Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1984
- Draft
- 1984Rd 1, Pk 3
- College
- Michigan State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1984
- Draft
- 1984Rd 1, Pk 3
- College
- Michigan State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 173
- TOT
- 192
- SOLO
- 149
- AST
- 43
- SACK
- 39.5
- INT
- 3
- PD
- 9
- FF
- 1
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | NYG | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | WSH | 15 | 62 | 53 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | CLE | 16 | 73 | 56 | 17 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | CLE | 16 | 57 | 40 | 17 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- TOT
- 7
- SOLO
- 5
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 173
- TOT
- 1.1
- SOLO
- 0.9
- AST
- 0.2
- SACK
- 0.2
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.0
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | NYG | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | WSH | 15 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1994 | CLE | 16 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | CLE | 16 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Carl Banks's career stats?
Carl Banks played 12 seasons for the Giants, the Commanders and the Browns. He recorded 192 tackles, 39.5 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season was 1994: 73 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1 postseason, 1984 to 1995
Championships ×2
- 1986 Super Bowl with the New York Giants
- 1990 Super Bowl with the New York Giants
All-time career rank
- 281st in sacks (39.5)
Among the 9,235 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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