T.J. Watt

OLB · PIT · 2017–2026

Born October 11, 1994 · College Wisconsin · Drafted 2017, round 1, pick 30 (PIT) · 6-4, 252 lb

Defensive Player of the Year (2021) · 1st-team All-Pro ×4 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2019, 2024) · Pro Bowl ×8 (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

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
2017	PIT	15	54	7.0	13	10	1	7	1
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	2	0.0	2	0	0	1	0
2018	PIT	16	66	13.0	21	12	0	3	6
2019	PIT	16	55	14.5	36	14	2	8	8
2020	PIT	15	53	15.0	41	23	1	7	2
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	3	0.0	0	1	0	1	0
2021	PIT	15	64	22.5	39	21	0	7	5
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	3	1.0	3	2	0	1	0
2022	PIT	10	39	5.5	12	8	2	5	1
2023	PIT	17	67	19.0	36	19	1	8	4
2024	PIT	16	61	11.5	27	19	0	4	6
2025	PIT	14	55	7.0	19	10	2	8	3
2025 playoffs	PIT	1	6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
2026	PIT	7	19	7.5	12	9	1	3	1
Career	PIT	141	533	122.5	256	145	10	60	37

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
2018	Pro Bowl
2019	1st-team All-Pro, 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2020	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2021	Defensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2022	Pro Bowl
2023	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2024	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2025	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 snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2017	PIT	15	1	1.5	738	81.7
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	58	96.7
2018	PIT	16	–	–	888	86.2
2019	PIT	16	–	–	926	86.1
2020	PIT	15	–	–	845	88.0
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	60	93.8
2021	PIT	15	–	–	752	72.4
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	56	86.2
2022	PIT	10	–	–	492	82.4
2023	PIT	17	–	–	915	82.7
2024	PIT	17	–	–	931	86.5
2024 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	61	84.7
2025	PIT	14	–	–	798	82.3
2025 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	52	76.5

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2026-09-13	vs ATL	W 20–13	4	2.0	1	1
2	2026-09-20	@ NE	L 3–20	4	1.5	0	0
3	2026-09-27	vs CIN	W 30–27	1	0.0	0	0
4	2026-10-01	@ CLE	L 24–27	4	1.0	0	1
6	2026-10-18	@ TB	W 26–19 OT	2	0.0	0	0
7	2026-10-25	@ NO	W 16–10	2	1.0	0	0
8	2026-11-01	vs CLE	W 27–6	2	2.0	0	1

2025 game log (15 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2025-09-07	@ NYJ	W 34–32	5	0.0	0	1
2	2025-09-14	vs SEA	L 17–31	4	0.0	0	0
3	2025-09-21	@ NE	W 21–14	5	2.0	0	0
4	2025-09-28	vs MIN	W 24–21	5	1.0	1	1
6	2025-10-12	vs CLE	W 23–9	5	0.5	0	2
7	2025-10-16	@ CIN	L 31–33	1	0.5	0	0
8	2025-10-26	vs GB	L 25–35	6	0.0	0	0
9	2025-11-02	vs IND	W 27–20	3	1.0	0	0
10	2025-11-09	@ LAC	L 10–25	3	1.0	0	1
11	2025-11-16	vs CIN	W 34–12	1	0.0	0	2
12	2025-11-23	@ CHI	L 28–31	5	1.0	0	0
13	2025-11-30	vs BUF	L 7–26	4	0.0	0	0
14	2025-12-07	@ BAL	W 27–22	6	0.0	0	0
18	2026-01-04	vs BAL	W 26–24	2	0.0	1	1
P19	2026-01-12	vs HOU	L 6–30	6	0.0	0	0

2024 game log (16 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	@ ATL	W 18–10	4	1.0	0
2	2024-09-15	@ DEN	W 13–6	3	1.0	1
3	2024-09-22	vs LAC	W 20–10	3	1.0	0
4	2024-09-29	@ IND	L 24–27	2	0.0	0
5	2024-10-06	vs DAL	L 17–20	8	1.5	0
6	2024-10-13	@ LV	W 32–13	5	0.0	0
7	2024-10-20	vs NYJ	W 37–15	1	0.0	1
8	2024-10-28	vs NYG	W 26–18	7	2.0	0
10	2024-11-10	@ WAS	W 28–27	0	0.0	1
11	2024-11-17	vs BAL	W 18–16	3	1.0	0
12	2024-11-21	@ CLE	L 19–24	4	0.0	0
13	2024-12-01	@ CIN	W 44–38	3	2.0	0
14	2024-12-08	vs CLE	W 27–14	4	0.0	0
15	2024-12-15	@ PHI	L 13–27	7	2.0	0
16	2024-12-21	@ BAL	L 17–34	4	0.0	0
17	2024-12-25	vs KC	L 10–29	3	0.0	1

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs SF	L 7–30	4	3.0	0	1
2	2023-09-18	vs CLE	W 26–22	4	1.0	0	1
3	2023-09-24	@ LV	W 23–18	2	2.0	0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ HOU	L 6–30	2	0.0	0	0
5	2023-10-08	vs BAL	W 17–10	2	2.0	0	2
7	2023-10-22	@ LA	W 24–17	1	0.0	1	1
8	2023-10-29	vs JAX	L 10–20	2	0.5	0	1
9	2023-11-02	vs TEN	W 20–16	4	1.0	0	0
10	2023-11-12	vs GB	W 23–19	8	1.0	0	0
11	2023-11-19	@ CLE	L 10–13	6	1.0	0	0
12	2023-11-26	@ CIN	W 16–10	5	2.0	0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs ARI	L 10–24	6	0.5	0	1
14	2023-12-07	vs NE	L 18–21	5	0.0	0	0
15	2023-12-16	@ IND	L 13–30	3	2.0	0	0
16	2023-12-23	vs CIN	W 34–11	3	1.0	0	1
17	2023-12-31	@ SEA	W 30–23	2	0.0	0	0
18	2024-01-06	@ BAL	W 17–10	8	2.0	0	0

2022 game log (10 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ CIN	W 23–20 OT	6	1.0	1	2
10	2022-11-13	vs NO	W 20–10	4	0.0	0	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CIN	L 30–37	6	0.5	1	2
12	2022-11-28	@ IND	W 24–17	3	0.0	0	0
13	2022-12-04	@ ATL	W 19–16	3	0.0	0	0
14	2022-12-11	vs BAL	L 14–16	5	1.0	0	0
15	2022-12-18	@ CAR	W 24–16	2	1.5	0	0
16	2022-12-24	vs LV	W 13–10	3	0.0	0	1
17	2023-01-01	@ BAL	W 16–13	4	1.0	0	0
18	2023-01-08	vs CLE	W 28–14	3	0.5	0	0

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-12	@ BUF	W 23–16	3	2.0	0
2	2021-09-19	vs LV	L 17–26	4	1.0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ GB	L 17–27	4	2.0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs DEN	W 27–19	3	0.0	0
6	2021-10-17	vs SEA	W 23–20 OT	7	2.0	3
8	2021-10-31	@ CLE	W 15–10	6	1.5	0
9	2021-11-08	vs CHI	W 29–27	7	3.0	1
10	2021-11-14	vs DET	T 16–16 OT	5	1.0	0
12	2021-11-28	@ CIN	L 10–41	2	0.0	0
13	2021-12-05	vs BAL	W 20–19	6	3.5	0
14	2021-12-09	@ MIN	L 28–36	1	0.0	0
15	2021-12-19	vs TEN	W 19–13	5	1.5	0
16	2021-12-26	@ KC	L 10–36	1	0.0	0
17	2022-01-03	vs CLE	W 26–14	5	4.0	2
18	2022-01-09	@ BAL	W 16–13 OT	5	1.0	1
P19	2022-01-16	@ KC	L 21–42	3	1.0	1

