NFL Defensive snaps leaders, 2023

The NFL players with the most defensive snaps in the 2023 season.

Player	POS	Team	GP	DEF SNAPS	GP	OFF SNAPS	OFF %	DEF %	ST SNAPS	ST %	PEN	PENYDS
#1Bobby Wagner	MLB	SEA	17	1,170	17	0	0%	—	83	—	1	2
#2Quandre Diggs	S	SEA	17	1,155	17	0	0%	—	0	—	2	30
#3Jessie Bates	FS	ATL	17	1,133	17	0	0%	99.5%	4	—	1	4
#4Bobby Okereke	ILB	NYG	17	1,128	17	0	0%	—	0	—	6	49
#4C.J. Mosley	ILB	NYJ	17	1,128	17	0	0%	—	81	—	4	34
#4Xavier McKinney	SAF	NYG	17	1,128	17	0	0%	—	103	—	3	42
#7Camryn Bynum	SAF	MIN	17	1,122	17	0	0%	—	73	—	0	0
#8Pat Surtain II	CB	DEN	17	1,121	17	0	0%	—	78	—	6	57
#8Patrick Queen	LB	BAL	17	1,121	17	0	0%	96.9%	3	—	1	15
#10Kevin Byard	FS		16	1,118	16	0	0%	—	17	—	1	7
#11Kyle Dugger	SAF	NE	17	1,115	17	0	—	—	121	26.4%	2	10
#12Harrison Smith	FS	MIN	17	1,113	17	0	0%	—	1	—	1	31
#13Asante Samuel Jr.	CB	LAC	17	1,111	17	0	0%	96.4%	87	—	4	55
#14Foye Oluokun	LB	JAX	17	1,110	17	0	—	—	94	21.3%	1	32
#15Tre'von Moehrig	SAF	LV	17	1,106	17	0	0%	97.6%	2	—	0	0
#16Azeez Al-Shaair	LB	TEN	17	1,102	17	0	0%	—	74	—	4	49
#17Robert Spillane	LB	LV	17	1,101	17	0	0%	97.2%	32	—	1	15
#18Antoine Winfield Jr.	SAF	TB	17	1,100	17	0	0%	—	0	—	0	0
#18Rayshawn Jenkins	DB	JAX	17	1,100	17	0	—	—	157	35.5%	1	2
#20Tyrann Mathieu	FS	NO	17	1,097	17	0	0%	99.1%	0	—	2	30
#21Patrick Peterson	CB	PIT	17	1,096	17	0	—	—	77	—	6	27
#22Quincy Williams	LB	NYJ	17	1,093	17	0	0%	—	9	—	4	51
#23Daxton Hill	DB	CIN	17	1,091	17	0	0%	—	82	—	3	28
#24Alex Singleton	LB	DEN	17	1,090	17	0	0%	—	38	—	1	4
#25Kam Curl	SAF	WAS	16	1,089	16	0	0%	—	0	—	0	0
#25Zaire Franklin	OLB	IND	16	1,089	16	2	0.2%	—	96	—	2	15
#27Kenny Moore II	CB	IND	16	1,088	16	0	0%	—	109	—	4	50
#27Steven Nelson	CB	HOU	17	1,088	17	0	0%	—	9	—	3	36
#29Kaden Elliss	LB	ATL	17	1,082	17	0	0%	95%	5	—	2	20
#30Maxx Crosby	DE	LV	17	1,081	17	0	0%	95.4%	17	—	5	43
#31Brandon Stephens	CB	BAL	16	1,079	16	0	0%	99.2%	98	—	4	74
#32Jordan Whitehead	FS	NYJ	17	1,078	17	0	0%	—	0	—	1	0
#33Cameron Sutton	CB	DET	17	1,077	17	0	0%	98.6%	8	—	5	65
#34Demario Davis	OLB	NO	17	1,075	17	0	0%	97.1%	3	—	0	0
#35Logan Wilson	LB	CIN	17	1,070	17	0	0%	—	78	—	1	6
#36Roquan Smith	ILB	BAL	16	1,067	16	0	0%	97.4%	1	—	2	23
#37A.J. Terrell	CB	ATL	17	1,065	17	0	0%	93.5%	0	—	7	122
#37Josh Metellus	SAF	MIN	17	1,065	17	0	0%	—	194	—	0	0
#39Benjamin St-Juste	CB	WAS	16	1,064	16	0	0%	—	0	—	9	115
#40Ahkello Witherspoon	CB	LAR	17	1,060	17	0	0%	93.5%	2	—	1	6
#41Jordan Fuller	SAF	LAR	17	1,059	17	0	0%	93.4%	118	—	1	13
#42James Bradberry	CB	PHI	16	1,052	16	0	0%	95.3%	0	—	4	60
#43Sauce Gardner	CB	NYJ	16	1,051	16	0	0%	—	10	—	5	50
#44T.J. Edwards	LB	CHI	17	1,041	17	0	—	97.2%	90	—	0	0
#45Darious Williams	CB	JAX	17	1,035	17	0	—	—	58	13.1%	0	0
#46Marcus Epps	SAF	LV	17	1,031	17	0	0%	91%	11	—	0	0
#47Kendall Fuller	CB	WAS	15	1,021	15	0	0%	—	0	—	1	5
#48Jason Pinnock	SAF	NYG	16	1,011	16	0	0%	—	128	—	1	5
#49Alex Anzalone	MLB	DET	16	1,007	16	0	0%	98.2%	7	—	5	85
#50Danielle Hunter	DE	MIN	17	1,006	17	0	0%	—	10	—	1	5
#51Derwin James	FS	LAC	16	1,002	16	0	0%	92.9%	9	—	7	82
#51Stephon Gilmore	CB	DAL	17	1,002	17	0	0%	—	0	—	4	55
#53Terrel Bernard	LB	BUF	17	999	17	0	0%	93.2%	56	—	3	18
#54D.J. Reed	CB	NYJ	15	993	15	0	0%	98.9%	11	—	6	40
#55L'Jarius Sneed	CB	KC	16	991	16	0	0%	—	4	—	11	82
#56Frankie Luvu	LB	CAR	17	990	17	0	0%	—	50	—	0	0
#56Rasul Douglas	CB		16	990	16	0	0%	94%	78	—	6	47
#58Aidan Hutchinson	DE	DET	17	988	17	0	0%	90.5%	10	—	2	15
#59Jordan Poyer	FS	BUF	16	987	16	0	0%	98%	60	—	3	27
#60Julian Blackmon	SAF	IND	15	986	15	0	0%	—	124	—	0	0
#61Ja'Whaun Bentley	LB	NE	16	985	16	0	0%	—	11	2.5%	0	0
#61Justin Simmons	FS	DEN	15	985	15	11	1.1%	—	69	—	1	6
#63Fred Warner	MLB	SF	17	982	17	0	0%	—	65	—	2	27
#64Deommodore Lenoir	CB	SF	17	981	17	0	0%	—	63	—	6	74
#64Justin Reid	S	KC	16	981	16	0	0%	—	52	—	3	30
#66Kayvon Thibodeaux	LB	NYG	17	980	17	0	0%	—	1	—	2	18
#67Germaine Pratt	LB	CIN	17	977	17	0	0%	—	32	—	1	5
#67Trent McDuffie	CB	KC	16	977	16	0	0%	—	12	—	1	11
#69Tashaun Gipson	FS	SF	16	976	16	0	0%	—	29	—	3	52
#70Byron Young	LB	LAR	17	969	17	0	0%	85.4%	20	—	0	0
#71Kenneth Murray, Jr.	LB	LAC	15	968	15	0	0%	94.4%	9	—	1	7
#72DaRon Bland	CB	DAL	17	966	17	0	0%	—	30	—	5	67
#72Devin Lloyd	LB	JAX	15	966	15	0	—	—	80	20.3%	3	34
#74Michael Hoecht	LB	LAR	17	962	17	0	0%	84.8%	206	—	2	18
#75Rodney Thomas	SAF	IND	17	960	17	0	0%	—	179	—	0	0
#76Lavonte David	OLB	TB	15	957	15	0	0%	—	8	—	2	20
#77Jabrill Peppers	FS	NE	15	955	15	0	—	—	89	22.5%	2	25
#77Taron Johnson	CB	BUF	17	955	17	0	0%	89.1%	8	—	5	79
#79Geno Stone	SAF	BAL	17	951	17	0	0%	82.2%	231	—	1	8
#80Alontae Taylor	CB	NO	17	950	17	0	0%	85.8%	68	—	6	80
#81Paulson Adebo	CB	NO	15	949	15	0	0%	99.2%	5	—	7	92
#82Reed Blankenship	SAF	PHI	15	943	15	3	0.3%	89.4%	124	—	1	15
#82Richie Grant	SAF	ATL	17	943	17	0	0%	82.8%	237	—	0	0
#84Derrick Brown	DT	CAR	17	940	17	0	0%	—	82	—	3	25
#85Riq Woolen	CB	SEA	16	939	16	0	0%	—	94	—	8	122
#86Jalen Thompson	DB	ARI	15	938	15	0	0%	—	4	—	3	40
#86Kader Kohou	CB	MIA	17	938	17	0	0%	—	43	—	2	58
#88Julian Love	SAF	SEA	17	937	17	0	0%	—	88	—	2	60
#88Kyle Hamilton	SAF	BAL	15	937	15	0	0%	91.3%	66	—	5	45
#90Ernest Jones	LB	LAR	15	934	15	0	0%	93.3%	66	—	1	2
#90Khalil Mack	OLB	LAC	17	934	17	0	0%	81.1%	2	—	0	0
#90Roger McCreary	CB	TEN	15	934	15	0	0%	—	17	—	5	48
#93Charvarius Ward	CB	SF	17	931	17	0	0%	—	29	—	6	46
#93T.J. Watt	OLB	PIT	17	931	17	0	—	—	36	—	4	50
#95Alohi Gilman	SAF	LAC	14	928	14	0	0%	98%	93	—	2	33
#95DeShon Elliott	SAF	MIA	15	928	15	0	0%	—	22	—	1	3
#97Daron Payne	NT	WAS	17	924	17	0	0%	—	92	—	3	15
#98Pete Werner	LB	NO	16	920	16	0	0%	87.7%	13	—	3	16
#99Kerby Joseph	SAF	DET	15	911	15	0	0%	94.1%	107	—	1	15
#99Zach Allen	DE	DEN	17	911	17	0	0%	—	100	—	1	5