Top Seasons by Dolphins Defenses

Season Roster Games Points Per Game
1 2001 Daryl Gardener (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Zach Thomas (LB), Patrick Surtain (CB), Brock Marion (S), Sam Madison (DU) 16 19.44
2 2006 Vonnie Holliday (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Zach Thomas (LB), Will Allen (CB), Yeremiah Bell (S), Morlon Greenwood (DU) 16 18.94
3 2021 Christian Wilkins (DT), Emmanuel Ogbah (DE), Andrew Van Ginkel (LB), Xavien Howard (CB), Jevon Holland (S), Nik Needham (DU) 17 17.76
4 2003 Tim Bowens (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Zach Thomas (LB), Patrick Surtain (CB), Brock Marion (S), Sam Madison (DU) 16 17.63
5 2000 Tim Bowens (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Zach Thomas (LB), Patrick Surtain (CB), Brock Marion (S), Sam Madison (DU) 16 17.5
6 2020 Christian Wilkins (DT), Emmanuel Ogbah (DE), Andrew Van Ginkel (LB), Xavien Howard (CB), Bobby McCain (S), Eric Rowe (DU) 16 17.13
7 2005 Vonnie Holliday (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Morlon Greenwood (LB), Sam Madison (CB), Lance Schulters (S), Zach Thomas (DU) 16 16.19
8 2016 Ndamukong Suh (DT), Cameron Wake (DE), Kiko Alonso (LB), Byron Maxwell (CB), Isa Abdul-Quddus (S), Tony Lippett (DU) 16 15.69
9 2002 Larry Chester (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Zach Thomas (LB), Patrick Surtain (CB), Brock Marion (S), Sam Madison (DU) 16 15.25
10 2015 Ndamukong Suh (DT), Derrick Shelby (DE), Jelani Jenkins (LB), Brent Grimes (CB), Reshad Jones (S), Brice McCain (DU) 16 14.69
11 2004 Bryan Robinson (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Zach Thomas (LB), Patrick Surtain (CB), Sammy Knight (S), David Bowens (DU) 16 14.56
12 2023 Zach Sieler (DT), Emmanuel Ogbah (DE), Andrew Van Ginkel (LB), Xavien Howard (CB), Jevon Holland (S), Bradley Chubb (DU) 17 14.41
13 2012 Randy Starks (DT), Cameron Wake (DE), Karlos Dansby (LB), Sean Smith (CB), Reshad Jones (S), Chris Clemons (DU) 16 14
14 2013 Paul Soliai (DT), Cameron Wake (DE), Philip Wheeler (LB), Brent Grimes (CB), Chris Clemons (S), Nolan Carroll (DU) 16 13.88
15 2014 Jared Odrick (DT), Cameron Wake (DE), Jason Trusnik (LB), Brent Grimes (CB), Reshad Jones (S), Cortland Finnegan (DU) 16 13.81
16 2018 Akeem Spence (DT), Cameron Wake (DE), Kiko Alonso (LB), Xavien Howard (CB), Reshad Jones (S), Minkah Fitzpatrick (DU) 16 13.69
17 2009 Tony McDaniel (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Joey Porter (LB), Vontae Davis (CB), Yeremiah Bell (S), Sean Smith (DU) 16 13.69
18 2008 Randy Starks (DT), Vonnie Holliday (DE), Joey Porter (LB), Will Allen (CB), Yeremiah Bell (S), Matt Roth (DU) 16 13.63
19 2007 Vonnie Holliday (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Joey Porter (LB), Will Allen (CB), Jason Allen (S), Morlon Greenwood (DU) 16 12.69
20 2010 Tony McDaniel (DT), Kendall Langford (DE), Cameron Wake (LB), Vontae Davis (CB), Chris Clemons (S), Benny Sapp (DU) 16 12.25
21 2017 Ndamukong Suh (DT), Cameron Wake (DE), Lawrence Timmons (LB), Xavien Howard (CB), Reshad Jones (S), Bobby McCain (DU) 16 12.06
22 1999 Daryl Gardener (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Derrick Rodgers (LB), Sam Madison (CB), Brock Marion (S), Terrell Buckley (DU) 16 12
23 2011 Randy Starks (DT), Jason Taylor (DE), Cameron Wake (LB), Vontae Davis (CB), Yeremiah Bell (S), Sean Smith (DU) 16 10.94
24 2022 Christian Wilkins (DT), Emmanuel Ogbah (DE), Melvin Ingram (LB), Xavien Howard (CB), Jevon Holland (S), Kader Kohou (DU) 17 10.88
25 2019 Christian Wilkins (DT), Jerome Baker (DE), Samuel Eguavoen (LB), Nik Needham (CB), Steven Parker (S), Eric Rowe (DU) 16 9.56