Player
Charvarius Ward
CB · Colts
Charvarius Ward: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
8 seasons, 3 teams, 90 career pass deflections — one of the most consistent volume PBU corners of his era.
TrendWard by season (regular season)
| Season | Team | Tackles | PDs | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | KC | 32 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | KC | 61 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020 | KC | 50 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | KC | 56 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | SF | 59 | 14 | 3 |
| 2023 | SF | 53 | 24 | 3 |
| 2024 | SF | 31 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | IND | 17 | 7 | 0 |
Ward's career line — 359 tackles, 90 PDs, 3 FF across 8 seasons — is the resume of a true volume coverage corner. His route runs through three franchises: four years in Kansas City (2018-21) including the Super Bowl LIV win, three years in San Francisco (2022-24) including the Super Bowl LVIII loss, and now Indianapolis.
The 2023 season is the all-time peak: 24 PDs — Pro Bowl, 2nd-team All-Pro, the league's leading PBU corner.
PDs per season
| Season | PDs |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 24 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 |
24 pass deflections in 2023 — the most by any defender in a season this decade.
MilestoneWard's 2023 PD total — 24 pass deflections — was the highest single-season PD count by any player from 2020-2024. It came alongside 53 tackles, 3 TFL, and 1 forced fumble in a 49ers defense that reached the Super Bowl.
For context: his career-second-best is 14 PDs in 2022 — also as a 49er. The 2023 number is a clear outlier even against his own peak. He was Pro Bowl and 2nd-team AP All-Pro that year.
In SF (2022-24) he averaged 15 PDs/season. In KC (2018-21) he averaged 9.5.
SplitWard by team stint
| Stint | Seasons | Tackles | PDs | PDs/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 4 | 199 | 38 | 9.5 |
| SF | 3 | 143 | 45 | 15.0 |
| IND | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7.0 |
The SF era was a clear step up in coverage volume — 15.0 PDs/season in 49ers Cover-3-heavy schemes vs. 9.5 PDs/season in Kansas City. The total tackle count was lower per year in SF (47.7/yr vs 49.8/yr), but the ball-on-coverage rate spiked: he was getting targeted more and breaking up more.
The 2025 Colts move — 17 tackles, 7 PDs in a partial season — has him on RES; pace was solid before the injury.
Two Super Bowl appearances on opposite sides — won LIV with KC, lost LVIII against KC.
RareWard is one of the few players to face the Chiefs in a Super Bowl after winning one with them. He was a KC starter in Super Bowl LIV (Feb 2020 win vs SF), then a 49ers starter in Super Bowl LVIII (Feb 2024 OT loss to KC) — a four-year reversal across the same matchup.
The symmetry: 2019 KC ring with 11 PDs in the regular season, 2023 SF appearance with his career-high 24 PDs. Both peak Ward years ended in Las Vegas.
90 career PDs since 2018 — top-10 among all CBs in that span, and he was an undrafted free agent.
ComparisonWard signed with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State in 2018, then was traded to KC for an offensive lineman before the season started. From that origin — UDFA, midseason trade — he's now compiled 90 PDs across 8 seasons, a top-10 PBU total among all CBs since 2018.
The career arc is one of the cleaner Day-3-to-Pro-Bowl tracks at the position. The 2025 Colts contract was three years, $54M ($30M guaranteed) — life-changing money for a player who started his career on a 90-man tryout list.
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