NFL Defensive snaps leaders, 2010–2019

The NFL players with the most defensive snaps from 2010 through 2019.

Player	POS	Team	GP	DEF SNAPS	GP	OFF SNAPS	OFF %	DEF %	ST SNAPS	ST %	PEN	PENYDS
#1Malcolm Jenkins	S		110	7,207	110	7	0.1%	113.8%	1,000	36.5%	19	239
#2Devin McCourty	FS	NE	109	6,948	109	4	0.1%	110.7%	1,071	33.8%	5
#3Lavonte David	OLB	TB	105	6,929	105	0	0%	116%	547	22.2%	7	68
#4Eric Weddle	FS		109	6,926	109	0	0%	115%	562	21.4%	6	74
#5Patrick Peterson	CB	ARI	106	6,878	106	38	0.5%	96.2%	882	31.8%	49	355
#6Chris Harris	CB	DEN	108	6,849	108	0	0%	93.7%	110	4%	30	216
#7Brandon Carr	CB		112	6,829	112	0	0%	106.6%	430	15.8%	33	393
#8Demario Davis	OLB		112	6,665	112	0	0%	89%	607	18.8%	15	121
#9Tashaun Gipson	FS		102	6,598	102	0	0%	111.4%	231	9.1%	14	142
#10Antoine Bethea	FS		102	6,594	102	0	0%	94.6%	79	3.2%	10	87
#11Cameron Jordan	LB	NO	112	6,588	112	0	0%	90.1%	502	15.7%	18	185
#12Chandler Jones	DE		105	6,572	105	0	0%	91%	599	22.7%	18	188
#13Janoris Jenkins	CB		100	6,558	100	0	0%	95%	587	20.6%	46	524
#14Bobby Wagner	MLB	SEA	103	6,498	103	0	0%	115.3%	428	17.4%	11	162
#15Ndamukong Suh	NT		112	6,325	112	0	0%	98.2%	367	13.4%	55	339
#16Luke Kuechly	ILB	CAR	102	6,309	102	0	0%	114.1%	489	20.4%	12	134
#17Eric Reid	S		99	6,284	99	0	0%	111.5%	533	22.9%	19	178
#18Richard Sherman	CB		102	6,280	102	0	0%	95%	363	15%	40	476
#19Rodney McLeod Jr.	FS		97	6,269	97	0	0%	116.8%	654	28.5%	6	70
#20Harrison Smith	FS	MIN	98	6,247	98	9	0.1%	96.3%	466	17.1%	10	80
#21Thomas Davis	OLB		106	6,171	106	0	0%	105.8%	310	12.3%	13	152
#22Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	S		96	6,149	96	0	0%	97%	442	20%	13	153
#23Buster Skrine	CB		107	6,146	107	0	0%	83.2%	792	29.7%	52	613
#24Tramon Williams	CB		104	6,125	104	0	0%	103.7%	204	8%	30	373
#25Desmond Trufant	CB	ATL	97	6,115	97	0	0%	103.8%	355	14.6%	24	215
#26Alec Ogletree	ILB		93	6,089	93	0	0%	96.4%	187	7%	24	212
#27Kenny Vaccaro	S		97	6,056	97	28	0.4%	94.3%	404	17.5%	31	267
#28Carlos Dunlap	DE	CIN	110	6,055	110	0	0%	91.1%	505	18.7%	19	167
#29Stephon Gilmore	CB		97	6,040	97	0	0%	110.4%	281	9.9%	43	350
#30Xavier Rhodes	CB	MIN	104	5,972	104	0	0%	86%	211	7.2%	51	659
#31Patrick Chung	S		103	5,911	103	0	0%	97%	1,065	35.7%	22	167
#32Ryan Kerrigan	DE	WAS	108	5,908	108	0	0%	82.3%	448	14.8%	12
#33Glover Quin	FS	DET	96	5,892	96	0	0%	94.7%	386	14.4%	8	85
#34Darius Slay	CB	DET	103	5,872	103	0	0%	86.7%	428	17.2%	34	397
#35Logan Ryan	CB		109	5,858	109	0	0%	79.1%	529	19.6%	30	302
#36K.J. Wright	OLB	SEA	97	5,853	97	0	0%	111.6%	411	18.1%	13	115
#37Tyrann Mathieu	FS		98	5,828	98	0	0%	106.4%	511	21.4%	20	214
#38Calais Campbell	DE		110	5,826	110	0	0%	93.8%	1,006	37.1%	26	218
#39Prince Amukamara	CB		93	5,821	93	1	0%	92.2%	316	14%	32	313
#40Joe Haden	CB		90	5,817	90	0	0%	113.7%	610	28.9%	33	290
#41Fletcher Cox	DT	PHI	110	5,802	110	0	0%	88.6%	109	3.9%	22	150
#42Von Miller	OLB	DEN	104	5,743	104	0	0%	81.8%	16	0.6%	44	312
#43Brent Grimes	CB		89	5,712	89	0	0%	94.9%	242	9.7%	9	148
#44Earl Thomas	FS		92	5,690	92	0	0%	113.7%	240	11.1%	11	131
#45Jurrell Casey	DE	TEN	107	5,651	107	0	0%	78%	405	15.2%	21	161
#46Everson Griffen	DE	MIN	104	5,639	104	0	0%	81%	404	13.9%	38	226
#47Mark Barron	ILB		103	5,623	103	0	0%	93.8%	262	10.2%	19	174
#48Olivier Vernon	DE		97	5,603	97	0	0%	92.7%	359	14.5%	28	290
