Richard Dent stats

Last played for the Philadelphia Eagles, 1997

Defensive End · #95

Age 65 · 6' 5"

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Richard Dent played 15 NFL seasons, 1983 to 1997.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
203
TOT
80
SOLO
68
AST
12
SACK
137.5
INT
8
PD
10
FF
5

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.
1983CHI160003.0000
1984CHI1600017.5000
1985CHI1600017.0200
1986CHI1500011.5000
1987CHI1200012.5000
1988CHI1300010.5000
1989CHI150009.0100
1990CHI1600012.0300
1991CHI1600010.5100
1992CHI160008.5000
1993CHI164436812.5121
1994SF28802.0001
1995CHI31100.0010
1996IND16151416.5062
1997PHI1512934.5011

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

Career Postseason

GP
9
TOT
2
SOLO
1
AST
1
SACK
10.5
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
203
TOT
0.4
SOLO
0.3
AST
0.1
SACK
0.7
INT
0.0
PD
0.0
FF
0.0

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.
1983CHI160.00.000.20.00.00.0
1984CHI160.00.001.10.00.00.0
1985CHI160.00.001.10.10.00.0
1986CHI150.00.000.80.00.00.0
1987CHI120.00.001.00.00.00.0
1988CHI130.00.000.80.00.00.0
1989CHI150.00.000.60.10.00.0
1990CHI160.00.000.80.20.00.0
1991CHI160.00.000.70.10.00.0
1992CHI160.00.000.50.00.00.0
1993CHI162.82.30.50.80.10.10.1
1994SF24.04.001.00.00.00.5
1995CHI30.30.300.00.00.30.0
1996IND160.90.90.10.40.00.40.1
1997PHI150.80.60.20.30.00.10.1

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

Bio

Age
65 yearsDec 13, 1960
Height
6' 5"
Debut
1983
Birthplace
Atlanta, GA
College
Tennessee State
Super Bowl MVP
1985

Latest performance

Richard Dent

Dec 21 · @ WSH · L 35-32

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

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Dec 21atWSHL 35-321100
Sun, Dec 14atATLL 20-172110
Sun, Dec 07vsNYGL 31-211110
Sun, Nov 30vsCINW 44-420000
Sun, Nov 23vsPITW 23-200000
Sun, Nov 16atBALT 10-100000

What were Richard Dent's career stats?

Richard Dent played 15 seasons for the Bears, the 49ers, the Colts and the Eagles. He recorded 80 tackles, 137.5 sacks and 8 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 44 tackles and 12.5 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1983 to 1997

Richard Dent finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Championships ×2

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 14th in sacks (137.5)

Among the 9,835 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 Richard Dent

Playoff games

Richard Dent played 4 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 3 won, 1 lost.

Richard Dent'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.
1996PITL 42-1410.00
1994CHIW 44-1510.00
1994DALW 38-2800.00
1994LACW 49-2600.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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