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	Alex Anzalone	LB	TB	2	122	61.0	100.0%	12	21.5%	Every-down
#2	Anthony Hill	LB	TEN	2	143	71.5	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#3	Arvell Reese	LB	NYG	1	58	58.0	100.0%	3	16.0%	Every-down
#4	Azeez Al-Shaair	LB	HOU	2	118	59.0	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#5	Barrett Carter	LB	CIN	2	137	68.5	100.0%	9	16.5%	Every-down
#6	Carson Schwesinger	LB	CLE	2	122	61.0	100.0%	12	23.0%	Every-down
#7	Demario Davis	LB	NYJ	2	109	54.5	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#8	Edgerrin Cooper	LB	GB	2	139	69.5	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#9	Jack Campbell	LB	DET	2	164	82.0	100.0%	11	18.0%	Every-down
#10	Kaden Elliss	LB	NO	2	135	67.5	100.0%	5	8.0%	Every-down
#11	Nick Bolton	LB	KC	2	116	58.0	100.0%	10	16.0%	Every-down
#12	Patrick Queen	LB	PIT	2	115	57.5	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#13	Quay Walker	LB	LV	2	124	62.0	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#14	Robert Spillane	LB	NE	2	120	60.0	100.0%	5	11.0%	Every-down
#15	Roquan Smith	LB	BAL	2	122	61.0	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#16	T.J. Edwards	LB	CHI	2	120	60.0	100.0%	2	2.5%	Every-down
#17	Terrel Bernard	LB	BUF	2	144	72.0	100.0%	6	9.5%	Every-down
#18	Tremaine Edmunds	LB	NYG	1	58	58.0	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#19	Zack Baun	LB	PHI	2	123	61.5	100.0%	3	5.0%	Every-down
#20	Zaire Franklin	LB	GB	2	139	69.5	100.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#21	Alex Singleton	LB	DEN	2	127	63.5	99.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#22	Rodney Thomas	LB	SEA	2	120	60.0	99.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#23	Christian Elliss	LB	NE	2	119	59.5	99.0%	3	7.0%	Every-down
#24	Jack Gibbens	LB	ARI	2	123	61.5	98.5%	23	49.0%	Every-down
#25	Devin Bush	LB	CHI	2	117	58.5	98.0%	1	1.5%	Every-down
#26	Ernest Jones	LB	SEA	2	119	59.5	98.0%	3	6.5%	Every-down
#27	Nate Landman	LB	LAR	1	64	64.0	98.0%	7	35.0%	Every-down
#28	Drue Tranquill	LB	KC	2	113	56.5	97.5%	10	16.0%	Every-down
#29	Drake Thomas	LB	SEA	2	118	59.0	97.0%	7	16.0%	Every-down
#30	Nakobe Dean	LB	LV	2	120	60.0	97.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#31	Mack Wilson	LB	ARI	2	120	60.0	96.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#32	Jacob Rodriguez	LB	MIA	2	116	58.0	96.0%	12	23.5%	Every-down
#33	Jamien Sherwood	LB	NYJ	2	104	52.0	95.0%	7	12.0%	Every-down
#34	Akeem Davis-Gaither	LB	IND	2	139	69.5	94.0%	13	20.0%	Every-down
#35	Eric Wilson	LB	MIN	2	133	66.5	94.0%	10	18.5%	Every-down
