Chiefs linebackers 
Johnson was selected to the AP All-Pro Team for the first time of his career, earning first-team honors alongside San Francisco inside linebackers Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman. Hali appeared as a second-team selection at outside linebacker.
Both players were 16-game starters for the Chiefs during the 2011 season. Johnson set a new franchise single-season tackle record with 179 tackles and played in nearly every defensive snap. Hali posted a career-high 83 tackles and led the team in sacks (12.0) for the fifth time in his six NFL seasons.
Johnson and Hali finished first and second in a vote of their teammates for the Derrick Thomas MVP Award and are both heading to Hawaii later this month for the Pro Bowl. Thomas was the last Chiefs linebacker to earn AP All-Pro honors (second-team in 1996).
The Associated Press All-Pro team is selected by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the team.
Last season,
2011 AP All-Pro Team, 1st Team Offense
| Position | Player, Team |
| QB | Aaron Rodgers, GB |
| RB | Maurice Jones-Drew, JAC |
| LeSean McCoy, PHI | |
| FB | Vonta Leach, BAL |
| WR | Calvin Johnson, DET |
| Wes Welker, NE | |
| TE | Rob Gronkowski, NE |
| T | Jason Peters, PHI |
| Joe Thomas, CLV | |
| G | Carl Nicks, NO |
| Jahri Evans, NO | |
| C | Maurkice Pouncey, PIT |
| KR | Patrick Peterson, ARI |
| KR | David Akers, SF |
2011 AP all-Pro Team, 1st Team Defense
| Position | Player, Team |
| DE | Jared Allen, MIN |
| Jason Pierre-Paul, NYG | |
| DT | Haloti Ngata, BAL |
| Justin Smith, SF | |
| OLB | Terrell Suggs, BAL |
| DeMarcus Ware, DAL | |
| ILB | Patrick Willis, SF |
| NaVorro Bowman, SF | |
| Derrick Johnson, KC | |
| CB | Charles Woodson, GB |
| Derrelle Revis, NYJ | |
| S | Troy Polamalu, PIT |
| Eric Weddle, SD | |
| P | Andy Lee, SF |
2011 AP All-Pro Team, 2nd Team Offense
| Position | Player, Team |
| QB | Drew Brees, NO |
| RB | Ray Rice, BAL |
| Arian Foster, HOU | |
| FB | John Kuhn, GB |
| WR | Larry Fitzgerald, ARI |
| Victor Cruz, NYG | |
| TE | Jimmy Graham, NO |
| T | Duane Brown, HOU |
| Joe Staley, SF | |
| G | Marshal Yanda, BAL |
| Logan Mankins, NE | |
| C | Ryan Kalil, CAR |
| Nick Mangold, NYJ | |
| KR | Devin Hester, CHI |
| KR | Sebastian Janikowski, OAK |
2011 AP all-Pro Team, 2nd Team Defense
| Position | Player, Team |
| DE | Justin Smith, SF |
| Jason Babin, PHI | |
| DT | Geno Atkins, CIN |
| Vince Wilford, NE | |
| Richard Seymour, OAK | |
| OLB | Tamba Hali, KC |
| Von Miller, DEN | |
| ILB | Brian Cushing, HOU |
| London Fletcher, WAS | |
| CB | Jonathan Joseph, HOU |
| Carlos Rogers, SF | |
| S | Ed Reed, BAL |
| Earl Thomas, SEA | |
| P | Shane Lechler, OAK |
