Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2012Rd 1, Pk 18
- College
- South Carolina
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2012Rd 1, Pk 18
- College
- South Carolina
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 148
- TOT
- 414
- SOLO
- 298
- AST
- 116
- SACK
- 58.5
- INT
- 3
- PD
- 31
- FF
- 15
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | LAC | 16 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2013 | LAC | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | LAC | 9 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | LAC | 16 | 65 | 52 | 13 | 10.5 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016 | LAC | 16 | 60 | 46 | 14 | 8.0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | LAC | 16 | 56 | 43 | 13 | 10.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | LAC | 16 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 7.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | LAC | 13 | 48 | 39 | 9 | 7.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | LAC | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 |  PIT/KC | 15 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | MIA | 17 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | MIA | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- TOT
- 24
- SOLO
- 17
- AST
- 7
- SACK
- 4.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 3
- FF
- 2
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 148
- TOT
- 2.8
- SOLO
- 2.0
- AST
- 0.8
- SACK
- 0.4
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.2
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | LAC | 16 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | LAC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | LAC | 9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 2015 | LAC | 16 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | LAC | 16 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | LAC | 16 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | LAC | 16 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | LAC | 13 | 3.7 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2020 | LAC | 7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2021 | PIT/KC | 15 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | MIA | 17 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | MIA | 3 | 2.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Latest performance
Melvin Ingram
Jan 13 · @ KC · L 26-7
- TOT
- 2
- SOLO
- 1
- AST
- 1
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jan 13 | atKCL 26-7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 07 | vs BUFL 21-14 | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 31 | at BALL 56-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 24 | vs DALW 22-20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 15 | atBUFL 34-31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 08 | vs NYJW 11-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Melvin Ingram's career stats?
Melvin Ingram played 12 seasons for the Chargers and the Dolphins. He recorded 414 tackles, 58.5 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season was 2015: 65 tackles and 10.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2012 to 2023
All-time career rank
- 160th in sacks (58.5)
Among the 9,225 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
More on Melvin Ingram
Playoff games
Melvin Ingram played 5 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 3 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 | KC | L 26-7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | BUF | L 34-31 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 |  PIT | W 42-21 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | BUF | W 42-36 OT | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 |  CIN | L 27-24 OT | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Melvin Ingram against each club
- vs Buffalo Bills (6)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (4)
- vs Denver Broncos (3)
- vs Green Bay Packers (3)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (3)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (3)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (2)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (2)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (2)
- vs New England Patriots (2)
- vs New York Jets (2)
- vs Chicago Bears (1)
- vs Cleveland Browns (1)
- vs Detroit Lions (1)
- vs Houston Texans (1)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (1)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (1)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (1)
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