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Robert Mathis OLB · IND · 2003–2016
Born February 26, 1981 · College Alabama A&M · Drafted 2003 , round 5, pick 138 (IND) · 6-2, 245 lb
1st-team All-Pro (2013) · Pro Bowl ×5 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
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 INT Passes Forced
2003 IND 13 21 3.5 – – 0 – 3 2003 playoffs IND 3 5 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2004 IND 16 36 11.0 – – 0 – 6 2004 playoffs IND 1 4 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2005 IND 13 55 11.0 – – 0 – 8 2005 playoffs IND 1 2 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2006 IND 16 64 9.0 12 – 0 – 4 2006 playoffs IND 4 19 1.5 3 – 0 – 3 2007 IND 12 32 7.0 7 – 0 – 4 2008 IND 13 48 11.0 10 – 0 – 5 2008 playoffs IND 1 4 2.0 3 – 0 – 0 2009 IND 12 36 9.5 18 5 0 2 5 2009 playoffs IND 2 8 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 2010 IND 16 60 11.0 19 10 0 1 1 2010 playoffs IND 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2011 IND 16 43 9.5 18 9 0 1 3 2012 IND 12 33 8.0 13 9 1 2 1 2012 playoffs IND 1 5 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 2013 IND 16 59 19.5 21 15 0 1 8 2013 playoffs IND 2 5 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 2015 IND 15 19 7.0 14 7 0 0 1 2016 IND 10 20 5.0 5 5 0 0 3 Career IND 180 526 122.0 137 72 1 18 52
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
2008 Pro Bowl 2009 Pro Bowl 2010 Pro Bowl 2012 Pro Bowl 2013 1st-team All-Pro, 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 Share of the Defensive Share of the
2016 IND 14 – – 530 56.3
Game logs 2016 game log (10 games) 2016 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2016-09-11 vs DET L 35–39 2 0.0 0 0 2 2016-09-18 @ DEN L 20–34 2 0.0 0 0 4 2016-10-02 @ JAX L 27–30 1 0.0 0 0 6 2016-10-16 @ HOU L 23–26 OT 2 1.0 0 0 7 2016-10-23 @ TEN W 34–26 2 0.0 0 0 8 2016-10-30 vs KC L 14–30 5 1.0 0 0 11 2016-11-20 vs TEN W 24–17 1 1.0 0 0 12 2016-11-24 vs PIT L 7–28 1 0.0 0 0 15 2016-12-18 @ MIN W 34–6 1 1.0 0 0 17 2017-01-01 vs JAX W 24–20 3 1.0 0 0
2015 game log (15 games) 2015 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
2 2015-09-21 vs NYJ L 7–20 1 0.0 0 0 3 2015-09-27 @ TEN W 35–33 1 1.0 0 0 4 2015-10-04 vs JAX W 16–13 OT 0 0.0 0 0 5 2015-10-08 @ HOU W 27–20 1 0.0 0 0 6 2015-10-18 vs NE L 27–34 0 0.0 0 0 7 2015-10-25 vs NO L 21–27 2 1.0 0 0 8 2015-11-02 @ CAR L 26–29 OT 3 2.0 0 0 9 2015-11-08 vs DEN W 27–24 0 0.0 0 0 11 2015-11-22 @ ATL W 24–21 0 0.0 0 0 12 2015-11-29 vs TB W 25–12 2 0.0 0 0 13 2015-12-06 @ PIT L 10–45 2 0.0 0 0 14 2015-12-13 @ JAX L 16–51 0 0.0 0 0 15 2015-12-20 vs HOU L 10–16 2 1.0 0 0 16 2015-12-27 @ MIA W 18–12 4 2.0 0 0 17 2016-01-03 vs TEN W 30–24 1 0.0 0 0
