Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1989
- Draft
- 1989Rd 1, Pk 5
- College
- Florida State
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 1994
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1989
- Draft
- 1989Rd 1, Pk 5
- College
- Florida State
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 1994
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 188
- TOT
- 296
- SOLO
- 270
- AST
- 26
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 53
- PD
- 94
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  ATL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | ATL | 11 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| 1994 | SF | 14 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | DAL | 9 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | DAL | 16 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 1997 | DAL | 13 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | DAL | 11 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | DAL | 14 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2000 | WSH | 16 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2004 | BAL | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005 | BAL | 16 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 12
- TOT
- 15
- SOLO
- 13
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 5
- PD
- 9
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 188
- TOT
- 1.6
- SOLO
- 1.4
- AST
- 0.1
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.3
- PD
- 0.5
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | ATL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | ATL | 11 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | SF | 14 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | DAL | 9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 1996 | DAL | 16 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | DAL | 13 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 1998 | DAL | 11 | 2.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 1999 | DAL | 14 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | WSH | 16 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | BAL | 9 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2005 | BAL | 16 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Deion Sanders's career stats?
Deion Sanders played 14 seasons for the Falcons, the 49ers, the Cowboys, the Commanders and the Ravens. He recorded 296 tackles, 1 sacks and 53 interceptions. His best season was 1999: 41 tackles and 0.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1989 to 2005
Championships ×2
- 1994 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
- 1995 Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys
Awards
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