Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1988
- Draft
- 1988Rd 1, Pk 2
- College
- Nebraska
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1988
- Draft
- 1988Rd 1, Pk 2
- College
- Nebraska
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 191
- TOT
- 278
- SOLO
- 231
- AST
- 47
- SACK
- 104.5
- INT
- 4
- PD
- 27
- FF
- 17
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  KC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | KC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | KC | 16 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 15.0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1994 | KC | 14 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 11.5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1995 | KC | 16 | 52 | 40 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1996 | KC | 16 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1997 | DEN | 14 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 8.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1998 | DEN | 14 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 1999 | DEN | 15 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | LAC | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- TOT
- 32
- SOLO
- 24
- AST
- 8
- SACK
- 9.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 2
- FF
- 6
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 191
- TOT
- 1.5
- SOLO
- 1.2
- AST
- 0.2
- SACK
- 0.5
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | KC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | KC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | KC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | KC | 16 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 1994 | KC | 14 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 1995 | KC | 16 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | KC | 16 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | DEN | 14 | 2.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | DEN | 14 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | DEN | 15 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2000 | LAC | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Neil Smith's career stats?
Neil Smith played 13 seasons for the Chiefs, the Broncos and the Chargers. He recorded 278 tackles, 104.5 sacks and 4 interceptions. His best season was 1995: 52 tackles and 12.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1988 to 2000
Neil Smith led the NFL in sacks (1993); finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
Championships ×2
- 1997 Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos
- 1998 Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos
All-time career rank
- 38th in sacks (104.5)
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.
More on Neil Smith
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Neil Smith among NFL players at the same position.
- Clyde SimmonsAlike in Sacks, Passes defended61out of 100 on profile similarity
- Leslie O'NealAlike in Passes defended59out of 100 on profile similarity
- William FullerAlike in Passes defended, Sacks, Forced fumbles56out of 100 on profile similarity
- Ray SealsAlike in Passes defended, Interceptions53out of 100 on profile similarity
- Chris DolemanAlike in Forced fumbles49out of 100 on profile similarity
Compare Neil Smith with Clyde Simmons, Leslie O'Neal, William Fuller