Daron Payne

NT · WAS · 2018–2026

Born May 27, 1997 · College Alabama · Drafted 2018, round 1, pick 13 (WAS) · 6-3, 320 lb

Pro Bowl (2022)

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
2018	WAS	16	56	5.0	8	6	0	3	1
2019	WAS	15	56	2.0	4	3	0	2	0
2020	WAS	16	54	3.0	8	7	1	4	3
2020 playoffs	WAS	1	5	2.0	3	2	0	0	1
2021	WAS	17	61	4.5	15	6	0	0	0
2022	WAS	17	64	11.5	20	18	0	5	0
2023	WAS	17	53	4.0	11	13	0	4	2
2024	WAS	15	42	4.0	7	5	0	2	0
2024 playoffs	WAS	2	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
2025	WAS	13	46	3.0	8	7	0	5	1
2026	WAS	6	14	1.0	5	2	0	0	1
Career	WAS	132	446	38.0	86	67	1	25	8

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
2022	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
2018	WAS	16	–	–	779	77.1
2019	WAS	15	–	–	748	71.7
2020	WAS	16	–	–	866	84.2
2020 playoffs	WAS	1	–	–	62	89.9
2021	WAS	17	–	–	820	75.4
2022	WAS	17	–	–	892	86.9
2023	WAS	17	–	–	911	79.4
2024	WAS	17	–	–	728	68.4
2024 playoffs	WAS	2	–	–	53	46.9
2025	WAS	15	–	–	590	61.0

Game logs

2026 game log (6 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2026-09-13	@ PHI	L 22–24	1	0.0
2	2026-09-20	@ DAL	L 20–37	2	0.0
3	2026-09-27	vs SEA	W 33–31	1	0.0
4	2026-10-04	vs IND	L 13–30	4	0.0
5	2026-10-11	vs NYG	T 27–27 OT	3	1.0
6	2026-10-19	@ SF	L 17–23	3	0.0

2025 game log (13 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2025-09-07	vs NYG	W 21–6	5	1.0	2
2	2025-09-11	@ GB	L 18–27	1	0.0	0
3	2025-09-21	vs LV	W 41–24	6	0.0	0
4	2025-09-28	@ ATL	L 27–34	3	0.0	0
5	2025-10-05	@ LAC	W 27–10	1	0.0	0
6	2025-10-13	vs CHI	L 24–25	5	0.0	0
7	2025-10-19	@ DAL	L 22–44	5	0.0	3
8	2025-10-27	@ KC	L 7–28	1	0.0	0
9	2025-11-02	vs SEA	L 14–38	3	0.0	0
13	2025-11-30	vs DEN	L 26–27 OT	5	0.0	0
14	2025-12-07	@ MIN	L 0–31	2	1.0	0
16	2025-12-20	vs PHI	L 18–29	5	0.0	0
18	2026-01-04	@ PHI	W 24–17	4	1.0	0

2024 game log (17 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	@ TB	L 20–37	1	0.0	0
3	2024-09-23	@ CIN	W 38–33	1	0.0	0
4	2024-09-29	@ ARI	W 42–14	2	0.5	0
5	2024-10-06	vs CLE	W 34–13	4	0.0	0
7	2024-10-20	vs CAR	W 40–7	3	0.0	0
8	2024-10-27	vs CHI	W 18–15	4	1.0	0
9	2024-11-03	@ NYG	W 27–22	3	0.0	0
10	2024-11-10	vs PIT	L 27–28	5	0.0	0
11	2024-11-14	@ PHI	L 18–26	3	0.0	0
12	2024-11-24	vs DAL	L 26–34	4	1.0	0
13	2024-12-01	vs TEN	W 42–19	3	0.5	0
15	2024-12-15	@ NO	W 20–19	2	1.0	1
16	2024-12-22	vs PHI	W 36–33	3	0.0	0
17	2024-12-29	vs ATL	W 30–24 OT	2	0.0	0
18	2025-01-05	@ DAL	W 23–19	2	0.0	1
P19	2025-01-12	@ TB	W 23–20	1	0.0	0
P20	2025-01-18	@ DET	W 45–31	0	0.0	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs ARI	W 20–16	2	0.0	0
2	2023-09-17	@ DEN	W 35–33	5	1.0	1
3	2023-09-24	vs BUF	L 3–37	3	0.0	1
4	2023-10-01	@ PHI	L 31–34 OT	0	0.0	1
5	2023-10-05	vs CHI	L 20–40	5	0.0	0
6	2023-10-15	@ ATL	W 24–16	4	0.0	0
7	2023-10-22	@ NYG	L 7–14	4	0.0	0
8	2023-10-29	vs PHI	L 31–38	2	0.0	0
9	2023-11-05	@ NE	W 20–17	2	0.0	0
10	2023-11-12	@ SEA	L 26–29	5	0.0	0
11	2023-11-19	vs NYG	L 19–31	3	1.0	0
12	2023-11-23	@ DAL	L 10–45	3	0.0	1
13	2023-12-03	vs MIA	L 15–45	3	0.0	0
15	2023-12-17	@ LA	L 20–28	3	2.0	0
16	2023-12-24	@ NYJ	L 28–30	5	0.0	0
17	2023-12-31	vs SF	L 10–27	1	0.0	0
18	2024-01-07	vs DAL	L 10–38	3	0.0	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs JAX	W 28–22	3	1.0	2
2	2022-09-18	@ DET	L 27–36	4	1.0	0
3	2022-09-25	vs PHI	L 8–24	3	0.0	0
4	2022-10-02	@ DAL	L 10–25	5	0.0	1
5	2022-10-09	vs TEN	L 17–21	3	0.5	0
6	2022-10-13	@ CHI	W 12–7	3	1.0	0
7	2022-10-23	vs GB	W 23–21	3	0.0	0
8	2022-10-30	@ IND	W 17–16	5	1.0	0
9	2022-11-06	vs MIN	L 17–20	6	1.0	0
10	2022-11-14	@ PHI	W 32–21	3	0.0	0
11	2022-11-20	@ HOU	W 23–10	3	1.0	1
12	2022-11-27	vs ATL	W 19–13	6	0.0	1
13	2022-12-04	@ NYG	T 20–20 OT	4	2.0	0
15	2022-12-18	vs NYG	L 12–20	2	0.0	0
16	2022-12-24	@ SF	L 20–37	4	1.0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs CLE	L 10–24	5	2.0	0
18	2023-01-08	vs DAL	W 26–6	2	0.0	0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2021-09-12	vs LAC	L 16–20	4	0.0
2	2021-09-16	vs NYG	W 30–29	2	0.0
3	2021-09-26	@ BUF	L 21–43	2	0.0
4	2021-10-03	@ ATL	W 34–30	5	0.0
5	2021-10-10	vs NO	L 22–33	3	1.0
6	2021-10-17	vs KC	L 13–31	4	0.0
7	2021-10-24	@ GB	L 10–24	2	0.0
8	2021-10-31	@ DEN	L 10–17	4	1.0
10	2021-11-14	vs TB	W 29–19	2	0.0
11	2021-11-21	@ CAR	W 27–21	4	0.5
12	2021-11-29	vs SEA	W 17–15	2	0.0
13	2021-12-05	@ LV	W 17–15	3	0.0
14	2021-12-12	vs DAL	L 20–27	6	1.0
15	2021-12-21	@ PHI	L 17–27	4	0.0
16	2021-12-26	@ DAL	L 14–56	5	1.0
17	2022-01-02	vs PHI	L 16–20	3	0.0
18	2022-01-09	@ NYG	W 22–7	6	0.0

