Clay Matthews vs T.J. Watt

Clay MatthewsT.J. Watt

Clay Matthews and T.J. Watt compared on their NFL careers: Clay Matthews played 11 seasons, 2009 to 2019, T.J. Watt 10 seasons, 2017 to 2026. Clay Matthews has 520 tackles to T.J. Watt's 525. Clay Matthews won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Clay Matthews and T.J. Watt career totals
156GP137
109YDS34
2TD1
31.8AVG9.6

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Clay Matthews and T.J. Watt postseason
15GP4
29YDS26
0TD0
0AVG0

Where each stands all time

Clay Matthews and T.J. Watt all-time places
Clay MatthewsAll-time rankT.J. Watt
56th (92.5)Sacks25th (118.5)

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
  • T.J. Watt: 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 T.J. Watt 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.
1st20095110.002017547.01
2nd20106013.5120186813.00
3rd2011506.0320195514.52
4th20124313.0020205315.01
5th2013417.5020216422.50
6th20146111.012022395.52
7th2015666.5120236819.01
8th2016245.0020246111.50
9th2017448.502025557.02
10th2018433.50202683.51
11th2019378.00————

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT