| Team | Name | Tackles | Sacks | Fum Rec |
| Washington | Dexter Manley | 23 | 9 | 0 |
| St. Louis | David Galloway | 34 | 8 | 0 |
| Chicago | Richard Dent | 19 | 8 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Casey Merrill | 19 | 8 | 0 |
| St. Louis | Curtis Greer | 19 | 8 | 0 |
| Seattle | Jeff Bryant | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| Seattle | Joe Nash | 29 | 7 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Lawrence Taylor | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| Chicago | Otis Wilson | 64 | 6 | 2 |
| Seattle | Jacob Green | 21 | 6 | 3 |
| Chicago | Mike Hartenstine | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | Keith Willis | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Miami | Bob Baumhower | 34 | 5 | 1 |
| Detroit | Doug English | 21 | 5 | 3 |
| Indianapolis | Leo Wisniewski | 19 | 5 | 2 |
| Chicago | Dan Hampton | 19 | 5 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | Vernon Maxwell | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | Keith Gary | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| New York AFC | Mark Gastineau | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| Washington | Darryl Grant | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| New York NFC | Leonard Marshall | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Green Bay | John Anderson | 50 | 4 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Carl Banks | 39 | 4 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | Johnie Cooks | 34 | 4 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Mike Douglass | 29 | 4 | 1 |
| Detroit | Michael Cofer | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit | Alvin Hall | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas | John Dutton | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Mel Owens | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver | Barney Chavous | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver | Rulon Jones | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Jim Wilks | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Jack Youngblood | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago | Mike Singletary | 63 | 3 | 1 |
| San Diego | Linden King | 53 | 3 | 2 |
| Miami | Jay Brophy | 49 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Mike Merriweather | 49 | 3 | 0 |
| New England | Andre Tippett | 43 | 3 | 1 |
| Washington | Mel Kaufman | 36 | 3 | 0 |
| St. Louis | Benny Perrin | 35 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit | Jimmy Williams | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| Seattle | Greg Gaines | 28 | 3 | 3 |
| Indianapolis | Cliff Odom | 27 | 3 | 2 |
| New York AFC | Lance Mehl | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| New England | Dennis Owens | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Gary Dunn | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas | Randy White | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit | Curtis Green | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Manu Tuiasosopo | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| Cincinnati | Tim Krumrie | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Eddie Edwards | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | George Andrews | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Ken Clarke | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Jim Burt | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Philadelphia | Dennis Harrison | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Washington | Monte Coleman | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit | William Gay | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | Blaise Winter | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| San Diego | Keith Ferguson | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Cincinnati | Ross Browner | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit | Ken Fantetti | 74 | 2 | 3 |
| St. Louis | E.J. Junior | 65 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Randy Scott | 58 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago | Al Harris | 48 | 2 | 1 |
| Detroit | Garry Cobb | 43 | 2 | 3 |
| Miami | Charles Bowser | 43 | 2 | 2 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Matt Millen | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Rickey Jackson | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| New Orleans | Dennis Winston | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| New England | Don Blackmon | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| St. Louis | Al Baker | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Reggie Williams | 26 | 2 | 2 |
| Denver | Rubin Carter | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | Nesby Glasgow | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego | Billy Ray Smith | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| Philadelphia | Joel Williams | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| New York AFC | Barry Bennett | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Terry Jones | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| Miami | Mark Brown | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Gary Reasons | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Denver | Steve Foley | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego | Bill Elko | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Philadelphia | Anthony Griggs | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Jim Stuckey | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Bruce Clark | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Howie Long | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Miami | Kim Bokamper | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Hugh Green | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Bill Pickel | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Green Bay | Ezra Johnson | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| New England | Julius Adams | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Washington | Perry Brooks | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Seattle | Randy Edwards | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Washington | Tony McGee | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| St. Louis | Thomas Howard | 55 | 1 | 0 |
| Seattle | Bruce Scholtz | 49 | 1 | 6 |
| Washington | Neal Olkewicz | 46 | 1 | 3 |
| St. Louis | Charlie Baker | 46 | 1 | 1 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Brad Van Pelt | 43 | 1 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | Robin Cole | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Glenn Cameron | 37 | 1 | 3 |
| New Orleans | Whitney Paul | 34 | 1 | 1 |
| Miami | Bob Brudzinski | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| Dallas | Michael Downs | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| New England | Larry McGrew | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Jeff Schuh | 29 | 1 | 2 |
| Seattle | Dave Brown | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| Denver | Rick Dennison | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas | Anthony Dickerson | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| San Diego | Woodrow Lowe | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| Detroit | William Graham | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Rod Martin | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington | Rich Milot | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| Dallas | Ron Fellows | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| New England | Fred Marion | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| San Diego | Tim Fox | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Mark Haynes | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| Dallas | Everson Walls | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Robert Jackson | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago | Steve McMichael | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| San Diego | John Turner | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Daryll Jones | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington | Dave Butz | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| New York AFC | Johnny Lynn | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Miami | Doug Betters | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| San Diego | Chuck Ehin | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Dallas | Ed Jones | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| New England | Toby Williams | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Reggie Kinlaw | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Derland Moore | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington | Charles Mann | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | John Goodman | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Louis | Elois Grooms | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Beasley Reece | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas | Jim Jeffcoat | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Dwaine Board | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| New York AFC | Joe Klecko | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| New England | Ken Sims | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Reggie Doss | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| New York NFC | Kenny Hill | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| New York AFC | Ben Rudolph | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Robert Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| San Diego | Fred Robinson | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Michael Carter | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| New York AFC | Tom Baldwin | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| San Diego | Mike Green | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| New York AFC | Greg Buttle | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| Denver | Jim Ryan | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas | Eugene Lockhart | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| New York AFC | Kyle Clifton | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| St. Louis | Lionel Washington | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| San Francisco | Keena Turner | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| New England | Steve Nelson | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago | Todd Bell | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| New England | Ray Clayborn | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| Seattle | Keith Butler | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Bryan Hinkle | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Louis Breeden | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis | Wayne Smith | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Detroit | Bruce McNorton | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Tim Lewis | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Tom Flynn | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | Darrell Green | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Harry Carson | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| Chicago | Gary Fencik | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Ron Simpkins | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit | Bobby Watkins | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas | Mike Hegman | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| St. Louis | Leonard Smith | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| New Orleans | Russell Gary | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego | Ken Greene | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | Louis Wright | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago | Leslie Frazier | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| New York AFC | Kirk Springs | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas | Dextor Clinkscale | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Riki Ellison | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Seattle | Kenny Easley | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | Barry Krauss | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Seattle | Keith Simpson | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Seattle | Shelton Robinson | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | Vernon Dean | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | Steve Busick | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Dan Bunz | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Ronnie Lott | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Washington | Ken Coffey | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Bay | Mark Lee | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Johnnie Poe | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Bobby Kemp | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Vann McElroy | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Jim Collins | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Chicago | Mike Richardson | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | Don McNeal | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| New York AFC | Darrol Ray | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | Karl Mecklenburg | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Mike Haynes | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| New England | Ernest Gibson | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Dwight Hicks | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | Dennis Smith | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| New York AFC | Russell Carter | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Denver | Mike Harden | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Mike Davis | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Frank Wattelet | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego | Gill Byrd | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Seattle | John Harris | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | Eugene Daniel | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | William Judson | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Dave Waymer | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Terry Kinard | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Eric Williams | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Ray Horton | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Lester Hayes | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Jim Kovach | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Jerry Robinson | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Dwayne Woodruff | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | Tom Jackson | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Bob Nelson | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | Curtis Jordan | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | Glenn Blackwood | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| New England | Roland James | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Reggie Wilkes | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Wes Hopkins | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego | Danny Walters | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Carlton Williamson | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Bay | George Cumby | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | Mark Kafentzis | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Donnie Shell | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Sam Washington | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Eric Wright | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Jack Reynolds | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Scot Brantley | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | Preston Davis | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| New York AFC | Marty Lyons | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| St. Louis | Victor Heflin | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Eric Harris | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Philadelphia | Elbert Foules | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | Tate Randle | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Gary Green | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Nolan Cromwell | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | David Little | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | Donnell Thompson | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Greg Meisner | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Leroy Irvin | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | John Holt | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | Anthony Washington | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Lyle Alzado | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | Lyle Blackwood | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| New York AFC | Bobby Bell | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Jeff Davis | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Mark Cotney | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | Ray Griffin | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Ted Watts | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Ivory Sully | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | Paul Lankford | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Perry Williams | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Ray Ellis | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Chris Washington | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | David Logan | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Carl Ekern | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Mario Clark | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Seattle | Terry Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Keith Browner | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago | Shaun Gayle | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Charles Dejurnett | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| New England | Rick Sanford | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago | Jeff Fisher | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | Steve Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit | Al Latimer | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Mark Murphy | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Herman Edwards | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Edmund Nelson | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Harvey Clayton | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | Randy Robbins | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | Scott Garnett | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Donnie Humphrey | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | Mike Charles | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Greg Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Fred Acorn | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Jeremiah Castille | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | John Cannon | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | Charles Benson | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay | Lee roy Selmon | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dallas | Bill Bates | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles NFC | Vince Newsome | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans | Rodney Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| New York AFC | Davlin Mullen | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| New York NFC | Kenny Daniel | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Chris Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis | Mark Duda | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas | Jeff Rohrer | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas | Victor Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Bay | Alphonso Carreker | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | Larry Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AFC | Greg Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | Robert Sowell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans | James Geathers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Brenard Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | Jody Schulz | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego | Lee Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego | Lucious Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Dana McLemore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Milt McColl | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | Norris Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 5537 | 380 | 120 |