Derrick Thomas stats

Last played for the Kansas City Chiefs, 1999

Linebacker · #58

1967–2000 · 6' 3"

Compare with…

Derrick Thomas played 11 NFL seasons, 1989 to 1999.

Stats

Choose how these numbers are shown

Totals

Career regular season

GP
169
TOT
346
SOLO
304
AST
42
SACK
126.5
INT
1
PD
17
FF
22

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.
1989KC1600010.0000
1990KC1500020.0000
1991KC1600013.5000
1992KC1600014.5000
1993KC16363518.0004
1994KC166863511.0034
1995KC15534858.0032
1996KC165446813.0055
1997KC12342779.5003
1998KC154132912.0012
1999KC16605377.0152

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

Career Postseason

GP
9
TOT
21
SOLO
20
AST
1
SACK
6.5
INT
0
PD
1
FF
2

Per game

Career regular season

GP
169
TOT
2.0
SOLO
1.8
AST
0.2
SACK
0.7
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

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.
1989KC160.00.000.60.00.00.0
1990KC150.00.001.30.00.00.0
1991KC160.00.000.80.00.00.0
1992KC160.00.000.90.00.00.0
1993KC162.32.20.10.50.00.00.3
1994KC164.33.90.30.70.00.20.3
1995KC153.53.20.30.50.00.20.1
1996KC163.42.90.50.80.00.30.3
1997KC122.82.30.60.80.00.00.3
1998KC152.72.10.60.80.00.10.1
1999KC163.83.30.40.40.10.30.1

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

Bio

Died
Feb 8, 2000Aged 33, born Jan 1, 1967
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1989
Birthplace
Miami, FL
College
Alabama
Defensive Rookie of the Year
1989

Latest performance

Derrick Thomas

Jan 02 · vs LV · L 41-38 OT

TOT
6
SOLO
5
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 02vsLVL 41-38 OT6500
Sun, Dec 26atSEAL 23-144200
Sat, Dec 18vsPITW 35-195410
Sun, Dec 12vsMINW 31-284420
Sun, Dec 05atDENW 16-104300
Sun, Nov 28atLVW 37-342200

What were Derrick Thomas's career stats?

Derrick Thomas played 11 seasons for the Chiefs. He recorded 346 tackles, 126.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season was 1994: 68 tackles and 11.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1989 to 1999

Derrick Thomas finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 25th in sacks (126.5)

Among the 9,825 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Derrick Thomas

Playoff games

Derrick Thomas played 3 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 3 lost.

Derrick Thomas'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.
1997DENL 14-1010.00
1995INDL 10-740.00
1994MIAL 27-1761.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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