NFL Defensive snaps leaders, 2000–2026

The NFL players with the most defensive snaps since 2000.

Player	POS	Team	GP	DEF SNAPS	GP	OFF SNAPS	OFF %	DEF %	ST SNAPS	ST %	PEN	PENYDS
#1Demario Davis	OLB		215	13,381	215	0	0%	101.4%	626	14.9%	26	236
#2Bobby Wagner	MLB		203	13,222	203	0	0%	195.2%	891	30.9%	19	236
#3Lavonte David	OLB	TB	199	12,905	199	0	0%	128.8%	606	20.9%	16	135
#4Harrison Smith	FS	MIN	195	12,267	195	9	0.1%	125.2%	614	16.8%	24	254
#5Patrick Peterson	CB		169	11,060	169	38	0.4%	137.2%	1,188	37.8%	74	585
#6Tyrann Mathieu	FS		180	11,047	180	0	0%	125.9%	511	21.4%	33	345
#7Cameron Jordan	LB	NO	214	11,046	214	0	0%	85.9%	705	17%	30	267
#8Darius Slay	CB		187	10,719	187	2	0%	104.9%	504	15.9%	51	537
#9Kevin Byard	FS		168	10,664	168	0	0%	157.6%	711	49.1%	18	199
#10Tashaun Gipson	FS		172	10,381	172	0	0%	159.9%	346	13.6%	20	216
#11Cameron Heyward	DE	PIT	200	10,285	200	5	0%	112.7%	1,570	39.5%	31
#12Devin McCourty	FS	NE	159	10,026	159	4	0%	159.8%	1,184	37.4%	6
#13Stephon Gilmore	CB		164	9,906	164	0	0%	131.4%	298	9.9%	63	583
#14Jalen Ramsey	CB		156	9,870	156	14	0.1%	135.2%	542	27.7%	47	536
#15Khalil Mack	OLB		183	9,779	183	0	0%	109.6%	397	14.9%	24	183
#16Rodney McLeod Jr.	FS		167	9,705	167	1	0%	103.9%	1,307	49.3%	10	98
#17Calais Campbell	DE		206	9,388	206	0	0%	95.6%	1,851	51%	31	263
#18Malcolm Jenkins	S		142	9,284	142	7	0.1%	110.1%	1,138	35.8%	27	300
#19Kareem Jackson	S		158	9,247	158	0	0%	89.1%	188	6.2%	35	523
#20Jordan Poyer	FS		181	9,174	181	9	0.1%	90.7%	1,646	56.5%	25	347
#21Eric Kendricks	MLB		150	9,115	150	0	0%	129%	609	24%	10	95
#22Leonard Williams	DE		179	9,103	179	0	0%	132.4%	882	30.8%	36	311
#23Jessie Bates	FS		134	8,768	134	0	0%	240.5%	274	27.2%	5	68
#24Budda Baker	S	ARI	142	8,700	142	0	0%	194%	712	51.3%	12	141
#25Fletcher Cox	DT	PHI	173	8,693	173	0	0%	100.7%	137	4.3%	30	199
#26Quandre Diggs	S		155	8,598	155	0	0%	164%	455	23.5%	24	217
#27Chris Harris	CB		141	8,541	141	0	0%	99.7%	114	3.8%	38	325
#28Aaron Donald	DL	LAR	156	8,538	156	0	0%	111.9%	498	21.4%	31	298
#29C.J. Mosley	ILB		133	8,501	133	0	0%	127.5%	482	21.4%	28	237
#30Logan Ryan	CB		154	8,482	154	0	0%	90.7%	674	21.6%	33	314
#31Chandler Jones	DE		140	8,466	140	0	0%	112%	632	20.9%	22	238
#32Micah Hyde	S		158	8,364	158	10	0.1%	90%	1,304	41.8%	12	162
#33Janoris Jenkins	CB		129	8,255	129	0	0%	104.9%	618	21.3%	59	677
#34Xavier Woods	FS		137	8,228	137	0	0%	163.6%	568	34.5%	24	329
#35Justin Simmons	FS		134	8,147	134	11	0.1%	118.6%	874	41.7%	14	129
#36James Bradberry	CB		125	8,107	125	0	0%	158.4%	590	36%	31	388
#37DeForest Buckner	DT		155	8,100	155	2	0%	99.4%	841	47.8%	24	183
#38Adrian Amos	S		143	8,097	143	0	0%	160%	1,015	61.1%	10	172
#39Ndamukong Suh	NT		153	8,004	153	0	0%	87.6%	376	13.7%	64	384
#40Von Miller	OLB		176	7,976	176	0	0%	78.1%	20	0.6%	56	381
#41Jordan Hicks	MLB		134	7,957	134	0	0%	168.7%	608	50.4%	9	101
#42Roquan Smith	ILB		129	7,935	129	0	0%	149.1%	142	15%	15	194
#43Vonn Bell	S		139	7,871	139	0	0%	196.3%	885	50.9%	17	175
#44Jerry Hughes	DE		185	7,757	185	0	0%	76.1%	229	7.2%	60	505
#45Carlos Dunlap	DE		159	7,701	159	0	0%	115.9%	577	21.3%	25	227
#46Steven Nelson	CB		130	7,688	130	0	0%	136.9%	402	27.9%	33	407
#47Justin Reid	S		125	7,654	125	0	0%	183.2%	670	69.4%	17	253
#48Minkah Fitzpatrick	FS		122	7,609	122	42	0.6%	129.4%	591	33.5%	32	392
