Arizona Cardinals Tackles Leaders
Career totals with the Cardinals and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Seasons before 1922 are not in the source. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics. Chicago Cardinals 1922-1959, St. Louis Cardinals 1960-1987, Phoenix Cardinals 1988-1993. 1944: merged with Pittsburgh as Card-Pitt. Merged-season player lines count for both franchises, as Pro-Football-Reference's franchise histories do. No schedule length in the source for 1944, so no season line that year qualifies for a rate board.
Budda Baker holds the Cardinals career record with 993 tackles. The single-season record is 154, by Budda Baker in 2024.
All-time Cardinals leaders
Career totals with the club| # | Player | With the club | TKL | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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2017–2026 | 993 | 144 |
| 2 |
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2001–2012 | 779 | 179 |
| 3 |
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2004–2017 | 699 | 121 |
| 4 |
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2019–2025 | 531 | 96 |
| 5 |
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2008–2025 | 500 | 154 |
| 6 |
|
2011–2020 | 487 | 154 |
| 7 |
|
2004–2013 | 405 | 149 |
| 8 |
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2014–2018 | 389 | 67 |
| 9 | Gerald Hayes | 2003–2010 | 372 | 90 |
| 10 |
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2010–2013 | 369 | 57 |
| 11 |
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2019–2021 | 353 | 49 |
| 12 |
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2009–2015 | 330 | 92 |
| 13 |
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2013–2017 | 298 | 65 |
| 14 |
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2010–2012 | 293 | 48 |
| 15 |
|
2005–2009 | 289 | 68 |
| 16 | Raynoch Thompson | 2000–2004 | 270 | 61 |
| 17 | Rob Fredrickson | 1999–2002 | 267 | 54 |
| 18 |
|
2013–2016 | 261 | 52 |
| 19 |
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2021–2026 | 254 | 84 |
| 20 |
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2016–2021 | 249 | 84 |
| 21 |
|
2017–2020 | 245 | 62 |
| 22 |
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2020–2022 | 244 | 50 |
| 23 |
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2015–2022 | 223 | 86 |
| 23 |
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2019–2022 | 223 | 56 |
| 25 |
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2023–2024 | 209 | 28 |
Single-season Cardinals records
Best seasons in club history| # | Player | Season | TKL | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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2024 | 154 | 17 |
| 2 |
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2019 | 140 | 16 |
| 3 |
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2019 | 134 | 16 |
| 4 |
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2012 | 127 | 16 |
| 5 |
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2024 | 126 | 17 |
| 6 |
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2000 | 120 | 16 |
| 7 | Ronald McKinnon | 2001 | 119 | 16 |
| 8 | Ronald McKinnon | 2000 | 118 | 16 |
| 9 |
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2025 | 117 | 16 |
| 9 |
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2013 | 117 | 16 |
| 11 |
|
2025 | 116 | 16 |
| 12 |
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2018 | 115 | 16 |
| 13 |
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2010 | 114 | 16 |
| 14 |
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2020 | 112 | 15 |
| 14 |
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2021 | 112 | 17 |
| 16 |
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2020 | 110 | 16 |
| 16 | Ronald McKinnon | 1999 | 110 | 16 |
| 18 |
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2015 | 109 | 16 |
| 19 |
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2008 | 105 | 16 |
| 20 |
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2021 | 103 | 17 |
| 21 |
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2011 | 101 | 15 |
| 22 |
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2021 | 100 | 17 |
| 23 | Kwamie Lassiter | 2001 | 98 | 16 |
| 24 |
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2022 | 96 | 15 |
| 25 |
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2018 | 95 | 14 |