#49Kareem Jackson	S		98	5,577	98	0	0%	87.4%	161	6.5%	29	452
#50Marcus Gilchrist	S		96	5,574	96	0	0%	89.9%	514	19.3%	11	138
#51Reggie Nelson	FS		90	5,570	90	0	0%	93%	469	18.4%	7	155
#52Khalil Mack	OLB		94	5,553	94	0	0%	87.7%	373	16.6%	19	138
#53Cameron Heyward	DE	PIT	102	5,523	102	0	0%	98.7%	887	36%	15	118
#54Micah Hyde	S		110	5,504	110	0	0%	88.5%	1,131	36.8%	9	119
#55Mike Adams	FS		98	5,502	98	0	0%	90.4%	635	22.1%	6	73
#56Reshad Jones	FS	MIA	84	5,480	84	0	0%	95%	93	3.9%	9	107
#57Gerald McCoy	DT		104	5,454	104	3	0%	92.4%	437	17.9%	39	292
#58D.J. Swearinger	FS		99	5,452	99	0	0%	82%	617	23.7%	14	154
#59Josh Norman	CB		95	5,385	95	0	0%	84.3%	387	14.7%	41	361
#60Casey Hayward	CB		99	5,372	99	0	0%	98%	320	13.8%	13	122
#61Johnathan Joseph	CB	HOU	104	5,366	104	0	0%	90.4%	98	3.7%	18	217
#62Jason McCourty	S		92	5,365	92	0	0%	100%	476	18.2%	15	244
#62Nigel Bradham	OLB		99	5,365	99	0	0%	92.4%	661	26.2%	20	178
#64Jason Pierre-Paul	DE		89	5,349	89	0	0%	99.1%	227	9.8%	26	144
#65Ron Parker	FS	KC	94	5,323	94	0	0%	81.8%	477	17.8%	13	107
#66Jerry Hughes	DE	BUF	112	5,312	112	0	0%	81.6%	212	6.6%	52	455
#67Anthony Barr	OLB	MIN	85	5,288	85	0	0%	94.8%	383	16.3%	13	143
#68Whitney Mercilus	DE	HOU	99	5,283	99	0	0%	96.8%	553	22.7%	15	115
#69Sheldon Richardson	DT		105	5,216	105	9	0.1%	88.7%	397	15.3%	30	244
#70Dontari Poe	DT		105	5,199	105	17	0.2%	73.8%	377	14.5%	11	75
#71Darian Stewart	S		103	5,189	103	0	0%	85.7%	391	15.3%	9	100
#72Jamie Collins	OLB		96	5,186	96	0	0%	92.5%	803	28.8%	10	108
#73Robert Alford	CB	ATL	88	5,171	88	0	0%	87.5%	809	33.2%	40	539
#74Tahir Whitehead	OLB		111	5,157	111	0	0%	83.1%	1,069	40.2%	17	161
#75Geno Atkins	DT	CIN	105	5,126	105	0	0%	82.9%	47	1.9%	12	80
#76Barry Church	S		86	5,099	86	0	0%	89.5%	725	29.5%	14	130
#77Trumaine Johnson	CB		86	5,083	86	0	0%	93.5%	288	12.4%	31	362
#78Aaron Donald	DL	LAR	94	5,081	94	0	0%	96.5%	449	19.7%	24	225
#79Aqib Talib	CB		84	5,080	84	0	0%	90%	148	6.4%	24	225
#80Preston Brown	MLB		81	5,054	81	0	0%	103.7%	678	33.3%	8	86
#81C.J. Mosley	ILB		79	5,053	79	0	0%	96.1%	200	8.9%	16	139
#82T.J. McDonald	S		75	5,030	75	0	0%	98.3%	478	22.5%	7	74
#83Melvin Ingram	LB	LAC	90	5,010	90	1	0%	100.7%	172	8%	38	249
#84Michael Bennett	DE		106	5,009	106	0	0%	85.5%	146	5.7%	59	396
#85Justin Houston	OLB		86	4,983	86	0	0%	84.6%	42	2.1%	6	45
#86Kyle Fuller	CB	CHI	80	4,980	80	0	0%	94.7%	486	28%	24	281
#87Clay Matthews	OLB		98	4,977	98	0	0%	88.5%	224	9.3%	15	152
#88Landon Collins	LB		74	4,965	74	0	0%	95.7%	339	16%	10	103
#89Kiko Alonso	OLB		86	4,963	86	0	0%	82.3%	159	6.3%	10	94
#90George Iloka	S		92	4,947	92	0	0%	78.8%	519	20%	8	100
#91Marcus Peters	CB		77	4,911	77	0	0%	119.5%	15	0.9%	27	342
#92Morgan Burnett	S		85	4,908	85	0	0%	97.9%	401	18.4%	7	82
#93Lawrence Timmons	OLB		78	4,846	78	10	0.2%	94.3%	270	12.2%	9	95
#94Connor Barwin	ILB		93	4,844	93	0	0%	74%	216	7.7%	9	44
#95Bradley McDougald	S		98	4,837	98	0	0%	86.9%	768	32.8%	8	151
#96J.J. Watt	DE	HOU	80	4,819	80	13	0.2%	91.3%	332	15.6%	32	265
#97Mike Mitchell	S		84	4,813	84	0	0%	90.1%	333	14.3%	13	132
#98Wesley Woodyard	ILB		107	4,796	107	0	0%	65.5%	980	36.4%	13	123
#99Tony Jefferson	S		98	4,791	98	0	0%	73.8%	933	34.8%	12	138
#100Bruce Irvin	LB		103	4,790	103	0	0%	82.9%	214	8.6%	25	215