Most Defensive Touchdowns by a Team in a Season (NFL)

The 1961 San Diego Chargers hold the NFL team record for defensive touchdowns in a season, with 9. Next best is the 1998 Seattle Seahawks, at 8.

NFL team record San Diego Chargers 1961 season, 14 games

9 Defensive Touchdowns 1 clear of 1998 Seattle Seahawks

#	Team	Season	G	TD
1	San Diego Chargers	1961	14	9
2	Seattle Seahawks	1998	16	8
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	2001	16	8
2	Chicago Bears	2012	16	8
5	Seattle Seahawks	1984	16	7
5	St. Louis Rams	1999	16	7
5	Cincinnati Bengals	2001	16	7
8	Cleveland Browns	1960	12	6
8	Green Bay Packers	1966	14	6
8	Detroit Lions	1967	14	6
8	Houston Oilers	1967	14	6
8	Kansas City Chiefs	1992	16	6
8	Minnesota Vikings	1992	16	6
8	Cleveland Browns	2001	16	6
8	Indianapolis Colts	2002	16	6
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	2002	16	6
8	Arizona Cardinals	2007	16	6
8	Minnesota Vikings	2007	16	6
8	Green Bay Packers	2008	16	6
20	Green Bay Packers	1945	10	5
20	Los Angeles Rams	1958	12	5
20	St. Louis Cardinals	1961	14	5
20	New York Giants	1963	14	5
20	St. Louis Cardinals	1964	14	5
20	Houston Oilers	1968	14	5
20	Houston Oilers	1971	14	5
20	Washington Redskins	1971	14	5
20	Kansas City Chiefs	1972	14	5
20	Kansas City Chiefs	1974	14	5
20	Los Angeles Rams	1978	16	5
20	San Francisco 49ers	1983	16	5
20	San Francisco 49ers	1986	16	5
20	Pittsburgh Steelers	1987	15	5
20	Minnesota Vikings	1988	16	5
20	San Francisco 49ers	1995	16	5
20	Denver Broncos	1997	16	5
20	New Orleans Saints	1998	16	5
20	Kansas City Chiefs	1999	16	5
20	Philadelphia Eagles	1999	16	5
20	Denver Broncos	2000	16	5
20	Kansas City Chiefs	2001	16	5
20	New England Patriots	2001	16	5
20	Baltimore Ravens	2001	16	5
20	Buffalo Bills	2001	16	5
20	Miami Dolphins	2001	16	5
20	Houston Texans	2002	16	5
20	Philadelphia Eagles	2002	16	5
20	Tennessee Titans	2002	16	5
20	New England Patriots	2003	16	5
20	Baltimore Ravens	2004	16	5
20	Chicago Bears	2004	16	5
20	Baltimore Ravens	2006	16	5
20	Baltimore Ravens	2008	16	5
20	New Orleans Saints	2009	16	5
20	Detroit Lions	2011	16	5
20	Denver Broncos	2012	16	5
20	San Diego Chargers	2012	16	5
20	Kansas City Chiefs	2013	16	5
20	Chicago Bears	2013	16	5
20	Chicago Bears	2018	16	5
20	Dallas Cowboys	2021	17	5
20	New England Patriots	2022	17	5
20	Dallas Cowboys	2023	17	5
64	Green Bay Packers	1932	14	4
64	Green Bay Packers	1935	12	4
64	Chicago Bears	1939	11	4
64	New York Giants	1944	10	4
64	Pittsburgh Steelers	1947	12	4
64	Los Angeles Rams	1949	12	4
64	Baltimore Colts	1950	12	4
64	Chicago Bears	1950	12	4
64	New York Giants	1951	12	4
64	Los Angeles Rams	1952	12	4
64	Cleveland Browns	1954	12	4
64	Baltimore Colts	1959	12	4
64	Dallas Texans	1960	14	4
64	Buffalo Bills	1960	14	4
64	New York Giants	1961	14	4
64	Denver Broncos	1962	14	4
64	Chicago Bears	1963	14	4
64	Minnesota Vikings	1964	14	4
64	New York Jets	1964	14	4
64	Green Bay Packers	1965	14	4
64	Oakland Raiders	1965	14	4
64	Baltimore Colts	1965	14	4
64	Los Angeles Rams	1966	14	4
64	Buffalo Bills	1966	14	4
64	Miami Dolphins	1966	14	4
64	Kansas City Chiefs	1967	14	4
64	Los Angeles Rams	1967	14	4
64	Oakland Raiders	1967	14	4
64	Oakland Raiders	1968	14	4
64	Buffalo Bills	1968	14	4
64	Baltimore Colts	1968	14	4
64	Oakland Raiders	1969	14	4
64	Detroit Lions	1970	14	4
64	Washington Redskins	1973	14	4
64	Baltimore Colts	1975	14	4
64	Denver Broncos	1976	14	4
64	Los Angeles Rams	1980	16	4

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.