Linval Joseph

DT · NYG/MIN/LAC/PHI/BUF/DAL · 2010–2024

Born October 10, 1988 · College East Carolina · Drafted 2010, round 2, pick 46 (NYG) · 6-4, 329 lb

Pro Bowl ×2 (2016, 2017)

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	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2010	NYG	4	8	0.0	0	1	0	0
2011	NYG	15	49	2.0	5	4	4	0
2011 playoffs	NYG	4	10	0.0	2	0	1	0
2012	NYG	16	59	4.0	7	5	0	1
2013	NYG	15	59	3.0	8	8	0	1
2014	MIN	16	47	3.0	10	5	1	0
2015	MIN	12	55	0.5	4	7	1	1
2015 playoffs	MIN	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016	MIN	16	77	4.0	17	5	0	3
2017	MIN	16	68	3.5	10	5	0	0
2017 playoffs	MIN	2	9	0.0	1	2	0	0
2018	MIN	15	58	1.0	4	4	0	1
2019	MIN	13	44	3.0	6	6	0	1
2019 playoffs	MIN	2	10	0.0	0	0	0	0
2020	LAC	15	62	0.0	2	3	0	0
2021	LAC	14	57	1.0	2	3	0	0
2022	PHI	8	20	0.5	1	0	0	0
2022 playoffs	PHI	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
2023	BUF	7	12	1.0	1	1	0	0
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
2024	DAL	10	19	2.0	3	2	0	1
Career	DAL	192	694	28.5	80	59	6	9

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
2016	Pro Bowl
2017	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	MIN	16	2	2.9	711	69.2
2017	MIN	16	–	–	654	66.5
2017 playoffs	MIN	2	–	–	93	72.1
2018	MIN	15	–	–	657	68.9
2019	MIN	13	–	–	549	63.8
2019 playoffs	MIN	2	–	–	89	73.6
2020	LAC	16	–	–	712	69.9
2021	LAC	14	–	–	542	57.7
2022	PHI	8	–	–	186	38.0
2022 playoffs	PHI	3	–	–	30	20.0
2023	BUF	7	–	–	155	34.1
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	–	–	28	25.2
2024	DAL	17	–	–	256	23.7

Game logs

2024 game log (10 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
2	2024-09-15	vs NO	L 19–44	2	0.0
5	2024-10-06	@ PIT	W 20–17	2	1.0
6	2024-10-13	vs DET	L 9–47	3	0.0
8	2024-10-27	@ SF	L 24–30	3	0.0
9	2024-11-03	@ ATL	L 21–27	1	0.0
10	2024-11-10	vs PHI	L 6–34	2	0.0
15	2024-12-15	@ CAR	W 30–14	1	0.0
16	2024-12-22	vs TB	W 26–24	3	1.0
17	2024-12-29	@ PHI	L 7–41	2	0.0
18	2025-01-05	vs WAS	L 19–23	0	0.0

2023 game log (9 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
9	2023-11-05	@ CIN	L 18–24	2	0.0
10	2023-11-13	vs DEN	L 22–24	2	0.0
11	2023-11-19	vs NYJ	W 32–6	1	0.0
12	2023-11-26	@ PHI	L 34–37 OT	1	1.0
14	2023-12-10	@ KC	W 20–17	1	0.0
15	2023-12-17	vs DAL	W 31–10	2	0.0
16	2023-12-23	@ LAC	W 24–22	3	0.0
P19	2024-01-15	vs PIT	W 31–17	2	0.0
P20	2024-01-21	vs KC	L 24–27	1	0.0

2022 game log (9 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
11	2022-11-20	@ IND	W 17–16	4	0.5
12	2022-11-27	vs GB	W 40–33	2	0.0
13	2022-12-04	vs TEN	W 35–10	2	0.0
14	2022-12-11	@ NYG	W 48–22	2	0.0
15	2022-12-18	@ CHI	W 25–20	2	0.0
16	2022-12-24	@ DAL	L 34–40	5	0.0
17	2023-01-01	vs NO	L 10–20	2	0.0
18	2023-01-08	vs NYG	W 22–16	1	0.0
P20	2023-01-21	vs NYG	W 38–7	1	0.0

