Clay Matthews

OLB · GB/LA · 2009–2019

Born May 14, 1986 · College USC · Drafted 2009, round 1, pick 26 (GB) · 6-3, 255 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2010) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2012) · Pro Bowl ×6 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)

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	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2009	GB	16	50	10.0	21	17	0	7	1
2009 playoffs	GB	1	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	GB	15	60	12.5	24	18	1	4	2
2010 playoffs	GB	4	16	3.5	4	4	0	1	1
2011	GB	15	50	6.0	25	8	3	9	3
2011 playoffs	GB	1	5	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
2012	GB	12	43	13.0	24	15	0	3	1
2012 playoffs	GB	2	9	3.0	4	2	0	1	1
2013	GB	11	41	7.5	11	9	0	1	3
2014	GB	16	60	11.0	22	16	1	9	2
2014 playoffs	GB	2	10	1.0	2	1	0	0	0
2015	GB	15	66	6.5	19	13	1	3	0
2015 playoffs	GB	2	10	1.5	3	1	0	0	1
2016	GB	10	24	5.0	9	7	0	3	1
2016 playoffs	GB	3	3	1.0	4	0	0	0	1
2017	GB	14	43	7.5	21	8	0	2	1
2018	GB	15	43	3.5	12	7	0	0	1
2019	LA	13	37	8.0	11	9	0	3	2
Career	LA	152	517	90.5	199	127	6	44	17

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
2009	Pro Bowl
2010	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2011	Pro Bowl
2012	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2014	Pro Bowl
2015	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	GB	12	–	–	472	61.9
2016 playoffs	GB	3	–	–	152	76.0
2017	GB	14	–	–	654	72.6
2018	GB	16	–	–	739	70.5
2019	LA	13	–	–	610	69.2

Game logs

2019 game log (13 games)

2019 game log

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

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2018-09-09	vs CHI	W 24–23	1	0.0
2	2018-09-16	vs MIN	T 29–29 OT	3	0.0
3	2018-09-23	@ WAS	L 17–31	2	0.0
4	2018-09-30	vs BUF	W 22–0	5	0.5
5	2018-10-07	@ DET	L 23–31	1	0.0
6	2018-10-15	vs SF	W 33–30	4	1.0
8	2018-10-28	@ LA	L 27–29	7	1.0
9	2018-11-04	@ NE	L 17–31	2	0.0
10	2018-11-11	vs MIA	W 31–12	0	0.0
11	2018-11-15	@ SEA	L 24–27	5	0.0
12	2018-11-25	@ MIN	L 17–24	5	0.0
13	2018-12-02	vs ARI	L 17–20	1	0.0
14	2018-12-09	vs ATL	W 34–20	3	1.0
15	2018-12-16	@ CHI	L 17–24	3	0.0
17	2018-12-30	vs DET	L 0–31	1	0.0

2017 game log (14 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2017-09-10	vs SEA	W 17–9	2	0.0	0
2	2017-09-17	@ ATL	L 23–34	5	1.5	0
3	2017-09-24	vs CIN	W 27–24 OT	3	0.0	0
4	2017-09-28	vs CHI	W 35–14	3	1.0	0
5	2017-10-08	@ DAL	W 35–31	5	0.0	1
6	2017-10-15	@ MIN	L 10–23	2	0.0	0
7	2017-10-22	vs NO	L 17–26	3	0.0	0
9	2017-11-06	vs DET	L 17–30	3	0.0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ CHI	W 23–16	1	0.0	1
11	2017-11-19	vs BAL	L 0–23	1	1.0	0
13	2017-12-03	vs TB	W 26–20 OT	7	3.0	0
14	2017-12-10	@ CLE	W 27–21 OT	2	1.0	0
15	2017-12-17	@ CAR	L 24–31	4	0.0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ DET	L 11–35	2	0.0	0

2016 game log (13 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	@ JAX	W 27–23	3	1.0	0
2	2016-09-18	@ MIN	L 14–17	3	1.0	0
5	2016-10-09	vs NYG	W 23–16	2	1.0	0
6	2016-10-16	vs DAL	L 16–30	2	0.0	0
7	2016-10-20	vs CHI	W 26–10	3	0.0	0
11	2016-11-20	@ WAS	L 24–42	1	0.0	0
12	2016-11-28	@ PHI	W 27–13	4	1.0	0
14	2016-12-11	vs SEA	W 38–10	2	0.0	0
16	2016-12-24	vs MIN	W 38–25	3	1.0	2
17	2017-01-01	@ DET	W 31–24	1	0.0	1
P18	2017-01-08	vs NYG	W 38–13	1	1.0	0
P19	2017-01-15	@ DAL	W 34–31	1	0.0	0
P20	2017-01-22	@ ATL	L 21–44	1	0.0	0

