PLAYING TIME & OPPORTUNITY

NFL Snap Count Rankings

See which IDPs are earning every-down roles, rotating in packages, or relying on special teams for playing time.

Why snap share mattersDefensive snap share exposes role stability. A full-time linebacker or safety generally has more tackle opportunity than a similarly ranked rotational player.

SeasonPositionTeamRank by

RK	Player	POS	Team	G	DEF snaps	Snaps/G	DEF snap %	ST snaps	ST %	Role
#1	Carson Schwesinger	LB	CLE	8	520	65.0	100.0%	27	12.5%	Every-down
#2	Kaden Elliss	LB	NO	4	269	67.3	100.0%	6	5.3%	Every-down
#3	Tremaine Edmunds	LB	NYG	6	380	63.3	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#4	Alex Singleton	LB	DEN	8	581	72.6	99.9%	12	5.0%	Every-down
#5	Patrick Queen	LB	PIT	8	507	63.4	99.9%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#6	Nick Bolton	LB	KC	7	471	67.3	99.9%	32	17.3%	Every-down
#7	Demario Davis	LB	NYJ	8	530	66.3	99.8%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#8	Anthony Hill Jr.	LB	TEN	8	561	70.1	99.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#9	Ernest Jones IV	LB	SEA	8	502	62.8	99.5%	31	13.5%	Every-down
#10	Quay Walker	LB	LV	8	534	66.8	99.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#11	Arvell Reese	LB	NYG	7	438	62.6	99.3%	29	15.9%	Every-down
#12	Nakobe Dean	LB	LV	8	533	66.6	99.3%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#13	Barrett Carter	LB	CIN	7	466	66.6	99.1%	31	16.7%	Every-down
#14	Alex Anzalone	LB	TB	8	484	60.5	98.9%	33	15.0%	Every-down
#15	Jacob Rodriguez	LB	MIA	7	430	61.4	98.9%	37	22.1%	Every-down
#16	Zack Baun	LB	PHI	7	468	66.9	98.9%	7	3.6%	Every-down
#17	Zaire Franklin	LB	GB	6	415	69.2	98.8%	1	0.8%	Every-down
#18	Mack Wilson Sr.	LB	ARI	8	498	62.3	98.6%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#19	Robert Spillane	LB	NE	8	484	60.5	97.3%	14	7.4%	Every-down
#20	Jack Campbell	LB	DET	7	486	69.4	96.7%	31	16.3%	Every-down
#21	Christian Elliss	LB	NE	8	481	60.1	96.6%	9	4.6%	Every-down
#22	Quincy Williams	LB	CLE	8	501	62.6	96.4%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#23	Jamien Sherwood	LB	NYJ	8	511	63.9	96.3%	35	16.6%	Every-down
#24	Blake Cashman	LB	MIN	7	410	58.6	96.1%	4	1.9%	Every-down
#25	Fred Warner	LB	SF	7	452	64.6	95.4%	34	17.9%	Every-down
#26	Devin Bush	LB	CHI	8	412	51.5	94.6%	1	0.4%	Every-down
#27	Eric Wilson	LB	MIN	7	404	57.7	94.3%	18	8.7%	Every-down
#28	Roquan Smith	LB	BAL	8	485	60.6	93.8%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#29	Jordyn Brooks	LB	MIA	7	405	57.9	93.3%	35	21.0%	Every-down
#30	Azeez Al-Shaair	LB	HOU	6	360	60.0	93.2%	3	2.0%	Every-down
#31	Sonny Styles	LB	WAS	7	429	61.3	92.1%	43	20.9%	Every-down
#32	Henry To'oTo'o	LB	HOU	3	180	60.0	92.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#33	Akeem Davis-Gaither	LB	IND	8	445	55.6	91.8%	47	20.8%	Every-down
