Patrick Willis vs Zach Thomas

Patrick WillisZach Thomas

Patrick Willis and Zach Thomas compared on their NFL careers: Patrick Willis played 8 seasons, 2007 to 2014, Zach Thomas 13 seasons, 1996 to 2008. Patrick Willis has 950 tackles to Zach Thomas's 1,720.

Who has the better career numbers?

Patrick Willis and Zach Thomas career totals
112GP184
3YDS0
2TD4
16.4AVG10

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Patrick Willis and Zach Thomas postseason
8GP8
0YDS0
0TD0
-1AVG0

Where each stands all time

Patrick Willis and Zach Thomas all-time places
Patrick WillisAll-time rankZach Thomas
70th (950)Tackles4th (1,720)

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

  • Patrick Willis: 0 championships; Defensive Rookie of the Year
  • Zach Thomas: 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.

Patrick Willis and Zach Thomas 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.
1st20071744.0019961532.03
2nd20081411.0119971270.51
3rd20091524.0319981332.03
4th20101286.0019991321.01
5th2011972.012000991.51
6th20121200.5220011543.02
7th20131043.0020021560.51
8th2014340.0120031521.03
9th————20041452.00
10th————20051582.01
11th————20061653.01
12th————2007521.00
13th————2008941.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT