Sheldon Rankins

DT · NO/NYJ/HOU/CIN · 2016–2026

Born April 2, 1994 · College Louisville · Drafted 2016, round 1, pick 12 (NO) · 6-2, 305 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
2016	NO	8	20	4.0	6	3	0	0	1
2017	NO	12	26	2.0	9	5	1	1	1
2017 playoffs	NO	2	10	1.0	2	1	0	0	0
2018	NO	16	40	8.0	15	12	0	1	1
2019	NO	6	10	2.0	5	2	0	0	0
2020	NO	11	20	1.5	9	3	0	1	0
2020 playoffs	NO	2	3	1.0	2	1	0	0	0
2021	NYJ	14	32	3.0	7	5	0	0	0
2022	NYJ	15	43	3.0	7	4	0	0	1
2023	HOU	12	37	6.0	10	9	0	0	1
2023 playoffs	HOU	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	CIN	7	18	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
2025	HOU	15	35	3.0	9	5	0	0	0
2025 playoffs	HOU	2	6	1.5	2	1	0	0	0
2026	HOU	8	24	4.0	8	6	0	1	0
Career	HOU	124	305	37.5	86	55	1	4	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	NO	9	–	–	334	58.7
2017	NO	16	–	–	799	76.2
2017 playoffs	NO	2	–	–	118	77.6
2018	NO	16	–	–	630	62.3
2018 playoffs	NO	1	–	–	6	12.5
2019	NO	10	–	–	318	48.8
2020	NO	12	–	–	404	50.1
2020 playoffs	NO	2	–	–	57	49.1
2021	NYJ	16	–	–	628	57.4
2022	NYJ	15	–	–	544	54.2
2023	HOU	15	–	–	587	59.3
2023 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	77	55.4
2024	CIN	7	–	–	279	59.9
2025	HOU	17	–	–	615	59.9
2025 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	80	66.7

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2026-09-13	vs BUF	L 31–36	3	0.0	1
2	2026-09-20	vs CIN	L 6–20	3	1.0	0
3	2026-09-27	@ IND	L 17–19	3	1.0	0
4	2026-10-04	vs DAL	L 30–34	2	0.0	0
5	2026-10-11	@ TEN	W 26–3	4	0.0	0
6	2026-10-18	@ JAX	W 34–31	1	0.0	0
7	2026-10-25	vs NYG	L 21–27 OT	5	0.0	0
9	2026-11-08	@ LAC	W 44–22	3	2.0	0

2025 game log (17 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2025-09-07	@ LA	L 9–14	2	0.0
2	2025-09-15	vs TB	L 19–20	2	1.0
3	2025-09-21	@ JAX	L 10–17	2	0.0
4	2025-09-28	vs TEN	W 26–0	2	0.0
7	2025-10-20	@ SEA	L 19–27	3	0.0
9	2025-11-02	vs DEN	L 15–18	3	0.0
10	2025-11-09	vs JAX	W 36–29	1	0.0
11	2025-11-16	@ TEN	W 16–13	3	0.0
12	2025-11-20	vs BUF	W 23–19	4	0.0
13	2025-11-30	@ IND	W 20–16	2	1.0
14	2025-12-07	@ KC	W 20–10	4	0.5
15	2025-12-14	vs ARI	W 40–20	3	0.0
16	2025-12-21	vs LV	W 23–21	1	0.0
17	2025-12-27	@ LAC	W 20–16	1	0.5
18	2026-01-04	vs IND	W 38–30	2	0.0
P19	2026-01-12	@ PIT	W 30–6	2	1.5
P20	2026-01-18	@ NE	L 16–28	4	0.0

2024 game log (7 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2024-09-08	vs NE	L 10–16	3	0.0
2	2024-09-15	@ KC	L 25–26	4	0.0
6	2024-10-13	@ NYG	W 17–7	2	0.0
7	2024-10-20	@ CLE	W 21–14	3	1.0
8	2024-10-27	vs PHI	L 17–37	3	0.0
9	2024-11-03	vs LV	W 41–24	2	0.0
10	2024-11-07	@ BAL	L 34–35	1	0.0

2023 game log (13 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2023-09-10	@ BAL	L 9–25	1	0.0
2	2023-09-17	vs IND	L 20–31	3	0.0
4	2023-10-01	vs PIT	W 30–6	4	0.0
5	2023-10-08	@ ATL	L 19–21	3	0.0
6	2023-10-15	vs NO	W 20–13	6	1.0
10	2023-11-12	@ CIN	W 30–27	5	3.0
12	2023-11-26	vs JAX	L 21–24	2	0.0
13	2023-12-03	vs DEN	W 22–17	4	0.0
14	2023-12-10	@ NYJ	L 6–30	2	1.0
15	2023-12-17	@ TEN	W 19–16 OT	4	0.0
17	2023-12-31	vs TEN	W 26–3	2	1.0
18	2024-01-06	@ IND	W 23–19	1	0.0
P20	2024-01-20	@ BAL	L 10–34	3	0.0