#34	Devin Lloyd	LB	CAR	6	377	62.8	91.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#35	Josiah Trotter	LB	TB	7	393	56.1	90.9%	58	32.6%	Every-down
#36	Terrel Bernard	LB	BUF	7	448	64.0	90.9%	6	2.7%	Every-down
#37	T.J. Edwards	LB	CHI	6	288	48.0	89.7%	2	0.8%	Every-down
#38	Drue Tranquill	LB	KC	7	417	59.6	89.6%	32	17.3%	Every-down
#39	Frankie Luvu	LB	WAS	5	311	62.2	89.2%	24	16.4%	Every-down
#40	Bobby Okereke	LB	CAR	7	428	61.1	89.0%	6	3.1%	Every-down
#41	Nate Landman	LB	LAR	7	399	57.0	88.6%	23	13.4%	Every-down
#42	Foyesade Oluokun	LB	JAX	7	386	55.1	87.1%	25	14.1%	Every-down
#43	Daiyan Henley	LB	LAC	7	385	55.0	86.9%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#44	Drake Thomas	LB	SEA	6	336	56.0	86.2%	20	11.7%	Every-down
#45	Payton Wilson	LB	PIT	8	439	54.9	85.9%	38	16.9%	Every-down
#46	Jack Gibbens	LB	ARI	8	431	53.9	85.6%	52	24.0%	Every-down
#47	Andrew Van Ginkel	LB	MIN	7	359	51.3	84.6%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#48	Demetrius Knight Jr.	LB	CIN	7	393	56.1	83.3%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#49	Divine Deablo	LB	ATL	6	348	58.0	82.5%	33	19.7%	Core starter
#50	Edgerrin Cooper	LB	GB	4	227	56.8	82.5%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#51	Jihaad Campbell	LB	PHI	7	410	58.6	82.4%	15	7.7%	Core starter
#52	Justin Strnad	LB	DEN	8	470	58.8	81.3%	2	0.9%	Core starter
#53	Dallas Turner	LB	MIN	7	344	49.1	81.1%	6	2.7%	Core starter
#54	Derrick Barnes	LB	DET	7	408	58.3	81.0%	34	16.9%	Core starter
#55	David Bailey	LB	NYJ	7	379	54.1	80.6%	9	5.1%	Core starter
#56	Byron Young	LB	LAR	8	416	52.0	80.5%	16	8.0%	Core starter
#57	Pete Werner	LB	NO	7	369	52.7	78.4%	18	9.1%	Core starter
#58	Cody Barton	LB	TEN	8	407	50.9	73.3%	10	4.1%	Core starter
#59	Ventrell Miller	LB	JAX	7	315	45.0	72.0%	50	28.1%	Core starter
#60	DeMarvion Overshown	LB	DAL	3	153	51.0	70.7%	4	6.3%	Core starter
#61	Khalil Mack	LB	LAC	7	311	44.4	70.6%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#62	Dre Greenlaw	LB	SF	6	287	47.8	70.5%	4	2.5%	Core starter
#63	K'Lavon Chaisson	LB	WAS	7	320	45.7	69.3%	38	18.6%	Core starter
#64	Bradley Chubb	LB	BUF	7	343	49.0	69.1%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#65	Jake Hansen	LB	HOU	7	319	45.6	66.9%	107	53.6%	Core starter
#66	Josh Uche	LB	MIA	7	288	41.1	66.7%	2	1.1%	Core starter
#67	T.J. Watt	LB	PIT	8	337	42.1	66.3%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#68	Kendal Daniels	LB	ATL	8	360	45.0	66.1%	74	34.8%	Core starter
#69	Del'Shawn Phillips	LB	LAC	7	288	41.1	66.0%	69	36.7%	Core starter
#70	Rashan Gary	LB	DAL	8	364	45.5	66.0%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#71	Dorian Williams	LB	BUF	7	324	46.3	65.4%	52	26.6%	Core starter
#72	Nolan Smith Jr.	LB	PHI	7	315	45.0	65.4%	3	1.4%	Core starter
