Markus Golden

LB · ARI/NYG/PIT · 2015–2023

Born March 13, 1991 · College Missouri; Hutchinson CC · Drafted 2015, round 2, pick 58 (ARI) · 6-2, 260 lb

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
2015	ARI	14	31	4.0	12	4	0	0	2
2015 playoffs	ARI	2	10	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2016	ARI	16	51	12.5	22	16	0	1	4
2017	ARI	4	11	0.0	4	1	0	0	0
2018	ARI	10	30	2.5	6	5	0	2	0
2019	NYG	16	72	10.0	27	13	0	0	0
2020	ARI	16	33	4.5	20	6	1	3	1
2021	ARI	16	48	11.0	19	10	0	1	4
2021 playoffs	ARI	1	3	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
2022	ARI	16	48	2.5	20	7	0	0	0
2023	PIT	11	20	4.0	10	6	0	1	0
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	3	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
Career	PIT	119	344	51.0	140	68	1	8	11

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	ARI	16	–	–	752	70.6
2017	ARI	4	–	–	226	83.7
2018	ARI	11	–	–	386	53.5
2019	NYG	16	–	–	901	82.6
2020	NYG/ARI	16	–	–	582	55.0
2021	ARI	16	–	–	676	66.5
2021 playoffs	ARI	1	–	–	45	75.0
2022	ARI	17	–	–	770	70.3
2023	PIT	16	–	–	227	21.6
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	50	75.8

Game logs

2023 game log (12 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs SF	L 7–30	3	0.0	0
2	2023-09-18	vs CLE	W 26–22	2	1.0	0
3	2023-09-24	@ LV	W 23–18	2	1.0	0
5	2023-10-08	vs BAL	W 17–10	0	0.0	0
8	2023-10-29	vs JAX	L 10–20	3	0.0	0
9	2023-11-02	vs TEN	W 20–16	1	1.0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs ARI	L 10–24	0	0.0	0
15	2023-12-16	@ IND	L 13–30	3	0.0	1
16	2023-12-23	vs CIN	W 34–11	2	0.0	0
17	2023-12-31	@ SEA	W 30–23	1	0.0	0
18	2024-01-06	@ BAL	W 17–10	3	1.0	0
P19	2024-01-15	@ BUF	L 17–31	3	1.0	0

2022 game log (16 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2022-09-11	vs KC	L 21–44	1	0.0
2	2022-09-18	@ LV	W 29–23 OT	2	0.0
3	2022-09-25	vs LA	L 12–20	1	0.0
4	2022-10-02	@ CAR	W 26–16	4	0.0
6	2022-10-16	@ SEA	L 9–19	8	1.0
7	2022-10-20	vs NO	W 42–34	2	0.0
8	2022-10-30	@ MIN	L 26–34	4	0.0
9	2022-11-06	vs SEA	L 21–31	6	0.5
10	2022-11-13	@ LA	W 27–17	2	0.0
11	2022-11-21	vs SF	L 10–38	1	0.0
12	2022-11-27	vs LAC	L 24–25	1	0.0
14	2022-12-12	vs NE	L 13–27	2	0.0
15	2022-12-18	@ DEN	L 15–24	7	1.0
16	2022-12-25	vs TB	L 16–19 OT	4	0.0
17	2023-01-01	@ ATL	L 19–20	1	0.0
18	2023-01-08	@ SF	L 13–38	2	0.0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-12	@ TEN	W 38–13	1	0.0	1
2	2021-09-19	vs MIN	W 34–33	3	1.0	0
3	2021-09-26	@ JAX	W 31–19	2	1.0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ LA	W 37–20	2	0.0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs SF	W 17–10	3	0.0	0
6	2021-10-17	@ CLE	W 37–14	5	2.0	0
7	2021-10-24	vs HOU	W 31–5	3	2.0	0
8	2021-10-28	vs GB	L 21–24	5	0.0	0
9	2021-11-07	@ SF	W 31–17	5	3.0	0
10	2021-11-14	vs CAR	L 10–34	1	0.0	0
11	2021-11-21	@ SEA	W 23–13	3	1.0	0
13	2021-12-05	@ CHI	W 33–22	2	0.0	0
14	2021-12-13	vs LA	L 23–30	0	0.0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ DET	L 12–30	8	1.0	0
16	2021-12-25	vs IND	L 16–22	2	0.0	0
18	2022-01-09	vs SEA	L 30–38	3	0.0	0
P19	2022-01-17	@ LA	L 11–34	3	1.0	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2020-09-14	vs PIT	L 16–26	2	0.0	0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ CHI	L 13–17	1	0.0	0	0
3	2020-09-27	vs SF	L 9–36	2	0.0	0	0
4	2020-10-04	@ LA	L 9–17	1	0.0	0	0
5	2020-10-11	@ DAL	L 34–37	3	0.5	0	0
6	2020-10-18	vs WAS	W 20–19	0	0.0	0	1
7	2020-10-22	@ PHI	L 21–22	1	1.0	0	0
9	2020-11-08	vs MIA	L 31–34	5	1.0	0	1
10	2020-11-15	vs BUF	W 32–30	1	0.0	0	0
11	2020-11-19	@ SEA	L 21–28	0	0.0	0	0
12	2020-11-29	@ NE	L 17–20	3	0.0	1	1
13	2020-12-06	vs LA	L 28–38	2	0.0	0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ NYG	W 26–7	2	1.0	0	0
15	2020-12-20	vs PHI	W 33–26	5	0.0	0	0
16	2020-12-26	vs SF	L 12–20	2	0.0	0	0
17	2021-01-03	@ LA	L 7–18	3	1.0	0	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2019-09-08	@ DAL	L 17–35	1	0.0
2	2019-09-15	vs BUF	L 14–28	6	1.0
3	2019-09-22	@ TB	W 32–31	5	2.0
4	2019-09-29	vs WAS	W 24–3	2	0.5
5	2019-10-06	vs MIN	L 10–28	5	1.0
6	2019-10-10	@ NE	L 14–35	3	0.5
7	2019-10-20	vs ARI	L 21–27	5	0.0
8	2019-10-27	@ DET	L 26–31	7	0.5
9	2019-11-04	vs DAL	L 18–37	5	0.0
10	2019-11-10	@ NYJ	L 27–34	4	1.0
12	2019-11-24	@ CHI	L 14–19	4	1.0
13	2019-12-01	vs GB	L 13–31	8	0.0
14	2019-12-09	@ PHI	L 17–23 OT	2	1.0
15	2019-12-15	vs MIA	W 36–20	3	0.5
16	2019-12-22	@ WAS	W 41–35 OT	5	1.0
17	2019-12-29	vs PHI	L 17–34	7	0.0

