Daron Payne stats

Commanders

Defensive Tackle · #94

Age 29 · 6' 3" · 320 lbs

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Injured ReserveLeft Foot · due back February 15, 2027

Daron Payne recorded 14 tackles and 1.0 sack in 6 games of 2026 for the Washington Commanders. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
6
TOT
14
SOLO
7
AST
7
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
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.
2018WSH165635215.0031
2019WSH155632242.0020
2020WSH165427273.0143
2021WSH176135264.5000
2022WSH1764323211.5050
2023WSH175332214.0042
2024WSH174222204.0020
2025WSH154620263.0051
2026WSH614771.0001

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

Career regular season

GP
136
TOT
446
SOLO
242
AST
204
SACK
38.0
INT
1
PD
25
FF
8

Career Postseason

GP
3
TOT
6
SOLO
3
AST
3
SACK
2.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
1

Per game

GP
6
TOT
2.3
SOLO
1.2
AST
1.2
SACK
0.2
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0.2

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.
2018WSH163.52.21.30.30.00.20.1
2019WSH153.72.11.60.10.00.10.0
2020WSH163.41.71.70.20.10.30.2
2021WSH173.62.11.50.30.00.00.0
2022WSH173.81.91.90.70.00.30.0
2023WSH173.11.91.20.20.00.20.1
2024WSH172.51.31.20.20.00.10.0
2025WSH153.11.31.70.20.00.30.1
2026WSH62.31.21.20.20.00.00.2

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
136
TOT
3.3
SOLO
1.8
AST
1.5
SACK
0.3
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
29 yearsMay 27, 1997
Height
6' 3"
Weight
320 lbs
Experience
9 yearsDebut 2018
Birthplace
Birmingham, AL
Draft
2018Rd 1, Pk 13
College
Alabama
Salary
$22.4 million2026

Against other defensive tackles

2026 regular season, 115 NFL defensive tackles with 6+ games.

  • Sacks1.0

    Higher than 54% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Tackles14

    Higher than 39% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 83% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

Latest performance

Daron Payne

Oct 19 · @ SF · L 23-17

TOT
3
SOLO
1
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

74% of his club's defensive snaps a game (292 in 6 games); 85% in week 6.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1PHI3462%4
2DAL3767%6
3SEA4872%6
4IND5786%8
5NYG6371%9
6SF5385%3

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Daron Payne has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026, ruled out 1 time.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202610Knee, Foot

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.

2018 NFL combine

DT, 6'2", 311 lb · Alabama

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.95s45th
Vertical jump28.5"19th
Broad jump8' 11"29th
Bench press (225 lb)27 reps62nd
3-cone drill7.58s38th
20-yard shuttle4.71s22nd

Percentile: the share of DTs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2018 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs LARSun, Nov 08

vs LAR since 2020

2
GP
7
TOT
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Mon, Oct 19atSFL 23-173100
Sun, Oct 11vsNYGT 27-27 OT3110
Sun, Oct 04vsINDL 30-134300
Sun, Sep 27vsSEAW 33-311000
Sun, Sep 20atDALL 37-202100
Sun, Sep 13atPHIL 24-221100

What are Daron Payne's career stats?

Daron Payne has played 9 seasons for the Commanders. He has recorded 446 tackles, 38 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2022: 64 tackles and 11.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 8 vs HOU on Nov 18, 2018, L 23-21
  • Sacks: 2 vs CLE on Jan 1, 2023, L 24-10
Daron Payne'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.
20261—
202561.0
202451.0
202352.0
202262.0
202161.0
202071.0
201971.0
201881.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2018.

Daron Payne college stats

Daron Payne played 3 seasons at Alabama Crimson Tide (2015 to 2017): 102 tackles, 3 sacks and 1 interception.

receiving

Daron Payne's college receiving by season
SeasonSchoolRECREC: Passes caught.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
2017Alabama Crimson Tide11111

defensive

Daron Payne'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.
2015Alabama Crimson Tide136700.51000
2016Alabama Crimson Tide36122411.50000
2017Alabama Crimson Tide5321323101210

scoring

Daron Payne's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2016Alabama Crimson Tide000110006
2017Alabama Crimson Tide001010006

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

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Playoff games

Daron Payne played 3 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 1 lost.

Daron Payne'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.
2024TBW 23-2010.00
2024DETW 45-3100.00
2020TBL 31-2352.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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