#73	Odafe Oweh	LB	WAS	7	300	42.9	65.3%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#74	Alex Highsmith	LB	PIT	8	332	41.5	65.3%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#75	Jaelan Phillips	LB	CAR	5	226	45.2	64.2%	0	0.0%	Rotation
#76	Trenton Simpson	LB	BAL	8	321	40.1	61.5%	92	41.6%	Rotation
#77	Jermaine Johnson II	LB	TEN	8	347	43.4	61.3%	41	20.0%	Rotation
#78	Dee Winters	LB	DAL	6	243	40.5	61.2%	1	0.8%	Rotation
#79	Nik Bonitto	LB	DEN	8	347	43.4	59.5%	0	0.0%	Rotation
#80	Jaishawn Barham	LB	DAL	8	322	40.3	59.0%	4	2.6%	Rotation
#81	Romello Height	LB	SF	6	217	36.2	56.3%	5	3.7%	Rotation
#82	Harold Perkins Jr.	LB	ATL	8	308	38.5	56.1%	121	56.6%	Rotation
#83	Shemar James	LB	DAL	8	311	38.9	55.0%	127	62.3%	Rotation
#84	Nick Herbig	LB	PIT	8	273	34.1	53.8%	80	36.5%	Rotation
#85	Danny Stutsman	LB	NO	7	258	36.9	53.4%	110	57.3%	Rotation
#86	Jaden Dugger	LB	SF	7	242	34.6	52.1%	98	53.9%	Rotation
#87	Uchenna Nwosu	LB	SEA	7	222	31.7	51.0%	0	0.0%	Rotation
#88	Rodney Thomas II	LB	SEA	8	265	33.1	50.9%	83	38.8%	Rotation
#89	Sam Kamara	LB	CLE	3	96	32.0	50.7%	4	5.0%	Rotation
#90	Willie Gay Jr.	LB	MIA	6	187	31.2	50.5%	25	17.5%	Rotation
#91	Leo Chenal	LB	WAS	3	84	28.0	49.3%	41	46.3%	Rotation
#92	D'Marco Jackson	LB	CHI	8	217	27.1	49.0%	73	37.5%	Rotation
#93	Baron Browning	LB	ARI	8	243	30.4	48.1%	28	11.9%	Rotation
#94	Que Robinson	LB	DEN	8	273	34.1	46.9%	177	78.5%	Rotation
#95	Zaven Collins	LB	ARI	8	236	29.5	46.8%	76	32.9%	Rotation
#96	Cedric Gray	LB	TEN	7	228	32.6	46.0%	123	67.9%	Rotation
#97	Isaiah McDuffie	LB	GB	8	260	32.5	46.0%	122	61.3%	Rotation
#98	Omar Speights	LB	LAR	8	232	29.0	45.0%	104	49.9%	Rotation
#99	Trevis Gipson	LB	CAR	7	212	30.3	44.1%	32	14.9%	Rotation
#100	Brenton Cox Jr.	LB	GB	8	247	30.9	44.0%	16	8.3%	Rotation
#101	Ty'Ron Hopper	LB	GB	7	211	30.1	42.4%	99	60.0%	Rotation
#102	Dennis Gardeck	LB	JAX	7	178	25.4	41.3%	109	62.0%	Rotation
#103	Noah Sewell	LB	CHI	3	71	23.7	39.7%	49	61.7%	Rotation
#104	Nephi Sewell	LB	CHI	1	19	19.0	35.0%	17	61.0%	Rotation
#105	Charles Snowden	LB	ATL	2	43	21.5	34.5%	1	2.5%	Sub-package
#106	Germaine Pratt	LB	IND	1	20	20.0	34.0%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#107	Nick Hampton	LB	CAR	2	45	22.5	34.0%	8	15.5%	Sub-package
#108	CJ Allen	LB	IND	5	93	18.6	33.6%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#109	Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	LB	PHI	8	196	24.5	33.5%	135	65.4%	Sub-package
#110	Kyle Van Noy	LB	MIN	7	139	19.9	33.4%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#111	David Walker	LB	TB	8	154	19.3	32.0%	121	58.4%	Sub-package
#112	Ogbo Okoronkwo	LB	SF	7	148	21.1	30.3%	6	3.6%	Sub-package
#113	Yasir Abdullah	LB	ATL	4	84	21.0	30.3%	58	54.0%	Sub-package
#114	Bryce Boettcher	LB	IND	6	108	18.0	29.5%	86	49.7%	Sub-package
