John Thornton stats

Last played for the Cincinnati Bengals, 2008

Defensive Tackle · #97

Age 50 · 6' 3"

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John Thornton played 10 NFL seasons, 1999 to 2008.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
143
TOT
299
SOLO
203
AST
96
SACK
27.5
INT
1
PD
19
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.

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.
1999TEN16191544.5011
2000TEN16281994.0010
2001TEN30000.0010
2002TEN16201552.0030
2003CIN163018126.0031
2004CIN165737203.0040
2005CIN164023172.0112
2006CIN154328152.0021
2007CIN14322481.0010
2008CIN15302463.0020

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

Career Postseason

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

Per game

Career regular season

GP
143
TOT
2.1
SOLO
1.4
AST
0.7
SACK
0.2
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
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.

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.
1999TEN161.20.90.30.30.00.10.1
2000TEN161.81.20.60.30.00.10.0
2001TEN30.00.000.00.00.30.0
2002TEN161.30.90.30.10.00.20.0
2003CIN161.91.10.80.40.00.20.1
2004CIN163.62.31.30.20.00.30.0
2005CIN162.51.41.10.10.10.10.1
2006CIN152.91.910.10.00.10.1
2007CIN142.31.70.60.10.00.10.0
2008CIN152.01.60.40.20.00.10.0

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

Bio

Age
50 yearsOct 2, 1976
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1999
Birthplace
Philadelphia, PA
Draft
1999Rd 2, Pk 52
College
West Virginia

Latest performance

John Thornton

Dec 28 · vs KC · W 16-6

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

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Dec 28vsKCW 16-60000
Sun, Dec 21atCLEW 14-04420
Sun, Dec 14vsWSHW 20-132100
Sun, Dec 07atINDL 35-31100
Sun, Nov 30vsBALL 34-32200
Thu, Nov 20atPITL 27-102200

What were John Thornton's career stats?

John Thornton played 10 seasons for the Titans and the Bengals. He recorded 299 tackles, 27.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season was 2004: 57 tackles and 3.0 sacks.

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Playoff games

John Thornton played 8 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 4 won, 4 lost.

John Thornton'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.
2005PITL 31-1700.00
2002PITW 34-31 OT00.00
2002LVL 41-2400.00
2000BALL 24-1000.00
1999BUFW 22-1620.00
1999INDW 19-1610.00
1999JAXW 33-1410.00
1999LARL 23-1600.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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