Zach Thomas stats

Last played for the Dallas Cowboys, 2008

Linebacker

Age 53 · 5' 11"

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Zach Thomas played 13 NFL seasons, 1996 to 2008.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
184
TOT
1,720
SOLO
1,090
AST
630
SACK
20.5
INT
17
PD
68
FF
17

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.
1996MIA16153118352.0352
1997MIA1512777500.5182
1998MIA1613382512.0373
1999MIA1613279531.0191
2000MIA119956431.5110
2001MIA1515494603.0242
2002MIA16156101550.5130
2003MIA1515284681.0391
2004MIA1314585602.0040
2005MIA14158104542.0134
2006MIA16165103623.01102
2007MIA55242101.0020
2008DAL169465291.0030

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

Career Postseason

GP
8
TOT
88
SOLO
57
AST
31
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
4
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
184
TOT
9.3
SOLO
5.9
AST
3.4
SACK
0.1
INT
0.1
PD
0.4
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.
1996MIA169.67.42.20.10.20.30.1
1997MIA158.55.13.30.00.10.50.1
1998MIA168.35.13.20.10.20.40.2
1999MIA168.34.93.30.10.10.60.1
2000MIA119.05.13.90.10.10.10.0
2001MIA1510.36.340.20.10.30.1
2002MIA169.86.33.40.00.10.20.0
2003MIA1510.15.64.50.10.20.60.1
2004MIA1311.26.54.60.20.00.30.0
2005MIA1411.37.43.90.10.10.20.3
2006MIA1610.36.43.90.20.10.60.1
2007MIA510.48.420.20.00.40.0
2008DAL165.94.11.80.10.00.20.0

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

Bio

Age
53 yearsSep 1, 1973
Height
5' 11"
Debut
1996
Birthplace
Pampa, TX
Draft
1996Rd 5, Pk 154
College
Texas Tech

Latest performance

Zach Thomas

Dec 28 · @ PHI · L 44-6

TOT
2
SOLO
2
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Dec 28atPHIL 44-62200
Sat, Dec 20vsBALL 33-242000
Sun, Dec 14vsNYGW 20-83200
Sun, Dec 07atPITL 20-137400
Thu, Nov 27vsSEAW 34-96400
Sun, Nov 23vsSFW 35-224200

What were Zach Thomas's career stats?

Zach Thomas played 13 seasons for the Dolphins and the Cowboys. He recorded 1,720 tackles, 20.5 sacks and 17 interceptions. His best season was 2006: 165 tackles and 3.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1996 to 2008

Zach Thomas led the NFL in tackles (2002, 2006); finished top 10 in a stat 10 times; sits top 10 all time in tackles.

All-time career rank

  • 4th in tackles (1,720)

Among the 9,780 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 Thomas

Playoff games

Zach Thomas played 8 games across 5 NFL postseasons — 3 won, 5 lost.

Zach Thomas'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.
2001BALL 20-3220.00
2000INDW 23-17 OT70.00
2000LVL 27-0120.00
1999SEAW 20-1791.00
1999JAXL 62-7100.00
1998BUFW 24-1780.00
1998DENL 38-3100.00
1997NEL 17-3100.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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