Nik Bonitto stats

Broncos

Linebacker · #15

Age 27 · 6' 3" · 240 lbs

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Nik Bonitto recorded 17 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Denver Broncos. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
17
SOLO
11
AST
6
SACK · 13th
3.5
INT
0
PD
0
FF · 22nd
1

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.

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.
2022DEN1514681.5001
2023DEN15302378.0021
2024DEN1748331513.5142
2025DEN1746311514.0012
2026DEN8171163.5001

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

Career regular season

GP
72
TOT
155
SOLO
104
AST
51
SACK
40.5
INT
1
PD
7
FF
7

Career Postseason

GP
3
TOT
7
SOLO
4
AST
3
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
2

Per game

GP
8
TOT
2.1
SOLO
1.4
AST
0.8
SACK
0.4
INT
0
PD
0
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.

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.
2022DEN150.90.40.50.10.00.00.1
2023DEN152.01.50.50.50.00.10.1
2024DEN172.81.90.90.80.10.20.1
2025DEN172.71.80.90.80.00.10.1
2026DEN82.11.40.80.40.00.00.1

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
72
TOT
2.2
SOLO
1.4
AST
0.7
SACK
0.6
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
27 yearsSep 26, 1999
Height
6' 3"
Weight
240 lbs
Experience
5 years
Birthplace
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Draft
2022Rd 2, Pk 64
College
Oklahoma
Salary
$15.2 million2026

Against other linebackers

2026 regular season, 196 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Sacks3.5

    Higher than 91% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Tackles17

    Higher than 40% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 69% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

Nik Bonitto

Nov 01 · vs KC · W 28-24

TOT
1
SOLO
1
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

60% of his club's defensive snaps a game (347 in 8 games); 59% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1KC3652%0
2JAX4068%0
3LAR5867%0
4SF3959%0
5LAC3857%0
6SEA4856%0
7ARI4758%0
8KC4159%0

NFL snap counts, every player

2022 NFL combine

EDGE, 6'3", 248 lb · Oklahoma

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.54s98th
Vertical jump35.5"84th
Broad jump10' 0"83rd
3-cone drill7.07s88th
20-yard shuttle4.23s93rd

Percentile: the share of EDGEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2022 combine

Games

All games

Next

at CARSun, Nov 08

vs CAR since 2022

2
GP
4
TOT
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsKCW 28-241100
Sun, Oct 25atARIW 30-161100
Thu, Oct 15vsSEAW 17-14 OT420.50
Sun, Oct 11atLACW 23-174320
Sun, Oct 04atSFL 24-143200
Sun, Sep 27vsLARW 30-262110

What are Nik Bonitto's career stats?

Nik Bonitto has played 5 seasons for the Broncos. He has recorded 155 tackles, 40.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2024: 48 tackles and 13.5 sacks.

Milestones within reach

  • 10 more sacks for 50 — 40.5 now, 14 in his best season of the last two
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Best single games

  • Tackles: 7 vs ATL on Nov 17, 2024, W 38-6
  • Sacks: 2.5 @ CHI on Oct 1, 2023, W 31-28
Nik Bonitto's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202562.5
202472.0
202362.5
202221.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2022.

League leaderboards and awards

5 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2022 to 2026

Nik Bonitto finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

All-time career rank

  • 297th in sacks (40.5)

Among the 9,825 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.

Nik Bonitto college stats

Nik Bonitto played 4 seasons at Oklahoma Sooners (2018 to 2021): 117 tackles, 19 sacks and 1 interception.

defensive

Nik Bonitto'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.
2018Oklahoma Sooners321000000
2019Oklahoma Sooners43251843.50100
2020Oklahoma Sooners32191328.50000
2021Oklahoma Sooners392316171000

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

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Playoff games

Nik Bonitto played 3 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 1 won, 2 lost.

Nik Bonitto'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.
2025BUFW 33-30 OT31.00
2025NEL 10-700.00
2024BUFL 31-740.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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