Denzel Ward

CB · CLE · 2018–2026

Born April 28, 1997 · College Ohio State · Drafted 2018, round 1, pick 4 (CLE) · 5-11, 190 lb

Pro Bowl ×5 (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)

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	CLE	13	53	0.0	0	5	3	11	1
2019	CLE	12	44	0.0	1	1	2	11	0
2020	CLE	12	46	0.0	1	1	2	18	1
2020 playoffs	CLE	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	CLE	15	43	0.5	2	1	3	10	0
2022	CLE	14	53	0.0	1	1	3	15	0
2023	CLE	11	34	0.0	0	1	2	11	1
2023 playoffs	CLE	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2024	CLE	16	49	0.0	1	1	2	19	1
2025	CLE	14	39	0.0	0	2	1	9	0
2026	CLE	9	34	0.0	1	0	3	10	2
Career	CLE	116	395	0.5	7	13	21	114	6

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
2018	Pro Bowl
2021	Pro Bowl
2023	Pro Bowl
2024	Pro Bowl
2025	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	CLE	13	–	–	829	88.4
2019	CLE	12	–	–	732	96.4
2020	CLE	12	–	–	759	95.2
2020 playoffs	CLE	1	–	–	45	70.3
2021	CLE	15	–	–	840	86.6
2022	CLE	14	–	–	734	82.9
2023	CLE	13	–	–	609	78.7
2023 playoffs	CLE	1	–	–	40	93.0
2024	CLE	16	–	–	739	75.3
2025	CLE	15	–	–	769	83.9

Game logs

2026 game log (9 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2026-09-13	@ JAX	L 10–34	5	0	0
2	2026-09-20	@ TB	W 23–19	5	0	0
3	2026-09-27	vs CAR	W 21–18	3	0	1
4	2026-10-01	vs PIT	W 27–24	4	1	1
5	2026-10-11	@ NYJ	L 12–17	7	0	0
6	2026-10-18	vs BAL	W 13–10	1	0	2
7	2026-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	2	1	3
8	2026-11-01	@ PIT	L 6–27	2	1	2
9	2026-11-08	@ NO	L 22–23 OT	5	0	1

2025 game log (14 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2025-09-07	vs CIN	L 16–17	2	0	1
2	2025-09-14	@ BAL	L 17–41	1	0	0
3	2025-09-21	vs GB	W 13–10	5	0	1
4	2025-09-28	@ DET	L 10–34	2	1	1
5	2025-10-05	vs MIN	L 17–21	3	0	1
6	2025-10-12	@ PIT	L 9–23	4	0	1
7	2025-10-19	vs MIA	W 31–6	3	0	0
8	2025-10-26	@ NE	L 13–32	5	0	0
10	2025-11-09	@ NYJ	L 20–27	1	0	0
11	2025-11-16	vs BAL	L 16–23	5	0	1
12	2025-11-23	@ LV	W 24–10	2	0	2
13	2025-11-30	vs SF	L 8–26	1	0	0
14	2025-12-07	vs TEN	L 29–31	4	0	0
17	2025-12-28	vs PIT	W 13–6	1	0	1

2024 game log (16 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2024-09-08	vs DAL	L 17–33	0	0	3
2	2024-09-15	@ JAX	W 18–13	1	0	1
3	2024-09-22	vs NYG	L 15–21	5	0	2
4	2024-09-29	@ LV	L 16–20	1	0	1
5	2024-10-06	@ WAS	L 13–34	1	0	2
6	2024-10-13	@ PHI	L 16–20	3	0	1
7	2024-10-20	vs CIN	L 14–21	3	0	2
8	2024-10-27	vs BAL	W 29–24	1	0	1
9	2024-11-03	vs LAC	L 10–27	1	0	2
11	2024-11-17	@ NO	L 14–35	4	1	2
12	2024-11-21	vs PIT	W 24–19	5	0	0
13	2024-12-02	@ DEN	L 32–41	3	1	2
14	2024-12-08	@ PIT	L 14–27	5	0	0
15	2024-12-15	vs KC	L 7–21	6	0	0
16	2024-12-22	@ CIN	L 6–24	5	0	0
17	2024-12-29	vs MIA	L 3–20	5	0	0

2023 game log (12 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs CIN	W 24–3	4	0	1
2	2023-09-18	@ PIT	L 22–26	5	0	2
3	2023-09-24	vs TEN	W 27–3	4	0	2
6	2023-10-15	vs SF	W 19–17	1	0	0
7	2023-10-22	@ IND	W 39–38	4	1	1
8	2023-10-29	@ SEA	L 20–24	4	0	1
9	2023-11-05	vs ARI	W 27–0	3	1	2
10	2023-11-12	@ BAL	W 33–31	1	0	0
11	2023-11-19	vs PIT	W 13–10	3	0	1
16	2023-12-24	@ HOU	W 36–22	1	0	1
17	2023-12-28	vs NYJ	W 37–20	4	0	0
P19	2024-01-13	@ HOU	L 14–45	2	0	1