#36	Quincy Williams	LB	CLE	2	114	57.0	93.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#37	Sonny Styles	LB	WAS	2	103	51.5	93.5%	16	27.5%	Every-down
#38	Derrick Barnes	LB	DET	2	151	75.5	93.0%	21	33.0%	Every-down
#39	Blake Cashman	LB	MIN	2	131	65.5	92.5%	2	4.0%	Every-down
#40	Jihaad Campbell	LB	PHI	2	114	57.0	92.5%	11	19.0%	Every-down
#41	Jordyn Brooks	LB	MIA	2	111	55.5	92.0%	12	23.5%	Every-down
#42	Divine Deablo	LB	ATL	2	121	60.5	91.0%	18	32.5%	Every-down
#43	Demetrius Knight	LB	CIN	2	123	61.5	89.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#44	Henry To'oTo'o	LB	HOU	1	51	51.0	88.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#45	Cody Barton	LB	TEN	2	124	62.0	87.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#46	Josiah Trotter	LB	TB	2	106	53.0	87.0%	21	37.0%	Every-down
#47	Daiyan Henley	LB	LAC	2	120	60.0	86.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#48	Justin Strnad	LB	DEN	2	110	55.0	86.5%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#49	Payton Wilson	LB	PIT	2	100	50.0	86.5%	13	24.5%	Every-down
#50	Devin Lloyd	LB	CAR	2	123	61.5	85.0%	0	0.0%	Every-down
#51	Fred Warner	LB	SF	2	102	51.0	85.0%	5	11.0%	Every-down
#52	Andrew Van Ginkel	LB	MIN	2	119	59.5	83.5%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#53	Dallas Turner	LB	MIN	2	115	57.5	81.0%	6	9.5%	Core starter
#54	Foyesade Oluokun	LB	JAX	2	93	46.5	81.0%	6	13.0%	Core starter
#55	Bobby Okereke	LB	CAR	2	116	58.0	80.0%	3	6.0%	Core starter
#56	DeMarvion Overshown	LB	DAL	1	51	51.0	74.0%	3	16.0%	Core starter
#57	Odafe Oweh	LB	WAS	2	81	40.5	74.0%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#58	Bradley Chubb	LB	BUF	2	105	52.5	72.5%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#59	Pete Werner	LB	NO	2	94	47.0	72.5%	13	21.5%	Core starter
#60	Byron Young	LB	LAR	1	47	47.0	72.0%	1	5.0%	Core starter
#61	Nolan Smith	LB	PHI	2	88	44.0	72.0%	2	3.0%	Core starter
#62	David Bailey	LB	NYJ	2	78	39.0	71.5%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#63	K'Lavon Chaisson	LB	WAS	2	78	39.0	70.5%	11	19.5%	Core starter
#64	Ventrell Miller	LB	JAX	2	80	40.0	70.5%	18	39.0%	Core starter
#65	Dre Greenlaw	LB	SF	2	81	40.5	67.5%	1	2.5%	Core starter
#66	Khalil Mack	LB	LAC	2	93	46.5	67.5%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#67	Dee Winters	LB	DAL	2	93	46.5	66.5%	1	2.5%	Core starter
#68	Jaelan Phillips	LB	CAR	2	96	48.0	66.0%	0	0.0%	Core starter
#69	Jermaine Johnson	LB	TEN	2	93	46.5	64.5%	10	19.5%	Rotation
#70	Kendal Daniels	LB	ATL	2	86	43.0	64.5%	24	44.5%	Rotation
#71	Alex Highsmith	LB	PIT	2	74	37.0	64.0%	0	0.0%	Rotation
#72	Dorian Williams	LB	BUF	2	90	45.0	62.0%	16	27.0%	Rotation
