Desmond King

DB · LAC/TEN/HOU/BAL · 2017–2024

Born December 14, 1994 · College Iowa · Drafted 2017, round 5, pick 151 (LAC) · 5-10, 200 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2018) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2018)

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
2017	LAC	16	76	4.0	6	6	1	5	0
2018	LAC	16	62	0.0	2	4	3	10	1
2018 playoffs	LAC	2	12	1.0	2	1	0	0	0
2019	LAC	14	51	2.5	4	4	0	2	1
2020	TEN	14	55	2.0	2	2	0	2	0
2020 playoffs	TEN	1	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	HOU	16	93	0.0	0	1	3	6	1
2022	HOU	17	89	0.0	2	10	2	8	0
2023	HOU	7	47	1.0	2	5	0	2	0
2023 playoffs	HOU	2	17	1.0	1	2	0	0	0
2024	BAL	2	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	BAL	102	476	9.5	18	32	9	35	3

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	1st-team All-Pro, 2nd-team All-Pro

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
2017	LAC	16	–	–	714	68.6
2018	LAC	16	–	–	785	77.0
2018 playoffs	LAC	2	–	–	107	77.5
2019	LAC	15	–	–	581	64.8
2020	LAC/TEN	15	–	–	699	68.7
2020 playoffs	TEN	1	–	–	41	65.1
2021	HOU	16	–	–	914	86.5
2022	HOU	17	–	–	906	79.1
2023	PIT/HOU	8	–	–	306	57.7
2023 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	88	63.3
2024	BAL	2	–	–	19	15.1

Game logs

2024 game log (2 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
15	2024-12-15	@ NYG	W 35–14	2	0.0	0	0
16	2024-12-21	vs PIT	W 34–17	1	0.0	0	0

2023 game log (9 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
12	2023-11-26	vs JAX	L 21–24	1	0.0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs DEN	W 22–17	10	0.0	0
14	2023-12-10	@ NYJ	L 6–30	1	0.0	0
15	2023-12-17	@ TEN	W 19–16 OT	11	1.0	0
16	2023-12-24	vs CLE	L 22–36	11	0.0	1
17	2023-12-31	vs TEN	W 26–3	8	0.0	1
18	2024-01-06	@ IND	W 23–19	5	0.0	0
P19	2024-01-13	vs CLE	W 45–14	12	0.0	0
P20	2024-01-20	@ BAL	L 10–34	5	1.0	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs IND	T 20–20 OT	6	0	2
2	2022-09-18	@ DEN	L 9–16	2	0	1
3	2022-09-25	@ CHI	L 20–23	7	0	1
4	2022-10-02	vs LAC	L 24–34	3	0	0
5	2022-10-09	@ JAX	W 13–6	6	1	3
7	2022-10-23	@ LV	L 20–38	5	0	0
8	2022-10-30	vs TEN	L 10–17	4	0	0
9	2022-11-03	vs PHI	L 17–29	4	0	0
10	2022-11-13	@ NYG	L 16–24	2	0	0
11	2022-11-20	vs WAS	L 10–23	10	0	0
12	2022-11-27	@ MIA	L 15–30	6	0	0
13	2022-12-04	vs CLE	L 14–27	5	0	0
14	2022-12-11	@ DAL	L 23–27	7	0	0
15	2022-12-18	vs KC	L 24–30 OT	4	0	0
16	2022-12-24	@ TEN	W 19–14	4	0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs JAX	L 3–31	8	1	1
18	2023-01-08	@ IND	W 32–31	6	0	0

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs JAX	W 37–21	8	0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ CLE	L 21–31	1	0	0
3	2021-09-23	vs CAR	L 9–24	2	0	1
4	2021-10-03	@ BUF	L 0–40	9	0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs NE	L 22–25	9	0	0
6	2021-10-17	@ IND	L 3–31	1	0	0
7	2021-10-24	@ ARI	L 5–31	6	0	0
9	2021-11-07	@ MIA	L 9–17	6	0	0
11	2021-11-21	@ TEN	W 22–13	8	2	2
12	2021-11-28	vs NYJ	L 14–21	5	0	0
13	2021-12-05	vs IND	L 0–31	6	0	0
14	2021-12-12	vs SEA	L 13–33	5	0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ JAX	W 30–16	3	0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs LAC	W 41–29	10	0	1
17	2022-01-02	@ SF	L 7–23	8	1	2
18	2022-01-09	vs TEN	L 25–28	6	0	0