2015 game log (17 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2015-09-13	@ CHI	W 31–23	6	0.0	1	1
2	2015-09-20	vs SEA	W 27–17	3	0.0	0	0
3	2015-09-28	vs KC	W 38–28	3	2.0	0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ SF	W 17–3	2	1.0	0	0
5	2015-10-11	vs LA	W 24–10	5	1.5	0	0
6	2015-10-18	vs LAC	W 27–20	6	0.0	0	0
8	2015-11-01	@ DEN	L 10–29	7	0.0	0	0
9	2015-11-08	@ CAR	L 29–37	5	0.0	0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs DET	L 16–18	5	0.0	0	2
11	2015-11-22	@ MIN	W 30–13	6	0.0	0	0
12	2015-11-26	vs CHI	L 13–17	6	0.0	0	0
13	2015-12-03	@ DET	W 27–23	3	0.0	0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs DAL	W 28–7	6	1.0	0	0
16	2015-12-27	@ ARI	L 8–38	0	0.0	0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs MIN	L 13–20	3	1.0	0	0
P18	2016-01-10	@ WAS	W 35–18	4	1.5	0	0
P19	2016-01-16	@ ARI	L 20–26 OT	6	0.0	0	0

2014 game log (18 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2014-09-04	@ SEA	L 16–36	3	0.0	0	0
2	2014-09-14	vs NYJ	W 31–24	5	1.0	0	1
3	2014-09-21	@ DET	L 7–19	3	0.0	0	1
4	2014-09-28	@ CHI	W 38–17	1	0.0	1	1
5	2014-10-02	vs MIN	W 42–10	1	0.0	0	0
6	2014-10-12	@ MIA	W 27–24	1	0.0	0	1
7	2014-10-19	vs CAR	W 38–17	2	0.5	0	0
8	2014-10-26	@ NO	L 23–44	2	1.0	0	0
10	2014-11-09	vs CHI	W 55–14	11	1.0	0	0
11	2014-11-16	vs PHI	W 53–20	5	1.0	0	1
12	2014-11-23	@ MIN	W 24–21	2	0.0	0	1
13	2014-11-30	vs NE	W 26–21	6	0.0	0	1
14	2014-12-08	vs ATL	W 43–37	5	1.0	0	0
15	2014-12-14	@ BUF	L 13–21	4	2.0	0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ TB	W 20–3	6	2.5	0	1
17	2014-12-28	vs DET	W 30–20	3	1.0	0	1
P19	2015-01-11	vs DAL	W 26–21	4	0.0	0	0
P20	2015-01-18	@ SEA	L 22–28 OT	6	1.0	0	0

2013 game log (11 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2013-09-08	@ SF	L 28–34	8	1.0	0
2	2013-09-15	vs WAS	W 38–20	3	0.0	0
3	2013-09-22	@ CIN	L 30–34	2	1.0	0
5	2013-10-06	vs DET	W 22–9	5	1.0	0
10	2013-11-10	vs PHI	L 13–27	2	0.0	0
11	2013-11-17	@ NYG	L 13–27	4	1.0	1
12	2013-11-24	vs MIN	T 26–26 OT	4	2.0	0
13	2013-11-28	@ DET	L 10–40	5	0.0	0
14	2013-12-08	vs ATL	W 22–21	3	0.0	0
15	2013-12-15	@ DAL	W 37–36	2	0.5	0
16	2013-12-22	vs PIT	L 31–38	3	1.0	0

2012 game log (14 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2012-09-09	vs SF	L 22–30	3	2.5	0
2	2012-09-13	vs CHI	W 23–10	7	3.5	1
3	2012-09-24	@ SEA	L 12–14	3	0.0	0
4	2012-09-30	vs NO	W 28–27	6	1.0	0
5	2012-10-07	@ IND	L 27–30	2	1.0	0
6	2012-10-14	@ HOU	W 42–24	4	0.0	0
7	2012-10-21	@ LA	W 30–20	2	1.0	0
8	2012-10-28	vs JAX	W 24–15	4	0.0	0
9	2012-11-04	vs ARI	W 31–17	0	0.0	0
15	2012-12-16	@ CHI	W 21–13	6	2.0	1
16	2012-12-23	vs TEN	W 55–7	3	1.0	0
17	2012-12-30	@ MIN	L 34–37	3	1.0	1
P18	2013-01-05	vs MIN	W 24–10	4	2.0	0
P19	2013-01-12	@ SF	L 31–45	5	1.0	1

