Shaq Thompson

OLB · CAR/BUF · 2015–2025

Born April 21, 1994 · College Washington · Drafted 2015, round 1, pick 25 (CAR) · 6-0, 230 lb

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	CAR	14	1	0	0	0	0.0	−2.963		0.2	6.0	−3.0	−0.04

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	CAR	13	50	1.0	2	3	0	2	0
2015 playoffs	CAR	3	11	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2016	CAR	12	56	0.0	2	4	1	5	0
2017	CAR	14	61	2.0	6	6	0	1	1
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	CAR	14	80	3.5	6	4	0	1	1
2019	CAR	14	109	3.0	4	11	0	3	0
2020	CAR	16	114	0.0	2	6	0	5	2
2021	CAR	14	104	2.0	6	9	2	5	0
2022	CAR	17	135	0.5	3	8	0	4	0
2023	CAR	2	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	CAR	4	35	0.0	1	2	0	0	0
2025	BUF	12	56	1.0	2	6	0	2	1
2025 playoffs	BUF	2	13	0.0	0	2	1	1	0
Career	BUF	132	808	13.0	34	59	3	28	5

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	CAR	14	–	–	521	56.7
2017	CAR	14	2	1.7	627	74.8
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	–	–	43	75.4
2018	CAR	14	–	–	585	66.3
2019	CAR	14	–	–	940	99.3
2020	CAR	16	–	–	1,010	97.8
2021	CAR	14	–	–	773	92.9
2022	CAR	17	–	–	1,069	94.3
2023	CAR	2	–	–	67	54.0
2024	CAR	4	–	–	241	92.0
2025	BUF	11	–	–	412	63.5
2025 playoffs	BUF	2	–	–	125	100.0

Game logs

2025 game log (14 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2025-09-07	vs BAL	W 41–40	1	0.0	0	0
3	2025-09-18	vs MIA	W 31–21	6	0.0	0	0
4	2025-09-28	vs NO	W 31–19	2	0.0	0	1
5	2025-10-05	vs NE	L 20–23	5	1.0	0	0
6	2025-10-13	@ ATL	L 14–24	10	0.0	0	1
8	2025-10-26	@ CAR	W 40–9	4	0.0	0	0
12	2025-11-20	@ HOU	L 19–23	4	0.0	0	0
13	2025-11-30	@ PIT	W 26–7	9	0.0	0	0
14	2025-12-07	vs CIN	W 39–34	6	0.0	0	0
15	2025-12-14	@ NE	W 35–31	3	0.0	0	0
16	2025-12-21	@ CLE	W 23–20	2	0.0	0	0
17	2025-12-28	vs PHI	L 12–13	4	0.0	0	0
P19	2026-01-11	@ JAX	W 27–24	8	0.0	1	1
P20	2026-01-17	@ DEN	L 30–33 OT	5	0.0	0	0

2024 game log (4 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ NO	L 10–47	10
2	2024-09-15	vs LAC	L 3–26	14
3	2024-09-22	@ LV	W 36–22	6
4	2024-09-29	vs CIN	L 24–34	5

2023 game log (2 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2023-09-10	@ ATL	L 10–24	5	0.0	0	0
2	2023-09-18	vs NO	L 17–20	3	0.0	0	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs CLE	L 24–26	6	0.0	0
2	2022-09-18	@ NYG	L 16–19	10	0.0	0
3	2022-09-25	vs NO	W 22–14	4	0.0	1
4	2022-10-02	vs ARI	L 16–26	8	0.0	0
5	2022-10-09	vs SF	L 15–37	6	0.0	0
6	2022-10-16	@ LA	L 10–24	5	0.0	2
7	2022-10-23	vs TB	W 21–3	7	0.0	0
8	2022-10-30	@ ATL	L 34–37 OT	13	0.0	0
9	2022-11-06	@ CIN	L 21–42	10	0.0	0
10	2022-11-10	vs ATL	W 25–15	8	0.0	1
11	2022-11-20	@ BAL	L 3–13	6	0.0	0
12	2022-11-27	vs DEN	W 23–10	6	0.0	0
14	2022-12-11	@ SEA	W 30–24	9	0.5	0
15	2022-12-18	vs PIT	L 16–24	12	0.0	0
16	2022-12-24	vs DET	W 37–23	6	0.0	0
17	2023-01-01	@ TB	L 24–30	12	0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ NO	W 10–7	7	0.0	0

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs NYJ	W 19–14	10	1.0	1	2
2	2021-09-19	vs NO	W 26–7	4	0.0	0	0
3	2021-09-23	@ HOU	W 24–9	6	0.0	0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ DAL	L 28–36	5	0.0	0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ ATL	W 19–13	10	0.0	1	1
9	2021-11-07	vs NE	L 6–24	10	0.0	0	0
10	2021-11-14	@ ARI	W 34–10	7	1.0	0	2
11	2021-11-21	vs WAS	L 21–27	4	0.0	0	0
12	2021-11-28	@ MIA	L 10–33	13	0.0	0	0
14	2021-12-12	vs ATL	L 21–29	11	0.0	0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ BUF	L 14–31	3	0.0	0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs TB	L 6–32	8	0.0	0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ NO	L 10–18	7	0.0	0	0
18	2022-01-09	@ TB	L 17–41	6	0.0	0	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs LV	L 30–34	12	0
2	2020-09-20	@ TB	L 17–31	2	0
3	2020-09-27	@ LAC	W 21–16	12	2
4	2020-10-04	vs ARI	W 31–21	5	0
5	2020-10-11	@ ATL	W 23–16	10	0
6	2020-10-18	vs CHI	L 16–23	6	0
7	2020-10-25	@ NO	L 24–27	13	0
8	2020-10-29	vs ATL	L 17–25	6	1
9	2020-11-08	@ KC	L 31–33	7	1
10	2020-11-15	vs TB	L 23–46	7	0
11	2020-11-22	vs DET	W 20–0	4	1
12	2020-11-29	@ MIN	L 27–28	3	0
14	2020-12-13	vs DEN	L 27–32	3	0
15	2020-12-19	@ GB	L 16–24	5	0
16	2020-12-27	@ WAS	W 20–13	9	0
17	2021-01-03	vs NO	L 7–33	10	0

