Aaron Donald

DE · LA · 2014–2026

Born May 23, 1991 · College Pittsburgh · Drafted 2014, round 1, pick 13 (LA) · 6-1, 285 lb

Defensive Player of the Year ×3 (2017, 2018, 2020) · Defensive Rookie of the Year (2014) · 1st-team All-Pro ×8 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) · Pro Bowl ×9 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2014	LA	16	48	9.0	13	18	1	2
2015	LA	16	69	11.0	37	22	1	0
2016	LA	16	47	8.0	31	17	5	2
2017	LA	14	41	11.0	27	15	1	5
2017 playoffs	LA	1	5	0.5	1	1	0	0
2018	LA	16	59	20.5	41	25	1	4
2018 playoffs	LA	3	9	0.0	4	3	0	0
2019	LA	16	48	12.5	24	20	2	2
2020	LA	15	45	13.5	28	14	1	4
2020 playoffs	LA	2	4	2.0	3	2	0	0
2021	LA	17	84	12.5	25	19	4	4
2021 playoffs	LA	4	13	3.5	9	4	1	0
2022	LA	11	49	5.0	11	10	2	1
2023	LA	16	53	8.0	23	16	3	0
2023 playoffs	LA	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
2026	LA	7	13	0.0	2	3	0	0
Career	LA	160	556	111.0	262	179	21	24

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2014	Defensive Rookie of the Year, Pro Bowl
2015	1st-team All-Pro
2016	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2017	Defensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2018	Defensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2019	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2020	Defensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2021	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2022	Pro Bowl
2023	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	LA	16	–	–	815	76.1
2017	LA	14	–	–	782	82.4
2017 playoffs	LA	1	–	–	65	92.9
2018	LA	16	–	–	907	90.4
2018 playoffs	LA	3	–	–	186	97.4
2019	LA	16	–	–	915	84.2
2020	LA	16	–	–	857	84.6
2020 playoffs	LA	2	–	–	68	51.5
2021	LA	17	–	–	1,030	89.7
2021 playoffs	LA	4	–	–	218	92.4
2022	LA	11	–	–	611	90.0
2023	LA	16	–	–	849	81.2
2023 playoffs	LA	1	–	–	48	90.6

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2026-09-21	vs NYG	W 28–6	3
3	2026-09-27	@ DEN	L 26–30	1
5	2026-10-12	vs BUF	L 34–37 OT	2
6	2026-10-18	vs ARI	L 16–18	3
7	2026-10-25	@ LV	W 35–21	1
8	2026-11-01	vs LAC	W 24–9	2
9	2026-11-08	@ WAS	W 20–13	1

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2023-09-10	@ SEA	W 30–13	4	0.5	0
2	2023-09-17	vs SF	L 23–30	0	0.0	0
3	2023-09-25	@ CIN	L 16–19	7	1.0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ IND	W 29–23 OT	5	1.0	0
5	2023-10-08	vs PHI	L 14–23	4	0.0	0
6	2023-10-15	vs ARI	W 26–9	5	0.0	0
7	2023-10-22	vs PIT	L 17–24	4	0.0	0
8	2023-10-29	@ DAL	L 20–43	4	2.0	0
9	2023-11-05	@ GB	L 3–20	4	1.0	0
11	2023-11-19	vs SEA	W 17–16	1	0.0	1
12	2023-11-26	@ ARI	W 37–14	0	0.0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs CLE	W 36–19	5	0.5	0
14	2023-12-10	@ BAL	L 31–37 OT	0	0.0	1
15	2023-12-17	vs WAS	W 28–20	3	0.0	0
16	2023-12-21	vs NO	W 30–22	2	0.0	0
17	2023-12-31	@ NYG	W 26–25	5	2.0	1
P19	2024-01-14	@ DET	L 23–24	3	0.0	0

2022 game log (11 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-08	vs BUF	L 10–31	2	1.0	0
2	2022-09-18	vs ATL	W 31–27	2	0.0	0
3	2022-09-25	@ ARI	W 20–12	6	1.0	0
4	2022-10-03	@ SF	L 9–24	5	0.0	0
5	2022-10-09	vs DAL	L 10–22	6	2.0	0
6	2022-10-16	vs CAR	W 24–10	4	0.0	1
8	2022-10-30	vs SF	L 14–31	7	0.0	0
9	2022-11-06	@ TB	L 13–16	3	1.0	1
10	2022-11-13	vs ARI	L 17–27	7	0.0	0
11	2022-11-20	@ NO	L 20–27	4	0.0	0
12	2022-11-27	@ KC	L 10–26	3	0.0	0

2021 game log (21 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs CHI	W 34–14	3	1.0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ IND	W 27–24	7	0.0	0
3	2021-09-26	vs TB	W 34–24	3	1.0	1
4	2021-10-03	vs ARI	L 20–37	4	0.0	0
5	2021-10-07	@ SEA	W 26–17	7	1.0	1
6	2021-10-17	@ NYG	W 38–11	2	0.5	1
7	2021-10-24	vs DET	W 28–19	3	0.0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ HOU	W 38–22	4	1.5	0
9	2021-11-07	vs TEN	L 16–28	4	1.0	0
10	2021-11-15	@ SF	L 10–31	8	0.0	0
12	2021-11-28	@ GB	L 28–36	6	0.0	0
13	2021-12-05	vs JAX	W 37–7	5	1.0	0
14	2021-12-13	@ ARI	W 30–23	5	3.0	1
15	2021-12-21	vs SEA	W 20–10	5	1.0	0
16	2021-12-26	@ MIN	W 30–23	6	1.0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ BAL	W 20–19	5	0.5	0
18	2022-01-09	vs SF	L 24–27 OT	7	0.0	0
P19	2022-01-17	vs ARI	W 34–11	1	0.5	0
P20	2022-01-23	@ TB	W 30–27	5	1.0	1
P21	2022-01-30	vs SF	W 20–17	3	0.0	0
P22	2022-02-13	@ CIN	W 23–20	4	2.0	0

2020 game log (17 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs DAL	W 20–17	4	1.0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ PHI	W 37–19	1	0.0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ BUF	L 32–35	6	2.0	0
4	2020-10-04	vs NYG	W 17–9	2	0.5	0
5	2020-10-11	@ WAS	W 30–10	4	4.0	0
6	2020-10-18	@ SF	L 16–24	2	0.0	0
7	2020-10-26	vs CHI	W 24–10	3	0.5	0
8	2020-11-01	@ MIA	L 17–28	4	1.0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs SEA	W 23–16	0	0.0	0
12	2020-11-29	vs SF	L 20–23	5	1.0	1
13	2020-12-06	@ ARI	W 38–28	3	1.0	0
14	2020-12-10	vs NE	W 24–3	2	1.5	0
15	2020-12-20	vs NYJ	L 20–23	3	0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ SEA	L 9–20	2	1.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs ARI	W 18–7	4	0.0	0
P18	2021-01-09	@ SEA	W 30–20	3	2.0	0
P19	2021-01-16	@ GB	L 18–32	1	0.0	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	@ CAR	W 30–27	1	0.0	0
2	2019-09-15	vs NO	W 27–9	1	0.0	0
3	2019-09-22	@ CLE	W 20–13	4	1.0	0
4	2019-09-29	vs TB	L 40–55	4	0.0	0
5	2019-10-03	@ SEA	L 29–30	3	0.0	0
6	2019-10-13	vs SF	L 7–20	7	2.0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ ATL	W 37–10	2	1.0	0
8	2019-10-27	vs CIN	W 24–10	3	1.0	0
10	2019-11-10	@ PIT	L 12–17	6	1.0	0
11	2019-11-17	vs CHI	W 17–7	4	2.0	1
12	2019-11-25	vs BAL	L 6–45	1	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	@ ARI	W 34–7	2	1.5	0
14	2019-12-08	vs SEA	W 28–12	2	1.5	1
15	2019-12-15	@ DAL	L 21–44	3	0.0	0
16	2019-12-21	@ SF	L 31–34	3	1.5	0
17	2019-12-29	vs ARI	W 31–24	2	0.0	0

2018 game log (19 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2018-09-10	@ LV	W 33–13	1	0.0	0
2	2018-09-16	vs ARI	W 34–0	4	0.0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs LAC	W 35–23	2	0.0	0
4	2018-09-27	vs MIN	W 38–31	5	2.0	0
5	2018-10-07	@ SEA	W 33–31	2	1.0	0
6	2018-10-14	@ DEN	W 23–20	3	1.0	0
7	2018-10-21	@ SF	W 39–10	9	4.0	0
8	2018-10-28	vs GB	W 29–27	3	2.0	0
9	2018-11-04	@ NO	L 35–45	1	0.0	1
10	2018-11-11	vs SEA	W 36–31	4	2.5	0
11	2018-11-19	vs KC	W 54–51	4	2.0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ DET	W 30–16	6	2.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ CHI	L 6–15	2	0.0	0
15	2018-12-16	vs PHI	L 23–30	2	0.0	0
16	2018-12-23	@ ARI	W 31–9	7	3.0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs SF	W 48–32	4	1.0	0
P19	2019-01-12	vs DAL	W 30–22	2	0.0	0
P20	2019-01-20	@ NO	W 26–23 OT	2	0.0	0
P21	2019-02-03	vs NE	L 3–13	5	0.0	0

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2017-09-17	vs WAS	L 20–27	2	0.0	0
3	2017-09-21	@ SF	W 41–39	3	1.0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ DAL	W 35–30	2	0.0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs SEA	L 10–16	5	0.0	0
6	2017-10-15	@ JAX	W 27–17	2	1.0	0
7	2017-10-22	vs ARI	W 33–0	2	1.0	0
9	2017-11-05	@ NYG	W 51–17	3	1.0	0
10	2017-11-12	vs HOU	W 33–7	3	1.0	1
11	2017-11-19	@ MIN	L 7–24	2	0.0	0
12	2017-11-26	vs NO	W 26–20	5	1.0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ ARI	W 32–16	3	2.0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs PHI	L 35–43	2	0.0	0
15	2017-12-17	@ SEA	W 42–7	5	3.0	0
16	2017-12-24	@ TEN	W 27–23	2	0.0	0
P18	2018-01-06	vs ATL	L 13–26	5	0.5	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-12	@ SF	L 0–28	3	0.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs SEA	W 9–3	4	0.0	0
3	2016-09-25	@ TB	W 37–32	2	0.0	2
4	2016-10-02	@ ARI	W 17–13	5	1.5	0
5	2016-10-09	vs BUF	L 19–30	2	0.5	0
6	2016-10-16	@ DET	L 28–31	4	1.0	0
7	2016-10-23	vs NYG	L 10–17	3	0.0	0
9	2016-11-06	vs CAR	L 10–13	4	2.0	0
10	2016-11-13	@ NYJ	W 9–6	2	0.0	0
11	2016-11-20	vs MIA	L 10–14	2	0.0	1
12	2016-11-27	@ NO	L 21–49	4	1.0	0
13	2016-12-04	@ NE	L 10–26	3	0.0	0
14	2016-12-11	vs ATL	L 14–42	2	1.0	0
15	2016-12-15	@ SEA	L 3–24	2	0.0	1
16	2016-12-24	vs SF	L 21–22	5	1.0	0
17	2017-01-01	vs ARI	L 6–44	0	0.0	1

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-13	vs SEA	W 34–31 OT	9	2.0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ WAS	L 10–24	5	0.5	0
3	2015-09-27	vs PIT	L 6–12	4	1.0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ ARI	W 24–22	2	0.0	0
5	2015-10-11	@ GB	L 10–24	3	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs CLE	W 24–6	3	1.0	0
8	2015-11-01	vs SF	W 27–6	1	0.0	0
9	2015-11-08	@ MIN	L 18–21 OT	1	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs CHI	L 13–37	7	1.5	0
11	2015-11-22	@ BAL	L 13–16	9	1.0	0
12	2015-11-29	@ CIN	L 7–31	3	0.0	0
13	2015-12-06	vs ARI	L 3–27	7	1.0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs DET	W 21–14	5	3.0	0
15	2015-12-17	vs TB	W 31–23	5	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	@ SEA	W 23–17	3	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ SF	L 16–19 OT	2	0.0	1

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2014-09-07	vs MIN	L 6–34	4	0.0	0
2	2014-09-14	@ TB	W 19–17	3	1.0	0
3	2014-09-21	vs DAL	L 31–34	1	0.0	0
5	2014-10-05	@ PHI	L 28–34	1	0.0	0
6	2014-10-13	vs SF	L 17–31	4	0.0	0
7	2014-10-19	vs SEA	W 28–26	5	1.0	0
8	2014-10-26	@ KC	L 7–34	2	0.0	0
9	2014-11-02	@ SF	W 13–10	2	1.0	0
10	2014-11-09	@ ARI	L 14–31	3	0.0	0
11	2014-11-16	vs DEN	W 22–7	3	1.0	0
12	2014-11-23	@ LAC	L 24–27	4	1.0	0
13	2014-11-30	vs LV	W 52–0	1	1.0	1
14	2014-12-07	@ WAS	W 24–0	4	1.0	0
15	2014-12-11	vs ARI	L 6–12	3	1.0	0
16	2014-12-21	vs NYG	L 27–37	1	0.0	0
17	2014-12-28	@ SEA	L 6–20	7	1.0	0