Pittsburgh Steelers Tackles Leaders

Career totals with the Steelers and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 18: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Pittsburgh Pirates 1933-1939. 1943: merged with Philadelphia (Phil-Pitt); 1944: merged with the Chicago Cardinals (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 1943, 1944, so no season line that year qualifies for a rate board.

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Lawrence Timmons holds the Steelers career record with 868 tackles. The single-season record is 125, by Payton Wilson in 2025.

SK INT TKL TFL SOLO PD FF QBH TD

All-time Steelers leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	TKL	G
1	Lawrence Timmons	2007–2016	868	154
2	James Farrior	2002–2011	867	154
3	Cameron Heyward	2011–2026	730	219
4	Troy Polamalu	2003–2014	677	156
5	James Harrison	2004–2017	624	159
6	Ryan Clark	2006–2013	585	111
7	Ike Taylor	2003–2014	568	172
8	Larry Foote	2002–2013	498	133
9	T.J. Watt	2017–2026	484	139
10	Minkah Fitzpatrick	2019–2024	478	88
11	William Gay	2007–2017	469	146
12	Vince Williams	2013–2020	428	111
13	Joey Porter	1999–2006	396	118
14	Terrell Edmunds	2018–2024	379	83
15	Aaron Smith	1999–2011	360	145
16	Brett Keisel	2002–2014	330	143
17	Alex Highsmith	2020–2026	320	94
18	Casey Hampton	2001–2012	305	150
19	Patrick Queen	2024–2026	279	40
20	Ryan Shazier	2014–2017	275	45
21	Mike Mitchell	2014–2017	268	61
22	Clark Haggans	2001–2007	263	93
23	Brent Alexander	2000–2003	256	63
24	Devin Bush	2019–2022	251	51
24	Payton Wilson	2024–2026	251	39

Single-season Steelers records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	TKL	G
1	Payton Wilson	2025	125	17
2	Patrick Queen	2024	123	17
3	Lawrence Timmons	2014	121	16
4	Patrick Queen	2025	119	17
5	James Farrior	2003	117	16
6	Minkah Fitzpatrick	2021	116	16
7	Lawrence Timmons	2013	114	16
8	Lawrence Timmons	2010	108	16
9	Lawrence Timmons	2015	105	16
10	James Farrior	2006	103	16
11	Lawrence Timmons	2016	102	16
12	James Farrior	2008	99	16
12	Earl Holmes	2001	99	16
12	Joe Schobert	2021	99	16
15	Earl Holmes	2000	98	16
16	DeShon Elliott	2024	96	15
16	Levon Kirkland	1999	96	16
18	James Farrior	2005	95	14
18	Larry Foote	2012	95	16
18	Lawrence Timmons	2012	95	16
21	Terrell Edmunds	2019	94	16
22	Ryan Clark	2013	93	16
22	Myles Jack	2022	93	13
24	Elandon Roberts	2023	91	16
25	Sean Davis	2017	90	16