Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 3, Pk 5
- College
- Georgia Tech
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 1991
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 3, Pk 5
- College
- Georgia Tech
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 1991
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 185
- TOT
- 138
- SOLO
- 112
- AST
- 26
- SACK
- 107.5
- INT
- 6
- PD
- 13
- FF
- 12
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NO | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NO | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DET | 14 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 6.5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1994 | DET | 16 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | LV | 16 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1996 | LV | 16 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1998 | LV | 16 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- TOT
- 5
- SOLO
- 2
- AST
- 3
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 185
- TOT
- 0.7
- SOLO
- 0.6
- AST
- 0.1
- SACK
- 0.6
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NO | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NO | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DET | 14 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 1994 | DET | 16 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | LV | 16 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | LV | 16 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | LV | 16 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Pat Swilling's career stats?
Pat Swilling played 12 seasons for the Saints, the Lions and the Raiders. He recorded 138 tackles, 107.5 sacks and 6 interceptions. His best season was 1995: 37 tackles and 13.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1986 to 1998
Pat Swilling finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 35th in sacks (107.5)
Among the 9,225 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.
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