Vince Wilfork

NT · NE/HOU · 2004–2016

Born November 4, 1981 · College Miami · Drafted 2004, round 1, pick 21 (NE) · 6-2, 325 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2012) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×3 (2007, 2010, 2011) · Pro Bowl ×5 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

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
2004	NE	14	42	2.0	–	–	0	–	0
2004 playoffs	NE	2	3	0.0	–	–	0	–	0
2005	NE	15	53	0.0	–	–	1	–	0
2005 playoffs	NE	2	6	0.0	–	–	0	–	0
2006	NE	13	50	1.0	4	–	0	–	0
2006 playoffs	NE	3	13	0.0	1	–	0	–	0
2007	NE	16	48	2.0	6	–	0	–	0
2007 playoffs	NE	3	16	0.0	1	–	0	–	0
2008	NE	15	66	1.0	3	–	0	–	0
2009	NE	12	43	0.0	0	4	0	2	1
2009 playoffs	NE	1	13	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2010	NE	14	57	2.0	4	8	0	2	0
2010 playoffs	NE	1	5	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2011	NE	16	52	3.5	10	6	2	5	1
2011 playoffs	NE	3	12	2.5	3	4	0	0	0
2012	NE	16	48	3.0	4	6	0	6	2
2012 playoffs	NE	2	6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
2013	NE	3	9	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
2014	NE	15	47	0.0	1	2	1	2	0
2014 playoffs	NE	2	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	HOU	10	22	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2015 playoffs	HOU	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	HOU	10	21	0.0	3	2	0	1	0
2016 playoffs	HOU	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	HOU	169	558	14.5	36	31	4	27	4

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
2007	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2009	Pro Bowl
2010	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2011	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2012	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 snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	HOU	15	–	–	504	54.7
2016 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	80	57.6

Game logs

2016 game log (11 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2016-09-11	vs CHI	W 23–14	1	1
2	2016-09-18	vs KC	W 19–12	2	0
3	2016-09-22	@ NE	L 0–27	7	0
4	2016-10-02	vs TEN	W 27–20	3	0
5	2016-10-09	@ MIN	L 13–31	2	0
8	2016-10-30	vs DET	W 20–13	1	0
13	2016-12-04	@ GB	L 13–21	1	0
14	2016-12-11	@ IND	W 22–17	2	0
15	2016-12-18	vs JAX	W 21–20	1	0
16	2016-12-24	vs CIN	W 12–10	1	0
P19	2017-01-14	@ NE	L 16–34	1	0

2015 game log (11 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2015-09-20	@ CAR	L 17–24	2
3	2015-09-27	vs TB	W 19–9	2
4	2015-10-04	@ ATL	L 21–48	2
6	2015-10-18	@ JAX	W 31–20	2
10	2015-11-16	@ CIN	W 10–6	1
12	2015-11-29	vs NO	W 24–6	1
13	2015-12-06	@ BUF	L 21–30	4
14	2015-12-13	vs NE	L 6–27	2
15	2015-12-20	@ IND	W 16–10	4
17	2016-01-03	vs JAX	W 30–6	2
P18	2016-01-09	vs KC	L 0–30	3

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

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

2013 game log (3 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	@ BUF	W 23–21	4
2	2013-09-12	vs NYJ	W 13–10	2
3	2013-09-22	vs TB	W 23–3	3