2011 game log (16 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2011-09-08	vs NO	W 42–34	4	0.0	0	0
2	2011-09-18	@ CAR	W 30–23	5	1.0	0	1
3	2011-09-25	@ CHI	W 27–17	3	0.0	0	0
4	2011-10-02	vs DEN	W 49–23	2	0.0	0	0
5	2011-10-09	@ ATL	W 25–14	1	0.0	0	0
6	2011-10-16	vs LA	W 24–3	1	1.0	0	3
7	2011-10-23	@ MIN	W 33–27	6	1.0	0	1
9	2011-11-06	@ LAC	W 45–38	1	0.0	0	0
10	2011-11-14	vs MIN	W 45–7	5	2.0	0	0
11	2011-11-20	vs TB	W 35–26	2	0.0	0	0
12	2011-11-24	@ DET	W 27–15	4	0.0	1	2
13	2011-12-04	@ NYG	W 38–35	2	1.0	1	1
14	2011-12-11	vs LV	W 46–16	2	0.0	0	0
15	2011-12-18	@ KC	L 14–19	6	0.0	0	0
16	2011-12-25	vs CHI	W 35–21	6	0.0	1	1
P19	2012-01-15	vs NYG	L 20–37	5	0.0	0	0

2010 game log (19 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2010-09-12	@ PHI	W 27–20	7	2.0	0	1
2	2010-09-19	vs BUF	W 34–7	5	3.0	0	0
3	2010-09-27	@ CHI	L 17–20	3	0.0	0	0
4	2010-10-03	vs DET	W 28–26	3	1.0	0	0
5	2010-10-10	@ WAS	L 13–16 OT	3	1.5	0	0
7	2010-10-24	vs MIN	W 28–24	1	0.0	0	0
8	2010-10-31	@ NYJ	W 9–0	5	1.0	0	0
9	2010-11-07	vs DAL	W 45–7	4	1.0	1	2
11	2010-11-21	@ MIN	W 31–3	5	1.0	0	0
12	2010-11-28	@ ATL	L 17–20	4	0.0	0	0
13	2010-12-05	vs SF	W 34–16	6	0.0	0	1
14	2010-12-12	@ DET	L 3–7	5	1.0	0	0
15	2010-12-19	@ NE	L 27–31	2	0.0	0	0
16	2010-12-26	vs NYG	W 45–17	5	0.0	0	0
17	2011-01-02	vs CHI	W 10–3	2	1.0	0	0
P18	2011-01-09	@ PHI	W 21–16	3	1.0	0	0
P19	2011-01-15	@ ATL	W 48–21	4	2.0	0	0
P20	2011-01-23	@ CHI	W 21–14	6	0.5	0	0
P21	2011-02-06	vs PIT	W 31–25	3	0.0	0	1

2009 game log (17 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2009-09-13	vs CHI	W 21–15	1	0.0	0
2	2009-09-20	vs CIN	L 24–31	2	1.0	1
3	2009-09-27	@ LA	W 36–17	1	0.0	1
4	2009-10-05	@ MIN	L 23–30	3	0.0	0
6	2009-10-18	vs DET	W 26–0	5	2.0	1
7	2009-10-25	@ CLE	W 31–3	3	0.0	0
8	2009-11-01	vs MIN	L 26–38	5	0.0	1
9	2009-11-08	@ TB	L 28–38	2	0.0	0
10	2009-11-15	vs DAL	W 17–7	1	1.0	0
11	2009-11-22	vs SF	W 30–24	3	0.0	1
12	2009-11-26	@ DET	W 34–12	2	1.0	0
13	2009-12-07	vs BAL	W 27–14	6	2.0	1
14	2009-12-13	@ CHI	W 21–14	5	1.0	0
15	2009-12-20	@ PIT	L 36–37	7	2.0	0
16	2009-12-27	vs SEA	W 48–10	4	0.0	1
17	2010-01-03	@ ARI	W 33–7	0	0.0	0
P18	2010-01-10	@ ARI	L 45–51 OT	5	1.0	0