Yannick Ngakoue stats
Defensive End · #55
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2016Rd 3, Pk 69
- College
- Maryland
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2016Rd 3, Pk 69
- College
- Maryland
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 134
- TOT
- 237
- SOLO
- 180
- AST
- 57
- SACK
- 70.5
- INT
- 2
- PD
- 13
- FF
- 21
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | JAX | 16 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | JAX | 16 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | JAX | 16 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | JAX | 15 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 8.0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 |  MIN/BAL | 15 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | LV | 17 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 10.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | IND | 15 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | CHI | 13 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 |  BAL/NE | 11 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1.5 | 0, led the NFL | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bold marks the best figure in the NFL that season, among players with at least 4 games.
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- TOT
- 5
- SOLO
- 3
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 1
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 134
- TOT
- 1.8
- SOLO
- 1.3
- AST
- 0.4
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.2
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | JAX | 16 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | JAX | 16 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | JAX | 16 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2019 | JAX | 15 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | MIN/BAL | 15 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | LV | 17 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | IND | 15 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | CHI | 13 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | BAL/NE | 11 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0, led the NFL | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bold marks the best figure in the NFL that season, among players with at least 4 games.
Latest performance
Yannick Ngakoue
Dec 28 · vs LAC · L 40-7
- TOT
- 2
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Dec 28 | vs LACL 40-7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 22 | at BUFL 24-21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 15 | at ARIL 30-17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 01 | vs INDL 25-24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 24 | at MIAL 34-15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 17 | vs LARL 28-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Yannick Ngakoue's career stats?
Yannick Ngakoue played 9 seasons for the Jaguars, the Raiders, the Colts and the Bears. He recorded 237 tackles, 70.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. His best season was 2019: 41 tackles and 8.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2016 to 2024
Yannick Ngakoue finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 108th in sacks (70.5)
Among the 9,233 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 Yannick Ngakoue
Playoff games
Yannick Ngakoue played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.
| Season | Opp | Result | TOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  CIN | L 26-19 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Yannick Ngakoue against each club
- vs Denver Broncos (5)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (5)
- vs Washington Commanders (4)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (3)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (3)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (3)
- vs Cleveland Browns (2)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (2)
- vs Detroit Lions (2)
- vs Indianapolis Colts (2)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (2)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (2)
- vs Miami Dolphins (2)
- vs Philadelphia Eagles (2)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2)
- vs Tennessee Titans (2)
- vs Arizona Cardinals (1)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (1)
- vs Buffalo Bills (1)
- vs Carolina Panthers (1)
- vs Chicago Bears (1)
- vs Green Bay Packers (1)
- vs Houston Texans (1)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (1)
- vs New England Patriots (1)
- vs New Orleans Saints (1)
- vs New York Giants (1)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1)
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Closest career per-game profiles to Yannick Ngakoue among NFL players at the same position.
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