Justin Houston

OLB · KC/IND/BAL/MIA/CAR · 2011–2023

Born January 21, 1989 · College Georgia · Drafted 2011, round 3, pick 70 (KC) · 6-3, 270 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2014) · Pro Bowl ×4 (2012, 2013, 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
2011	KC	16	56	5.5	9	10	0	4	1
2012	KC	16	66	10.0	18	13	1	6	1
2013	KC	11	44	11.0	15	11	0	4	1
2013 playoffs	KC	1	4	1.0	3	1	0	1	0
2014	KC	16	69	22.0	25	23	0	5	4
2015	KC	10	30	7.5	13	9	2	6	1
2015 playoffs	KC	1	3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
2016	KC	4	21	4.0	6	6	0	1	1
2016 playoffs	KC	1	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	KC	15	59	9.5	20	16	0	5	0
2017 playoffs	KC	1	2	1.0	2	1	0	1	0
2018	KC	12	37	9.0	12	8	1	1	5
2018 playoffs	KC	2	4	2.0	2	2	0	1	0
2019	IND	16	43	11.0	18	13	0	0	2
2020	IND	14	25	8.0	12	8	0	0	1
2020 playoffs	IND	1	1	0.5	1	0	0	0	0
2021	BAL	15	34	4.5	17	6	0	1	1
2022	BAL	12	21	9.5	17	7	1	1	1
2022 playoffs	BAL	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
2023	CAR	6	9	0.5	3	2	0	1	0
2023 playoffs	MIA	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	CAR	163	514	112.0	185	132	5	35	19

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
2012	Pro Bowl
2013	Pro Bowl
2014	1st-team All-Pro, 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	KC	5	–	–	287	78.4
2016 playoffs	KC	1	–	–	55	87.3
2017	KC	15	–	–	939	92.2
2017 playoffs	KC	1	–	–	61	96.8
2018	KC	12	–	–	708	80.5
2018 playoffs	KC	2	–	–	128	84.8
2019	IND	16	–	–	669	66.0
2020	IND	16	–	–	600	58.9
2020 playoffs	IND	1	–	–	37	62.7
2021	BAL	15	–	–	570	61.4
2022	BAL	14	–	–	394	44.2
2022 playoffs	BAL	1	–	–	25	45.5
2023	CAR	7	–	–	173	41.2
2023 playoffs	MIA	1	–	–	22	27.8

Game logs

2023 game log (7 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2023-09-10	@ ATL	L 10–24	2	0.0	0
2	2023-09-18	vs NO	L 17–20	2	0.5	1
3	2023-09-24	@ SEA	L 27–37	2	0.0	0
4	2023-10-01	vs MIN	L 13–21	1	0.0	0
6	2023-10-15	@ MIA	L 21–42	1	0.0	0
8	2023-10-29	vs HOU	W 15–13	1	0.0	0
P19	2024-01-13	@ KC	L 7–26	1	0.0	0

2022 game log (13 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ NYJ	W 24–9	3	1.0	0	0
2	2022-09-18	vs MIA	L 38–42	3	1.0	0	0
7	2022-10-23	vs CLE	W 23–20	2	2.0	0	0
8	2022-10-27	@ TB	W 27–22	2	2.0	0	0
9	2022-11-07	@ NO	W 27–13	3	2.5	1	1
11	2022-11-20	vs CAR	W 13–3	2	0.5	0	0
12	2022-11-27	@ JAX	L 27–28	1	0.0	0	0
13	2022-12-04	vs DEN	W 10–9	1	0.0	0	0
14	2022-12-11	@ PIT	W 16–14	0	0.0	0	0
15	2022-12-17	@ CLE	L 3–13	2	0.0	0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs PIT	L 13–16	1	0.0	0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ CIN	L 16–27	1	0.5	0	0
P19	2023-01-15	@ CIN	L 17–24	1	1.0	0	0

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-13	@ LV	L 27–33 OT	2	0.0	0
2	2021-09-19	vs KC	W 36–35	2	0.0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ DEN	W 23–7	2	1.0	0
5	2021-10-11	vs IND	W 31–25 OT	3	0.0	0
6	2021-10-17	vs LAC	W 34–6	2	1.0	0
7	2021-10-24	vs CIN	L 17–41	2	0.0	0
9	2021-11-07	vs MIN	W 34–31 OT	1	0.0	0
10	2021-11-11	@ MIA	L 10–22	3	1.0	0
11	2021-11-21	@ CHI	W 16–13	3	1.0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs CLE	W 16–10	2	0.0	0
13	2021-12-05	@ PIT	L 19–20	1	0.0	1
14	2021-12-12	@ CLE	L 22–24	2	0.0	0
15	2021-12-19	vs GB	L 30–31	4	0.5	0
17	2022-01-02	vs LA	L 19–20	2	0.0	0
18	2022-01-09	vs PIT	L 13–16 OT	3	0.0	0