2018 game log (10 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
4	2018-09-30	vs SEA	L 17–20	2	0.0	0
6	2018-10-14	@ MIN	L 17–27	3	0.5	1
7	2018-10-18	vs DEN	L 10–45	2	0.0	0
8	2018-10-28	vs SF	W 18–15	7	1.0	1
10	2018-11-11	@ KC	L 14–26	3	0.0	0
11	2018-11-18	vs LV	L 21–23	5	0.0	0
12	2018-11-25	@ LAC	L 10–45	2	0.0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ GB	W 20–17	3	0.0	0
14	2018-12-09	vs DET	L 3–17	1	0.0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ ATL	L 14–40	2	1.0	0

2017 game log (4 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ DET	L 23–35	1
2	2017-09-17	@ IND	W 16–13 OT	4
3	2017-09-25	vs DAL	L 17–28	3
4	2017-10-01	vs SF	W 18–15 OT	3

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	vs NE	L 21–23	2	1.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs TB	W 40–7	2	1.0	0
3	2016-09-25	@ BUF	L 18–33	6	1.0	0
4	2016-10-02	vs LA	L 13–17	2	1.0	0
5	2016-10-06	@ SF	W 33–21	10	2.0	0
6	2016-10-17	vs NYJ	W 28–3	2	0.0	0
7	2016-10-23	vs SEA	T 6–6 OT	2	0.0	0
8	2016-10-30	@ CAR	L 20–30	3	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs SF	W 23–20	2	0.0	0
11	2016-11-20	@ MIN	L 24–30	3	0.0	0
12	2016-11-27	@ ATL	L 19–38	1	1.0	0
13	2016-12-04	vs WAS	W 31–23	2	0.0	0
14	2016-12-11	@ MIA	L 23–26	5	0.0	0
15	2016-12-18	vs NO	L 41–48	2	1.0	0
16	2016-12-24	@ SEA	W 34–31	3	2.0	0
17	2017-01-01	@ LA	W 44–6	4	2.5	1

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2015-09-13	vs NO	W 31–19	3	0.0
2	2015-09-20	@ CHI	W 48–23	1	0.5
3	2015-09-27	vs SF	W 47–7	1	0.0
4	2015-10-04	vs LA	L 22–24	3	0.5
5	2015-10-11	@ DET	W 42–17	1	0.0
6	2015-10-18	@ PIT	L 13–25	6	0.0
8	2015-11-01	@ CLE	W 34–20	1	0.0
10	2015-11-15	@ SEA	W 39–32	0	0.0
11	2015-11-22	vs CIN	W 34–31	3	1.0
12	2015-11-29	@ SF	W 19–13	2	0.5
13	2015-12-06	@ LA	W 27–3	1	0.0
14	2015-12-10	vs MIN	W 23–20	2	0.0
15	2015-12-20	@ PHI	W 40–17	4	1.0
16	2015-12-27	vs GB	W 38–8	3	0.5
P19	2016-01-16	vs GB	W 26–20 OT	3	0.0
P20	2016-01-24	@ CAR	L 15–49	7	0.0