Malcolm Butler

CB · NE/TEN · 2014–2020

Born March 2, 1990 · College West Alabama; Hinds CC · Undrafted · 5-11, 190 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (2016) · Pro Bowl (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
2014	NE	7	15	0.0	0	0	0	3	0
2014 playoffs	NE	2	4	0.0	0	0	1	3	0
2015	NE	16	67	0.0	0	1	2	15	0
2015 playoffs	NE	2	12	0.0	0	1	0	3	0
2016	NE	16	63	1.0	1	1	4	17	1
2016 playoffs	NE	3	11	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2017	NE	16	60	1.0	2	1	2	12	3
2017 playoffs	NE	2	10	0.0	0	1	0	1	0
2018	TEN	16	69	1.0	1	4	3	12	1
2019	TEN	9	32	0.0	0	1	2	9	0
2020	TEN	16	100	0.0	0	1	4	14	0
2020 playoffs	TEN	1	5	0.0	0	0	1	2	0
Career	TEN	96	406	3.0	4	9	17	82	5

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
2015	Pro Bowl
2016	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
2016	NE	16	–	–	999	96.5
2016 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	183	98.9
2017	NE	16	–	–	1,021	97.8
2017 playoffs	NE	2	–	–	135	99.3
2018	TEN	16	–	–	831	80.4
2019	TEN	9	–	–	569	94.5
2020	TEN	16	–	–	1,069	96.9
2020 playoffs	TEN	1	–	–	62	98.4

Game logs

2020 game log (17 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2020-09-14	@ DEN	W 16–14	3	0	0
2	2020-09-20	vs JAX	W 33–30	11	0	2
3	2020-09-27	@ MIN	W 31–30	4	0	2
5	2020-10-13	vs BUF	W 42–16	7	2	2
6	2020-10-18	vs HOU	W 42–36 OT	8	0	1
7	2020-10-25	vs PIT	L 24–27	8	0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ CIN	L 20–31	8	0	1
9	2020-11-08	vs CHI	W 24–17	4	0	2
10	2020-11-12	vs IND	L 17–34	7	0	1
11	2020-11-22	@ BAL	W 30–24 OT	4	0	0
12	2020-11-29	@ IND	W 45–26	4	0	0
13	2020-12-06	vs CLE	L 35–41	8	0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ JAX	W 31–10	3	1	2
15	2020-12-20	vs DET	W 46–25	9	0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ GB	L 14–40	6	1	1
17	2021-01-03	@ HOU	W 41–38	6	0	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs BAL	L 13–20	5	1	2

2019 game log (9 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2019-09-08	@ CLE	W 43–13	2	1	1
2	2019-09-15	vs IND	L 17–19	6	0	1
3	2019-09-19	@ JAX	L 7–20	5	0	1
4	2019-09-29	@ ATL	W 24–10	6	0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs BUF	L 7–14	4	0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ DEN	L 0–16	1	0	2
7	2019-10-20	vs LAC	W 23–20	6	0	1
8	2019-10-27	vs TB	W 27–23	2	1	1
9	2019-11-03	@ CAR	L 20–30	0	0	2

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	@ MIA	L 20–27	5	0.0	1	2
2	2018-09-16	vs HOU	W 20–17	7	0.0	0	2
3	2018-09-23	@ JAX	W 9–6	3	0.0	0	0
4	2018-09-30	vs PHI	W 26–23 OT	10	1.0	0	0
5	2018-10-07	@ BUF	L 12–13	2	0.0	0	0
6	2018-10-14	vs BAL	L 0–21	4	0.0	0	1
7	2018-10-21	@ LAC	L 19–20	1	0.0	0	0
9	2018-11-05	@ DAL	W 28–14	5	0.0	0	0
10	2018-11-11	vs NE	W 34–10	4	0.0	0	0
11	2018-11-18	@ IND	L 10–38	3	0.0	0	1
12	2018-11-26	@ HOU	L 17–34	2	0.0	0	0
13	2018-12-02	vs NYJ	W 26–22	6	0.0	1	1
14	2018-12-06	vs JAX	W 30–9	4	0.0	0	2
15	2018-12-16	@ NYG	W 17–0	2	0.0	0	0
16	2018-12-22	vs WAS	W 25–16	5	0.0	1	1
17	2018-12-30	vs IND	L 17–33	6	0.0	0	2

2017 game log (18 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2017-09-07	vs KC	L 27–42	4	0.0	0	0
2	2017-09-17	@ NO	W 36–20	2	0.0	0	1
3	2017-09-24	vs HOU	W 36–33	3	0.0	0	0
4	2017-10-01	vs CAR	L 30–33	8	0.0	1	1
5	2017-10-05	@ TB	W 19–14	4	0.0	0	1
6	2017-10-15	@ NYJ	W 24–17	4	0.0	1	3
7	2017-10-22	vs ATL	W 23–7	6	0.0	0	1
8	2017-10-29	vs LAC	W 21–13	1	0.0	0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ DEN	W 41–16	3	0.0	0	1
11	2017-11-19	@ LV	W 33–8	2	0.0	0	1
12	2017-11-26	vs MIA	W 35–17	4	0.0	0	2
13	2017-12-03	@ BUF	W 23–3	8	0.0	0	0
14	2017-12-11	@ MIA	L 20–27	3	0.0	0	0
15	2017-12-17	@ PIT	W 27–24	3	0.0	0	0
16	2017-12-24	vs BUF	W 37–16	3	1.0	0	1
17	2017-12-31	vs NYJ	W 26–6	2	0.0	0	0
P19	2018-01-13	vs TEN	W 35–14	4	0.0	0	0
P20	2018-01-21	vs JAX	W 24–20	6	0.0	0	1

2016 game log (19 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2016-09-11	@ ARI	W 23–21	4	0.0	0	2
2	2016-09-18	vs MIA	W 31–24	8	0.0	0	1
3	2016-09-22	vs HOU	W 27–0	4	0.0	0	1
4	2016-10-02	vs BUF	L 0–16	3	0.0	0	0
5	2016-10-09	@ CLE	W 33–13	1	0.0	0	0
6	2016-10-16	vs CIN	W 35–17	3	0.0	0	4
7	2016-10-23	@ PIT	W 27–16	6	0.0	1	3
8	2016-10-30	@ BUF	W 41–25	4	0.0	0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs SEA	L 24–31	9	0.0	0	0
11	2016-11-20	@ SF	W 30–17	2	1.0	0	0
12	2016-11-27	@ NYJ	W 22–17	5	0.0	0	0
13	2016-12-04	vs LA	W 26–10	1	0.0	1	3
14	2016-12-12	vs BAL	W 30–23	4	0.0	0	1
15	2016-12-18	@ DEN	W 16–3	3	0.0	0	0
16	2016-12-24	vs NYJ	W 41–3	0	0.0	2	2
17	2017-01-01	@ MIA	W 35–14	6	0.0	0	0
P19	2017-01-14	vs HOU	W 34–16	5	0.0	0	0
P20	2017-01-22	vs PIT	W 36–17	4	0.0	0	1
P21	2017-02-05	@ ATL	W 34–28 OT	2	0.0	0	0

2015 game log (18 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2015-09-10	vs PIT	W 28–21	5	0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ BUF	W 40–32	6	1	1
3	2015-09-27	vs JAX	W 51–17	4	0	3
5	2015-10-11	@ DAL	W 30–6	1	0	1
6	2015-10-18	@ IND	W 34–27	8	0	2
7	2015-10-25	vs NYJ	W 30–23	7	0	0
8	2015-10-29	vs MIA	W 36–7	5	0	0
9	2015-11-08	vs WAS	W 27–10	5	0	1
10	2015-11-15	@ NYG	W 27–26	2	0	3
11	2015-11-23	vs BUF	W 20–13	3	0	0
12	2015-11-29	@ DEN	L 24–30 OT	7	0	1
13	2015-12-06	vs PHI	L 28–35	1	0	1
14	2015-12-13	@ HOU	W 27–6	1	0	1
15	2015-12-20	vs TEN	W 33–16	5	1	1
16	2015-12-27	@ NYJ	L 20–26 OT	3	0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ MIA	L 10–20	4	0	0
P19	2016-01-16	vs KC	W 27–20	5	0	1
P20	2016-01-24	@ DEN	L 18–20	7	0	2

2014 game log (9 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2014-09-07	@ MIA	L 20–33	2	0	0
2	2014-09-14	@ MIN	W 30–7	1	0	0
4	2014-09-29	@ KC	L 14–41	1	0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs CHI	W 51–23	0	0	2
9	2014-11-02	vs DEN	W 43–21	4	0	1
15	2014-12-14	vs MIA	W 41–13	2	0	0
17	2014-12-28	vs BUF	L 9–17	5	0	0
P20	2015-01-18	vs IND	W 45–7	1	0	0
P21	2015-02-01	@ SEA	W 28–24	3	1	3