Legion of Three

It’s no secret the Seahawks defense isn’t its usual dominant force without one more or more of its key cogs. That’s especially true for the D’s anchor unit: the Legion of Boom. When Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor are all on the field, the Hawks’ defense has reached historic heights. But when they’re not, the dropoff is apparent, and the stats back it up. The trio has never played with just one of them. Explore their performance since 2011 below.

Average yards per game allowed Average points per game allowed Opponent's passer rating Winning percentage

Opponent’s passing yards
Opponent’s total yards

Kam
Chancellor

Richard
Sherman

Earl
Thomas

15.71

Legion of Boom’s best performance

294.12

195.88

Legion of Boom’s best performance

71.08

Legion of Boom’s best performance

.706

Seahawks’ best performance

Kam
Chancellor

Richard
Sherman

303.86

223.57

102.1

.429

Kam
Chancellor

Earl
Thomas

21.33

355

250

84.61

.333

Richard
Sherman

Earl
Thomas

19.82

321.36

231.73

83.26

.600

Games missed

Kam Chancellor has missed 11 games over the course of three seasons because of nagging injuries or his holdout.

Richard Sherman played his first six games as a rookie but not until his seventh did he earn a starting job, becoming the final piece of soon-to-be coined Legion of Boom.

Earl Thomas missed seven games due to a season-ending leg injury last year.

Source: Seahawks and Seattle Times analysis

Emily M. Eng, Vanessa Martínez and Evan Webeck / The Seattle Times