Bruce Smith stats

Last played for the Washington Commanders, 2003

Defensive End · #78

Age 63 · 6' 3"

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Bruce Smith played 19 NFL seasons, 1985 to 2003.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
279
TOT
673
SOLO
501
AST
172
SACK
200.0
INT
2
PD
16
FF
30

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.

Totals by season
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.
1985BUF160006.5000
1986BUF1600015.0000
1987BUF1200012.0000
1988BUF1200011.0000
1989BUF1600013.0000
1990BUF1600019.0000
1991BUF50001.5000
1992BUF1500014.0000
1993BUF16106822414.0114
1994BUF1580562410.0144
1995BUF1573512210.5031
1996BUF1689682113.5015
1997BUF1663481514.0010
1998BUF1550351510.0002
1999BUF164531147.0023
2000WSH165546910.0025
2001WSH144130115.0013
2002WSH164937129.0013
2003WSH16221755.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career Postseason

GP
20
TOT
29
SOLO
22
AST
7
SACK
14.5
INT
0
PD
1
FF
1

Per game

Career regular season

GP
279
TOT
2.4
SOLO
1.8
AST
0.6
SACK
0.7
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.

Per game by season
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.
1985BUF160.00.000.40.00.00.0
1986BUF160.00.000.90.00.00.0
1987BUF120.00.001.00.00.00.0
1988BUF120.00.000.90.00.00.0
1989BUF160.00.000.80.00.00.0
1990BUF160.00.001.20.00.00.0
1991BUF50.00.000.30.00.00.0
1992BUF150.00.000.90.00.00.0
1993BUF166.65.11.50.90.10.10.3
1994BUF155.33.71.60.70.10.30.3
1995BUF154.93.41.50.70.00.20.1
1996BUF165.64.31.30.80.00.10.3
1997BUF163.93.00.90.90.00.10.0
1998BUF153.32.310.70.00.00.1
1999BUF162.81.90.90.40.00.10.2
2000WSH163.42.90.60.60.00.10.3
2001WSH142.92.10.80.40.00.10.2
2002WSH163.12.30.80.60.00.10.2
2003WSH161.41.10.30.30.00.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
16
PPR
0.0
HALF
0.0
STD
0.0
PPG
0

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
SeasonTeamGPGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPRPPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALFHALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STDSTD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPGPPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
1985BUF160.00.00.00

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
63 yearsJun 18, 1963
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1985
Birthplace
Norfolk, VA
College
Virginia Tech
Defensive Player of the Year
2x

Latest performance

Bruce Smith

Dec 27 · vs PHI · L 31-7

TOT
2
SOLO
1
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sat, Dec 27vsPHIL 31-72100
Sun, Dec 21atCHIL 27-242210
Sun, Dec 14vsDALL 27-01100
Sun, Dec 07atNYGW 20-72210
Sun, Nov 30vsNOL 24-201000
Sun, Nov 23atMIAL 24-23210.50

What were Bruce Smith's career stats?

Bruce Smith played 19 seasons for the Bills and the Commanders. He recorded 673 tackles, 200 sacks and 2 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 106 tackles and 14.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 10 postseasons, 1985 to 2003

Bruce Smith finished top 10 in a stat 3 times; sits top 10 all time in sacks.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 1st in sacks (200.0)
  • 228th in tackles (673)

Among the 9,826 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Bruce Smith

Playoff games

Bruce Smith played 5 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 1 won, 4 lost.

Bruce Smith's line in each playoff game
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.
1999TENL 22-1662.50
1998MIAL 24-1740.00
1996JAXL 30-2730.00
1995MIAW 37-2210.00
1995PITL 40-2100.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.