NFL Special teams snaps leaders, 2000–2026

The NFL players with the most special teams snaps since 2000.

Player	POS	Team	GP	ST SNAPS	GP	OFF SNAPS	OFF %	DEF SNAPS	DEF %	ST %	PEN	PENYDS
#1Nick Bellore	LB		200	4,051	200	235	2%	852	12.1%	135.3%	6	53
#2Justin Bethel	CB		177	3,708	177	1	0%	1,568	25%	136.2%	29	234
#3Matthew Slater	WR	NE	164	3,280	164	194	1.9%	4	0.1%	100%	7
#4Anthony Levine	DB	BAL	144	3,088	144	0	0%	1,070	16.8%	110.6%	27	237
#5Miles Killebrew	SAF		155	3,033	155	0	0%	769	12.9%	121%	13	138
#6Cody Davis	DB		144	3,013	144	0	0%	661	9.4%	117.1%	11	109
#7Neville Hewitt	LB		161	2,955	161	0	0%	3,563	44.5%	149.6%	13	194
#8Daren Bates	LB		125	2,778	125	3	0%	130	1.5%	106.3%	24	216
#9Tyler Matakevich	ILB		140	2,759	140	0	0%	283	4.1%	171.7%	7	63
#10Brandon Bolden	RB		154	2,742	154	1,137	11%	0	0%	79.5%	14	122
#10C.J. Goodwin	CB		136	2,742	136	1	0%	247	7.8%	201.3%	23	166
#12Kyle Wilber	LB		125	2,643	125	0	0%	1,196	19%	102.2%	13	96
#13Nate Ebner	DB		118	2,563	118	1	0%	142	2.4%	76.9%	6	56
#14Michael Thomas	DB		121	2,560	121	0	0%	2,565	41.9%	124.6%	13	146
#15Chris Board	LB		116	2,557	116	0	0%	1,022	29.5%	264.7%	9	66
#16Siran Neal	DB		135	2,496	135	0	0%	625	9.4%	182.2%	26	231
#17Chris Banjo	DB		131	2,474	131	0	0%	948	16.2%	113.7%	8	68
#18Jeff Heath	S		135	2,458	135	0	0%	4,256	59.2%	81.9%	14	117
#18Oren Burks	ILB		129	2,458	129	0	0%	1,467	44.2%	252.9%	4	25
#20Anthony Sherman	FB	KC	125	2,438	125	1,428	20.1%	1	0%	88.9%	6
#21Clayton Fejedelem	DB		107	2,424	107	0	0%	762	18%	140.5%	11	90
#22David Mayo	OLB		132	2,423	132	0	0%	1,849	31%	123.6%	4	40
#23Barkevious Mingo	OLB		126	2,390	126	0	0%	3,117	49.2%	89%	13	107
#24Bradley Pinion	P		183	2,387	183	2	0%	0	0%	83.9%	1	0
#25Tremon Smith	CB		121	2,361	121	1	0%	657	9.4%	446.3%	11	82
#26C.J. Ham	FB	MIN	141	2,299	141	2,308	24.7%	0	0%	111.6%	5	35
#27Justin Hardee	DB		109	2,288	109	0	0%	116	2.4%	176.8%	20	205
#28Sam Martin	P		210	2,261	210	0	0%	0	0%	65%	6	29
#29Jalen Reeves-Maybin	LB		117	2,249	117	0	0%	1,639	28.5%	337.7%	11	110
#30Duke Riley	MLB		124	2,244	124	0	0%	2,258	46.6%	202.5%	5	83
#31Tavierre Thomas	SAF		115	2,240	115	0	0%	1,686	30.6%	277.9%	18	153
#32Colin Jones	S	CAR	109	2,221	109	1	0%	804	13.4%	85.8%	0	0
#33Mike Ford	DB		115	2,204	115	0	0%	853	17.8%	302.7%	17	215
#34Dennis Gardeck	LB		117	2,202	117	0	0%	1,709	39.2%	506.2%	14	125
#35J.T. Gray	DB		103	2,148	103	0	0%	153	2.7%	180.5%	13	117
#36LaRoy Reynolds	LB		116	2,145	116	0	0%	491	8.5%	89.2%	22	199
#37George Odum	DB		111	2,136	111	0	0%	1,195	28.1%	351.3%	11	124
#38Eric Wilson	LB		146	2,133	146	0	0%	3,962	62.2%	113.6%	11	114
#39Keith Smith	FB		142	2,123	142	1,543	16.4%	42	0.8%	98.3%	8	87
#40Kamu Grugier-Hill	OLB		132	2,095	132	0	0%	2,699	48.5%	128.9%	10
#41Brynden Trawick	DB		91	2,074	91	0	0%	205	3.4%	84.8%	12	81
#42Walt Aikens	DB	MIA	93	2,051	93	0	0%	672	12.5%	92.8%	9	85
#43Matthew Adams	OLB		98	2,048	98	1	0%	606	14.5%	297.2%	7	75
#44Daniel Sorensen	DB		130	2,043	130	0	0%	4,458	65.8%	114.9%	24	229
#45Justin Tucker	K	BAL	196	2,021	196	0	0%	0	0%	72.4%	2	10
#46Taiwan Jones	RB		115	2,016	115	115	1.5%	0	0%	118.8%	15	120
#47Jamize Olawale	RB		106	2,007	106	1,023	14.5%	0	0%	76.9%	3	18
#47Julian Stanford	LB		106	2,007	106	0	0%	582	12.1%	100.8%	7	101
#49Derek Watt	FB		110	2,005	110	767	10.5%	0	0%	110.3%	1	10
#50Sherrick McManis	DB	CHI	107	2,002	107	0	0%	691	10.9%	83.8%	8	60
#51DeAndre Houston-Carson	DB		107	1,999	107	0	0%	1,480	28.7%	153.7%	7	64
#52Johnson Bademosi	DB		104	1,978	104	0	0%	723	10.2%	67.1%	27	293
#53Eric Saubert	TE		116	1,977	116	1,866	24.9%	0	0%	126.7%	19
#53Nick Dzubnar	LB		98	1,977	98	0	0%	114	2.7%	146%	15	131
#55Luke Gifford	LB		94	1,972	94	1	0%	458	23.9%	278.5%	1	6
#56Johnny Hekker	P		215	1,966	215	1	0%	0	0%	59.2%	10	55
#56Jon Weeks	LS		217	1,966	217	1	0%	0	0%	58.3%	3	20
#58Matthias Farley	DB		105	1,959	105	0	0%	1,480	52.4%	128.7%	6	65
#59Craig Robertson	LB		120	1,950	120	0	0%	3,948	49%	65.7%	14	117
#60Ezekiel Turner	LB		90	1,945	90	0	0%	301	15.2%	447.1%	6	62
#61Antonio Hamilton	CB		124	1,912	124	0	0%	1,777	47.3%	137.8%	19
#62Reggie Gilliam	RB		98	1,866	98	943	14.2%	0	0%	205.1%	6	50
#63J.J. Jansen	LS	CAR	217	1,861	217	1	0%	0	0%	58%	2	15
#64Anthony Nelson	LB	TB	111	1,856	111	0	0%	2,919	56.6%	363.9%	9
#64Bryan Anger	P		215	1,856	215	1	0%	0	0%	55.5%	2	10
#66Michael Burton	FB		151	1,855	151	1,409	16.2%	0	0%	99.6%	5
#67Calais Campbell	DE		206	1,851	206	0	0%	9,388	95.6%	51%	31	263
#68Dare Ogunbowale	RB		115	1,848	115	1,468	22.5%	1	0%	1,257.1%	3	20
#69Troy Dye	LB		97	1,838	97	0	0%	1,253	39.7%	180.6%	3	23
#70Morgan Cox	LS		207	1,830	207	0	0%	0	0%	59.1%	9	70
#71Adrian Phillips	DB		131	1,813	131	0	0%	4,748	113.8%	81.1%	7	60
#72Troy Reeder	LB		109	1,812	109	0	0%	2,109	52.3%	266.5%	5	41
#73Thomas Morstead	P		208	1,803	208	0	0%	0	0%	50.5%	4	30
#74Derek Carrier	TE		103	1,800	103	1,355	19.9%	0	0%	95.4%	8	66
#75Dontae Johnson	DB		105	1,790	105	0	0%	2,574	36.5%	95.6%	19	231
#76A.J. Klein	OLB		146	1,789	146	0	0%	4,198	47.1%	61.4%	13	130
#77Christian Jones	OLB		128	1,783	128	0	0%	3,810	61%	83.1%	13	104
#78Del'Shawn Phillips	LB		90	1,782	90	0	0%	515	14.1%	291.2%	3	35
#79Malik Harrison	LB		90	1,772	90	0	0%	1,546	54.2%	496.4%	2	15
#80Sam Eguavoen	LB		98	1,764	98	0	0%	1,008	—	389.4%	2	10
#81Cory Littleton	ILB		120	1,760	120	0	0%	4,308	80.1%	123.8%	12	136
#82Charlie Woerner	TE		102	1,752	102	2,050	30.8%	0	0%	330.6%	4	30
#83Joe Jones	LB		77	1,743	77	0	0%	100	2.8%	148.2%	9	74
#84Zaire Franklin	OLB		136	1,742	136	2	0%	5,226	76.4%	174.5%	17	183
#85Sam Franklin Jr.	SAF		95	1,741	95	0	0%	788	23.5%	320.6%	21	262
#86Shawn Williams	S		125	1,738	125	0	0%	4,248	68.4%	68.2%	15	189
#87KhaDarel Hodge	WR		121	1,735	121	1,675	21.3%	2	0.1%	108.5%	7	50
#88Aaron Brewer	LS		197	1,734	197	2	0%	0	0%	57.4%	2	20
#89Terrence Brooks	FS		105	1,733	105	1	0%	1,170	22.7%	74.6%	7	71
#90Jason Myers	K		175	1,728	175	0	0%	0	0%	77.6%	6	5
#91Grant Stuard	LB		87	1,719	87	0	0%	299	6.4%	297.9%	7	75
#92Tress Way	P	WAS	200	1,714	200	0	0%	0	0%	53.1%	4	27
#93Josh Harris	LS		203	1,706	203	1	0%	0	0%	60.2%	8	58
#94Lorenzo Alexander	OLB		99	1,704	99	0	0%	2,753	49.1%	61.5%	15	115
#95Deshazor Everett	DB	WAS	89	1,701	89	0	0%	1,234	23.4%	96%	7
#96M.J. Stewart	SAF		99	1,698	99	0	0%	1,838	40.7%	189.7%	13	169
#97Kyle Juszczyk	FB		210	1,695	210	6,007	42.8%	0	0%	51.6%	26	198
#98Isaac Yiadom	CB		120	1,690	120	0	0%	2,644	45.7%	120%	21
#99Lerentee McCray	DE		84	1,686	84	0	0%	656	15.8%	92.8%	13	95
#100Eric Murray	S		140	1,683	140	0	0%	5,209	63.8%	110.1%	28	299