Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2012Rd 1, Pk 15
- College
- West Virginia
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2012Rd 1, Pk 15
- College
- West Virginia
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 141
- TOT
- 342
- SOLO
- 235
- AST
- 107
- SACK
- 56.5
- INT
- 3
- PD
- 13
- FF
- 16
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | 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. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SEA | 16 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | SEA | 12 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | SEA | 15 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 6.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2015 | SEA | 15 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | LV | 16 | 57 | 47 | 10 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | LV | 16 | 58 | 38 | 20 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 |  LV/ATL | 16 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | CAR | 13 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 8.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | SEA | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | CHI | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | SEA | 11 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | DET | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 12
- TOT
- 28
- SOLO
- 21
- AST
- 7
- SACK
- 4.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 141
- TOT
- 2.4
- SOLO
- 1.7
- AST
- 0.8
- SACK
- 0.4
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.1
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | 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. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SEA | 16 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | SEA | 12 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | SEA | 15 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | SEA | 15 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | LV | 16 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | LV | 16 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | LV/ATL | 16 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | CAR | 13 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | SEA | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | CHI | 6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2022 | SEA | 11 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | DET | 3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Latest performance
Bruce Irvin
Jan 13 · @ KC · L 26-7
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jan 13 | at KCL 26-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Dec 30 | at DALL 20-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Dec 16 | vs DENW 42-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 03 | at NOW 33-28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sat, Jan 14 | at SFL 41-23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 08 | vs LARW 19-16 OT | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 |
What were Bruce Irvin's career stats?
Bruce Irvin played 12 seasons for the Seahawks, the Raiders, the Panthers, the Bears and the Lions. He recorded 342 tackles, 56.5 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season was 2017: 58 tackles and 8.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2012 to 2023
Championships
- 2013 Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks
All-time career rank
- 176th in sacks (56.5)
Among the 9,233 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
More on Bruce Irvin
Playoff games
Bruce Irvin played 2 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 2 lost.
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | KC | L 26-7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | SF | L 41-23 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Bruce Irvin against each club
- vs Arizona Cardinals (2)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (2)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (2)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (2)
- vs New York Giants (2)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (2)
- vs Carolina Panthers (1)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (1)
- vs Denver Broncos (1)
- vs Green Bay Packers (1)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (1)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (1)
- vs New Orleans Saints (1)
- vs New York Jets (1)
- vs Seattle Seahawks (1)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)
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