1986 NFL Interceptions Thrown by Team

The San Diego Chargers led the whole NFL in interceptions thrown in 1986, with 33, 2 ahead of the Houston Oilers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 20.8.

Led the whole NFL in 1986 San Diego Chargers 16 games

33 Interceptions Thrown 2 clear of Houston Oilers

#	Team	Conference	G	INT
1	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	33
2	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	31
3	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	27
4	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	25
4	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	25
4	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	25
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	25
8	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	24
8	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	24
10	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	23
11	New York Giants	NFC	16	22
11	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	22
13	New York Jets	AFC	16	21
	NFL average			20.8
14	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	20
14	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	20
14	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	20
14	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	20
18	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	19
18	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	19
20	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	18
21	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	17
21	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	17
23	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	16
24	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	15
24	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	15
26	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	14
27	New England Patriots	AFC	16	13
28	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	11

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. Passing yards are gross, before sack yardage comes off; the league's official team figures are net, so they run a little lower.