James Farrior stats

Last played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 2011

Linebacker · #51

Age 51 · 6' 2"

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James Farrior played 15 NFL seasons, 1997 to 2011.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
230
TOT
1,415
SOLO
983
AST
432
SACK
35.5
INT
11
PD
72
FF
19

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.
1997NYJ167052181.5012
1998NYJ122817110.0010
1999NYJ164030102.0021
2000NYJ165545101.0151
2001NYJ16142106361.0293
2002PIT148260220.0010
2003PIT1614196450.0150
2004PIT169465293.04123
2005PIT1411974452.0052
2006PIT1612885434.0162
2007PIT169464306.5172
2008PIT1613387463.5051
2009PIT1610268343.0151
2010PIT1610980296.0051
2011PIT147854242.0030

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

Career Postseason

GP
19
TOT
117
SOLO
76
AST
41
SACK
5.0
INT
2
PD
8
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
230
TOT
6.2
SOLO
4.3
AST
1.9
SACK
0.2
INT
0.0
PD
0.3
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.
1997NYJ164.43.31.10.10.00.10.1
1998NYJ122.31.40.90.00.00.10.0
1999NYJ162.51.90.60.10.00.10.1
2000NYJ163.42.80.60.10.10.30.1
2001NYJ168.96.62.30.10.10.60.2
2002PIT145.94.31.60.00.00.10.0
2003PIT168.86.02.80.00.10.30.0
2004PIT165.94.11.80.20.30.80.2
2005PIT148.55.33.20.10.00.40.1
2006PIT168.05.32.70.30.10.40.1
2007PIT165.94.01.90.40.10.40.1
2008PIT168.35.42.90.20.00.30.1
2009PIT166.44.32.10.20.10.30.1
2010PIT166.85.01.80.40.00.30.1
2011PIT145.63.91.70.10.00.20.0

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

Bio

Age
51 yearsJan 6, 1975
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1997
Birthplace
Richmond, VA
Draft
1997Rd 1, Pk 8
College
Virginia

Latest performance

James Farrior

Jan 08 · @ DEN · L 29-23 OT

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

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 08atDENL 29-23 OT3300
Sun, Jan 01atCLEW 13-94400
Sat, Dec 24vsLARW 27-04100
Mon, Dec 19atSFL 20-34400
Thu, Dec 08vsCLEW 14-33000
Sun, Dec 04vsCINW 35-76400

What were James Farrior's career stats?

James Farrior played 15 seasons for the Jets and the Steelers. He recorded 1,415 tackles, 35.5 sacks and 11 interceptions. His best season was 2001: 142 tackles and 1.0 sack.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 9 postseasons, 1997 to 2011

James Farrior finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.

Championships ×2

All-time career rank

  • 14th in tackles (1,415)

Among the 9,780 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 James Farrior

Playoff games

James Farrior played 19 games across 9 NFL postseasons — 12 won, 7 lost.

James Farrior'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.
2011DENL 29-23 OT30.00
2010BALW 31-2450.00
2010NYJW 24-1980.00
2010GBL 31-2520.00
2008LACW 35-2490.00
2008BALW 23-1490.00
2008ARIW 27-2370.00
2007JAXL 31-2990.51
2005CINW 31-1740.01
2005INDW 21-18102.50
2005DENW 34-1720.00
2005SEAW 21-1060.00
2004NYJW 20-17 OT90.00
2004NEL 41-27100.00
2002CLEW 36-3331.00
2002TENL 34-31 OT100.00
2001LVL 38-2480.00
1998JAXW 34-2410.00
1998DENL 23-1021.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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