Rob Ninkovich

OLB · NO/MIA/NE · 2006–2016

Born February 1, 1984 · College Purdue; Joliet Junior College · Drafted 2006, round 5, pick 135 (NO) · 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
2006	NO	2	4	0.0	0	–	0	–	0
2007	MIA	2	2	0.0	0	–	0	–	0
2009	NE	13	24	1.0	2	3	0	2	0
2010	NE	16	62	4.0	9	6	2	3	1
2010 playoffs	NE	1	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	0
2011	NE	16	74	6.5	11	7	2	4	1
2011 playoffs	NE	3	16	2.0	4	1	0	0	1
2012	NE	15	58	8.0	12	9	0	0	5
2012 playoffs	NE	2	12	2.0	3	3	1	2	0
2013	NE	16	91	8.0	16	10	0	1	2
2013 playoffs	NE	2	3	0.0	2	1	0	0	0
2014	NE	16	62	8.0	16	11	1	2	0
2014 playoffs	NE	3	15	1.0	4	1	0	2	0
2015	NE	16	52	6.5	17	6	0	7	1
2015 playoffs	NE	2	8	0.0	2	1	0	0	0
2016	NE	11	32	4.0	5	3	0	2	1
2016 playoffs	NE	3	6	1.0	1	1	0	1	0
Career	NE	123	461	46.0	88	55	5	22	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	NE	12	–	–	459	60.2
2016 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	102	55.1

Game logs

2016 game log (14 games)

2016 game log

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

2015 game log (18 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-10	vs PIT	W 28–21	4	0.0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ BUF	W 40–32	4	1.0	0
3	2015-09-27	vs JAX	W 51–17	1	0.0	0
5	2015-10-11	@ DAL	W 30–6	1	0.0	1
6	2015-10-18	@ IND	W 34–27	1	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs NYJ	W 30–23	2	0.0	4
8	2015-10-29	vs MIA	W 36–7	2	1.0	0
9	2015-11-08	vs WAS	W 27–10	4	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ NYG	W 27–26	4	1.0	0
11	2015-11-23	vs BUF	W 20–13	6	1.5	0
12	2015-11-29	@ DEN	L 24–30 OT	6	1.0	0
13	2015-12-06	vs PHI	L 28–35	2	0.0	0
14	2015-12-13	@ HOU	W 27–6	3	1.0	0
15	2015-12-20	vs TEN	W 33–16	3	0.0	1
16	2015-12-27	@ NYJ	L 20–26 OT	4	0.0	1
17	2016-01-03	@ MIA	L 10–20	5	0.0	0
P19	2016-01-16	vs KC	W 27–20	6	0.0	0
P20	2016-01-24	@ DEN	L 18–20	2	0.0	0

2014 game log (19 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2014-09-07	@ MIA	L 20–33	5	0.0	0	0
2	2014-09-14	@ MIN	W 30–7	3	1.0	0	0
3	2014-09-21	vs LV	W 16–9	6	0.0	0	0
4	2014-09-29	@ KC	L 14–41	2	0.0	0	0
5	2014-10-05	vs CIN	W 43–17	3	0.0	0	0
6	2014-10-12	@ BUF	W 37–22	6	3.0	0	0
7	2014-10-16	vs NYJ	W 27–25	5	0.0	0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs CHI	W 51–23	2	0.0	0	0
9	2014-11-02	vs DEN	W 43–21	3	0.0	1	1
11	2014-11-16	@ IND	W 42–20	5	1.0	0	0
12	2014-11-23	vs DET	W 34–9	1	1.0	0	0
13	2014-11-30	@ GB	L 21–26	5	0.0	0	0
14	2014-12-07	@ LAC	W 23–14	5	1.0	0	0
15	2014-12-14	vs MIA	W 41–13	3	1.0	0	1
16	2014-12-21	@ NYJ	W 17–16	5	0.0	0	0
17	2014-12-28	vs BUF	L 9–17	3	0.0	0	0
P19	2015-01-10	vs BAL	W 35–31	6	0.0	0	0
P20	2015-01-18	vs IND	W 45–7	3	0.0	0	2
P21	2015-02-01	@ SEA	W 28–24	6	1.0	0	0

2013 game log (18 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2013-09-08	@ BUF	W 23–21	8	0.0	0
2	2013-09-12	vs NYJ	W 13–10	6	0.0	0
3	2013-09-22	vs TB	W 23–3	5	0.5	0
4	2013-09-29	@ ATL	W 30–23	2	0.0	0
5	2013-10-06	@ CIN	L 6–13	3	0.5	0
6	2013-10-13	vs NO	W 30–27	5	0.0	0
7	2013-10-20	@ NYJ	L 27–30 OT	6	0.0	0
8	2013-10-27	vs MIA	W 27–17	5	1.0	1
9	2013-11-03	vs PIT	W 55–31	5	1.0	0
11	2013-11-18	@ CAR	L 20–24	9	2.0	0
12	2013-11-24	vs DEN	W 34–31 OT	13	0.0	0
13	2013-12-01	@ HOU	W 34–31	4	0.0	0
14	2013-12-08	vs CLE	W 27–26	7	1.0	0
15	2013-12-15	@ MIA	L 20–24	2	0.0	0
16	2013-12-22	@ BAL	W 41–7	6	1.0	0
17	2013-12-29	vs BUF	W 34–20	5	1.0	0
P19	2014-01-11	vs IND	W 43–22	1	0.0	0
P20	2014-01-19	@ DEN	L 16–26	2	0.0	0