2019 game log (14 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs LA	L 27–30	9	0.0	1
2	2019-09-12	vs TB	L 14–20	8	0.0	0
3	2019-09-22	@ ARI	W 38–20	11	1.0	0
4	2019-09-29	@ HOU	W 16–10	12	1.0	1
5	2019-10-06	vs JAX	W 34–27	9	0.0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ TB	W 37–26	5	0.0	0
8	2019-10-27	@ SF	L 13–51	4	0.0	0
9	2019-11-03	vs TEN	W 30–20	11	1.0	0
10	2019-11-10	@ GB	L 16–24	4	0.0	0
11	2019-11-17	vs ATL	L 3–29	5	0.0	1
12	2019-11-24	@ NO	L 31–34	7	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs WAS	L 21–29	8	0.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ ATL	L 20–40	10	0.0	0
15	2019-12-15	vs SEA	L 24–30	6	0.0	0

2018 game log (14 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs DAL	W 16–8	9	1.0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ ATL	L 24–31	2	0.0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs CIN	W 31–21	8	0.0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs NYG	W 33–31	3	0.0	0
6	2018-10-14	@ WAS	L 17–23	4	1.0	0
7	2018-10-21	@ PHI	W 21–17	9	0.0	0
8	2018-10-28	vs BAL	W 36–21	13	0.0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs TB	W 42–28	4	0.0	0
10	2018-11-08	@ PIT	L 21–52	3	0.0	0
11	2018-11-18	@ DET	L 19–20	6	0.0	0
12	2018-11-25	vs SEA	L 27–30	7	1.0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ TB	L 17–24	3	0.0	1
14	2018-12-09	@ CLE	L 20–26	2	0.0	0
15	2018-12-17	vs NO	L 9–12	7	0.5	0

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2017-09-10	@ SF	W 23–3	0	0.0	2	1.0	0
2	2017-09-17	vs BUF	W 9–3	0	0.0	1	0.0	0
3	2017-09-24	vs NO	L 13–34	0	0.0	7	0.0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ NE	W 33–30	0	0.0	10	0.0	0
5	2017-10-08	@ DET	W 27–24	0	0.0	4	1.0	0
6	2017-10-12	vs PHI	L 23–28	0	0.0	7	0.0	1
7	2017-10-22	@ CHI	L 3–17	0	0.0	6	0.0	0
8	2017-10-29	@ TB	W 17–3	0	0.0	1	0.0	0
9	2017-11-05	vs ATL	W 20–17	0	0.0	1	0.0	0
10	2017-11-13	vs MIA	W 45–21	0	0.0	3	0.0	0
12	2017-11-26	@ NYJ	W 35–27	0	0.0	4	0.0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ NO	L 21–31	1	−3.0	4	0.0	0
16	2017-12-24	vs TB	W 22–19	0	0.0	5	0.0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ ATL	L 10–22	0	0.0	6	0.0	0
P18	2018-01-07	@ NO	L 26–31	0	0.0	8	0.0	0

2016 game log (12 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2016-09-08	@ DEN	L 20–21	3	0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs SF	W 46–27	3	0	0
4	2016-10-02	@ ATL	L 33–48	3	0	1
5	2016-10-10	vs TB	L 14–17	7	0	0
6	2016-10-16	@ NO	L 38–41	8	0	1
8	2016-10-30	vs ARI	W 30–20	1	0	0
11	2016-11-17	vs NO	W 23–20	4	0	0
13	2016-12-04	@ SEA	L 7–40	3	0	0
14	2016-12-11	vs LAC	W 28–16	7	1	1
15	2016-12-19	@ WAS	W 26–15	2	0	0
16	2016-12-24	vs ATL	L 16–33	11	0	1
17	2017-01-01	@ TB	L 16–17	4	0	1

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2015-09-20	vs HOU	W 24–17	5	0.0	0
3	2015-09-27	vs NO	W 27–22	7	1.0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ TB	W 37–23	4	0.0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ SEA	W 27–23	4	0.0	0
9	2015-11-08	vs GB	W 37–29	1	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ TEN	W 27–10	1	0.0	0
11	2015-11-22	vs WAS	W 44–16	4	0.0	1
12	2015-11-26	@ DAL	W 33–14	2	0.0	0
13	2015-12-06	@ NO	W 41–38	2	0.0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs ATL	W 38–0	2	0.0	0
15	2015-12-20	@ NYG	W 38–35	6	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	@ ATL	L 13–20	5	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs TB	W 38–10	7	0.0	1
P19	2016-01-17	vs SEA	W 31–24	1	0.0	0
P20	2016-01-24	vs ARI	W 49–15	5	0.0	0
P21	2016-02-07	@ DEN	L 10–24	5	0.0	0