Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1985
- Draft
- 1985Rd 1, Pk 4
- College
- Pittsburgh
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1985
- Draft
- 1985Rd 1, Pk 4
- College
- Pittsburgh
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 232
- TOT
- 336
- SOLO
- 263
- AST
- 73
- SACK
- 150.5
- INT
- 8
- PD
- 21
- FF
- 18
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | MIN | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | MIN | 16 | 63 | 49 | 14 | 12.5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 1994 | ATL | 14 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | ATL | 16 | 49 | 35 | 14 | 9.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1996 | SF | 16 | 52 | 44 | 8 | 11.0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1997 | SF | 16 | 44 | 36 | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | SF | 16 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | MIN | 14 | 53 | 42 | 11 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 14
- TOT
- 33
- SOLO
- 30
- AST
- 3
- SACK
- 7.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 232
- TOT
- 1.4
- SOLO
- 1.1
- AST
- 0.3
- SACK
- 0.6
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | MIN | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | MIN | 16 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | ATL | 14 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | ATL | 16 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | SF | 16 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | SF | 16 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | SF | 16 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 1999 | MIN | 14 | 3.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Chris Doleman's career stats?
Chris Doleman played 15 seasons for the Vikings, the Falcons and the 49ers. He recorded 336 tackles, 150.5 sacks and 8 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 63 tackles and 12.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 8 postseasons, 1985 to 1999
Chris Doleman finished top 10 in a stat 3 times; sits top 10 all time in sacks.
All-time career rank
- 5th in sacks (150.5)
Among the 9,233 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.
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