Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1989
- Draft
- 1989Rd 1, Pk 20
- College
- Arkansas
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1989
- Draft
- 1989Rd 1, Pk 20
- College
- Arkansas
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 167
- TOT
- 519
- SOLO
- 399
- AST
- 120
- SACK
- 5.0
- INT
- 24
- PD
- 58
- FF
- 8
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DEN | 16 | 89 | 73 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| 1994 | DEN | 14 | 72 | 51 | 21 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 1995 | DEN | 16 | 101 | 81 | 20 | 0.0 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| 1996 | DEN | 16 | 80 | 63 | 17 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| 1997 | DEN | 15 | 68 | 53 | 15 | 1.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | DEN | 16 | 55 | 43 | 12 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYJ | 12 | 54 | 35 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 11
- TOT
- 41
- SOLO
- 30
- AST
- 11
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 8
- FF
- 2
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 167
- TOT
- 3.1
- SOLO
- 2.4
- AST
- 0.7
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.1
- PD
- 0.3
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DEN | 16 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | DEN | 14 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | DEN | 16 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | DEN | 16 | 5 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | DEN | 15 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 1998 | DEN | 16 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYJ | 12 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Steve Atwater's career stats?
Steve Atwater played 11 seasons for the Broncos and the Jets. He recorded 519 tackles, 5 sacks and 24 interceptions. His best season was 1995: 101 tackles and 0.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1989 to 1999
Championships ×2
- 1997 Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos
- 1998 Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos
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