How many tackles did J.J. Watt have in 2012?
812012 Regular Season
J.J. Watt recorded 81 tackles in the 2012 regular season, 84th in the NFL.
- J.J. Watt's best regular season for tackles in 12 seasons on file.
- Up 25 from 56 in 2011.
- 9% of the Houston Texans' tackles that regular season.
Best of 12 regular seasons, 2011 through 2022. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  HOU | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 |
| 2012 | HOU | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 81 |
| 2013 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 |
| 2014 | HOU | 16 | 59 | 1 | 80.0 | 78 |
| 2015 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 |
| 2016 | HOU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 |
| 2017 | HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 |
| 2018 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 |
| 2019 | HOU | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 |
| 2020 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 52 |
| 2021 |  ARI | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 |
| 2022 | ARI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 |
What the columns mean: TOT