MLB · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #34
Alex Anzalone
RILB1- College
- Florida
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 234 lb
- Experience
- 10th season
Tackles
36▼ 59 vs '25
47th of 109 LBs
Stops
13▼ 45 vs '25
84th of 109 LBs
Yards per run tackle
4.7▲ 0.6 vs '25
97th of 109 LBs
Missed tackle rate
16.3%▲ 10.8 vs '25
100th of 109 LBs
Coverage
39 targets
71.8 cmp% · 9.0 y/tgt · 1 int
Ranks compare against the 109 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ CINL | 64 | 100.0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 75.0 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs CLEL | 58 | 100.0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.0 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs MINL | 59 | 100.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100.0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs GBL | 60 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ DALW | 60 | 100.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55.6 | 8.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Wk 6 vs PITL | 79 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.7 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ CARW | 51 | 91.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 80.0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 431 | 98.9 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 71.8 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Buccaneers
$17Mover 2 years
- Avg. per year
- $8.5M
- Guaranteed
- $12M 71%
- 2026 cap hit
- $9M 2.8% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2027
2026 · now
2027
Year 1 of 2 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 431 | 98.9 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 16.3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 105.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,004 | 95.6 | 95 | 58 | 4 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 77.6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 608 | 91.2 | 56 | 36 | 7 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 91.4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,007 | 98.2 | 115 | 62 | 5 | 14.7 | 3.0 | 12 | 15 | 74 | 91.6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,080 | 95.1 | 98 | 57 | 4 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 79.8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 828 | 87.1 | 73 | 44 | 1 | 16.1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 74.4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 525 | 52.1 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 118.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 46 | 34.8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 84.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | 486 | 47.1 | 55 | 23 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 84.6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 158 | 63.2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | – | 1.0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 118 | 6,173 | 80.3 | 592 | 325 | 30 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 41 | 55 | 367 | 89.2 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 0 |