#73	Leo Chenal	LB	WAS	2	68	34.0	62.0%	37	63.5%	Rotation
#74	Rashan Gary	LB	DAL	2	87	43.5	62.0%	0	0.0%	Rotation
#75	Willie Gay	LB	MIA	2	73	36.5	61.0%	2	4.0%	Rotation
#76	Trenton Simpson	LB	BAL	2	74	37.0	60.5%	18	32.5%	Rotation
#77	Nik Bonitto	LB	DEN	2	76	38.0	60.0%	0	0.0%	Rotation
#78	T.J. Watt	LB	PIT	2	69	34.5	59.5%	0	0.0%	Rotation
#79	Del'Shawn Phillips	LB	LAC	2	81	40.5	59.0%	21	40.5%	Rotation
#80	Nick Herbig	LB	PIT	2	68	34.0	59.0%	24	44.5%	Rotation
#81	Jaishawn Barham	LB	DAL	2	79	39.5	56.0%	4	10.5%	Rotation
#82	Frankie Luvu	LB	WAS	1	29	29.0	53.0%	2	6.0%	Rotation
#83	Josh Uche	LB	MIA	2	61	30.5	52.5%	1	2.0%	Rotation
#84	Romello Height	LB	SF	2	62	31.0	51.5%	3	7.5%	Rotation
#85	Jake Hansen	LB	HOU	2	60	30.0	50.0%	35	57.5%	Rotation
#86	Baron Browning	LB	ARI	2	61	30.5	49.0%	5	10.5%	Rotation
#87	Trevis Gipson	LB	CAR	2	71	35.5	49.0%	10	14.0%	Rotation
#88	Uchenna Nwosu	LB	SEA	2	57	28.5	47.0%	0	0.0%	Rotation
#89	Omar Speights	LB	LAR	1	30	30.0	46.0%	9	45.0%	Rotation
#90	Dennis Gardeck	LB	JAX	2	50	25.0	45.0%	31	67.5%	Rotation
#91	Zaven Collins	LB	ARI	2	55	27.5	44.5%	16	34.5%	Rotation
#92	Jaden Dugger	LB	SF	2	52	26.0	43.5%	22	50.0%	Rotation
#93	Brenton Cox	LB	GB	2	57	28.5	41.5%	5	8.0%	Rotation
#94	Cedric Gray	LB	TEN	1	30	30.0	39.0%	14	61.0%	Rotation
#95	Que Robinson	LB	DEN	2	51	25.5	39.0%	42	81.5%	Rotation
#96	D'Marco Jackson	LB	CHI	2	45	22.5	38.5%	18	35.0%	Rotation
#97	Harold Perkins	LB	ATL	2	49	24.5	36.5%	30	56.0%	Rotation
#98	Za'Darius Smith	LB	ATL	2	44	22.0	33.0%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#99	Devin White	LB	DET	2	51	25.5	32.5%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#100	Anthony Nelson	LB	TB	2	38	19.0	31.0%	30	53.0%	Sub-package
#101	Bryce Boettcher	LB	IND	2	45	22.5	31.0%	32	50.0%	Sub-package
#102	Bud Dupree	LB	LAC	2	42	21.0	30.5%	19	38.0%	Sub-package
#103	Kyle Van Noy	LB	MIN	2	43	21.5	30.5%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#104	Rob Beal	LB	MIA	2	34	17.0	29.5%	28	55.0%	Sub-package
#105	Jeremiah Moon	LB	CAR	2	41	20.5	29.0%	19	33.0%	Sub-package
#106	Shaun Dolac	LB	LAR	1	19	19.0	29.0%	17	85.0%	Sub-package
#107	Ogbo Okoronkwo	LB	SF	2	34	17.0	28.5%	1	2.5%	Sub-package
#108	Shemar James	LB	DAL	2	39	19.5	27.5%	29	66.0%	Sub-package
#109	Anfernee Jennings	LB	NO	2	35	17.5	26.0%	39	68.0%	Sub-package
#110	Branson Combs	LB	JAX	2	28	14.0	25.0%	28	61.0%	Sub-package
#111	Jack Cochrane	LB	KC	2	31	15.5	25.0%	48	79.0%	Sub-package
#112	Tommy Eichenberg	LB	LV	2	32	16.0	24.5%	43	81.0%	Sub-package
#113	Yasir Abdullah	LB	ATL	2	32	16.0	24.0%	34	63.5%	Sub-package
#114	Von Miller	LB	DAL	2	32	16.0	23.0%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#115	Dante Fowler	LB	SEA	2	27	13.5	22.5%	3	6.5%	Sub-package