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2020-09-13	@ JAX	L 20–27	2	1.0
2	2020-09-20	vs MIN	W 28–11	2	0.5
3	2020-09-27	vs NYJ	W 36–7	1	1.0
4	2020-10-04	@ CHI	W 19–11	4	1.0
5	2020-10-11	@ CLE	L 23–32	1	0.0
8	2020-11-01	@ DET	W 41–21	1	0.0
10	2020-11-12	@ TEN	W 34–17	0	0.0
11	2020-11-22	vs GB	W 34–31 OT	3	1.0
12	2020-11-29	vs TEN	L 26–45	2	0.0
13	2020-12-06	@ HOU	W 26–20	4	3.0
14	2020-12-13	@ LV	W 44–27	1	0.0
15	2020-12-20	vs HOU	W 27–20	1	0.0
16	2020-12-27	@ PIT	L 24–28	1	0.0
17	2021-01-03	vs JAX	W 28–14	2	0.5
P18	2021-01-09	@ BUF	L 24–27	1	0.5

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2019-09-08	@ LAC	L 24–30 OT	4	1.0
2	2019-09-15	@ TEN	W 19–17	4	0.0
3	2019-09-22	vs ATL	W 27–24	2	0.0
4	2019-09-29	vs LV	L 24–31	1	0.0
5	2019-10-06	@ KC	W 19–13	4	1.0
7	2019-10-20	vs HOU	W 30–23	3	2.0
8	2019-10-27	vs DEN	W 15–13	3	1.0
9	2019-11-03	@ PIT	L 24–26	2	1.0
10	2019-11-10	vs MIA	L 12–16	3	1.0
11	2019-11-17	vs JAX	W 33–13	1	1.0
12	2019-11-21	@ HOU	L 17–20	5	0.0
13	2019-12-01	vs TEN	L 17–31	1	0.0
14	2019-12-08	@ TB	L 35–38	5	1.0
15	2019-12-16	@ NO	L 7–34	2	0.0
16	2019-12-22	vs CAR	W 38–6	2	1.0
17	2019-12-29	@ JAX	L 20–38	1	1.0

2018 game log (14 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	@ LAC	W 38–28	1	0.0	0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ PIT	W 42–37	4	0.0	0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs SF	W 38–27	4	2.0	0	0
4	2018-10-01	@ DEN	W 27–23	2	1.0	0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs JAX	W 30–14	0	0.0	0	0
10	2018-11-11	vs ARI	W 26–14	1	0.0	1	1
11	2018-11-19	@ LA	L 51–54	4	1.0	0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ LV	W 40–33	2	0.0	0	0
14	2018-12-09	vs BAL	W 27–24 OT	6	1.0	0	0
15	2018-12-13	vs LAC	L 28–29	5	1.5	0	0
16	2018-12-23	@ SEA	L 31–38	3	1.0	0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs LV	W 35–3	5	1.5	0	0
P19	2019-01-12	vs IND	W 31–13	2	2.0	0	1
P20	2019-01-20	vs NE	L 31–37 OT	2	0.0	0	0

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2017-09-07	@ NE	W 42–27	5	2.0	0
2	2017-09-17	vs PHI	W 27–20	5	1.0	1
3	2017-09-24	@ LAC	W 24–10	6	1.0	2
4	2017-10-02	vs WAS	W 29–20	3	0.0	0
5	2017-10-08	@ HOU	W 42–34	3	1.5	0
6	2017-10-15	vs PIT	L 13–19	4	0.0	0
7	2017-10-19	@ LV	L 30–31	3	0.0	1
8	2017-10-30	vs DEN	W 29–19	6	2.0	0
9	2017-11-05	@ DAL	L 17–28	2	0.0	0
11	2017-11-19	@ NYG	L 9–12 OT	7	0.0	0
12	2017-11-26	vs BUF	L 10–16	4	1.0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ NYJ	L 31–38	0	0.0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs LV	W 26–15	5	1.0	0
15	2017-12-16	vs LAC	W 30–13	3	0.0	1
16	2017-12-24	vs MIA	W 29–13	3	0.0	0
P18	2018-01-06	vs TEN	L 21–22	2	1.0	1

2016 game log (5 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
11	2016-11-20	vs TB	L 17–19	2	0.0	0
12	2016-11-27	@ DEN	W 30–27 OT	10	3.0	1
13	2016-12-04	@ ATL	W 29–28	4	1.0	0
14	2016-12-08	vs LV	W 21–13	5	0.0	0
P19	2017-01-15	vs PIT	L 16–18	6	0.0	0

