- Games Played/Started: (1996, 14/13); (1997, 16/16); (1998, 14/14); (1999, 16/16); (2000, 16/16); (2001 16/16); (2002, 5/5); (2003, 16/16); (2004, 15/15); (2005, 6/6); (2006, 14/14); (2007, 14/14); (2008, 16/16); (2009, 9/9) Total 183/182
- Playoffs: (2000, 4/4); (2001, 2/2); (2003, 1/1); (2006, 1/1) (2008, 3/3) Total 11/11
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Ten-time Pro Bowler (1997-2001, 2003-04 and 2006-08), 2-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2000 and ’03) and Super Bowl XXXV MVP, who continues to cement his legacy as the greatest LB and one of the best players in NFL history
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Enters 2009 as the Ravens’ franchise leader with 2,182 career tackles (1,451 solo)
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Has also posted 33.5 sacks, 28 INTs (2nd in franchise history), 102 PD, 12 FFs and 14 FRs
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In 11 career postseason games, he has recorded 131 tackles (86 solo), 2 INTs returned for 54 yards (including 1 for a TD), 11 PD, 4 FFs and 1 FR
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In 2008, Lewis earned his 10th Pro Bowl invite, 1st-team All-Pro from The Associated Press, 1st-team All-NFL and All-AFC from PFW/PFWA, after starting all 16 games, leading the team with 160 tackles (10th season with at least 150 tackles)
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He also posted 3.5 sacks (-32.5 yards), 3 INTs, 1 FF, 2 FRs and 12 PD as the heart and soul of the NFL’s 2nd-ranked defense
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Ravens finished 2008 not allowing a 100-yard rusher in 35 consecutive games
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Also started all 3 postseason games in ‘08, leading the team with 29 tackles (23 solo), 1 PD and 2 FFs (both recovered by the Ravens)
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Named to his 9th Pro Bowl after starting all 14 games in which he played (missed the final 2 with a finger injury) and led the team for the 10th time in his career with 184 tackles in 2007
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Earned his 8th Pro Bowl nod in 2006 after an injury to Broncos LB Al Wilson, but Lewis could not play due to a hand injury, giving way to teammate Bart Scott, who earned his 1st-career Pro Bowl
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Led the NFL’s No.1-rated defense in tackles in 9 games and finished with a team-leading 164 tackles
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Started 15 games in 2004 (missing 1 due to a broken wrist)
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Earned 2nd-straight Pro Bowl berth after leading the team with 200 tackles (3rd 200-tackle season)
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Also named 1st-team All-Pro by The AP, 2nd-team All-Pro by College and Pro Football Weekly and Football Digest and All-Pro by The Sporting News in 2004
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Earned 2003 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors for the 2nd time (2000), becoming just the 6th player in NFL history to win multiple times (Lawrence Taylor – 3 times, Joe Greene, Mike Singletary, Bruce Smith and Reggie White – 2 times each)
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Was the leading vote-getter (49 of 50) when he earned 1st-team AP All-Pro honors
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Also earned Pro Football Weekly, PFWA and Football Digest Defensive MVP honors
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Was named to Dr. Z’s Sports Illustrated All-Pro team, Pro Football Weekly’s All-NFL team, Pro Football Weekly’s All-AFC team, Football Digest’s All-Pro 1st-team, The Sporting News’ All-Pro team and received the KC 101 AFC Defensive Player of the Year award for the 3rd time
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Lewis and DE Bruce Smith are the only players to win the award 3 times
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Finished the season with a franchise-record 225 tackles in 2003
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Also recorded 13 PD and led all NFL LBs with 6 INTs
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In June 2003, Lewis was voted the NFL’s most dominant player by NFL head coaches (CBS Sportsline)
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He received 10 votes while no other player received more than 2
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Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors Week 3 (2002) vs. Denver after posting 20 tackles (12 solo), 2 PD and an INT on Monday Night Football
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Lewis earned his 5th consecutivePro Bowl in 2001 when he led the NFL in tackles (196) and also was named 1st-team All-Pro
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Was the 2nd player in NFL history to win both NFL Defensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl MVP (2000). DT Harvey Martin of Dallas won Defensive Player of the Year in 1977 and was co-MVP of Super Bowl XXII with DT Randy White
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Pro Bowl starter and 1st-team All-Pro while leading the Ravens to the Super Bowl - all at age 25
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Lewis was voted to his 4th straight Pro Bowl in 2000 and again led the team in tackles (187)
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Named a unanimous All-Pro
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In 2000, led a defense that set a 16-game single-season record for fewest points allowed (165), set the 16-game record for fewest rushing yards allowed (970), recorded 4 shutouts, 1 shy of the post-1970 merger record, and finished 1st league-wide in 6 key defensive categories
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Led all NFL tacklers in 2000 postseason with 31 (44 after coaches video review)
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Made his 2nd trip to the Pro Bowl following the 1998 season after leading the Ravens for the 3rd straight year with 154 tackles
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Also tabbed for The Sporting News All-Pro Team
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Won the John Mackey Award in June of ‘97, as voted by his peers, as the AFC’s best LB
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Selected as the “needs” player for the victorious AFC squad in the 1997 Pro Bowl after leading the NFL with 210 tackles, 68 more than his team-leading total in 1996
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Stepped into the starting MLB role in his rookie season at age 21 and earned USA Today’s All-Rookie team honors after leading the Ravens with 142 tackles.