Denzel Ward is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Ward in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Ward's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Denzel Ward
Combined Season Grid
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | ||||||
| 2018 | 21 | CLE | 13 | — | 3.4 | 51 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 841 | 87.2% | 54 | 13.8% | 90 | 46 | 0.5 | 72.8 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 22 | CLE | 12 | — | 2.5 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 748 | 96.3% | 56 | 17.2% | 83 | 40 | 0.5 | 62.2 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 23 | CLE | 12 | — | 3.6 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 775 | 95.1% | 54 | 17.9% | 81 | 44 | 0.5 | 78.3 | 11.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 24 | CLE | 15 | — | 4.7 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 856 | 87.5% | 49 | 13.2% | 78 | 47 | 0.6 | 76.6 | 8.8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 25 | CLE | 14 | — | 4.9 | 48 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 748 | 84.1% | 52 | 14.4% | 69 | 42 | 0.6 | 76.4 | 10.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 26 | CLE | 13 | — | 2.8 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 622 | 79.2% | 31 | 7.8% | 66 | 32 | 0.5 | 56.2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 27 | CLE | 16 | — | 3.7 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 759 | 74.6% | 50 | 11.4% | 77 | 42 | 0.5 | 92.8 | 14.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 28 | CLE | 15 | — | 1.3 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 779 | 83.1% | 52 | 12.7% | 62 | 38 | 0.6 | 88.1 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 2026 | 29 | CLE | 5 | — | 0.9 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 340 | 99.8% | 21 | 15.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 115 | — | 27.8 | 365 | 288 | 77 | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 20.5 | 19 | 106 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 606 | 331 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 67 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
129 career value over replacement — #806 all-time of 4,695. 16.1/season above a replacement-level CB.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #4 (Rd 1) · CLE · 2018 · +4.7 vs expected KV-H
68actual
63.3 expected · Δ+4.7
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