Clay Matthews vs Justin Houston

Clay MatthewsJustin Houston

Clay Matthews and Justin Houston compared on their NFL careers: Clay Matthews played 11 seasons, 2009 to 2019, Justin Houston 13 seasons, 2011 to 2023. Clay Matthews has 520 tackles to Justin Houston's 514. Clay Matthews won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Clay Matthews and Justin Houston career totals
156GP170
109YDS17
2TD1
31.8AVG11.4

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Clay Matthews and Justin Houston postseason
15GP10
29YDS7
0TD0
0AVG0

Where each stands all time

Clay Matthews and Justin Houston all-time places
Clay MatthewsAll-time rankJustin Houston
56th (92.5)Sacks31st (112.0)

Among the NFL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Clay Matthews: 1 championship; none on file
  • Justin Houston: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Clay Matthews and Justin Houston season by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st20095110.002011565.50
2nd20106013.5120126610.01
3rd2011506.0320134411.00
4th20124313.0020146822.00
5th2013417.502015307.52
6th20146111.012016214.00
7th2015666.512017599.50
8th2016245.002018379.01
9th2017448.5020194411.00
10th2018433.502020258.00
11th2019378.002021344.50
12th————2022219.51
13th————202390.50

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT