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Budda Baker
Arizona CardinalsHeight : 5' 10" · Weight : 195 lbs · Age : 30
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arizona Cardinals | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 120 | 57 | 63 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Arizona Cardinals | 17 | 164 | 95 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Arizona Cardinals | 12 | 87 | 58 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 111 | 75 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Arizona Cardinals | 17 | 98 | 63 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 118 | 90 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 147 | 104 | 43 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 102 | 78 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
| 2017 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 74 | 58 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Contract
Arizona Cardinals payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 19.22 M$
- Average per year
- 18.00 M$
- Total value
- 54.0 M$
- Seasons left
- 2 · through 2027
2026
19.22 M$
Partially guaranteed
2027
20.89 M$
Not guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
Advanced stats, 2026 Safeties
NFL stats →2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular safeties: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Tackles
20
72th percentile
Interceptions
0
35th percentile
Passes defended
1
52th percentile
Targets in coverage
11
Yards allowed
146 yd
Yards allowed per target
13.3 yd
15th percentile
Passer rating allowed
139.2
14th percentile
Missed tackle rate
9.1 %
54th percentile
Tackles for loss
1
77th percentile
Defensive snaps
179
46th percentile
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
2026 end-of-season projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
-0.3
Games
17
WAR 2026
-0.2
Games played
3
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
→ Stable (-7)
- 2023-0.4 WAR · -0.033 per game
- 20240.0 WAR · 0.000 per game
- 2025-0.1 WAR · -0.006 per game
- 2026-0.2 WAR · -0.067 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
-22 · 30 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026
All ratings →Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
68
Depth player
- COV
- Coverage
- 64
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 58
- TCK
- Tackling
- 94
- DUR
- Durability
- 74
- EX
- Experience
- 83
Why these ratings?Hide details
- COV — Coverage : Yards and passer rating allowed per target
- BAL — Ball skills : Ball carrier: fumbles avoided. Defender: interceptions and passes defended
- TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
- DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL
WAR and PAL Rating, 2026
How we rate →WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
WAR
-0.2
#62 of 71 regular safeties
PAL Rating
20 / 100
#57 of 71 regular safeties
Value Rating · 2025
21 / 100
2025 PAL (37) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $18.0M.PAL expected for this salary: 66PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.
Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).
Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.
How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.
The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | Tkl | INT | PD | Yds/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ARI | 3 | -0.2 | 20 | 68 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 |
| 2025 | ARI | 16 | -0.1 | 37 | 71 | 117 | 1 | 5 | 8.7 |
| 2024 | ARI | 17 | 0.0 | 34 | 69 | 154 | 0 | 5 | 8.2 |
| 2023 | ARI | 12 | -0.4 | 18 | 68 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 |
| 2022 | ARI | 15 | 0.1 | 52 | 78 | 96 | 2 | 7 | 7.1 |
| 2021 | ARI | 17 | 0.3 | 78 | 82 | 95 | 3 | 7 | 7.8 |
Budda Baker in five questions
What are Budda Baker's stats in 2026?
Budda Baker has 0 interceptions and 1 pass defensed in 3 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is Budda Baker?
Budda Baker is 30 years old. He is 5'10" (178 cm) and weighs 194 lb (88 kg).
How good is Budda Baker?
Budda Baker produced -0.2 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 62nd of 71 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 20 out of 100: below average for his position.
What number does Budda Baker wear, and what team does he play for?
Budda Baker plays for Arizona Cardinals in the NFL, at S, and wears number 3.
What is Budda Baker's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at -0.3 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