#115	Rob Beal Jr.	LB	MIA	2	34	17.0	29.5%	28	55.0%	Sub-package
#116	Devin White	LB	DET	3	67	22.3	29.0%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#117	Jeremiah Moon	LB	CAR	2	41	20.5	29.0%	19	33.0%	Sub-package
#118	Kenneth Murray Jr.	LB	HOU	3	67	22.3	29.0%	24	30.7%	Sub-package
#119	Trevor Nowaske	LB	DET	7	131	18.7	28.0%	155	80.6%	Sub-package
#120	Austin Ajiake	LB	IND	6	94	15.7	27.7%	100	61.7%	Sub-package
#121	Tyree Wilson	LB	NO	5	91	18.2	26.6%	66	45.6%	Sub-package
#122	Anfernee Jennings	LB	NO	4	71	17.8	26.5%	65	62.0%	Sub-package
#123	Anthony Nelson	LB	TB	8	123	15.4	25.8%	106	49.6%	Sub-package
#124	Jack Cochrane	LB	KC	7	121	17.3	25.3%	148	80.0%	Sub-package
#125	Tommy Eichenberg	LB	LV	8	130	16.3	24.1%	190	82.1%	Sub-package
#126	Malcolm Rodriguez	LB	DET	7	120	17.1	24.0%	95	49.7%	Sub-package
#127	Tyrice Knight	LB	SEA	8	111	13.9	24.0%	121	52.9%	Sub-package
#128	Za'Darius Smith	LB	ATL	7	113	16.1	24.0%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#129	Teddye Buchanan	LB	BAL	6	93	15.5	22.3%	112	67.5%	Sub-package
#130	Von Miller	LB	DAL	8	121	15.1	22.0%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#131	Matthew Judon	LB	SF	1	14	14.0	21.0%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#132	Christian Rozeboom	LB	TB	5	66	13.2	20.4%	84	59.6%	Sub-package
#133	Kaleb Elarms-Orr	LB	BUF	7	88	12.6	18.7%	107	54.4%	Sub-package
#134	Bud Dupree	LB	LAC	6	73	12.2	18.3%	50	31.0%	Sub-package
#135	Branson Combs	LB	JAX	7	79	11.3	18.3%	125	70.7%	Sub-package
#136	Troy Dye	LB	LAC	7	82	11.7	18.3%	165	87.9%	Sub-package
#137	Dante Fowler Jr.	LB	SEA	8	89	11.1	17.4%	26	10.8%	Sub-package
#138	Micah McFadden	LB	NYG	6	63	10.5	17.2%	94	56.0%	Sub-package
#139	Kain Medrano	LB	WAS	7	79	11.3	17.1%	145	71.1%	Sub-package
#140	Daniel Hardy	LB	CHI	8	76	9.5	16.8%	163	79.1%	Sub-package
#141	Josh Woods	LB	ATL	8	91	11.4	16.3%	180	85.0%	Sub-package
#142	Quinton Bell	LB	NYJ	1	10	10.0	16.0%	3	9.0%	Sub-package
#143	Garret Wallow	LB	SF	5	55	11.0	15.8%	101	74.0%	Sub-package
#144	Tyrel Dodson	LB	CAR	5	51	10.2	15.0%	58	42.0%	Sub-package
#145	SirVocea Dennis	LB	TB	7	56	8.0	13.7%	124	60.7%	Sub-package
#146	Eku Leota	LB	ARI	7	57	8.1	13.1%	117	59.0%	Sub-package
#147	Ivan Pace Jr.	LB	MIN	7	59	8.4	13.1%	152	83.1%	Sub-package
#148	Jackson Woodard	LB	MIA	7	48	6.9	11.4%	105	62.1%	Sub-package
#149	Thomas Incoom	LB	CAR	5	39	7.8	11.2%	105	71.0%	Sub-package
#150	James Houston	LB	DAL	4	33	8.3	11.0%	57	52.8%	Sub-package
#151	Darryl Peterson III	LB	LAR	3	20	6.7	10.7%	23	29.3%	Sub-package
#152	Oren Burks	LB	CIN	7	48	6.9	10.4%	153	81.7%	Sub-package
#153	Cody Simon	LB	ARI	8	44	5.5	8.6%	191	83.0%	Sub-package
#154	Jahlani Tavai	LB	JAX	7	35	5.0	8.6%	117	66.6%	Sub-package
#155	Jimmy Rolder	LB	DET	5	24	4.8	8.2%	79	61.0%	Sub-package
#156	Kyle Louis	LB	MIA	3	14	4.7	7.3%	45	59.3%	Sub-package