2013 game log (18 games) 2013 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2013-09-08 vs LV W 21–17 5 1.0 0 0 2 2013-09-15 vs MIA L 20–24 5 2.0 0 0 3 2013-09-22 @ SF W 27–7 3 1.5 0 0 4 2013-09-29 @ JAX W 37–3 6 3.0 0 0 5 2013-10-06 vs SEA W 34–28 6 2.0 0 1 6 2013-10-14 @ LAC L 9–19 2 0.0 0 0 7 2013-10-20 vs DEN W 39–33 5 2.0 0 0 9 2013-11-03 @ HOU W 27–24 2 0.0 0 0 10 2013-11-10 vs LA L 8–38 4 2.0 0 0 11 2013-11-14 @ TEN W 30–27 2 0.0 0 0 12 2013-11-24 @ ARI L 11–40 3 1.0 0 0 13 2013-12-01 vs TEN W 22–14 2 1.0 0 0 14 2013-12-08 @ CIN L 28–42 1 0.0 0 0 15 2013-12-15 vs HOU W 25–3 4 1.0 0 0 16 2013-12-22 @ KC W 23–7 3 1.0 0 0 17 2013-12-29 vs JAX W 30–10 6 2.0 0 0 P18 2014-01-04 vs KC W 45–44 2 1.0 0 0 P19 2014-01-11 @ NE L 22–43 3 1.0 0 0
2012 game log (13 games) 2012 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2012-09-09 @ CHI L 21–41 5 2.0 0 0 2 2012-09-16 vs MIN W 23–20 7 1.0 0 0 3 2012-09-23 vs JAX L 17–22 3 1.0 0 0 5 2012-10-07 vs GB W 30–27 1 1.0 0 0 9 2012-11-04 vs MIA W 23–20 2 1.0 0 0 11 2012-11-18 @ NE L 24–59 2 0.0 0 0 12 2012-11-25 vs BUF W 20–13 3 1.0 0 0 13 2012-12-02 @ DET W 35–33 1 0.0 1 1 14 2012-12-09 vs TEN W 27–23 2 0.0 0 1 15 2012-12-16 @ HOU L 17–29 2 1.0 0 0 16 2012-12-23 @ KC W 20–13 2 0.0 0 0 17 2012-12-30 vs HOU W 28–16 3 0.0 0 0 P18 2013-01-06 @ BAL L 9–24 5 1.0 0 0
2011 game log (16 games) 2011 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2011-09-11 @ HOU L 7–34 2 1.0 0 0 2 2011-09-18 vs CLE L 19–27 1 0.0 0 0 3 2011-09-25 vs PIT L 20–23 1 1.0 0 0 4 2011-10-03 @ TB L 17–24 4 1.0 0 0 5 2011-10-09 vs KC L 24–28 3 0.5 0 0 6 2011-10-16 @ CIN L 17–27 0 0.0 0 1 7 2011-10-23 @ NO L 7–62 1 0.0 0 0 8 2011-10-30 @ TEN L 10–27 2 0.0 0 0 9 2011-11-06 vs ATL L 7–31 4 0.0 0 0 10 2011-11-13 vs JAX L 3–17 6 1.0 0 0 12 2011-11-27 vs CAR L 19–27 4 1.0 0 0 13 2011-12-04 @ NE L 24–31 2 0.0 0 0 14 2011-12-11 @ BAL L 10–24 6 0.0 0 0 15 2011-12-18 vs TEN W 27–13 2 1.0 0 0 16 2011-12-22 vs HOU W 19–16 3 2.0 0 0 17 2012-01-01 @ JAX L 13–19 2 1.0 0 0
2010 game log (17 games) 2010 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2010-09-12 @ HOU L 24–34 5 1.0 0 0 2 2010-09-19 vs NYG W 38–14 4 2.0 0 0 3 2010-09-26 @ DEN W 27–13 2 1.0 0 0 4 2010-10-03 @ JAX L 28–31 2 0.0 0 0 5 2010-10-10 vs KC W 19–9 6 0.0 0 0 6 2010-10-17 @ WAS W 27–24 5 1.5 0 0 8 2010-11-01 vs HOU W 30–17 3 0.0 0 0 9 2010-11-07 @ PHI L 24–26 3 1.0 0 0 10 2010-11-14 vs CIN W 23–17 5 1.0 0 0 11 2010-11-21 @ NE L 28–31 2 0.0 0 0 12 2010-11-28 vs LAC L 14–36 4 0.0 0 0 13 2010-12-05 vs DAL L 35–38 OT 3 1.0 0 0 14 2010-12-09 @ TEN W 30–28 2 0.0 0 0 15 2010-12-19 vs JAX W 34–24 4 1.0 0 0 16 2010-12-26 @ LV W 31–26 6 1.5 0 0 17 2011-01-02 vs TEN W 23–20 4 0.0 0 1 P18 2011-01-08 vs NYJ L 16–17 2 0.0 0 0
