- Invited to 13 Pro Bowls (1997-2001, 2003-04 and 2006-11)…Did not play in 2006 game due to a hand injury
- Two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2000 and 2003) – just the sixth player in NFL history to win multiple times (Lawrence Taylor – three times; Joe Greene, Mike Singletary, Bruce Smith and Reggie White – two times each)
- Super Bowl XXXV MVP (2000)
- Named to the NFL All-Decade (2000s) team, chosen every 10 years by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee
- AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 3, 2011; Week 10, 2008; Week 1, 2006; Week 17, 2003; Week 4, 2002; Week 15, 2001; Week 9, 1997; Week 1, 1996)
- AFC Defensive Player of the Month (November, 2003)
- Associated Press first-team All-Pro (1999-2001, 2003-04, 2008-09)
- Associated Press second-team All-Pro (1997-98, 2010)
- College and Pro Football Weekly first-team All-Pro (1997, 2000-01)
- College and Pro Football Weekly second-team All-Pro (1999, 2004)
- Football Digest Defensive Player of the Year (2003)
- Football Digest All-Pro (1999, 2000-01, 2003)
- Football Digest second-team All-Pro (2004)
- Football Digest second-team All-NFL (1997)
- Football News All-AFC (1999)
- Football News All-Pro (2000-01)
- KC 101 Defensive Player of the Year (2000-01, 2003)
- NFL Alumni Linebacker of the Year (1999, 2003)
- PFW/PFWA first-team All-NFL (2000, 2003, 2008)
