Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1981
- Draft
- 1981Rd 1, Pk 8
- College
- USC
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1981
- Draft
- 1981Rd 1, Pk 8
- College
- USC
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 192
- TOT
- 208
- SOLO
- 141
- AST
- 67
- SACK
- 8.5
- INT
- 63
- PD
- 9
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 |  SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | SF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | SF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | SF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | SF | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | SF | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SF | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYJ | 16 | 104 | 70 | 34 | 1.0 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| 1994 | NYJ | 15 | 104 | 71 | 33 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 9
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 192
- TOT
- 1.1
- SOLO
- 0.7
- AST
- 0.3
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.3
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | SF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | SF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | SF | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | SF | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | SF | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SF | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | LV | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYJ | 16 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| 1994 | NYJ | 15 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Ronnie Lott's career stats?
Ronnie Lott played 14 seasons for the 49ers, the Raiders and the Jets. He recorded 208 tackles, 8.5 sacks and 63 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 104 tackles and 1.0 sack.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1981 to 1994
Championships ×4
- 1981 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
- 1984 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
- 1988 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
- 1989 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
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