2012 game log (18 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2012-09-09	@ TEN	W 34–13	1	0.0	0
2	2012-09-16	vs ARI	L 18–20	4	0.0	0
3	2012-09-23	@ BAL	L 30–31	4	0.0	0
4	2012-09-30	@ BUF	W 52–28	2	0.0	2
5	2012-10-07	vs DEN	W 31–21	2	0.0	0
6	2012-10-14	@ SEA	L 23–24	1	0.0	1
7	2012-10-21	vs NYJ	W 29–26 OT	7	0.0	0
8	2012-10-28	@ LA	W 45–7	1	0.0	0
10	2012-11-11	vs BUF	W 37–31	4	1.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs IND	W 59–24	3	0.0	2
12	2012-11-22	@ NYJ	W 49–19	3	0.0	0
13	2012-12-02	@ MIA	W 23–16	3	0.0	0
14	2012-12-10	vs HOU	W 42–14	4	1.0	1
15	2012-12-16	vs SF	L 34–41	3	0.0	0
16	2012-12-23	@ JAX	W 23–16	1	0.0	0
17	2012-12-30	vs MIA	W 28–0	5	1.0	0
P19	2013-01-13	vs HOU	W 41–28	5	0.0	0
P20	2013-01-20	vs BAL	L 13–28	1	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	0.5	0	0
2	2011-09-18	vs LAC	W 35–21	2	0.0	1	1
3	2011-09-25	@ BUF	L 31–34	4	0.0	0	0
4	2011-10-02	@ LV	W 31–19	1	0.0	1	1
5	2011-10-09	vs NYJ	W 30–21	2	0.0	0	0
6	2011-10-16	vs DAL	W 20–16	2	0.0	0	1
8	2011-10-30	@ PIT	L 17–25	7	1.0	0	0
9	2011-11-06	vs NYG	L 20–24	4	0.0	0	0
10	2011-11-13	@ NYJ	W 37–16	2	0.0	0	0
11	2011-11-21	vs KC	W 34–3	4	0.0	0	0
12	2011-11-27	@ PHI	W 38–20	0	0.0	0	1
13	2011-12-04	vs IND	W 31–24	10	1.0	0	0
14	2011-12-11	@ WAS	W 34–27	4	0.0	0	1
15	2011-12-18	@ DEN	W 41–23	3	0.0	0	0
16	2011-12-24	vs MIA	W 27–24	4	1.0	0	0
17	2012-01-01	vs BUF	W 49–21	2	0.0	0	0
P19	2012-01-14	vs DEN	W 45–10	3	1.5	0	0
P20	2012-01-22	vs BAL	W 23–20	6	1.0	0	0
P21	2012-02-05	vs NYG	L 17–21	3	0.0	0	0

2010 game log (15 games)

2010 game log

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

2009 game log (13 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
2	2009-09-20	@ NYJ	L 9–16	6	0
3	2009-09-27	vs ATL	W 26–10	2	1
4	2009-10-04	vs BAL	W 27–21	2	1
5	2009-10-11	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	5	0
6	2009-10-18	vs TEN	W 59–0	2	0
7	2009-10-25	@ TB	W 35–7	2	0
9	2009-11-08	vs MIA	W 27–17	3	0
10	2009-11-15	@ IND	L 34–35	3	0
11	2009-11-22	vs NYJ	W 31–14	5	0
12	2009-11-30	@ NO	L 17–38	6	0
13	2009-12-06	@ MIA	L 21–22	2	0
14	2009-12-13	vs CAR	W 20–10	5	0
P18	2010-01-10	vs BAL	L 14–33	13	0

2008 game log (15 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2008-09-07	vs KC	W 17–10	6	0.0	0
2	2008-09-14	@ NYJ	W 19–10	2	0.0	0
3	2008-09-21	vs MIA	L 13–38	5	0.0	0
5	2008-10-05	@ SF	W 30–21	4	0.0	0
6	2008-10-12	@ LAC	L 10–30	5	0.0	0
7	2008-10-20	vs DEN	W 41–7	1	0.0	0
8	2008-10-26	vs LA	W 23–16	2	0.0	1
9	2008-11-02	@ IND	L 15–18	4	0.0	0
10	2008-11-09	vs BUF	W 20–10	4	0.0	0
11	2008-11-13	vs NYJ	L 31–34 OT	8	1.0	0
12	2008-11-23	@ MIA	W 48–28	4	0.0	0
13	2008-11-30	vs PIT	L 10–33	5	0.0	0
15	2008-12-14	@ LV	W 49–26	3	0.0	0
16	2008-12-21	vs ARI	W 47–7	5	0.0	0
17	2008-12-28	@ BUF	W 13–0	8	0.0	0