2022 game log (15 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2022-09-11	vs BAL	L 9–24	1	0.0
2	2022-09-18	@ CLE	W 31–30	5	0.0
3	2022-09-25	vs CIN	L 12–27	6	1.0
4	2022-10-02	@ PIT	W 24–20	4	0.0
5	2022-10-09	vs MIA	W 40–17	2	0.0
6	2022-10-16	@ GB	W 27–10	1	1.0
7	2022-10-23	@ DEN	W 16–9	1	0.0
8	2022-10-30	vs NE	L 17–22	3	0.0
9	2022-11-06	vs BUF	W 20–17	2	0.0
13	2022-12-04	@ MIN	L 22–27	1	0.0
14	2022-12-11	@ BUF	L 12–20	4	1.0
15	2022-12-18	vs DET	L 17–20	3	0.0
16	2022-12-22	vs JAX	L 3–19	3	0.0
17	2023-01-01	@ SEA	L 6–23	6	0.0
18	2023-01-08	@ MIA	L 6–11	1	0.0

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
2	2021-09-19	vs NE	L 6–25	2	1.0
3	2021-09-26	@ DEN	L 0–26	0	0.0
4	2021-10-03	vs TEN	W 27–24 OT	2	0.0
5	2021-10-10	@ ATL	L 20–27	2	0.0
7	2021-10-24	@ NE	L 13–54	1	0.0
8	2021-10-31	vs CIN	W 34–31	4	1.0
9	2021-11-04	@ IND	L 30–45	2	0.0
10	2021-11-14	vs BUF	L 17–45	2	0.0
11	2021-11-21	vs MIA	L 17–24	3	0.0
12	2021-11-28	@ HOU	W 21–14	3	0.0
14	2021-12-12	vs NO	L 9–30	4	0.0
15	2021-12-19	@ MIA	L 24–31	3	1.0
16	2021-12-26	vs JAX	W 26–21	2	0.0
18	2022-01-09	@ BUF	L 10–27	2	0.0

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs TB	W 34–23	0	0.0	0
2	2020-09-21	@ LV	L 24–34	1	0.0	0
3	2020-09-27	vs GB	L 30–37	1	0.0	0
4	2020-10-04	@ DET	W 35–29	1	0.0	0
5	2020-10-12	vs LAC	W 30–27 OT	5	1.0	0
7	2020-10-25	vs CAR	W 27–24	2	0.0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ CHI	W 26–23 OT	1	0.5	0
13	2020-12-06	@ ATL	W 21–16	1	0.0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ PHI	L 21–24	4	0.0	0
15	2020-12-20	vs KC	L 29–32	4	0.0	1
17	2021-01-03	@ CAR	W 33–7	0	0.0	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs CHI	W 21–9	2	1.0	0
P19	2021-01-17	vs TB	L 20–30	1	0.0	0

2019 game log (6 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
4	2019-09-29	vs DAL	W 12–10	2	0.0
5	2019-10-06	vs TB	W 31–24	3	1.0
6	2019-10-13	@ JAX	W 13–6	1	0.0
8	2019-10-27	vs ARI	W 31–9	1	0.0
11	2019-11-17	@ TB	W 34–17	0	0.0
13	2019-11-28	@ ATL	W 26–18	3	1.0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs TB	L 40–48	3	0.0	0
2	2018-09-16	vs CLE	W 21–18	6	1.0	0
3	2018-09-23	@ ATL	W 43–37 OT	3	0.0	0
4	2018-09-30	@ NYG	W 33–18	0	0.0	0
5	2018-10-08	vs WAS	W 43–19	2	1.0	0
7	2018-10-21	@ BAL	W 24–23	3	0.0	0
8	2018-10-28	@ MIN	W 30–20	3	2.0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs LA	W 45–35	1	0.0	0
10	2018-11-11	@ CIN	W 51–14	2	1.0	0
11	2018-11-18	vs PHI	W 48–7	1	1.0	0
12	2018-11-22	vs ATL	W 31–17	2	1.0	0
13	2018-11-29	@ DAL	L 10–13	4	0.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ TB	W 28–14	3	1.0	1
15	2018-12-17	@ CAR	W 12–9	3	0.0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs PIT	W 31–28	3	0.0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs CAR	L 14–33	1	0.0	0

2017 game log (14 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2017-09-11	@ MIN	L 19–29	2	0.0	0	0
6	2017-10-15	vs DET	W 52–38	2	0.0	0	0
7	2017-10-22	@ GB	W 26–17	3	0.0	0	0
8	2017-10-29	vs CHI	W 20–12	1	0.0	0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ BUF	W 47–10	2	1.0	1	1
11	2017-11-19	vs WAS	W 34–31 OT	2	0.0	0	0
12	2017-11-26	@ LA	L 20–26	1	0.0	0	0
13	2017-12-03	vs CAR	W 31–21	2	0.0	0	0
14	2017-12-07	@ ATL	L 17–20	4	0.0	0	0
15	2017-12-17	vs NYJ	W 31–19	3	0.0	0	0
16	2017-12-24	vs ATL	W 23–13	3	1.0	0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ TB	L 24–31	1	0.0	0	0
P18	2018-01-07	vs CAR	W 31–26	5	0.0	0	0
P19	2018-01-14	@ MIN	L 24–29	5	1.0	0	0

2016 game log (8 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
9	2016-11-06	@ SF	W 41–23	1	0.0
10	2016-11-13	vs DEN	L 23–25	2	1.0
11	2016-11-17	@ CAR	L 20–23	5	0.0
12	2016-11-27	vs LA	W 49–21	2	1.0
13	2016-12-04	vs DET	L 13–28	3	1.0
14	2016-12-11	@ TB	L 11–16	1	0.0
15	2016-12-18	@ ARI	W 48–41	2	0.0
16	2016-12-24	vs TB	W 31–24	4	1.0