2022 game log (14 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ CAR	W 26–24	1	0	1
2	2022-09-18	vs NYJ	L 30–31	2	0	0
3	2022-09-22	vs PIT	W 29–17	5	0	2
4	2022-10-02	@ ATL	L 20–23	2	1	2
5	2022-10-09	vs LAC	L 28–30	11	0	1
10	2022-11-13	@ MIA	L 17–39	8	0	1
11	2022-11-20	@ BUF	L 23–31	3	0	0
12	2022-11-27	vs TB	W 23–17 OT	6	0	0
13	2022-12-04	@ HOU	W 27–14	6	0	1
14	2022-12-11	@ CIN	L 10–23	3	0	2
15	2022-12-17	vs BAL	W 13–3	3	1	2
16	2022-12-24	vs NO	L 10–17	1	0	1
17	2023-01-01	@ WAS	W 24–10	1	1	1
18	2023-01-08	@ PIT	L 14–28	1	0	1

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2021-09-12	@ KC	L 29–33	6	0.0	0	1
2	2021-09-19	vs HOU	W 31–21	4	0.0	0	0
3	2021-09-26	vs CHI	W 26–6	3	0.0	0	1
4	2021-10-03	@ MIN	W 14–7	4	0.5	0	1
5	2021-10-10	@ LAC	L 42–47	1	0.0	0	0
6	2021-10-17	vs ARI	L 14–37	4	0.0	0	0
7	2021-10-21	vs DEN	W 17–14	2	0.0	0	0
9	2021-11-07	@ CIN	W 41–16	2	0.0	1	3
10	2021-11-14	@ NE	L 7–45	2	0.0	0	0
11	2021-11-21	vs DET	W 13–10	0	0.0	1	1
12	2021-11-28	@ BAL	L 10–16	1	0.0	1	1
14	2021-12-12	vs BAL	W 24–22	4	0.0	0	0
15	2021-12-20	vs LV	L 14–16	3	0.0	0	0
16	2021-12-25	@ GB	L 22–24	4	0.0	0	2
17	2022-01-03	@ PIT	L 14–26	3	0.0	0	0

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2020-09-13	@ BAL	L 6–38	3	0	0
2	2020-09-17	vs CIN	W 35–30	3	0	3
3	2020-09-27	vs WAS	W 34–20	2	0	1
4	2020-10-04	@ DAL	W 49–38	4	1	2
5	2020-10-11	vs IND	W 32–23	5	0	1
6	2020-10-18	@ PIT	L 7–38	3	0	1
7	2020-10-25	@ CIN	W 37–34	6	0	3
8	2020-11-01	vs LV	L 6–16	4	0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs HOU	W 10–7	5	0	0
11	2020-11-22	vs PHI	W 22–17	3	1	4
15	2020-12-20	@ NYG	W 20–6	6	0	1
16	2020-12-27	@ NYJ	L 16–23	2	0	2
P19	2021-01-17	@ KC	L 17–22	3	0	0

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs TEN	L 13–43	0	0	0
2	2019-09-16	@ NYJ	W 23–3	7	0	0
8	2019-10-27	@ NE	L 13–27	4	0	2
9	2019-11-03	@ DEN	L 19–24	2	0	1
10	2019-11-10	vs BUF	W 19–16	4	0	2
11	2019-11-14	vs PIT	W 21–7	4	0	1
12	2019-11-24	vs MIA	W 41–24	3	0	1
13	2019-12-01	@ PIT	L 13–20	3	0	0
14	2019-12-08	vs CIN	W 27–19	5	1	2
15	2019-12-15	@ ARI	L 24–38	1	0	0
16	2019-12-22	vs BAL	L 15–31	5	0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ CIN	L 23–33	6	1	2

2018 game log (13 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs PIT	T 21–21 OT	6	2	3
2	2018-09-16	@ NO	L 18–21	7	0	0
3	2018-09-20	vs NYJ	W 21–17	4	0	0
4	2018-09-30	@ LV	L 42–45 OT	3	0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs BAL	W 12–9 OT	5	1	3
6	2018-10-14	vs LAC	L 14–38	3	0	0
7	2018-10-21	@ TB	L 23–26 OT	4	0	2
8	2018-10-28	@ PIT	L 18–33	7	0	1
9	2018-11-04	vs KC	L 21–37	1	0	0
10	2018-11-11	vs ATL	W 28–16	2	0	1
12	2018-11-25	@ CIN	W 35–20	4	0	1
13	2018-12-02	@ HOU	L 13–29	2	0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs CIN	W 26–18	5	0	0