Derrick Barnes stats

Lions

Linebacker · #55

Age 27 · 6' 0" · 240 lbs

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Derrick Barnes recorded 34 tackles and 3.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Detroit Lions. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
34
SOLO
21
AST
13
SACK
3.0
INT
1
PD
2
FF
0

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.
2021DET176742252.0020
2022DET154727201.0010
2023DET168142391.0001
2024DET310820.0010
2025DET177840384.0130
2026DET73421133.0120

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

Career regular season

GP
75
TOT
317
SOLO
180
AST
137
SACK
11.0
INT
2
PD
9
FF
1

Career Postseason

GP
3
TOT
6
SOLO
4
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
1
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

GP
7
TOT
4.9
SOLO
3
AST
1.9
SACK
0.4
INT
0.1
PD
0.3
FF
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.
2021DET173.92.51.50.10.00.10.0
2022DET153.11.81.30.10.00.10.0
2023DET165.12.62.40.10.00.00.1
2024DET33.32.70.70.00.00.30.0
2025DET174.62.42.20.20.10.20.0
2026DET74.93.01.90.40.10.30.0

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
75
TOT
4.2
SOLO
2.4
AST
1.8
SACK
0.1
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
27 yearsMay 29, 1999
Height
6' 0"
Weight
240 lbs
Experience
6 years
Birthplace
Covington, KY
Draft
2021Rd 4, Pk 113
College
Purdue
Salary
$8 million2026

Against other linebackers

2026 regular season, 196 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Sacks3.0

    Higher than 86% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Tackles34

    Higher than 68% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Passes Defended2

    Higher than 76% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

Derrick Barnes

Nov 01 · vs MIN · W 19-15

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

Snap counts, 2026

81% of his club's defensive snaps a game (408 in 7 games); 53% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1NO7786%13
2BUF74100%8
3NYJ5786%1
4CAR4560%0
5ARI6082%4
7GB67100%2
8MIN2853%6

NFL snap counts, every player

2021 NFL combine

DE, 6'0", 238 lb · Purdue

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.57s96th
Vertical jump37"92nd
Broad jump9' 11"79th
Bench press (225 lb)29 reps75th
20-yard shuttle4.27s89th

Percentile: the share of DEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2021 combine

Games

All games

Next

at MIASun, Nov 08

vs MIA since 2022

1
GP
5
TOT
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsMINW 19-151000
Sun, Oct 25vsGBW 20-176400
Sun, Oct 11atARIW 45-215310
Sun, Oct 04atCARL 32-261100
Sun, Sep 27vsNYJW 31-248500
Thu, Sep 17atBUFL 41-317510

What are Derrick Barnes's career stats?

Derrick Barnes has played 6 seasons for the Lions. He has recorded 317 tackles, 11 sacks and 2 interceptions. His best season so far is 2023: 81 tackles and 1.0 sack.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 12 vs GB on Nov 6, 2022, W 15-9
  • Sacks: 1 vs GB on Jan 9, 2022, W 37-30
Derrick Barnes'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.
202661.0
202581.0
20245—
202391.0
2022121.0
202191.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2021.

Derrick Barnes college stats

Derrick Barnes played 4 seasons at Purdue Boilermakers (2017 to 2020): 226 tackles, 10.5 sacks and 1 interception.

defensive

Derrick Barnes'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.
2017Purdue Boilermakers17116001000
2018Purdue Boilermakers926131030000
2019Purdue Boilermakers63471627.51000
2020Purdue Boilermakers544014100180

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

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Playoff games

Derrick Barnes played 3 games across 1 NFL postseason — 2 won, 1 lost.

Derrick Barnes'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.
2023LARW 24-2320.00
2023TBW 31-2340.01
2023SFL 34-3100.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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