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-13	@ CIN	W 16–13	4	0.0	0
2	2020-09-20	vs KC	L 20–23 OT	6	0.0	0
4	2020-10-04	@ TB	L 31–38	5	0.0	0
5	2020-10-12	@ NO	L 27–30 OT	5	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	vs JAX	W 39–29	4	1.0	0
9	2020-11-08	vs CHI	W 24–17	2	0.0	0
10	2020-11-12	vs IND	L 17–34	5	0.0	0
11	2020-11-22	@ BAL	W 30–24 OT	4	0.0	2
12	2020-11-29	@ IND	W 45–26	3	0.0	0
13	2020-12-06	vs CLE	L 35–41	6	0.0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ JAX	W 31–10	3	0.0	0
15	2020-12-20	vs DET	W 46–25	2	0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ GB	L 14–40	2	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	@ HOU	W 41–38	4	1.0	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs BAL	L 13–20	6	0.0	0

2019 game log (14 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs IND	W 30–24 OT	3	0.0	0
2	2019-09-15	@ DET	L 10–13	0	0.0	0
3	2019-09-22	vs HOU	L 20–27	4	0.0	1
4	2019-09-29	@ MIA	W 30–10	4	2.5	0
5	2019-10-06	vs DEN	L 13–20	4	0.0	0
6	2019-10-13	vs PIT	L 17–24	6	0.0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ TEN	L 20–23	3	0.0	0
8	2019-10-27	@ CHI	W 17–16	6	0.0	0
9	2019-11-03	vs GB	W 26–11	5	0.0	1
10	2019-11-07	@ LV	L 24–26	4	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	@ DEN	L 20–23	5	0.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ JAX	W 45–10	3	0.0	0
16	2019-12-22	vs LV	L 17–24	3	0.0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ KC	L 21–31	1	0.0	0

2018 game log (18 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs KC	L 28–38	5	0.0	0	1
2	2018-09-16	@ BUF	W 31–20	2	0.0	0	0
3	2018-09-23	@ LA	L 23–35	5	0.0	0	0
4	2018-09-30	vs SF	W 29–27	2	0.0	0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs LV	W 26–10	1	0.0	0	0
6	2018-10-14	@ CLE	W 38–14	2	0.0	2	3
7	2018-10-21	vs TEN	W 20–19	7	0.0	0	1
9	2018-11-04	@ SEA	W 25–17	3	0.0	1	2
10	2018-11-11	@ LV	W 20–6	3	0.0	0	0
11	2018-11-18	vs DEN	L 22–23	2	0.0	0	0
12	2018-11-25	vs ARI	W 45–10	1	0.0	0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ PIT	W 33–30	10	0.0	0	2
14	2018-12-09	vs CIN	W 26–21	3	0.0	0	0
15	2018-12-13	@ KC	W 29–28	5	0.0	0	1
16	2018-12-22	vs BAL	L 10–22	4	0.0	0	0
17	2018-12-30	@ DEN	W 23–9	7	0.0	0	0
P18	2019-01-06	@ BAL	W 23–17	4	1.0	0	0
P19	2019-01-13	@ NE	L 28–41	8	0.0	0	0

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2017-09-11	@ DEN	L 21–24	0	0.0	0	1
2	2017-09-17	vs MIA	L 17–19	6	0.0	0	0
3	2017-09-24	vs KC	L 10–24	3	0.0	0	0
4	2017-10-01	vs PHI	L 24–26	3	0.0	0	1
5	2017-10-08	@ NYG	W 27–22	2	0.0	0	0
6	2017-10-15	@ LV	W 17–16	4	0.0	0	0
7	2017-10-22	vs DEN	W 21–0	5	0.0	0	0
8	2017-10-29	@ NE	L 13–21	4	1.0	0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ JAX	L 17–20 OT	5	1.0	0	0
11	2017-11-19	vs BUF	W 54–24	3	0.0	0	1
12	2017-11-23	@ DAL	W 28–6	5	0.0	1	1
13	2017-12-03	vs CLE	W 19–10	6	1.0	0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs WAS	W 30–13	10	1.0	0	1
15	2017-12-16	@ KC	L 13–30	6	0.0	0	0
16	2017-12-24	@ NYJ	W 14–7	5	0.0	0	0
17	2017-12-31	vs LV	W 30–10	9	0.0	0	0