2012 game log (17 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
2	2012-09-16	vs ARI	L 18–20	4	0.5	0	0
3	2012-09-23	@ BAL	L 30–31	2	0.0	0	0
4	2012-09-30	@ BUF	W 52–28	7	1.0	0	0
5	2012-10-07	vs DEN	W 31–21	4	1.0	0	0
6	2012-10-14	@ SEA	L 23–24	4	0.0	0	0
7	2012-10-21	vs NYJ	W 29–26 OT	5	0.5	0	0
8	2012-10-28	@ LA	W 45–7	1	1.0	0	0
10	2012-11-11	vs BUF	W 37–31	4	1.0	0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs IND	W 59–24	8	1.0	0	0
12	2012-11-22	@ NYJ	W 49–19	1	0.0	0	0
13	2012-12-02	@ MIA	W 23–16	3	0.0	0	0
14	2012-12-10	vs HOU	W 42–14	5	1.0	0	0
15	2012-12-16	vs SF	L 34–41	7	1.0	0	0
16	2012-12-23	@ JAX	W 23–16	2	0.0	0	0
17	2012-12-30	vs MIA	W 28–0	1	0.0	0	0
P19	2013-01-13	vs HOU	W 41–28	4	0.0	1	2
P20	2013-01-20	vs BAL	L 13–28	8	2.0	0	0

2011 game log (19 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2011-09-12	@ MIA	W 38–24	1	0.0	0	0
2	2011-09-18	vs LAC	W 35–21	4	1.0	0	0
3	2011-09-25	@ BUF	L 31–34	3	0.0	0	0
4	2011-10-02	@ LV	W 31–19	6	0.0	0	0
5	2011-10-09	vs NYJ	W 30–21	6	0.5	0	0
6	2011-10-16	vs DAL	W 20–16	7	0.0	0	1
8	2011-10-30	@ PIT	L 17–25	3	0.0	0	0
9	2011-11-06	vs NYG	L 20–24	7	0.0	0	1
10	2011-11-13	@ NYJ	W 37–16	5	0.0	2	2
11	2011-11-21	vs KC	W 34–3	6	1.0	0	0
12	2011-11-27	@ PHI	W 38–20	3	1.0	0	0
13	2011-12-04	vs IND	W 31–24	3	1.0	0	0
14	2011-12-11	@ WAS	W 34–27	7	0.0	0	0
15	2011-12-18	@ DEN	W 41–23	4	1.0	0	0
16	2011-12-24	vs MIA	W 27–24	6	1.0	0	0
17	2012-01-01	vs BUF	W 49–21	3	0.0	0	0
P19	2012-01-14	vs DEN	W 45–10	5	1.5	0	0
P20	2012-01-22	vs BAL	W 23–20	7	0.0	0	0
P21	2012-02-05	vs NYG	L 17–21	4	0.5	0	0

2010 game log (17 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2010-09-12	vs CIN	W 38–24	5	0.0	0	0
2	2010-09-19	@ NYJ	L 14–28	6	0.0	0	0
3	2010-09-26	vs BUF	W 38–30	4	0.0	0	0
4	2010-10-04	@ MIA	W 41–14	4	1.0	2	2
6	2010-10-17	vs BAL	W 23–20 OT	8	0.0	0	0
7	2010-10-24	@ LAC	W 23–20	2	0.0	0	0
8	2010-10-31	vs MIN	W 28–18	3	0.0	0	0
9	2010-11-07	@ CLE	L 14–34	4	0.0	0	0
10	2010-11-14	@ PIT	W 39–26	3	0.0	0	0
11	2010-11-21	vs IND	W 31–28	1	0.0	0	0
12	2010-11-25	@ DET	W 45–24	2	0.0	0	0
13	2010-12-06	vs NYJ	W 45–3	2	0.0	0	0
14	2010-12-12	@ CHI	W 36–7	3	0.0	0	1
15	2010-12-19	vs GB	W 31–27	6	1.0	0	0
16	2010-12-26	@ BUF	W 34–3	3	0.0	0	0
17	2011-01-02	vs MIA	W 38–7	6	2.0	0	0
P19	2011-01-16	vs NYJ	L 21–28	4	0.0	0	2

2009 game log (13 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2009-09-14	vs BUF	W 25–24	3	0.0	0
2	2009-09-20	@ NYJ	L 9–16	1	0.0	0
3	2009-09-27	vs ATL	W 26–10	1	0.0	0
4	2009-10-04	vs BAL	W 27–21	1	0.0	0
5	2009-10-11	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	1	1.0	1
6	2009-10-18	vs TEN	W 59–0	6	0.0	0
10	2009-11-15	@ IND	L 34–35	0	0.0	0
12	2009-11-30	@ NO	L 17–38	2	0.0	0
13	2009-12-06	@ MIA	L 21–22	1	0.0	0
14	2009-12-13	vs CAR	W 20–10	1	0.0	0
15	2009-12-20	@ BUF	W 17–10	2	0.0	0
16	2009-12-27	vs JAX	W 35–7	3	0.0	0
17	2010-01-03	@ HOU	L 27–34	2	0.0	1

2007 game log (2 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
3	2007-09-23	@ NYJ	L 28–31	1	0.0	0	0
8	2007-10-28	vs NYG	L 10–13	1	0.0	0	0

2006 game log (2 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2006-09-10	@ CLE	W 19–14	3	0.0	0	0
2	2006-09-17	@ GB	W 34–27	1	0.0	0	1