NFL Defensive snaps leaders, 2021

The NFL players with the most defensive snaps in the 2021 season.

Player	POS	Team	GP	DEF SNAPS	GP	OFF SNAPS	OFF %	DEF %	ST SNAPS	ST %	PEN	PENYDS
#1Quandre Diggs	S	SEA	17	1,228	17	0	0%	—	4	—	1	15
#2Xavier Woods	FS	MIN	17	1,208	17	0	0%	100%	115	23.5%	4	86
#3Bryce Hall	CB	NYJ	17	1,169	17	0	0%	—	47	—	3	38
#4James Bradberry	CB	NYG	17	1,159	17	0	0%	99.1%	60	—	5	49
#5Tre'von Moehrig	SAF	LV	17	1,152	17	0	0%	99.5%	190	—	0	0
#6Foye Oluokun	LB	ATL	17	1,149	17	0	0%	—	4	—	1	14
#7Terrell Edmunds	S	PIT	17	1,145	17	0	0%	98.2%	81	16.5%	0	0
#8Xavier McKinney	SAF	NYG	17	1,133	17	0	0%	96.9%	0	—	1	8
#9Bobby Wagner	MLB	SEA	16	1,128	16	0	0%	—	68	—	1	5
#10Taylor Rapp	SAF	LAR	17	1,114	17	0	0%	95.8%	54	—	1	5
#11Jordyn Brooks	LB	SEA	17	1,107	17	0	0%	—	118	—	2	20
#12Tae Crowder	LB	NYG	17	1,098	17	0	0%	93.9%	59	—	2	30
#13C.J. Mosley	ILB	NYJ	16	1,096	16	0	0%	—	97	—	4	23
#14Casey Hayward	CB	LV	17	1,091	17	0	0%	94.2%	45	—	3	26
#15Cameron Sutton	CB	PIT	16	1,089	16	0	0%	98.5%	101	21.8%	4	24
#16Justin Simmons	FS	DEN	17	1,084	17	0	0%	99.4%	65	—	0	0
#17Minkah Fitzpatrick	FS	PIT	16	1,083	16	5	0.5%	99.4%	75	16.4%	2	46
#18Devin White	LB	TB	17	1,079	17	0	0%	94.6%	57	—	3	42
#19Bobby Okereke	ILB	IND	17	1,073	17	0	0%	—	102	—	0	0
#20Duron Harmon	S	ATL	17	1,072	17	0	0%	—	66	—	1	4
#21Deion Jones	LB	ATL	16	1,071	16	0	0%	—	2	—	2	18
#22Kenny Moore II	CB	IND	17	1,063	17	0	0%	—	108	—	1	12
#23Kevin Byard	FS	TEN	17	1,057	17	0	0%	—	4	—	3	61
#24Jordan Hicks	MLB	ARI	17	1,054	17	0	0%	—	80	—	1	10
#25Harrison Smith	FS	MIN	15	1,049	15	0	0%	99.8%	67	15.7%	5	45
#26Adrian Amos	S	GB	17	1,048	17	0	0%	—	15	—	2	26
#26Anthony Brown	CB	DAL	16	1,048	16	0	—	—	0	—	5	96
#28Aaron Donald	DL	LAR	17	1,041	17	0	0%	89.5%	0	—	2	30
#28Malcolm Jenkins	S	NO	16	1,041	16	0	0%	99%	66	14.9%	2	12
#30Darnell Savage	SAF	GB	17	1,038	17	0	0%	—	18	—	3	66
#31Budda Baker	S	ARI	17	1,037	17	0	0%	—	34	—	1	5
#31Demario Davis	OLB	NO	16	1,037	16	0	0%	98.6%	6	1.4%	2	9
#31Fabian Moreau	CB	ATL	16	1,037	16	0	0%	—	18	4.4%	8	97
#31Jalen Ramsey	CB	LAR	16	1,037	16	0	0%	95.6%	60	—	5	57
#35Marcus Williams	FS	NO	16	1,036	16	0	0%	98.1%	3	0.7%	0	0
#36Eric Kendricks	MLB	MIN	15	1,032	15	0	0%	97.9%	81	18.5%	3	11
#37Bobby McCain	CB	WAS	17	1,031	17	0	0%	93.1%	0	—	1	13
#38Jordan Fuller	SAF	LAR	16	1,029	16	0	0%	93%	0	—	0	0
#39Xavien Howard	CB	MIA	16	1,026	16	0	0%	—	5	—	3	34
#40Chuck Clark	SAF	BAL	16	1,025	16	0	0%	—	93	—	1	5
#41A.J. Terrell	CB	ATL	16	1,024	16	0	0%	—	64	—	4	69
#41Micah Hyde	S	BUF	17	1,024	17	10	0.8%	95%	68	—	0	0
#43Cole Holcomb	LB	WAS	16	1,021	16	0	0%	98.7%	0	—	2	24
#44Devin McCourty	FS	NE	17	1,019	17	0	0%	—	39	—	0	0
#45Jeremy Chinn	SAF	CAR	16	1,017	16	0	0%	—	106	—	2	10
#46Trevon Diggs	CB	DAL	16	1,015	16	0	—	—	5	—	9	75
#47Jayron Kearse	S	DAL	16	1,014	16	0	—	—	32	—	3	26
#48Will Harris	SAF	DET	17	1,012	17	0	0%	—	148	—	5	54
#49Roquan Smith	ILB	CHI	17	1,009	17	0	0%	—	80	—	4	34
#50Isaiah Simmons	SAF	ARI	17	1,005	17	0	0%	—	81	—	3	45
#51Kendall Fuller	CB	WAS	16	1,004	16	0	0%	96.9%	0	—	1	13
#51Vonn Bell	S	CIN	16	1,004	16	0	0%	—	71	—	3	33
#53Logan Ryan	CB	NYG	15	1,002	15	0	0%	97.9%	86	—	1	5
#54Shaquille Leonard	OLB	IND	16	1,001	16	0	0%	—	58	—	4	50
#55D.J. Reed	CB	SEA	14	1,000	14	0	0%	—	35	—	4	38
#56Marshon Lattimore	CB	NO	16	998	16	0	0%	95.9%	4	0.9%	5	58
#56Tyrann Mathieu	FS	KC	16	998	16	0	—	94.2%	0	—	3	25
#58Levi Wallace	DB	BUF	17	994	17	0	0%	92.2%	21	—	6	75
#59Jimmie Ward	SAF	SF	16	992	16	0	0%	97.7%	91	—	1	15
#60Nasir Adderley	FS	LAC	15	989	15	0	0%	—	76	—	1	15
#61De'Vondre Campbell	OLB	GB	16	988	16	0	0%	—	8	—	1	15
#62Jalen Thompson	DB	ARI	17	987	17	0	0%	—	114	—	3	32
#63Jordan Poyer	FS	BUF	16	984	16	0	0%	95.4%	131	—	5	50
#64Steven Nelson	CB	PHI	16	982	16	0	0%	—	0	—	5	78
#65Harold Landry III	LB	TEN	17	981	17	0	0%	—	11	—	0	0
#65Kyzir White	OLB	LAC	17	981	17	0	0%	—	29	—	3	24
#67Eli Apple	CB	CIN	16	979	16	0	0%	—	36	—	5	72
#68Fred Warner	MLB	SF	16	978	16	0	0%	96.4%	17	—	1	24
#69Byron Jones	CB	MIA	16	976	16	0	0%	—	42	—	3	16
#70Jerome Baker	OLB	MIA	16	972	16	0	0%	—	0	—	1	15
#71Byron Murphy	CB	ARI	16	967	16	0	0%	—	41	—	6	47
#72Derwin James	FS	LAC	15	962	15	0	0%	—	3	—	2	26
#73Cameron Heyward	DE	PIT	17	955	17	0	0%	81.9%	109	22.2%	6	31
#74Darius Slay	CB	PHI	16	954	16	2	0.2%	—	0	—	3	12
#74Johnathan Abram	DB	LV	14	954	14	0	0%	98.9%	98	—	2	18
#76Jessie Bates	FS	CIN	15	953	15	0	0%	—	65	—	1	32
#77D.J. Wonnum	LB	MIN	17	952	17	0	0%	78.8%	84	17.2%	2	20
#78J.C. Jackson	DB	NE	17	945	17	0	0%	—	12	—	5	46
#79Amani Oruwariye	CB	DET	14	938	14	0	0%	—	46	—	8	70
#80Eric Stokes	CB	GB	16	935	16	0	0%	—	45	—	3	45
#81Jaylon Johnson	CB	CHI	15	933	15	0	0%	—	6	—	4	44
#82Andrew Wingard	SAF	JAX	15	932	15	0	—	—	122	—	2	30
#82Jeffery Simmons	DT	TEN	17	932	17	0	0%	—	89	—	5	49
#82Leonard Floyd	DE	LAR	17	932	17	0	0%	80.1%	0	—	6	31
#85Desmond King	DB	HOU	16	927	16	0	0%	85.8%	76	—	4	41
#86Darious Williams	CB	LAR	14	925	14	0	0%	96.6%	0	—	3	12
#86Maxx Crosby	DE	LV	17	925	17	0	0%	79.9%	91	—	8	70
#88Joe Schobert	MLB	PIT	16	921	16	0	0%	84.1%	77	16.8%	1	5
#89Myles Jack	MLB	JAX	15	919	15	0	—	—	0	—	1	3
#90L'Jarius Sneed	CB	KC	15	918	15	0	—	94.1%	52	—	10	95
#91Matt Milano	OLB	BUF	16	916	16	0	0%	92.3%	15	—	1	15
#92Jalen Mills	CB	NE	16	913	16	0	0%	—	17	—	3	52
#93John Johnson	DB	CLE	15	905	15	0	0%	—	92	24.8%	1	48
#94Micah Parsons	LB	DAL	16	904	16	1	—	—	14	—	3	35
#95Damontae Kazee	S	DAL	17	903	17	0	—	—	53	—	3	45
#96Pat Surtain II	CB	DEN	16	902	16	0	0%	89.1%	1	—	2	41
#97Kareem Jackson	S	DEN	15	897	15	0	0%	95.3%	0	—	0	0
#98Jevon Holland	SAF	MIA	16	893	16	0	0%	—	143	—	3	34
#99Leonard Williams	DE	NYG	17	888	17	0	0%	76%	96	—	4	30
#100Patrick Peterson	CB	MIN	13	885	13	0	0%	97.7%	60	16.2%	3	27