2007 game log (19 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2007-09-09	@ NYJ	W 38–14	1	0.0	0
2	2007-09-16	vs LAC	W 38–14	3	0.0	0
3	2007-09-23	vs BUF	W 38–7	3	0.0	0
4	2007-10-01	@ CIN	W 34–13	1	0.0	0
5	2007-10-07	vs CLE	W 34–17	6	1.0	0
6	2007-10-14	@ DAL	W 48–27	3	0.0	0
7	2007-10-21	@ MIA	W 49–28	1	0.0	0
8	2007-10-28	vs WAS	W 52–7	5	0.0	0
9	2007-11-04	@ IND	W 24–20	2	0.0	0
11	2007-11-18	@ BUF	W 56–10	1	0.0	0
12	2007-11-25	vs PHI	W 31–28	3	0.0	1
13	2007-12-03	@ BAL	W 27–24	6	0.0	0
14	2007-12-09	vs PIT	W 34–13	7	1.0	0
15	2007-12-16	vs NYJ	W 20–10	2	0.0	0
16	2007-12-23	vs MIA	W 28–7	1	0.0	1
17	2007-12-29	@ NYG	W 38–35	3	0.0	0
P19	2008-01-12	vs JAX	W 31–20	5	0.0	0
P20	2008-01-20	vs LAC	W 21–12	6	0.0	1
P21	2008-02-03	vs NYG	L 14–17	5	0.0	0

2006 game log (16 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2006-09-10	vs BUF	W 19–17	4	0.0	0
2	2006-09-17	@ NYJ	W 24–17	5	1.0	0
3	2006-09-24	vs DEN	L 7–17	4	0.0	0
4	2006-10-01	@ CIN	W 38–13	1	0.0	0
5	2006-10-08	vs MIA	W 20–10	6	0.0	0
7	2006-10-22	@ BUF	W 28–6	4	0.0	1
8	2006-10-30	@ MIN	W 31–7	2	0.0	0
9	2006-11-05	vs IND	L 20–27	5	0.0	0
10	2006-11-12	vs NYJ	L 14–17	3	0.0	0
11	2006-11-19	@ GB	W 35–0	2	0.0	0
12	2006-11-26	vs CHI	W 17–13	8	0.0	0
13	2006-12-03	vs DET	W 28–21	2	0.0	0
14	2006-12-10	@ MIA	L 0–21	4	0.0	0
P18	2007-01-07	vs NYJ	W 37–16	3	0.0	0
P19	2007-01-14	@ LAC	W 24–21	3	0.0	0
P20	2007-01-21	@ IND	L 34–38	7	0.0	0

2005 game log (17 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2005-09-08	vs LV	W 30–20	0	1	1
2	2005-09-18	@ CAR	L 17–27	4	0	0
3	2005-09-25	@ PIT	W 23–20	2	0	0
4	2005-10-02	vs LAC	L 17–41	5	0	0
5	2005-10-09	@ ATL	W 31–28	4	0	0
6	2005-10-16	@ DEN	L 20–28	3	0	0
8	2005-10-30	vs BUF	W 21–16	9	0	0
9	2005-11-07	vs IND	L 21–40	3	0	0
10	2005-11-13	@ MIA	W 23–16	6	0	0
11	2005-11-20	vs NO	W 24–17	2	0	1
12	2005-11-27	@ KC	L 16–26	4	0	0
13	2005-12-04	vs NYJ	W 16–3	4	0	0
15	2005-12-17	vs TB	W 28–0	4	0	0
16	2005-12-26	@ NYJ	W 31–21	1	0	0
17	2006-01-01	vs MIA	L 26–28	2	0	0
P18	2006-01-07	vs JAX	W 28–3	4	0	0
P19	2006-01-14	@ DEN	L 13–27	2	0	0

2004 game log (16 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2004-09-09	vs IND	W 27–24	4	0.0	0
2	2004-09-19	@ ARI	W 23–12	2	0.0	0
4	2004-10-03	@ BUF	W 31–17	1	1.0	0
5	2004-10-10	vs MIA	W 24–10	7	1.0	1
7	2004-10-24	vs NYJ	W 13–7	2	0.0	0
8	2004-10-31	@ PIT	L 20–34	4	0.0	0
9	2004-11-07	@ LA	W 40–22	1	0.0	0
11	2004-11-22	@ KC	W 27–19	2	0.0	0
12	2004-11-28	vs BAL	W 24–3	3	0.0	2
13	2004-12-05	@ CLE	W 42–15	2	0.0	0
14	2004-12-12	vs CIN	W 35–28	2	0.0	0
15	2004-12-20	@ MIA	L 28–29	3	0.0	0
16	2004-12-26	@ NYJ	W 23–7	4	0.0	0
17	2005-01-02	vs SF	W 21–7	5	0.0	0
P19	2005-01-16	vs IND	W 20–3	2	0.0	0
P20	2005-01-23	@ PIT	W 41–27	1	0.0	0