1970 NFL Interceptions by Team

The Kansas City Chiefs led the whole NFL in interceptions in 1970, with 31, 3 ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 26 NFL teams is 19.6.

Led the whole NFL in 1970 Kansas City Chiefs 14 games

31 Interceptions 3 clear of Detroit Lions

#	Team	Conference	G	INT
1	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	14	31
2	Detroit Lions	NFC	14	28
2	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	14	28
4	Baltimore Colts	AFC	14	25
5	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	14	24
6	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	14	23
6	Miami Dolphins	AFC	14	23
6	New York Jets	AFC	14	23
6	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	14	23
10	New Orleans Saints	NFC	14	22
10	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	14	22
12	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	14	21
13	Green Bay Packers	NFC	14	20
	NFL average			19.6
14	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	14	19
14	Cleveland Browns	AFC	14	19
14	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	14	19
14	Oakland Raiders	AFC	14	19
18	Houston Oilers	AFC	14	18
19	Chicago Bears	NFC	14	17
19	New York Giants	NFC	14	17
21	Denver Broncos	AFC	14	16
22	Washington Redskins	NFC	14	15
23	Buffalo Bills	AFC	14	11
24	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	14	10
25	San Diego Chargers	AFC	14	9
26	Boston Patriots	AFC	14	8

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.