Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 1, Pk 8
- College
- Oklahoma State
- Defensive Rookie of the Year
- 1986
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 1, Pk 8
- College
- Oklahoma State
- Defensive Rookie of the Year
- 1986
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 196
- TOT
- 334
- SOLO
- 259
- AST
- 75
- SACK
- 132.5
- INT
- 3
- PD
- 28
- FF
- 11
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 |  LAC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | LAC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | LAC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | LAC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | LAC | 16 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 12.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1994 | LAC | 16 | 60 | 47 | 13 | 12.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 1995 | LAC | 16 | 46 | 35 | 11 | 12.5 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1996 | LAR | 16 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | LAR | 15 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 10.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 1998 | KC | 16 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | KC | 16 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- TOT
- 6
- SOLO
- 6
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 2.5
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 196
- TOT
- 1.7
- SOLO
- 1.3
- AST
- 0.4
- 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.
| 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 | LAC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | LAC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | LAC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | LAC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | LAC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | LAC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | LAC | 16 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | LAC | 16 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | LAC | 16 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | LAR | 16 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1997 | LAR | 15 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | KC | 16 | 2.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 1999 | KC | 16 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Leslie O'Neal's career stats?
Leslie O'Neal played 13 seasons for the Chargers, the Rams and the Chiefs. He recorded 334 tackles, 132.5 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season was 1994: 60 tackles and 12.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1986 to 1999
Leslie O'Neal finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Awards
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.
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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