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2020-09-14	@ NYG	W 26–16	1	0.0	1	2
2	2020-09-20	vs DEN	W 26–21	4	2.5	0	0
3	2020-09-27	vs HOU	W 28–21	4	1.0	0	0
5	2020-10-11	vs PHI	W 38–29	3	1.0	0	0
6	2020-10-18	vs CLE	W 38–7	3	0.0	0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	5	1.0	0	1
8	2020-11-01	@ BAL	W 28–24	5	1.0	0	0
9	2020-11-08	@ DAL	W 24–19	1	0.5	0	3
10	2020-11-15	vs CIN	W 36–10	4	2.0	0	0
11	2020-11-22	@ JAX	W 27–3	2	0.0	0	0
12	2020-12-02	vs BAL	W 19–14	6	2.0	0	0
13	2020-12-07	vs WAS	L 17–23	6	1.0	0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ BUF	L 15–26	2	0.0	0	1
15	2020-12-21	@ CIN	L 17–27	4	1.0	0	0
16	2020-12-27	vs IND	W 28–24	3	2.0	0	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs CLE	L 37–48	3	0.0	0	1

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2019-09-08	@ NE	L 3–33	2	0.0	0	0
2	2019-09-15	vs SEA	L 26–28	6	1.0	0	0
3	2019-09-22	@ SF	L 20–24	2	0.0	1	2
4	2019-09-30	vs CIN	W 27–3	2	1.5	0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs BAL	L 23–26 OT	5	1.0	0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ LAC	W 24–17	3	0.5	0	1
8	2019-10-28	vs MIA	W 27–14	3	2.0	0	0
9	2019-11-03	vs IND	W 26–24	3	1.5	0	0
10	2019-11-10	vs LA	W 17–12	5	2.0	0	0
11	2019-11-14	@ CLE	L 7–21	4	1.0	0	1
12	2019-11-24	@ CIN	W 16–10	2	1.0	0	1
13	2019-12-01	vs CLE	W 20–13	2	1.0	0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ ARI	W 23–17	2	0.0	1	1
15	2019-12-15	vs BUF	L 10–17	4	0.5	0	1
16	2019-12-22	@ NYJ	L 10–16	5	1.0	0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ BAL	L 10–28	5	0.5	0	1

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2018-09-09	@ CLE	T 21–21 OT	10	3.0	0
2	2018-09-16	vs KC	L 37–42	2	0.0	0
3	2018-09-24	@ TB	W 30–27	4	0.0	0
4	2018-09-30	vs BAL	L 14–26	4	0.0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs ATL	W 41–17	8	3.0	0
6	2018-10-14	@ CIN	W 28–21	2	0.0	1
8	2018-10-28	vs CLE	W 33–18	7	1.0	0
9	2018-11-04	@ BAL	W 23–16	5	0.0	0
10	2018-11-08	vs CAR	W 52–21	1	1.0	0
11	2018-11-18	@ JAX	W 20–16	5	2.0	0
12	2018-11-25	@ DEN	L 17–24	1	0.0	0
13	2018-12-02	vs LAC	L 30–33	1	0.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ LV	L 21–24	4	0.0	1
15	2018-12-16	vs NE	W 17–10	3	1.0	0
16	2018-12-23	@ NO	L 28–31	3	1.0	1
17	2018-12-30	vs CIN	W 16–13	6	1.0	0

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2017-09-10	@ CLE	W 21–18	7	2.0	1	1
2	2017-09-17	vs MIN	W 26–9	2	0.0	0	1
4	2017-10-01	@ BAL	W 26–9	4	0.0	0	1
5	2017-10-08	vs JAX	L 9–30	6	1.0	0	0
6	2017-10-15	@ KC	W 19–13	1	0.0	0	0
7	2017-10-22	vs CIN	W 29–14	6	1.0	0	0
8	2017-10-29	@ DET	W 20–15	2	0.0	0	1
10	2017-11-12	@ IND	W 20–17	3	0.0	0	0
11	2017-11-16	vs TEN	W 40–17	2	0.0	0	1
12	2017-11-26	vs GB	W 31–28	4	1.0	0	1
13	2017-12-04	@ CIN	W 23–20	1	0.0	0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs BAL	W 39–38	4	1.0	0	0
15	2017-12-17	vs NE	L 24–27	2	0.0	0	0
16	2017-12-25	@ HOU	W 34–6	2	0.0	0	1
17	2017-12-31	vs CLE	W 28–24	8	1.0	0	0
P19	2018-01-14	vs JAX	L 42–45	2	0.0	0	1