#49Casey Hayward	CB		136	7,607	136	0	0%	100.6%	367	14.9%	17	153
#50Grady Jarrett	DT		170	7,596	170	0	0%	132.4%	435	16.4%	24	195
#51Fred Warner	MLB	SF	125	7,584	125	0	0%	129.2%	429	59.3%	18	199
#51Xavier Rhodes	CB		135	7,584	135	0	0%	93.6%	212	7.1%	58	768
#53Marlon Humphrey	CB	BAL	135	7,562	135	0	0%	151.1%	387	28.3%	49	554
#54Preston Smith	DE		176	7,547	176	0	0%	103.4%	484	23.1%	19	106
#55T.J. Watt	OLB	PIT	139	7,544	139	0	0%	130%	478	19.1%	34	273
#56Kenny Moore II	CB		133	7,526	133	0	0%	113.8%	984	77.4%	20	253
#57Danielle Hunter	DE		157	7,524	157	2	0%	94.5%	637	25.9%	12	82
#58Jason Pierre-Paul	DE		137	7,479	137	0	0%	98.1%	235	9.5%	34	194
#59Tremaine Edmunds	MLB		123	7,441	123	0	0%	151.2%	330	25.9%	6	59
#60Chris Jones	DE	KC	159	7,371	159	0	0%	133.5%	239	12.5%	56	400
#61Joe Haden	CB		116	7,293	116	0	0%	107%	698	28.4%	39	358
#62Marcus Peters	CB		116	7,292	116	0	0%	148.4%	16	0.9%	41	494
#63Duron Harmon	S		168	7,280	168	0	0%	113.5%	847	23.1%	11	113
#64Kendall Fuller	CB		128	7,277	128	0	0%	151.8%	342	27%	17	178
#65K.J. Wright	OLB		130	7,269	130	0	0%	113.5%	508	22.4%	16	135
#66Leonard Floyd	DE		153	7,235	153	0	0%	92.1%	56	5.5%	21	150
#67Kenny Clark	NT		161	7,213	161	0	0%	87.6%	412	22.7%	26	156
#68Foye Oluokun	LB		132	7,209	132	0	0%	214.2%	876	67.2%	21	209
#69De'Vondre Campbell	OLB		128	7,178	128	0	0%	139.7%	411	34.7%	8	105
#70Kyle Van Noy	MLB		177	7,171	177	0	0%	95%	779	24.6%	17	124
#71Jadeveon Clowney	DE		155	7,169	155	0	0%	95.1%	310	10.4%	64
#72Myles Garrett	DE		135	7,061	135	0	0%	139.8%	582	48.5%	51	280
#73J.J. Watt	DE		119	6,988	119	14	0.2%	132.3%	359	16.8%	43	319
#74Kenny Vaccaro	S		110	6,927	110	28	0.4%	94.4%	404	17.5%	33	297
#75Eric Weddle	FS		109	6,926	109	0	0%	115%	562	21.4%	6	74
#76Buster Skrine	CB		126	6,920	126	0	0%	93.7%	906	34%	57	649
#77Alec Ogletree	ILB		111	6,859	111	0	0%	106.4%	223	8.1%	30	272
#78Brandon Carr	CB		115	6,850	115	0	0%	103.3%	432	15.9%	34	407
#79Kyle Fuller	CB		113	6,840	113	0	0%	107.5%	574	32.5%	37	442
#80Anthony Barr	OLB		116	6,824	116	0	0%	100.3%	457	16.8%	15	163
#81Rasul Douglas	CB		139	6,776	139	0	0%	111%	899	66.9%	46	395
#82Richard Sherman	CB		112	6,752	112	0	0%	93%	367	14.3%	43	506
#83Shaq Thompson	OLB		135	6,748	135	0	0%	86.8%	1,012	51.8%	11	78
#84Justin Houston	OLB		138	6,747	138	0	0%	97.5%	43	2.1%	11	100
#85Marcus Williams	FS		111	6,743	111	20	0.3%	100.8%	281	15.5%	10	194
#86Brandon Graham	DE	PHI	183	6,741	183	0	0%	66.4%	1,201	36.4%	27
#87Byron Murphy	CB		108	6,715	108	0	0%	144.8%	228	40.6%	30	253
#88Bud Dupree	OLB		156	6,713	156	0	0%	103.1%	489	24%	27	166
#89Sheldon Richardson	DT		138	6,705	138	9	0.1%	82.1%	528	17.1%	34	258
#90Maxx Crosby	DE	LV	114	6,673	114	0	0%	188.2%	565	60.7%	40	359
#91Desmond Trufant	CB		113	6,672	113	0	0%	101.7%	366	15.1%	28	252
#92Ryan Kerrigan	DE		140	6,635	140	0	0%	92.4%	542	17.9%	14	69
#93Daron Payne	NT	WAS	134	6,629	134	0	0%	149.5%	586	44.8%	16	146
#94Everson Griffen	DE		127	6,624	127	0	0%	87.2%	466	14.7%	50	317
#94Jarran Reed	DT		156	6,624	156	0	0%	94.7%	575	32.3%	14	100
#96Jimmie Ward	SAF		126	6,603	126	0	0%	94%	926	62.1%	23	237
#97Antoine Bethea	FS		102	6,594	102	0	0%	94.6%	79	3.2%	10	87
#98Eddie Jackson	FS		111	6,591	111	2	0%	124.9%	252	22.7%	10	148
#99Melvin Ingram	LB		132	6,571	132	1	0%	99.4%	191	7.3%	48	321
#100Josh Norman	CB		124	6,570	124	0	0%	79.3%	447	15.5%	51	476