7. Mike Wagner (1971-80) 491
8. Donnie Shell (1974-87) 490
9. Troy Polamalu (2003-14) 398
10. Tony Compagno (1946-48) 382

Season

Table inside Article
Name (Year) Yards
1. Bill Dudley (1946) 242
2. Chad Scott (2001) 204
3. Glen Edwards (1973) 186
4. Tony Compagno (1948) 179
5. Dewayne Washington (1998) 178
6. Jack Butler (1952) 168
7. Tony Compagno (1947) 163
t8. Glen Edwards (1974) 153
t8. Joey Porter (2002) 153
10. Jack Butler (1953) 147

Game

Table inside Article
Name (Year) Yards
1. Dewayne Washington (11/22/1998 vs. Jacksonville) 130
2. Joey Porter (9/15/2002 vs. Oakland) 114
3. Jim Bradshaw (10/24/1965 at Philadelphia) 101
4. Minkah Fitzpatrick (11/3/2019 vs. Indianapolis) 96
5. Lawrence Timmons (11/30/2008 at New England) 89
6. Glen Edwards (9/30/1973 at Houston Oilers) 86
7. John Rowser (12/15/1973 at San Francisco) 84
8. Mike Wagner (11/2/1975 at Cincinnati) 83
9. Keyaron Fox (10/25/2009 vs. Minnesota) 82
t10. Brett Keisel (9/26/2010 at Tampa Bay) 79
t10. Dwayne Woodruff (10/16/1983 vs. Cleveland) 79

Most Touchdowns on Interceptions

Career

Table inside Article
Name (Years) Touchdowns
t1. William Gay (2007-11, 13-17) 5
t1. Rod Woodson (1987-96) 5
t3. Chad Scott (1997-04) 4
t3. Jack Butler (1951-59) 4
t5. Troy Polamalu (2003-14) 3
t5. Deshea Townsend (1998-09) 3
t5. Carnell Lake (1989-98) 3
t5. Dwayne Woodruff (1979-85, 1987-90) 3
t5. Tony Compagno (1946-48) 3
t10. Minkah Fitzpatrick (2019-20) 2
t10. Tyrone Carter (2004-09) 2
t10. Dewayne Washington (1998-03) 2
t10. Bryan Hinkle (1982-93) 2
t10. Mike Merriweather (1982-87) 2
t10. Donnie Shell (1974-87) 2
t10. Sam Washington (1982-85) 2
t10. Mel Blount (1970-83) 2
t10. Glen Edwards (1971-77) 2
t10. John Rowser (1970-73) 2
t10. Marv Woodson (1964-69) 2
t10. Jim Bradshaw (1963-67) 2

Season

Table inside Article
Name (Year) Touchdowns
1. William Gay (2014) 3
t2. Chad Scott (2001) 2
t2. Dewayne Washington (1998) 2
t2. Rod Woodson (1994) 2
t2. Sam Washington (1984) 2
t2. Jack Butler (1954) 2
t2. Tony Compagno (1947) 2

Game

Table inside Article
Name (Year) Touchdowns
1. Dewayne Washington (11/22/98 vs. Jacksonville; 78, 52) 2
2. Many, last time by Joe Haden (12/2/20 vs. Baltimore) 1

Most Consecutive Games Intercepting Pass

Table inside Article
Name (Year) Games
1. Mel Blount (1975) 6
t2. Sam Washington (1984) 4
t2. Troy Polamalu (2008) 4
4. 19 times, last time by Minkah Fitzpatrick (2019) 3

Longest Interception Returns

Table inside Article
Name (Year) Yards
1. Martin Kottler (9/27/33 vs. Chicago Cardinals) 99 (TD)
2. Minkah Fitzpatrick (11/3/19 vs. Indianapolis) 96 (TD)
3. Jack Hinkle (10/9/43 vs. N.Y. Giants) 91
4. Lawrence Timmons (11/30/08 at New England) 89
5. Glen Edwards (9/30/73 at Houston) 86 (TD)
6. Joey Porter (9/15/02 vs. Oakland) 84
t7. Keyaron Fox (10/25/09 vs. Minnesota) 82 (TD)
t7. Jim Bradshaw (10/24/65 at Philadelphia) 82 (TD)
t7. Tony Compagno (11/7/48 vs. Green Bay) 82 (TD)
10. Russ Craft (10/17/54 vs. Cleveland) 81 (TD)