2015 game log (11 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2015-09-13	@ HOU	W 27–20	3	1.0	0	0
2	2015-09-17	vs DEN	L 24–31	6	2.0	0	1
3	2015-09-28	@ GB	L 28–38	4	0.0	0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ CIN	L 21–36	3	0.0	0	0
5	2015-10-11	vs CHI	L 17–18	2	0.0	0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ MIN	L 10–16	3	1.0	0	2
7	2015-10-25	vs PIT	W 23–13	2	0.0	0	1
8	2015-11-01	vs DET	W 45–10	3	1.5	1	1
10	2015-11-15	@ DEN	W 29–13	3	2.0	0	0
11	2015-11-22	@ LAC	W 33–3	1	0.0	1	1
P18	2016-01-09	@ HOU	W 30–0	3	0.0	0	0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2014-09-07	vs TEN	L 10–26	3	2.0	0
2	2014-09-14	@ DEN	L 17–24	2	0.0	0
3	2014-09-21	@ MIA	W 34–15	3	1.0	1
4	2014-09-29	vs NE	W 41–14	7	2.0	0
5	2014-10-05	@ SF	L 17–22	4	1.0	0
7	2014-10-19	@ LAC	W 23–20	4	1.0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs LA	W 34–7	5	3.0	0
9	2014-11-02	vs NYJ	W 24–10	4	2.0	0
10	2014-11-09	@ BUF	W 17–13	5	0.0	0
11	2014-11-16	vs SEA	W 24–20	4	0.0	1
12	2014-11-20	@ LV	L 20–24	4	1.0	0
13	2014-11-30	vs DEN	L 16–29	8	1.0	2
14	2014-12-07	@ ARI	L 14–17	3	2.0	0
15	2014-12-14	vs LV	W 31–13	3	1.0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ PIT	L 12–20	4	1.0	0
17	2014-12-28	vs LAC	W 19–7	6	4.0	1

2013 game log (12 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2013-09-08	@ JAX	W 28–2	5	3.0	0
2	2013-09-15	vs DAL	W 17–16	5	0.0	0
3	2013-09-19	@ PHI	W 26–16	7	4.5	3
4	2013-09-29	vs NYG	W 31–7	2	0.0	0
5	2013-10-06	@ TEN	W 26–17	4	1.0	0
6	2013-10-13	vs LV	W 24–7	2	1.0	0
7	2013-10-20	vs HOU	W 17–16	3	0.5	0
8	2013-10-27	vs CLE	W 23–17	1	1.0	0
9	2013-11-03	@ BUF	W 23–13	4	0.0	0
11	2013-11-17	@ DEN	L 17–27	10	0.0	1
12	2013-11-24	vs LAC	L 38–41	1	0.0	0
P18	2014-01-04	@ IND	L 44–45	4	1.0	1

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2012-09-09	vs ATL	L 24–40	2	1.0	0	0
2	2012-09-16	@ BUF	L 17–35	5	0.0	0	0
3	2012-09-23	@ NO	W 27–24 OT	4	3.0	0	2
4	2012-09-30	vs LAC	L 20–37	3	0.0	0	0
5	2012-10-07	vs BAL	L 6–9	4	2.0	0	0
6	2012-10-14	@ TB	L 10–38	3	0.0	1	1
8	2012-10-28	vs LV	L 16–26	3	0.0	0	0
9	2012-11-01	@ LAC	L 13–31	9	0.0	0	0
10	2012-11-12	@ PIT	L 13–16 OT	7	1.0	0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs CIN	L 6–28	2	0.0	0	1
12	2012-11-25	vs DEN	L 9–17	4	2.0	0	0
13	2012-12-02	vs CAR	W 27–21	3	1.0	0	0
14	2012-12-09	@ CLE	L 7–30	2	0.0	0	0
15	2012-12-16	@ LV	L 0–15	5	0.0	0	1
16	2012-12-23	vs IND	L 13–20	1	0.0	0	1
17	2012-12-30	@ DEN	L 3–38	9	0.0	0	0

2011 game log (16 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2011-09-11	vs BUF	L 7–41	2	0.0	0
2	2011-09-18	@ DET	L 3–48	1	0.0	0
3	2011-09-25	@ LAC	L 17–20	4	0.0	1
4	2011-10-02	vs MIN	W 22–17	4	0.0	0
5	2011-10-09	@ IND	W 28–24	1	0.0	0
7	2011-10-23	@ LV	W 28–0	4	0.0	0
8	2011-10-31	vs LAC	W 23–20 OT	3	0.0	0
9	2011-11-06	vs MIA	L 3–31	2	0.0	0
10	2011-11-13	vs DEN	L 10–17	5	0.0	0
11	2011-11-21	@ NE	L 3–34	2	0.0	0
12	2011-11-27	vs PIT	L 9–13	4	0.0	1
13	2011-12-04	@ CHI	W 10–3	7	3.0	1
14	2011-12-11	@ NYJ	L 10–37	4	1.0	0
15	2011-12-18	vs GB	W 19–14	4	0.0	0
16	2011-12-24	vs LV	L 13–16 OT	2	0.0	1
17	2012-01-01	@ DEN	W 7–3	7	1.5	0