2012 NFC Defensive Leaders | | Rnk | Player | Tackles | Assists | Total | Sack | Sack Yards | Forced Fumbles | Pass Deflect | Safeties | | 1 | James Laurinaitis, STL | 117 | 25 | 142 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 2 | Lavonte David, TAM | 112 | 27 | 139 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 3 | Daryl Washington, ARI | 108 | 26 | 134 | 9 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | Luke Kuechly, CAR | 103 | 62 | 165 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | | 5 | Chad Greenway, MIN | 96 | 50 | 146 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 6 | NaVorro Bowman, SFX | 93 | 51 | 144 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | | 7 | Roman Harper, NOS | 89 | 27 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | | 8 | Patrick Willis, SFX | 88 | 32 | 120 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | | 8 | Jo-Lonn Dunbar, STL | 88 | 24 | 112 | 4.5 | 40.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | 10 | Morgan Burnett, GBP | 87 | 35 | 122 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | | 11 | Bobby Wagner, SEA | 85 | 54 | 139 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 12 | DeMeco Ryans, PHI | 84 | 27 | 111 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 13 | Cortland Finnegan, STL | 83 | 18 | 101 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | | 14 | Curtis Lofton, NOS | 82 | 41 | 123 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | | 14 | Justin Durant, DAL | 82 | 21 | 103 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |

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