Malik Hooker stats

Cowboys

Safety · #24

Age 30 · 6' 1" · 215 lbs

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Malik Hooker recorded 27 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 6 games of 2026 for the Dallas Cowboys. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
6
TOT
27
SOLO
15
AST
12
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
3
FF
0
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.
2017IND7221660.0340
2018IND144430140.0240
2019IND135130210.0230
2020IND27520.0000
2021DAL154430140.0120
2022DAL166244180.0330
2023DAL165027230.0131
2024DAL178151300.0250
2025DAL125228240.0010
2026DAL62715120.0030

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

Career regular season

GP
118
TOT
440
SOLO
276
AST
164
SACK
0.0
INT
14
PD
28
FF
1

Career Postseason

GP
5
TOT
20
SOLO
10
AST
10
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
6
TOT
4.5
SOLO
2.5
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.5
FF
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.
2017IND73.12.30.90.00.40.60.0
2018IND143.12.110.00.10.30.0
2019IND133.92.31.60.00.20.20.0
2020IND23.52.510.00.00.00.0
2021DAL152.92.00.90.00.10.10.0
2022DAL163.92.81.10.00.20.20.0
2023DAL163.11.71.40.00.10.20.1
2024DAL174.83.01.80.00.10.30.0
2025DAL124.32.320.00.00.10.0
2026DAL64.52.520.00.00.50.0

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
118
TOT
3.7
SOLO
2.3
AST
1.4
SACK
0.0
INT
0.1
PD
0.2
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
30 yearsApr 2, 1996
Height
6' 1"
Weight
215 lbs
Experience
10 yearsDebut 2017
Birthplace
New Castle, PA
Draft
2017Rd 1, Pk 15
College
Ohio State
Salary
$5 million2026

Against other safeties

2026 regular season, 114 NFL safeties with 6+ games.

  • Tackles27

    Higher than 47% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Passes Defended3

    Higher than 72% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Solo Tackles15

    Higher than 43% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

Latest performance

Malik Hooker

Nov 01 · vs ARI · L 33-30 OT

TOT
7
SOLO
3
AST
4
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1

Snap counts, 2026

61% of his club's defensive snaps a game (256 in 6 games); 64% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1NYG1217%0
4HOU4073%0
5TB4968%0
6GB5877%0
7PHI4568%0
8ARI5264%3

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Malik Hooker has been on the NFL’s game-status report 2 weeks since 2026, ruled out 2 times.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202620Forearm

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2017 NFL combine

S, 6'1", 206 lb · Ohio State

He was measured but ran no drills. The 2017 combine

Games

All games

Next

at INDSun, Nov 08

vs IND since 2022

1
GP
2
TOT
2
SOLO
0
SACK
1
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsARIL 33-30 OT7300
Mon, Oct 26atPHIW 38-214100
Sun, Oct 18atGBL 23-133200
Thu, Oct 08vsTBL 24-165300
Sun, Oct 04atHOUW 34-307500
Sun, Sep 13atNYGL 28-201100

What are Malik Hooker's career stats?

Malik Hooker has played 10 seasons for the Colts and the Cowboys. He has recorded 440 tackles and 14 interceptions. His best season so far is 2024: 81 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 13 @ PHI on Oct 16, 2022, L 26-17
Malik Hooker's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20261
20259
20249
20236
202213
20216
20205
201910
201812
20175

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2017.

Malik Hooker college stats

Malik Hooker played 2 seasons at Ohio State Buckeyes (2015 to 2016): 84 tackles, 0.5 sacks and 7 interceptions.

defensive

Malik Hooker's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2015Ohio State Buckeyes1064000000
2016Ohio State Buckeyes74433140.5071813

scoring

Malik Hooker's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2016Ohio State Buckeyes3003300018

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Malik Hooker's college game log.

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Playoff games

Malik Hooker played 6 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 4 lost.

Malik Hooker'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.
2023GBL 48-3210.00
2022TBW 31-1460.00
2022SFL 19-1280.00
2021SFL 23-1730.00
2018HOUW 21-720.00
2018KCL 31-1300.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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