Denzel Ward stats

Browns

Cornerback · #21

Age 29 · 5' 11" · 190 lbs

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Denzel Ward recorded 29 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Cleveland Browns. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
29
SOLO
17
AST
12
SACK
0.0
INT
3
PD · 4th
8
FF · 6th
2

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.
2018CLE135341120.03111
2019CLE12443860.02110
2020CLE12463880.02181
2021CLE15433490.53100
2022CLE145342110.03150
2023CLE13343040.02111
2024CLE16494180.0219, led the NFL1
2025CLE153929100.0190
2026CLE82917120.0382

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

Bold marks the best figure in the NFL that season, among players with at least 4 games.

Career regular season

GP
118
TOT
390
SOLO
310
AST
80
SACK
0.5
INT
21
PD
112
FF
6

Career Postseason

GP
2
TOT
5
SOLO
5
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
3.6
SOLO
2.1
AST
1.5
SACK
0.0
INT
0.4
PD
1
FF
0.3

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.
2018CLE134.13.20.90.00.20.80.1
2019CLE123.73.20.50.00.20.90.0
2020CLE123.83.20.70.00.21.50.1
2021CLE152.92.30.60.00.20.70.0
2022CLE143.83.00.80.00.21.10.0
2023CLE132.62.30.30.00.20.80.1
2024CLE163.12.60.50.00.11.20.1
2025CLE152.61.90.70.00.10.60.0
2026CLE83.62.11.50.00.41.00.3

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
118
TOT
3.3
SOLO
2.6
AST
0.7
SACK
0.0
INT
0.2
PD
0.9
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
29 yearsApr 28, 1997
Height
5' 11"
Weight
190 lbs
Experience
9 yearsDebut 2018
Birthplace
Macedonia, OH
Draft
2018Rd 1, Pk 4
College
Ohio State
Salary
$23.2 million2026

Against other cornerbacks

2026 regular season, 128 NFL cornerbacks with 6+ games.

  • Tackles29

    Higher than 70% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Forced Fumbles2

    Higher than 95% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Passes Defended8

    Higher than 91% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

Latest performance

Denzel Ward

Nov 01 · @ PIT · L 27-6

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

Snap counts, 2026

99% of his club's defensive snaps a game (515 in 8 games); 98% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1JAX57100%6
2TB65100%5
3CAR7699%4
4PIT72100%3
5NYJ70100%3
6BAL57100%3
7TEN6095%0
8PIT5898%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Denzel Ward has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601Hand

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

CB, 5'10", 183 lb · Ohio State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.32s97th
Vertical jump39"83rd
Broad jump11' 4"99th
Bench press (225 lb)16 reps52nd

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

Games

All games

Next

at NOSun, Nov 08

vs NO since 2018

3
GP
12
TOT
9
SOLO
0
SACK
1
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01atPITL 27-62101
Sun, Oct 25atTENW 27-242101
Sun, Oct 18vsBALW 13-101000
Sun, Oct 11atNYJL 17-127400
Thu, Oct 01vsPITW 27-244301
Sun, Sep 27vsCARW 21-183300

What are Denzel Ward's career stats?

Denzel Ward has played 9 seasons for the Browns. He has recorded 390 tackles, 0.5 sacks and 21 interceptions. His best season so far is 2018: 53 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 11 vs LAC on Oct 9, 2022, L 30-28
  • Sacks: 0.5 @ MIN on Oct 3, 2021, W 14-7
Denzel Ward'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.
20265—
20255—
20246—
20235—
202211—
202160.5
20206—
20197—
20187—

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2018.

Denzel Ward college stats

Denzel Ward played 3 seasons at Ohio State Buckeyes (2015 to 2017): 67 tackles, 0 sacks and 1 interception.

defensive

Denzel Ward'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.
2015Ohio State Buckeyes752000000
2016Ohio State Buckeyes231211900000
2017Ohio State Buckeyes373071500100

returning

Denzel Ward's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2017Ohio State Buckeyes000000000

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

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Playoff games

Denzel Ward played 2 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 2 lost.

Denzel Ward'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.
2023HOUL 45-1420.00
2020KCL 22-1730.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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