Daron Payne

RDE1

Season

Sacks

1.0▼ 2.0 vs '25

45th of 103 DL

Pressures

30th of 103 DL

Pressure rate

3.1%▲ 1.6 vs '25

32nd of 103 DL

Run stops

10▼ 21 vs '25

46th of 103 DL

Tackling

14 tkl

2 tfl · 11 stops · 1 ff

Ranks compare against the 103 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 @ PHIL	34	61.8	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 2 @ DALL	37	67.3	2	2	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 3 vs SEAW	48	71.6	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 vs INDL	57	86.4	4	3	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 vs NYGT	63	70.8	3	2	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	100.0	17.0	0	0
Wk 6 @ SFL	53	85.5	3	2	1	1	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Season	292	74.1	14	11	2	3	1.0	5	9	1	100.0	17.0	0	0

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2023 with Commanders

$90Mover 4 years

2023

2024

2025

2026 · now

Year 4 of 4 ·

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	6	292	74.1	14	11	2	17.6	1.0	5	9	1	158.3	0	0	1	0
2025	15	607	61.2	45	38	7	18.8	3.0	8	9	5	64.6	0	5	1	0
2024	17	742	68.6	41	33	5	13.2	4.0	7	16	2	79.2	0	2	0	0
2023	17	924	79.2	46	42	11	13.0	4.0	11	13	2	79.2	0	4	2	0
2022	17	908	87.0	59	54	16	7.8	11.5	20	25	1	79.2	0	5	0	0
2021	17	837	75.6	54	46	5	14.1	4.5	15	27	0	–	0	0	0	0
2020	16	881	84.3	52	47	6	15.6	3.0	8	17	0	–	1	4	3	0
2019	15	758	71.6	54	40	3	13.9	2.0	4	9	1	39.6	0	2	0	0
2018	16	796	77.1	47	44	6	8.1	5.0	8	13	0	–	0	3	1	0
Career	136	6,745	75.6	412	355	61	13.2	38.0	86	138	12	70.1	1	25	8	0