2020 game log (17 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs PHI	W 27–17	2	0.5	0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ ARI	L 15–30	1	0.0	0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ CLE	L 20–34	5	0.0	0	0
4	2020-10-04	vs BAL	L 17–31	5	0.0	0	0
5	2020-10-11	vs LA	L 10–30	4	0.0	0	0
6	2020-10-18	@ NYG	L 19–20	5	0.0	0	1
7	2020-10-25	vs DAL	W 25–3	1	0.0	0	0
9	2020-11-08	vs NYG	L 20–23	7	0.0	0	0
10	2020-11-15	@ DET	L 27–30	2	0.0	0	0
11	2020-11-22	vs CIN	W 20–9	2	0.0	0	0
12	2020-11-26	@ DAL	W 41–16	3	0.5	0	0
13	2020-12-07	@ PIT	W 23–17	5	0.0	0	1
14	2020-12-13	@ SF	W 23–15	5	1.0	0	1
15	2020-12-20	vs SEA	L 15–20	1	0.0	1	1
16	2020-12-27	vs CAR	L 13–20	4	1.0	0	0
17	2021-01-03	@ PHI	W 20–14	2	0.0	0	0
P18	2021-01-09	vs TB	L 23–31	5	2.0	0	0

2019 game log (15 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	@ PHI	L 27–32	3	0.0	1
2	2019-09-15	vs DAL	L 21–31	4	0.0	0
3	2019-09-23	vs CHI	L 15–31	4	0.0	0
4	2019-09-29	@ NYG	L 3–24	6	0.0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs NE	L 7–33	1	1.0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ MIA	W 17–16	3	0.0	0
7	2019-10-20	vs SF	L 0–9	7	0.0	0
8	2019-10-24	@ MIN	L 9–19	7	0.0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ BUF	L 9–24	2	0.0	0
11	2019-11-17	vs NYJ	L 17–34	5	0.0	1
13	2019-12-01	@ CAR	W 29–21	3	0.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ GB	L 15–20	3	1.0	0
15	2019-12-15	vs PHI	L 27–37	1	0.0	0
16	2019-12-22	vs NYG	L 35–41 OT	4	0.0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ DAL	L 16–47	3	0.0	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2018-09-09	@ ARI	W 24–6	3	0.0	0
2	2018-09-16	vs IND	L 9–21	2	0.0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs GB	W 31–17	5	1.0	0
5	2018-10-08	@ NO	L 19–43	4	1.0	0
6	2018-10-14	vs CAR	W 23–17	3	0.0	0
7	2018-10-21	vs DAL	W 20–17	4	0.0	1
8	2018-10-28	@ NYG	W 20–13	4	1.0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs ATL	L 14–38	1	0.0	0
10	2018-11-11	@ TB	W 16–3	1	0.0	0
11	2018-11-18	vs HOU	L 21–23	8	0.0	0
12	2018-11-22	@ DAL	L 23–31	4	1.0	1
13	2018-12-03	@ PHI	L 13–28	1	0.0	0
14	2018-12-09	vs NYG	L 16–40	5	1.0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ JAX	W 16–13	3	0.0	0
16	2018-12-22	@ TEN	L 16–25	3	0.0	1
17	2018-12-30	vs PHI	L 0–24	5	0.0	0