2009 game log (14 games) 2009 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2009-09-13 vs JAX W 14–12 3 0.0 0 1 2 2009-09-21 @ MIA W 27–23 2 1.0 0 0 3 2009-09-27 @ ARI W 31–10 4 1.0 0 0 4 2009-10-04 vs SEA W 34–17 6 3.0 0 0 5 2009-10-11 @ TEN W 31–9 3 0.0 0 0 7 2009-10-25 @ LA W 42–6 2 0.0 0 0 8 2009-11-01 vs SF W 18–14 2 1.0 0 0 9 2009-11-08 vs HOU W 20–17 3 0.5 0 0 10 2009-11-15 vs NE W 35–34 8 2.0 0 1 12 2009-11-29 @ HOU W 35–27 2 1.0 0 0 14 2009-12-13 vs DEN W 28–16 1 0.0 0 0 15 2009-12-17 @ JAX W 35–31 0 0.0 0 0 P19 2010-01-16 vs BAL W 20–3 4 0.0 0 0 P20 2010-01-24 vs NYJ W 30–17 4 0.0 0 0
2008 game log (14 games) 2008 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2008-09-07 vs CHI L 13–29 6 1.0 0 0 2 2008-09-14 @ MIN W 18–15 5 0.0 0 0 3 2008-09-21 vs JAX L 21–23 6 0.0 0 1 5 2008-10-05 @ HOU W 31–27 2 1.0 0 0 6 2008-10-12 vs BAL W 31–3 6 3.0 0 0 7 2008-10-19 @ GB L 14–34 2 0.0 0 0 8 2008-10-27 @ TEN L 21–31 2 0.0 0 1 9 2008-11-02 vs NE W 18–15 2 0.0 0 0 10 2008-11-09 @ PIT W 24–20 4 0.0 0 0 11 2008-11-16 vs HOU W 33–27 2 0.0 0 1 12 2008-11-23 @ LAC W 23–20 3 1.5 0 0 13 2008-11-30 @ CLE W 10–6 2 2.0 0 0 14 2008-12-07 vs CIN W 35–3 6 2.5 0 0 P18 2009-01-03 @ LAC L 17–23 OT 4 2.0 0 0
2007 game log (12 games) 2007 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2007-09-06 vs NO W 41–10 5 1.0 0 0 2 2007-09-16 @ TEN W 22–20 1 0.0 0 0 3 2007-09-23 @ HOU W 30–24 2 1.0 0 0 4 2007-09-30 vs DEN W 38–20 1 0.0 0 0 5 2007-10-07 vs TB W 33–14 1 0.0 0 0 8 2007-10-28 @ CAR W 31–7 3 0.0 0 0 9 2007-11-04 vs NE L 20–24 6 2.0 0 0 10 2007-11-11 @ LAC L 21–23 2 1.0 0 0 11 2007-11-18 vs KC W 13–10 4 1.0 0 0 12 2007-11-22 @ ATL W 31–13 2 0.0 0 0 13 2007-12-02 vs JAX W 28–25 4 1.0 0 0 14 2007-12-09 @ BAL W 44–20 1 0.0 0 0
2006 game log (20 games) 2006 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2006-09-10 @ NYG W 26–21 2 0.0 0 0 2 2006-09-17 vs HOU W 43–24 6 2.0 0 0 3 2006-09-24 vs JAX W 21–14 5 0.0 0 0 4 2006-10-01 @ NYJ W 31–28 3 2.0 0 0 5 2006-10-08 vs TEN W 14–13 5 0.0 0 0 7 2006-10-22 vs WAS W 36–22 7 0.0 0 0 8 2006-10-29 @ DEN W 34–31 1 0.0 0 0 9 2006-11-05 @ NE W 27–20 8 0.0 0 2 10 2006-11-12 vs BUF W 17–16 3 2.0 0 0 11 2006-11-19 @ DAL L 14–21 2 0.0 0 0 12 2006-11-26 vs PHI W 45–21 3 2.0 0 0 13 2006-12-03 @ TEN L 17–20 6 0.0 0 0 14 2006-12-10 @ JAX L 17–44 3 1.0 0 0 15 2006-12-18 vs CIN W 34–16 3 0.0 0 1 16 2006-12-24 @ HOU L 24–27 6 0.0 0 0 17 2006-12-31 vs MIA W 27–22 1 0.0 0 1 P18 2007-01-06 vs KC W 23–8 6 0.5 0 0 P19 2007-01-13 @ BAL W 15–6 5 1.0 0 0 P20 2007-01-21 vs NE W 38–34 5 0.0 0 0 P21 2007-02-04 @ CHI W 29–17 3 0.0 0 0
