Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2015
- Draft
- 2015Rd 2, Pk 58
- College
- Missouri
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2015
- Draft
- 2015Rd 2, Pk 58
- College
- Missouri
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 127
- TOT
- 344
- SOLO
- 221
- AST
- 123
- SACK
- 51.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 8
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ARI | 15 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | ARI | 16 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | ARI | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | ARI | 11 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | NYG | 16 | 72 | 37 | 35 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 |  NYG/ARI | 16 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | ARI | 16 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | ARI | 17 | 48 | 22 | 26 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | PIT | 16 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- TOT
- 16
- SOLO
- 8
- AST
- 8
- SACK
- 2.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 127
- TOT
- 2.7
- SOLO
- 1.7
- AST
- 1.0
- SACK
- 0.4
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ARI | 15 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | ARI | 16 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | ARI | 4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | ARI | 11 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2019 | NYG | 16 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | NYG/ARI | 16 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | ARI | 16 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | ARI | 17 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | PIT | 16 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Latest performance
Markus Golden
Jan 15 · @ BUF · L 31-17
- TOT
- 3
- SOLO
- 2
- AST
- 1
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Jan 15 | at BUFL 31-17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sat, Jan 06 | at BALW 17-10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 31 | at SEAW 30-23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Dec 23 | vs CINW 34-11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Dec 16 | at INDL 30-13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 03 | vsARIL 24-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Markus Golden's career stats?
Markus Golden played 9 seasons for the Cardinals, the Giants and the Steelers. He recorded 344 tackles, 51 sacks and 1 interceptions. His best season was 2019: 72 tackles and 10.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2015 to 2023
Markus Golden finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 205th in sacks (51.0)
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.
More on Markus Golden
Playoff games
Markus Golden played 2 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 2 lost.
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BUF | L 31-17 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 |  LAR | L 34-11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Markus Golden against each club
- vs Los Angeles Rams (6)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (5)
- vs Seattle Seahawks (5)
- vs Cleveland Browns (3)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (2)
- vs Carolina Panthers (2)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (2)
- vs Green Bay Packers (2)
- vs Houston Texans (2)
- vs Indianapolis Colts (2)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (2)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (2)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (2)
- vs Tennessee Titans (2)
- vs Arizona Cardinals (1)
- vs Atlanta Falcons (1)
- vs Buffalo Bills (1)
- vs Chicago Bears (1)
- vs Denver Broncos (1)
- vs Detroit Lions (1)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (1)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (1)
- vs New England Patriots (1)
- vs New Orleans Saints (1)
- vs Philadelphia Eagles (1)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)
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