Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1985
- Draft
- 1985Rd 5, Pk 1
- College
- Auburn
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1985
- Draft
- 1985Rd 5, Pk 1
- College
- Auburn
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 213
- TOT
- 345
- SOLO
- 272
- AST
- 73
- SACK
- 160.0
- INT
- 5
- PD
- 26
- FF
- 9
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | LAR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAR | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | PIT | 16 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 12.5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1994 | PIT | 16 | 70 | 54 | 16 | 14.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1995 | PIT | 16 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 9.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 1996 | CAR | 16 | 51 | 38 | 13 | 14.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 1997 | SF | 14 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 10.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1998 | CAR | 15 | 53 | 50 | 3 | 15.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | CAR | 16 | 45 | 35 | 10 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 14
- TOT
- 23
- SOLO
- 14
- AST
- 9
- SACK
- 8.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 1
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 213
- TOT
- 1.6
- SOLO
- 1.3
- AST
- 0.3
- SACK
- 0.8
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | LAR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAR | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | LAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | PIT | 16 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | PIT | 16 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | PIT | 16 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | CAR | 16 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | SF | 14 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | CAR | 15 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1999 | CAR | 16 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Kevin Greene's career stats?
Kevin Greene played 14 seasons for the Rams, the Steelers, the Panthers and the 49ers. He recorded 345 tackles, 160 sacks and 5 interceptions. His best season was 1994: 70 tackles and 14.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1986 to 1999
Kevin Greene led the NFL in sacks (1994, 1996); finished top 10 in a stat 5 times; sits top 10 all time in sacks.
All-time career rank
- 3rd in sacks (160.0)
Among the 9,233 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.
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