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2009 NFL Interceptions Thrown by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Passes intercepted

The Detroit Lions led the whole NFL in interceptions thrown in 2009, with 32, 3 ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The average across 32 NFL teams is 16.4.

Led the whole NFL in 2009 Detroit Lions 16 games
32 Interceptions Thrown 3 clear of Tampa Bay Buccaneers
# Team Conference G INT
1 Detroit Lions NFC 16 32
2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 29
3 Chicago Bears NFC 16 27
4 New York Jets AFC 16 21
4 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 21
6 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 20
7 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 19
7 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 19
7 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 19
7 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 19
11 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 18
11 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 18
11 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 18
14 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 17
14 Houston Texans AFC 16 17
14 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 17
NFL average 16.4
17 Washington Redskins NFC 16 16
18 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 15
19 New York Giants NFC 16 14
19 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 14
19 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 14
22 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 13
22 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 13
22 Denver Broncos AFC 16 13
22 New England Patriots AFC 16 13
22 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 13
27 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 12
28 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 10
28 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 10
30 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 9
31 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 8
32 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 7

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.