Top 15 New York Jets Career Defensive Leaders in Three Categories

Let's do this one more time and look at the defensive side of the ball:

Career Sacks as a Jet:

1 Mark Gastineau 107.5
2 Joe Klecko 78
3 Shaun Ellis 72.5
4 Gerry Philbin 65
5 Verlon Biggs 58.5
6 John Abraham 53.5
7 Mo Lewis 52.5
8 Calvin Pace 46
9 Muhammad Wilkerson 44.5
10 Marty Lyons 43
11 John Elliott 38.5
12 Larry Grantham 38.5
13 Marvin Washington 37.5
14 David Harris 35
15 Jeff Lageman 34.5

Career Interceptions as a Jet:

1 Bill Baird 34
2 Dainard Paulson 29
3 Darrelle Revis 25
4 Larry Grantham 24
5 Victor Green 24
6 James Hasty 24
7 Aaron Glenn 24
8 Erik McMillan 22
9 Al Atkinson 21
10 Burgess Owens 21
11 Darrol Ray 21
12 Bobby Jackson 21
13 Ralph Baker 19
14 Brian Washington 18
15 Johnny Lynn 17
15 Johnny Sample 17

SOLO TACKLES as a Jet:

1 Kyle Clifton 1468
2 Mo Lewis 1011
3 Marvin Jones 730
4 David Harris 710
5 Victor Green 619
6 James Hasty 491
7 Brian Washington 460
8 Shaun Ellis 404
9 Marvin Washington 358
10 Aaron Glenn 338
11 Jeff Lageman 330
12 Bryan Thomas 329
13 Kerry Rhodes 328
14 Demario Davis 327
15 Darrelle Revis 317

 

1) Say what you want about Gastineau, but he dominates sacks as much as any category leader in Jets history

2) Erik McMillian is a tragedy. If he wasn't such a head case who knows what he could have been

3) Kyle Clifton is among the most underrated Jets in history IMHO