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2021-09-12	@ WAS	W 20–16	3	0.0
2	2021-09-19	vs DAL	L 17–20	3	0.0
3	2021-09-26	@ KC	W 30–24	8	0.0
4	2021-10-04	vs LV	W 28–14	5	0.0
5	2021-10-10	vs CLE	W 47–42	3	0.0
6	2021-10-17	@ BAL	L 6–34	4	1.0
8	2021-10-31	vs NE	L 24–27	6	0.0
9	2021-11-07	@ PHI	W 27–24	9	0.0
10	2021-11-14	vs MIN	L 20–27	2	0.0
14	2021-12-12	vs NYG	W 37–21	3	0.0
15	2021-12-16	vs KC	L 28–34 OT	3	0.0
16	2021-12-26	@ HOU	L 29–41	3	0.0
17	2022-01-02	vs DEN	W 34–13	3	0.0
18	2022-01-09	@ LV	L 32–35 OT	2	0.0

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	@ CIN	W 16–13	4
2	2020-09-20	vs KC	L 20–23 OT	4
3	2020-09-27	vs CAR	L 16–21	2
4	2020-10-04	@ TB	L 31–38	5
5	2020-10-12	@ NO	L 27–30 OT	2
7	2020-10-25	vs JAX	W 39–29	5
9	2020-11-08	vs LV	L 26–31	3
10	2020-11-15	@ MIA	L 21–29	4
11	2020-11-22	vs NYJ	W 34–28	4
12	2020-11-29	@ BUF	L 17–27	3
13	2020-12-06	vs NE	L 0–45	7
14	2020-12-13	vs ATL	W 20–17	3
15	2020-12-17	@ LV	W 30–27 OT	6
16	2020-12-27	vs DEN	W 19–16	7
17	2021-01-03	@ KC	W 38–21	3

2019 game log (15 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2019-09-08	vs ATL	W 28–12	4	1.0
2	2019-09-15	@ GB	L 16–21	6	1.0
3	2019-09-22	vs LV	W 34–14	2	0.0
4	2019-09-29	@ CHI	L 6–16	2	0.0
5	2019-10-06	@ NYG	W 28–10	1	0.0
6	2019-10-13	vs PHI	W 38–20	6	0.0
7	2019-10-20	@ DET	W 42–30	3	0.0
8	2019-10-24	vs WAS	W 19–9	3	1.0
9	2019-11-03	@ KC	L 23–26	4	0.0
13	2019-12-02	@ SEA	L 30–37	5	0.0
14	2019-12-08	vs DET	W 20–7	4	0.0
15	2019-12-15	@ LAC	W 39–10	1	0.0
16	2019-12-23	vs GB	L 10–23	3	0.0
P18	2020-01-05	@ NO	W 26–20 OT	2	0.0
P19	2020-01-11	@ SF	L 10–27	8	0.0

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2018-09-09	vs SF	W 24–16	4	0.0
2	2018-09-16	@ GB	T 29–29 OT	4	0.0
3	2018-09-23	vs BUF	L 6–27	5	0.0
4	2018-09-27	@ LA	L 31–38	3	0.0
5	2018-10-07	@ PHI	W 23–21	5	1.0
6	2018-10-14	vs ARI	W 27–17	3	0.0
8	2018-10-28	vs NO	L 20–30	6	0.0
9	2018-11-04	vs DET	W 24–9	1	0.0
11	2018-11-18	@ CHI	L 20–25	2	0.0
12	2018-11-25	vs GB	W 24–17	1	0.0
13	2018-12-02	@ NE	L 10–24	7	0.0
14	2018-12-10	@ SEA	L 7–21	10	0.0
15	2018-12-16	vs MIA	W 41–17	1	0.0
16	2018-12-23	@ DET	W 27–9	2	0.0
17	2018-12-30	vs CHI	L 10–24	4	0.0

