Budda Baker stats

Cardinals

Safety · #3

Age 30 · 5' 10" · 195 lbs

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Budda Baker recorded 51 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Arizona Cardinals. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
8
TOT · 30th
51
SOLO · 31st
26
AST · 38th
25
SACK · 13th
3.5
INT
1
PD · 34th
4
FF · 22nd
1

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.
2017ARI167458161.0072
2018ARI1410278242.0011
2019ARI16147104430.5061
2020ARI1511890282.0261
2021ARI179863352.0370
2022ARI1511175360.0271
2023ARI128758290.0000
2024ARI1716495692.0051
2025ARI1612057630.5150
2026ARI85126253.5141

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

Career regular season

GP
146
TOT
1,072
SOLO
704
AST
368
SACK
13.5
INT
9
PD
48
FF
8

Career Postseason

GP
1
TOT
4
SOLO
2
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
6.4
SOLO
3.3
AST
3.1
SACK
0.4
INT
0.1
PD
0.5
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.
2017ARI164.63.610.10.00.40.1
2018ARI147.35.61.70.10.00.10.1
2019ARI169.26.52.70.00.00.40.1
2020ARI157.96.01.90.10.10.40.1
2021ARI175.83.72.10.10.20.40.0
2022ARI157.45.02.40.00.10.50.1
2023ARI127.34.82.40.00.00.00.0
2024ARI179.65.64.10.10.00.30.1
2025ARI167.53.63.90.00.10.30.0
2026ARI86.43.33.10.40.10.50.1

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
146
TOT
7.3
SOLO
4.8
AST
2.5
SACK
0.1
INT
0.1
PD
0.3
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
30 yearsJan 10, 1996
Height
5' 10"
Weight
195 lbs
Experience
10 yearsDebut 2017
Birthplace
Bellevue, WA
Draft
2017Rd 2, Pk 36
College
Washington
Salary
$16.2 million2026

Against other safeties

2026 regular season, 114 NFL safeties with 6+ games.

  • Sacks3.5

    Higher than 100% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Tackles51

    Higher than 88% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 81% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

Latest performance

Budda Baker

Nov 01 · @ DAL · W 33-30 OT

TOT
7
SOLO
1
AST
6
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

99% of his club's defensive snaps a game (502 in 8 games); 100% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1LAC55100%0
2SEA70100%1
3SF54100%0
4NYG67100%0
5DET6598%0
6LAR58100%1
7DEN5997%0
8DAL74100%2

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Budda Baker has been on the NFL’s game-status report 2 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202602Groin

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2017 NFL combine

S, 5'10", 195 lb · Washington

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.45s71st
Vertical jump32.5"10th
Broad jump9' 7"9th
Bench press (225 lb)15 reps40th
3-cone drill6.76s83rd
20-yard shuttle4.08s76th

Percentile: the share of Ss measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2017 combine

Games

All games

Next

at SEASun, Nov 08

vs SEA since 2017

19
GP
148
TOT
97
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01atDALW 33-30 OT7100
Sun, Oct 25vsDENL 30-162100
Sun, Oct 18atLARW 18-166410
Sun, Oct 11vsDETL 45-2111610
Sun, Oct 04atNYGL 36-245201
Sun, Sep 27atSFL 36-304100

What are Budda Baker's career stats?

Budda Baker has played 10 seasons for the Cardinals. He has recorded 1,072 tackles, 13.5 sacks and 9 interceptions. His best season so far is 2024: 164 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 18 vs SEA on Dec 8, 2024, L 30-18
  • Sacks: 1 @ HOU on Nov 19, 2017, L 31-21
Budda Baker's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202650.5
2025100.5
2024181.0
202310—
202213—
2021131.0
2020151.0
2019140.5
2018161.0
2017131.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2017.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 1 postseason, 2017 to 2026

Budda Baker finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

All-time career rank

  • 43rd in tackles (1,072)

Among the 9,779 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.

Budda Baker college stats

Budda Baker played 3 seasons at Washington Huskies (2014 to 2016): 199 tackles, 4 sacks and 5 interceptions.

rushing

Budda Baker's college rushing by season
SeasonSchoolCARCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2016Washington Huskies1-1-100

defensive

Budda Baker's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2014Washington Huskies8057230121440
2015Washington Huskies493217000200
2016Washington Huskies7048225312180

returning

Budda Baker's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2015Washington Huskies1400040140040

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Budda Baker's college game log.

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Playoff games

Budda Baker played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

Budda Baker's line in each playoff game
SeasonOppResultTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2021LARL 34-1140.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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