2005 game log (14 games) 2005 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2005-09-11 @ BAL W 24–7 4 1.0 0 0 2 2005-09-18 vs JAX W 10–3 6 1.0 0 0 3 2005-09-25 vs CLE W 13–6 3 1.0 0 0 4 2005-10-02 @ TEN W 31–10 2 1.0 0 0 5 2005-10-09 @ SF W 28–3 8 2.0 0 1 6 2005-10-17 vs LA W 45–28 6 1.0 0 0 7 2005-10-23 @ HOU W 38–20 3 1.0 0 0 9 2005-11-07 @ NE W 40–21 5 1.0 0 0 10 2005-11-13 vs HOU W 31–17 3 0.0 0 0 11 2005-11-20 @ CIN W 45–37 3 1.0 0 0 12 2005-11-28 vs PIT W 26–7 5 1.0 0 0 13 2005-12-04 vs TEN W 35–3 4 0.0 0 0 14 2005-12-11 @ JAX W 26–18 3 0.0 0 1 P19 2006-01-15 vs PIT L 18–21 2 0.0 0 1
2004 game log (17 games) 2004 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2004-09-09 @ NE L 24–27 1 0.0 0 0 2 2004-09-19 @ TEN W 31–17 1 1.0 0 0 3 2004-09-26 vs GB W 45–31 1 0.0 0 0 4 2004-10-03 @ JAX W 24–17 4 1.0 0 0 5 2004-10-10 vs LV W 35–14 7 2.0 0 0 7 2004-10-24 vs JAX L 24–27 1 1.0 0 0 8 2004-10-31 @ KC L 35–45 2 0.0 0 0 9 2004-11-08 vs MIN W 31–28 3 0.0 0 0 10 2004-11-14 vs HOU W 49–14 5 3.0 0 0 11 2004-11-21 @ CHI W 41–10 3 1.0 0 0 12 2004-11-25 @ DET W 41–9 2 1.0 0 0 13 2004-12-05 vs TEN W 51–24 1 0.0 0 0 14 2004-12-12 @ HOU W 23–14 1 1.0 0 0 15 2004-12-19 vs BAL W 20–10 1 0.0 0 0 16 2004-12-26 vs LAC W 34–31 OT 2 0.0 0 0 17 2005-01-02 @ DEN L 14–33 1 0.0 0 0 P18 2005-01-09 vs DEN W 49–24 4 0.0 0 0
2003 game log (16 games) 2003 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2003-09-07 @ CLE W 9–6 1 0.0 0 0 2 2003-09-14 vs TEN W 33–7 3 2.0 0 0 4 2003-09-28 @ NO W 55–21 1 0.0 0 1 6 2003-10-12 vs CAR L 20–23 OT 2 0.0 0 0 8 2003-10-26 vs HOU W 30–21 3 0.0 0 0 9 2003-11-02 @ MIA W 23–17 2 0.0 0 0 10 2003-11-09 @ JAX L 23–28 1 0.0 0 0 11 2003-11-16 vs NYJ W 38–31 1 0.5 0 0 12 2003-11-23 @ BUF W 17–14 1 0.0 0 0 14 2003-12-07 @ TEN W 29–27 1 0.0 0 0 15 2003-12-14 vs ATL W 38–7 1 1.0 0 0 16 2003-12-21 vs DEN L 17–31 2 0.0 0 0 17 2003-12-28 @ HOU W 20–17 2 0.0 0 1 P18 2004-01-04 vs DEN W 41–10 1 0.0 0 1 P19 2004-01-11 @ KC W 38–31 2 0.0 0 0 P20 2004-01-18 @ NE L 14–24 2 0.0 0 0
Data through 2026 week 9. Play-by-play, schedules, rosters and player details: nflverse (CC BY 4.0). EPA is nflfastR’s; WPA is our model’s. Stabilised rates and 90% intervals: see the leaderboards’ notes.