Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2017
- Draft
- 2017Rd 2, Pk 57
- College
- Vanderbilt
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2017
- Draft
- 2017Rd 2, Pk 57
- College
- Vanderbilt
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 106
- TOT
- 716
- SOLO
- 453
- AST
- 263
- SACK
- 6.5
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 23
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | HOU | 16 | 90 | 48 | 42 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2018 | HOU | 14 | 107 | 73 | 34 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | HOU | 16 | 142 | 99 | 43 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | HOU | 16 | 164 | 106 | 58 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 |  HOU/TEN | 14 | 93 | 51 | 42 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | TEN | 6 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | PHI | 13 | 85 | 54 | 31 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | DEN | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0, led the NFL | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | DET | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 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
- 5
- TOT
- 43
- SOLO
- 28
- AST
- 15
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 5
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 106
- TOT
- 6.8
- SOLO
- 4.3
- AST
- 2.5
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.2
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | HOU | 16 | 5.6 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | HOU | 14 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | HOU | 16 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2020 | HOU | 16 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | HOU/TEN | 14 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | TEN | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2023 | PHI | 13 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2024 | DEN | 7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0, led the NFL | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | DET | 4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 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
Zach Cunningham
Oct 20 · vs TB · W 24-9
- TOT
- 1
- SOLO
- 1
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Oct 20 | vs TBW 24-9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Sep 22 | at BALW 38-30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 14 | vs CHIW 52-21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 07 | at GBL 27-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 12 | at BUFL 31-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 05 | vs KCW 38-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What were Zach Cunningham's career stats?
Zach Cunningham played 9 seasons for the Texans, the Titans, the Eagles, the Broncos and the Lions. He recorded 716 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 1 interceptions. His best season was 2020: 164 tackles and 3.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2017 to 2025
Zach Cunningham led the NFL in tackles (2020); finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
All-time career rank
- 181st in tackles (716)
Among the 9,029 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 Zach Cunningham
Playoff games
Zach Cunningham played 3 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 3 lost.
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BUF | L 31-7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | TB | L 32-9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 |  CIN | L 19-16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Zach Cunningham against each club
- vs Buffalo Bills (3)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (3)
- vs Houston Texans (3)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (3)
- vs Miami Dolphins (3)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (2)
- vs Cleveland Browns (2)
- vs Indianapolis Colts (2)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (2)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (2)
- vs New England Patriots (2)
- vs New York Giants (2)
- vs New York Jets (2)
- vs Washington Commanders (2)
- vs Arizona Cardinals (1)
- vs Atlanta Falcons (1)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (1)
- vs Carolina Panthers (1)
- vs Chicago Bears (1)
- vs Green Bay Packers (1)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (1)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (1)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (1)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (1)
- vs Tennessee Titans (1)
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Zach Cunningham among NFL players at the same position.
- Shaq ThompsonBUFAlike in Passes defended, Tackles, Solo tackles73out of 100 on profile similarity
- Jaylon SmithAlike in Solo tackles, Tackles, Passes defended71out of 100 on profile similarity
- Benardrick McKinneyAlike in Tackles, Solo tackles, Passes defended68out of 100 on profile similarity
- Brandon MarshallAlike in Solo tackles, Tackles, Passes defended65out of 100 on profile similarity
- Paul WorrilowAlike in Solo tackles, Tackles, Passes defended65out of 100 on profile similarity
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