Shaq Thompson stats

Bills

Linebacker · #45

Age 32 · 6' 0" · 230 lbs

Compare with…

Shaq Thompson recorded 56 tackles and 1.0 sack in 12 games of 2025 for the Buffalo Bills. Last game: .

Stats

Choose how these numbers are shown

Totals

GP
12
TOT
56
SOLO
33
AST
23
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
2
FF
1

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.
2015CAR145032181.0020
2016CAR145639170.0150
2017CAR146141202.0012
2018CAR147950293.5011
2019CAR1410975343.0030
2020CAR1611363500.0052
2021CAR1410465392.0250
2022CAR1713578570.5040
2023CAR28620.0000
2024CAR43519160.0000
2025BUF125633231.0021

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

Career regular season

GP
135
TOT
806
SOLO
501
AST
305
SACK
13.0
INT
3
PD
28
FF
6

Career Postseason

GP
6
TOT
32
SOLO
23
AST
9
SACK
0.0
INT
1
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

GP
12
TOT
4.7
SOLO
2.8
AST
1.9
SACK
0.1
INT
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.

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.
2015CAR143.62.31.30.10.00.10.0
2016CAR144.02.81.20.00.10.40.0
2017CAR144.42.91.40.10.00.10.1
2018CAR145.63.62.10.30.00.10.1
2019CAR147.85.42.40.20.00.20.0
2020CAR167.13.93.10.00.00.30.1
2021CAR147.44.62.80.10.10.40.0
2022CAR177.94.63.40.00.00.20.0
2023CAR24.03.010.00.00.00.0
2024CAR48.84.840.00.00.00.0
2025BUF124.72.81.90.10.00.20.1

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
135
TOT
6.0
SOLO
3.7
AST
2.3
SACK
0.1
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
32 yearsApr 21, 1994
Height
6' 0"
Weight
230 lbs
Experience
11 yearsDebut 2015
Birthplace
Sacramento, CA
Draft
2015Rd 1, Pk 25
College
Washington

Against other linebackers

2025 regular season, 255 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Sacks1.0

    Higher than 45% of the other 254 NFL linebackers.

  • Tackles56

    Higher than 69% of the other 254 NFL linebackers.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 61% of the other 254 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

Shaq Thompson

Jan 17 · @ DEN · L 33-30 OT

TOT
5
SOLO
4
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2025

71% of his club's defensive snaps a game (545 in 13 games); 100% in week of the playoffs.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1BAL00%15
3MIA2134%0
4NO1116%6
5NE4067%5
6ATL6390%2
8CAR5489%3
12HOU3458%11
13PIT4093%2
14CIN60100%4
15NE5198%6
16CLE1117%1
17PHI3259%2
WCJAX56100%5
DIVDEN72100%8

NFL snap counts, every player

2015 NFL combine

OLB, 6'0", 228 lb · Washington

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.64s64th
Vertical jump33.5"42nd
Broad jump9' 9"45th
3-cone drill6.99s75th
20-yard shuttle4.08s92nd

Percentile: the share of OLBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2015 combine

Games

All games

Next

at NYJSun, Nov 15

vs NYJ since 2017

2
GP
14
TOT
7
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sat, Jan 17atDENL 33-30 OT5400
Sun, Jan 11atJAXW 27-248601
Sun, Dec 28vsPHIL 13-124300
Sun, Dec 21atCLEW 23-202100
Sun, Dec 14atNEW 35-313200
Sun, Dec 07vsCINW 39-346300

What are Shaq Thompson's career stats?

Shaq Thompson has played 11 seasons for the Panthers and the Bills. He has recorded 806 tackles, 13 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season so far is 2022: 135 tackles and 0.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 14 vs LAC on Sep 15, 2024, L 26-3
  • Sacks: 1 vs NO on Sep 27, 2015, W 27-22
Shaq Thompson's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
2025101.0
202414—
20235—
2022130.5
2021131.0
202013—
2019121.0
2018131.0
2017101.0
201611—
201571.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2015.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 1 postseason, 2015 to 2025

All-time career rank

  • 117th in tackles (806)

Among the 9,791 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Shaq Thompson college stats

Shaq Thompson played 3 seasons at Washington Huskies (2012 to 2014): 218 tackles, 3.5 sacks and 5 interceptions.

rushing

Shaq Thompson's college rushing by season
SeasonSchoolCARCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2014Washington Huskies614567.5257

receiving

Shaq Thompson's college receiving by season
SeasonSchoolRECREC: Passes caught.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2014Washington Huskies45614041

defensive

Shaq Thompson's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2012Washington Huskies6742250203360
2013Washington Huskies70452500.501801
2014Washington Huskies8152290121361

scoring

Shaq Thompson's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2013Washington Huskies100110006
2014Washington Huskies1204600036

returning

Shaq Thompson's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2012Washington Huskies2460030246030

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

More on Shaq Thompson

Playoff games

Shaq Thompson played 6 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 3 won, 3 lost.

Shaq Thompson'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.
2025JAXW 27-2480.01
2025DENL 33-30 OT50.00
2017NOL 31-2680.00
2015SEAW 31-2410.00
2015ARIW 49-1550.00
2015DENL 24-1050.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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