Clay Matthews stats

Last played for the Atlanta Falcons, 1996

Defensive End · #57

Age 70 · 6' 2"

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Clay Matthews played 18 NFL seasons, 1978 to 1996.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
276
TOT
226
SOLO
182
AST
44
SACK
69.5
INT
16
PD
6
FF
5

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.
1978CLE150000.0100
1979CLE160000.0100
1980CLE140000.0100
1981CLE160000.0200
1983CLE160006.0000
1984CLE1600012.0000
1985CLE140006.0000
1986CLE160001.0200
1987CLE120002.5300
1988CLE160006.0000
1989CLE160004.0100
1990CLE160003.5000
1991CLE150006.5100
1992CLE160009.0100
1993CLE166452125.5122
1994ATL158870181.0000
1995ATL166350130.0240
1996ATL15111016.5003

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

Career Postseason

GP
6
TOT
2
SOLO
2
AST
0
SACK
2.0
INT
1
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
276
TOT
0.8
SOLO
0.7
AST
0.2
SACK
0.3
INT
0.1
PD
0.0
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.

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.
1978CLE150.00.000.00.10.00.0
1979CLE160.00.000.00.10.00.0
1980CLE140.00.000.00.10.00.0
1981CLE160.00.000.00.10.00.0
1983CLE160.00.000.40.00.00.0
1984CLE160.00.000.80.00.00.0
1985CLE140.00.000.40.00.00.0
1986CLE160.00.000.10.10.00.0
1987CLE120.00.000.20.30.00.0
1988CLE160.00.000.40.00.00.0
1989CLE160.00.000.30.10.00.0
1990CLE160.00.000.20.00.00.0
1991CLE150.00.000.40.10.00.0
1992CLE160.00.000.60.10.00.0
1993CLE164.03.30.80.30.10.10.1
1994ATL155.94.71.20.10.00.00.0
1995ATL163.93.10.80.00.10.30.0
1996ATL150.70.70.10.40.00.00.2

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

Bio

Age
70 yearsMar 15, 1956
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1978
Birthplace
Palo Alto, CA
College
USC

Latest performance

Clay Matthews

Dec 02 · vs SF · L 34-10

TOT
1
SOLO
1
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Mon, Dec 02vsSFL 34-101100
Sun, Dec 31atGBL 37-202200

What were Clay Matthews's career stats?

Clay Matthews played 18 seasons for the Browns and the Falcons. He recorded 226 tackles, 69.5 sacks and 16 interceptions. His best season was 1994: 88 tackles and 1.0 sack.

League leaderboards and awards

18 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1978 to 1996

All-time career rank

  • 132nd in sacks (69.5)

Among the 9,837 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

More on Clay Matthews

Playoff games

Clay Matthews played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

Clay Matthews'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.
1995GBL 37-2020.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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

Clay Matthews against each club