Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1981
- Draft
- 1981Rd 1, Pk 2
- College
- North Carolina
- MVP
- 1986
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 3x
- Defensive Rookie of the Year
- 1981
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1981
- Draft
- 1981Rd 1, Pk 2
- College
- North Carolina
- MVP
- 1986
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 3x
- Defensive Rookie of the Year
- 1981
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 184
- TOT
- 37
- SOLO
- 28
- AST
- 9
- SACK
- 132.5
- INT
- 9
- PD
- 4
- FF
- 3
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 |  NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYG | 16 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 6.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- TOT
- 5
- SOLO
- 3
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 6.5
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 184
- TOT
- 0.2
- SOLO
- 0.2
- AST
- 0.0
- SACK
- 0.7
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYG | 16 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Lawrence Taylor's career stats?
Lawrence Taylor played 13 seasons for the Giants. He recorded 37 tackles, 132.5 sacks and 9 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 37 tackles and 6.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1981 to 1993
Championships ×2
- 1986 Super Bowl with the New York Giants
- 1990 Super Bowl with the New York Giants
Awards
- NFL Defensive Player of the Year ×3: 1981, 1982, 1986
- NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year: 1981
- NFL MVP: 1986
All-time career rank
- 15th in sacks (132.5)
Among the 9,233 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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