Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1983
- College
- Tennessee State
- Super Bowl MVP
- 1985
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1983
- College
- Tennessee State
- Super Bowl MVP
- 1985
Stats
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 |  CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHI | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHI | 16 | 44 | 36 | 8 | 12.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1994 | SF | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | CHI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | IND | 16 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1997 | PHI | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHI | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHI | 16 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | SF | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 1995 | CHI | 3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1996 | IND | 16 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | PHI | 15 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
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
- 1985 Super Bowl with the Chicago Bears
- 1994 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
Awards
All-time career rank
- 11th in sacks (137.5)
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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