Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2015
- Draft
- 2015Rd 2, Pk 38
- College
- Mississippi State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2015
- Draft
- 2015Rd 2, Pk 38
- College
- Mississippi State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 176
- TOT
- 466
- SOLO
- 283
- AST
- 183
- SACK
- 71.0
- INT
- 5
- PD
- 28
- 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 | WSH | 16 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | WSH | 16 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | WSH | 16 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | WSH | 16 | 52 | 30 | 22 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | GB | 16 | 56 | 36 | 20 | 12.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | GB | 16 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | GB | 16 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | GB | 17 | 59 | 38 | 21 | 8.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | GB | 17 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 |  GB/PIT | 17 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 4.5 | 0, led the NFL | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | WSH | 13 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0.5 | 0, led the NFL | 1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bold marks the best figure in the NFL that season, among players with at least 4 games.
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- TOT
- 25
- SOLO
- 18
- AST
- 7
- SACK
- 4.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 3
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 176
- TOT
- 2.6
- SOLO
- 1.6
- AST
- 1.0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | WSH | 16 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | WSH | 16 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2017 | WSH | 16 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | WSH | 16 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2019 | GB | 16 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | GB | 16 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2021 | GB | 16 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | GB | 17 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | GB | 17 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | GB/PIT | 17 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0, led the NFL | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | WSH | 13 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0, led the NFL | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bold marks the best figure in the NFL that season, among players with at least 4 games.
Latest performance
Preston Smith
Jan 04 · @ PHI · W 24-17
- TOT
- 1
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 1
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 04 | at PHIW 24-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Dec 25 | vs DALL 30-23 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sat, Dec 20 | vsPHIL 29-18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 14 | at NYGW 29-21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 07 | at MINL 31-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 30 | vs DENL 27-26 OT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Preston Smith's career stats?
Preston Smith played 11 seasons for the Commanders and the Packers. He recorded 466 tackles, 71 sacks and 5 interceptions. His best season was 2022: 59 tackles and 8.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2015 to 2025
Preston Smith finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 104th in sacks (71.0)
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 Preston Smith
Playoff games
Preston Smith played 3 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 1 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 | DAL | W 48-32 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 |  SF | L 24-21 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | SF | L 13-10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Preston Smith against each club
- vs Detroit Lions (8)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (8)
- vs Chicago Bears (6)
- vs Philadelphia Eagles (5)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (4)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (4)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (3)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (3)
- vs Cleveland Browns (3)
- vs New York Giants (3)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (3)
- vs Denver Broncos (2)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (2)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (2)
- vs Miami Dolphins (2)
- vs New Orleans Saints (2)
- vs Seattle Seahawks (2)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2)
- vs Tennessee Titans (2)
- vs Washington Commanders (2)
- vs Arizona Cardinals (1)
- vs Atlanta Falcons (1)
- vs Buffalo Bills (1)
- vs Carolina Panthers (1)
- vs Houston Texans (1)
- vs Indianapolis Colts (1)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (1)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (1)
- vs New England Patriots (1)
- vs New York Jets (1)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1)
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