Malik
Hooker
S
#24
Malik Hooker
#24S
Dallas Cowboys
Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 215 lbs · Age : 30
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 52 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 81 | 51 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 50 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 62 | 44 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
| 2021 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Indianapolis Colts | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Indianapolis Colts | 13 | 51 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | Indianapolis Colts | 14 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Indianapolis Colts | 7 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contract
Dallas Cowboys payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 6.56 M$
- Average per year
- 5.00 M$
- Total value
- 5.0 M$
- Seasons left
- 1 · through 2026
2026
6.56 M$
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, 2025 Safeties
NFL stats →2025 season. The percentile ranks the player among regular safeties: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Tackles
49
14th percentile
Interceptions
0
13th percentile
Passes defended
1
4th percentile
Targets in coverage
28
Yards allowed
331 yd
Yards allowed per target
11.8 yd
4th percentile
Passer rating allowed
131.7
7th percentile
Missed tackle rate
7.1 %
70th percentile
Tackles for loss
2
42th percentile
Defensive snaps
594
18th 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 projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
-0.2
Games
14
WAR 2025
-0.5
Games played
12
The pace of the last three seasons (WAR per game, 60/25/15), pulled toward the group average, over the games expected from his availability in the last two, adjusted for age.
Trend
↓ Slight decline (-11)
- 20220.2 WAR · 0.013 per game
- 2023-0.1 WAR · -0.006 per game
- 20240.0 WAR · 0.000 per game
- 2025-0.5 WAR · -0.042 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
-11 · 29 y.o. · prime years
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2025
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
58
Backup or prospect
- COV
- Coverage
- 64
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 66
- TCK
- Tackling
- 69
- DUR
- Durability
- 69
- EX
- Experience
- 79
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, 2025
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
-0.5
#76 of 82 regular safeties
PAL Rating
3 / 100
#80 of 82 regular safeties
Value Rating · 2025
3 / 100
2025 PAL (3) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $5.0M.PAL expected for this salary: 51PAL: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | DAL | 12 | -0.5 | 3 | 58 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 11.8 |
| 2024 | DAL | 17 | 0.0 | 57 | 80 | 72 | 2 | 5 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | DAL | 16 | -0.1 | 32 | 72 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 9.3 |
| 2022 | DAL | 16 | 0.2 | 47 | 72 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 8.1 |
| 2021 | DAL | 15 | 0.3 | 71 | 74 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 5.3 |
Malik Hooker in five questions
What are Malik Hooker's stats in 2025?
Malik Hooker has 0 interceptions and 1 pass defensed in 12 games in 2025.
How old and how tall is Malik Hooker?
Malik Hooker is 30 years old. He is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 216 lb (98 kg).
How good is Malik Hooker?
Malik Hooker produced -0.5 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025, 76th of 82 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 3 out of 100: very poor for his position.
How much does Malik Hooker make?
Malik Hooker earns $5.0M for the 2025 season. His Value Rating is 3 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
What number does Malik Hooker wear, and what team does he play for?
Malik Hooker plays for Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, at S, and wears number 24.