2017 game log (18 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2017-09-11	vs NO	W 29–19	4	0.0
2	2017-09-17	@ PIT	L 9–26	4	0.0
3	2017-09-24	vs TB	W 34–17	2	0.0
4	2017-10-01	vs DET	L 7–14	9	1.0
5	2017-10-09	@ CHI	W 20–17	6	0.0
6	2017-10-15	vs GB	W 23–10	4	0.5
7	2017-10-22	vs BAL	W 24–16	4	0.0
8	2017-10-29	@ CLE	W 33–16	2	1.0
10	2017-11-12	@ WAS	W 38–30	4	0.0
11	2017-11-19	vs LA	W 24–7	4	0.0
12	2017-11-23	@ DET	W 30–23	3	0.0
13	2017-12-03	@ ATL	W 14–9	1	0.0
14	2017-12-10	@ CAR	L 24–31	10	1.0
15	2017-12-17	vs CIN	W 34–7	4	0.0
16	2017-12-23	@ GB	W 16–0	3	0.0
17	2017-12-31	vs CHI	W 23–10	4	0.0
P19	2018-01-14	vs NO	W 29–24	4	0.0
P20	2018-01-21	@ PHI	L 7–38	5	0.0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2016-09-11	@ TEN	W 25–16	5	1.0
2	2016-09-18	vs GB	W 17–14	6	1.0
3	2016-09-25	@ CAR	W 22–10	7	1.0
4	2016-10-03	vs NYG	W 24–10	3	0.0
5	2016-10-09	vs HOU	W 31–13	4	0.0
7	2016-10-23	@ PHI	L 10–21	1	0.0
8	2016-10-31	@ CHI	L 10–20	6	0.0
9	2016-11-06	vs DET	L 16–22 OT	3	0.0
10	2016-11-13	@ WAS	L 20–26	6	0.0
11	2016-11-20	vs ARI	W 30–24	7	0.0
12	2016-11-24	@ DET	L 13–16	2	0.0
13	2016-12-01	vs DAL	L 15–17	3	0.0
14	2016-12-11	@ JAX	W 25–16	2	0.0
15	2016-12-18	vs IND	L 6–34	13	0.0
16	2016-12-24	@ GB	L 25–38	2	0.0
17	2017-01-01	vs CHI	W 38–10	7	1.0

2015 game log (13 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-14	@ SF	L 3–20	3	0.0	0
2	2015-09-20	vs DET	W 26–16	4	0.0	0
3	2015-09-27	vs LAC	W 31–14	2	0.0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ DEN	L 20–23	3	0.0	1
6	2015-10-18	vs KC	W 16–10	4	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	@ DET	W 28–19	6	0.0	0
8	2015-11-01	@ CHI	W 23–20	3	0.0	0
9	2015-11-08	vs LA	W 21–18 OT	10	0.5	0
10	2015-11-15	@ LV	W 30–14	6	0.0	0
11	2015-11-22	vs GB	L 13–30	9	0.0	0
12	2015-11-29	@ ATL	W 20–10	3	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	vs NYG	W 49–17	2	0.0	0
P18	2016-01-10	vs SEA	L 9–10	3	0.0	0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2014-09-07	@ LA	W 34–6	4	1.0	0
2	2014-09-14	vs NE	L 7–30	2	0.0	0
3	2014-09-21	@ NO	L 9–20	4	0.0	0
4	2014-09-28	vs ATL	W 41–28	4	0.0	0
5	2014-10-02	@ GB	L 10–42	3	0.0	0
6	2014-10-12	vs DET	L 3–17	3	0.5	0
7	2014-10-19	@ BUF	L 16–17	1	1.0	0
8	2014-10-26	@ TB	W 19–13 OT	3	0.0	0
9	2014-11-02	vs WAS	W 29–26	1	0.0	0
11	2014-11-16	@ CHI	L 13–21	3	0.0	0
12	2014-11-23	vs GB	L 21–24	4	0.0	0
13	2014-11-30	vs CAR	W 31–13	4	0.0	1
14	2014-12-07	vs NYJ	W 30–24 OT	2	0.0	0
15	2014-12-14	@ DET	L 14–16	4	0.0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ MIA	L 35–37	4	0.0	0
17	2014-12-28	vs CHI	W 13–9	1	0.5	0