#157	Patrick Johnson	LB	LV	7	32	4.6	6.7%	160	80.1%	Sub-package
#158	Marlowe Wax	LB	LAC	7	26	3.7	6.6%	128	67.9%	Sub-package
#159	Darius Muasau	LB	NE	8	31	3.9	6.4%	139	67.8%	Sub-package
#160	Luke Gifford	LB	SF	6	24	4.0	6.3%	114	70.2%	Sub-package
#161	Easton Mascarenas-Arnold	LB	CLE	8	29	3.6	6.0%	158	72.5%	Sub-package
#162	Shaun Dolac	LB	LAR	8	32	4.0	6.0%	167	80.4%	Sub-package
#163	Chris Rumph II	LB	NO	7	26	3.7	5.4%	158	83.0%	Sub-package
#164	Jordan Magee	LB	WAS	3	9	3.0	5.3%	64	79.0%	Sub-package
#165	Jake Golday	LB	MIN	7	20	2.9	5.3%	134	74.3%	Sub-package
#166	Jackson Kuwatch	LB	CAR	7	24	3.4	5.1%	157	80.7%	Sub-package
#167	Justin Barron	LB	DAL	7	25	3.6	5.0%	145	75.4%	Sub-package
#168	Marcelino McCrary-Ball	LB	NYJ	2	5	2.5	5.0%	26	47.5%	Sub-package
#169	Jeffrey Bassa	LB	KC	7	23	3.3	4.9%	136	73.9%	Sub-package
#170	Cole Holcomb	LB	PIT	8	22	2.8	4.4%	134	60.5%	Sub-package
#171	Wade Woodaz	LB	HOU	7	21	3.0	4.1%	142	73.0%	Sub-package
#172	Liam Anderson	LB	MIA	2	4	2.0	4.0%	23	54.5%	Sub-package
#173	Jack Kiser	LB	CIN	2	5	2.5	3.5%	38	69.0%	Sub-package
#174	Jaylan Ford	LB	NO	3	8	2.7	3.3%	63	83.3%	Sub-package
#175	Curtis Robinson	LB	DAL	1	2	2.0	3.0%	19	70.0%	Sub-package
#176	Namdi Obiazor	LB	NE	8	13	1.6	2.8%	167	81.8%	Sub-package
#177	Jack Sanborn	LB	CHI	7	9	1.3	2.3%	137	77.0%	Sub-package
#178	Erick Hunter	LB	NE	7	7	1.0	1.7%	110	60.0%	Sub-package
#179	Ale Kaho	LB	WAS	3	3	1.0	1.7%	68	75.7%	Sub-package
#180	Malik Harrison	LB	NYG	5	4	0.8	1.4%	111	85.4%	Sub-package
#181	Christian Harris	LB	ATL	5	4	0.8	1.2%	57	45.8%	Sub-package
#182	Joe Giles-Harris	LB	CIN	7	5	0.7	1.1%	121	64.4%	Sub-package
#183	Winston Reid	LB	CLE	8	5	0.6	1.1%	186	85.4%	Sub-package
#184	Chazz Surratt	LB	SEA	4	2	0.5	1.0%	76	71.8%	Sub-package
#185	Cooper McDonald	LB	KC	3	2	0.7	1.0%	37	49.0%	Sub-package
#186	Patrick O'Connell	LB	SEA	8	4	0.5	0.9%	145	66.1%	Sub-package
#187	Zaire Barnes	LB	NYG	7	3	0.4	0.7%	150	77.1%	Sub-package
#188	Cody Lindenberg	LB	LV	7	3	0.4	0.6%	124	60.7%	Sub-package
#189	Claudin Cherelus	LB	CAR	2	1	0.5	0.5%	36	52.5%	Sub-package
#190	Jordan Turner	LB	DEN	8	3	0.4	0.5%	168	75.1%	Sub-package
#191	Shaka Heyward	LB	MIA	4	1	0.3	0.5%	64	64.0%	Sub-package
#192	Swayze Bozeman	LB	CIN	4	1	0.3	0.5%	63	57.3%	Sub-package
#193	Nick Niemann	LB	GB	8	2	0.3	0.3%	159	80.9%	Sub-package
#194	Jamal Hill	LB	HOU	5	1	0.2	0.2%	99	71.8%	Sub-package

DEF snap % = average share of team defensive snaps played.

ST % = average share of special-teams snaps played.

Role = every-down (85%+), core starter (65%+), rotation (35%+), or sub-package.

Game-level snap counts are distributed by nflverse and derived from Pro Football Reference. Defensive roles are classified by FantasyLeagueIQ from observed snap share; they are not projected fantasy points.