#116	Troy Dye	LB	LAC	2	30	15.0	22.0%	46	90.5%	Sub-package
#117	Malcolm Rodriguez	LB	DET	2	35	17.5	21.0%	35	55.5%	Sub-package
#118	Garret Wallow	LB	SF	2	25	12.5	20.5%	33	72.5%	Sub-package
#119	Danny Stutsman	LB	NO	2	28	14.0	18.5%	48	84.0%	Sub-package
#120	Ivan Pace	LB	MIN	2	24	12.0	17.0%	44	85.0%	Sub-package
#121	Thomas Incoom	LB	CAR	2	24	12.0	17.0%	49	79.5%	Sub-package
#122	Tyrice Knight	LB	SEA	2	21	10.5	17.0%	34	75.5%	Sub-package
#123	Easton Mascarenas-Arnold	LB	CLE	2	19	9.5	16.5%	35	66.0%	Sub-package
#124	Jordan Magee	LB	WAS	1	9	9.0	16.0%	22	71.0%	Sub-package
#125	Eku Leota	LB	ARI	2	19	9.5	15.5%	22	46.5%	Sub-package
#126	Tyree Wilson	LB	NO	2	23	11.5	15.0%	28	48.0%	Sub-package
#127	James Houston	LB	DAL	1	10	10.0	14.0%	10	53.0%	Sub-package
#128	Kaleb Elarms-Orr	LB	BUF	2	20	10.0	14.0%	32	53.5%	Sub-package
#129	Jackson Kuwatch	LB	CAR	2	18	9.0	13.0%	40	67.0%	Sub-package
#130	SirVocea Dennis	LB	TB	2	14	7.0	12.0%	35	61.5%	Sub-package
#131	CJ Allen	LB	IND	1	6	6.0	8.0%	0	0.0%	Sub-package
#132	David Walker	LB	TB	2	9	4.5	8.0%	25	44.5%	Sub-package
#133	Jackson Woodard	LB	MIA	2	9	4.5	8.0%	31	61.0%	Sub-package
#134	Liam Anderson	LB	MIA	1	4	4.0	8.0%	12	48.0%	Sub-package
#135	Trevor Nowaske	LB	DET	2	13	6.5	8.0%	53	84.0%	Sub-package
#136	Christian Harris	LB	ATL	1	4	4.0	6.0%	13	54.0%	Sub-package
#137	Jahlani Tavai	LB	JAX	2	6	3.0	6.0%	30	65.5%	Sub-package
#138	Patrick Johnson	LB	LV	2	7	3.5	6.0%	42	79.0%	Sub-package
#139	Josh Woods	LB	ATL	2	7	3.5	5.5%	47	87.5%	Sub-package
#140	Daniel Hardy	LB	CHI	2	7	3.5	5.0%	45	80.0%	Sub-package
#141	Marcelino McCrary-Ball	LB	NYJ	2	5	2.5	5.0%	26	47.5%	Sub-package
#142	Jeffrey Bassa	LB	KC	2	4	2.0	4.0%	44	72.0%	Sub-package
#143	Kyle Louis	LB	MIA	1	3	3.0	4.0%	14	54.0%	Sub-package
#144	Cody Simon	LB	ARI	2	5	2.5	3.5%	39	83.5%	Sub-package
#145	Curtis Robinson	LB	DAL	1	2	2.0	3.0%	19	70.0%	Sub-package
#146	Chris Rumph	LB	NO	2	3	1.5	2.5%	48	84.0%	Sub-package
#147	Cole Holcomb	LB	PIT	2	3	1.5	2.5%	35	64.5%	Sub-package
#148	Oren Burks	LB	CIN	2	3	1.5	2.5%	45	80.0%	Sub-package
#149	Patrick O'Connell	LB	SEA	2	3	1.5	2.5%	34	75.5%	Sub-package
#150	Chazz Surratt	LB	SEA	2	2	1.0	2.0%	34	75.5%	Sub-package
#151	Jordan Turner	LB	DEN	2	2	1.0	1.5%	45	88.0%	Sub-package
#152	Isaiah McDuffie	LB	GB	2	1	0.5	1.0%	49	81.5%	Sub-package
#153	Justin Barron	LB	DAL	1	1	1.0	1.0%	20	74.0%	Sub-package
#154	Luke Gifford	LB	SF	2	1	0.5	1.0%	33	72.5%	Sub-package
#155	Winston Reid	LB	CLE	2	1	0.5	1.0%	46	87.0%	Sub-package
#156	Claudin Cherelus	LB	CAR	2	1	0.5	0.5%	36	52.5%	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.