2013 game log (15 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2013-09-08	@ DAL	L 31–36	4	0.5
2	2013-09-15	vs DEN	L 23–41	4	0.0
3	2013-09-22	@ CAR	L 0–38	8	0.0
4	2013-09-29	@ KC	L 7–31	3	0.0
6	2013-10-10	@ CHI	L 21–27	2	0.0
7	2013-10-21	vs MIN	W 23–7	1	0.0
8	2013-10-27	@ PHI	W 15–7	4	1.0
10	2013-11-10	vs LV	W 24–20	6	0.0
11	2013-11-17	vs GB	W 27–13	2	0.0
12	2013-11-24	vs DAL	L 21–24	3	0.5
13	2013-12-01	@ WAS	W 24–17	4	0.0
14	2013-12-08	@ LAC	L 14–37	5	0.0
15	2013-12-15	vs SEA	L 0–23	5	1.0
16	2013-12-22	@ DET	W 23–20 OT	4	0.0
17	2013-12-29	vs WAS	W 20–6	4	0.0

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2012-09-05	vs DAL	L 17–24	2	1.0
2	2012-09-16	vs TB	W 41–34	4	0.0
3	2012-09-20	@ CAR	W 36–7	2	0.0
4	2012-09-30	@ PHI	L 17–19	1	0.0
5	2012-10-07	vs CLE	W 41–27	3	0.0
6	2012-10-14	@ SF	W 26–3	4	1.0
7	2012-10-21	vs WAS	W 27–23	3	0.0
8	2012-10-28	@ DAL	W 29–24	3	2.0
9	2012-11-04	vs PIT	L 20–24	7	0.0
10	2012-11-11	@ CIN	L 13–31	2	0.0
12	2012-11-25	vs GB	W 38–10	4	0.0
13	2012-12-03	@ WAS	L 16–17	7	0.0
14	2012-12-09	vs NO	W 52–27	3	0.0
15	2012-12-16	@ ATL	L 0–34	3	0.0
16	2012-12-23	@ BAL	L 14–33	6	0.0
17	2012-12-30	vs PHI	W 42–7	5	0.0

2011 game log (19 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2011-09-11	@ WAS	L 14–28	3	0.0	1
3	2011-09-25	@ PHI	W 29–16	3	0.0	0
4	2011-10-02	@ ARI	W 31–27	1	0.0	0
5	2011-10-09	vs SEA	L 25–36	3	0.0	2
6	2011-10-16	vs BUF	W 27–24	3	0.0	0
8	2011-10-30	vs MIA	W 20–17	3	1.0	0
9	2011-11-06	@ NE	W 24–20	3	0.0	0
10	2011-11-13	@ SF	L 20–27	2	1.0	0
11	2011-11-20	vs PHI	L 10–17	3	0.0	0
12	2011-11-28	@ NO	L 24–49	5	0.0	0
13	2011-12-04	vs GB	L 35–38	9	0.0	0
14	2011-12-11	@ DAL	W 37–34	4	0.0	0
15	2011-12-18	vs WAS	L 10–23	2	0.0	0
16	2011-12-24	@ NYJ	W 29–14	4	0.0	1
17	2012-01-01	vs DAL	W 31–14	1	0.0	0
P18	2012-01-08	vs ATL	W 24–2	3	0.0	0
P19	2012-01-15	@ GB	W 37–20	3	0.0	0
P20	2012-01-22	@ SF	W 20–17 OT	2	0.0	1
P21	2012-02-05	@ NE	W 21–17	2	0.0	0

2010 game log (4 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
4	2010-10-03	vs CHI	W 17–3	1
5	2010-10-10	@ HOU	W 34–10	1
16	2010-12-26	@ GB	L 17–45	5
17	2011-01-02	@ WAS	W 17–14	1