These stats from Patriots CB Stephon Gilmore’s 2019 season are incredible

New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore has been one of the most outstanding players of the 2019 NFL season.

The 29-year-old defensive back is tied for the league lead in both interceptions (six) and passes defensed (18). He picked off two passes in Sunday's Week 15 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, and he returned one of them for a touchdown.

LOCK DOWN.

Stephon Gilmore's second INT of the day is a PICK-6! #GoPats

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— NFL (@NFL) December 15, 2019

Gilmore's latest impressive performance led to a flurry of awesome stats that highlight the elite level he's played at throughout the season.

Here's a sample of those stats:

Patriots CB Stephon Gilmore is tied for the NFL lead with 6 INT, returning 2 for a TD. He’s been the closest defender on 84 targets and ZERO have gone for a TD, per @NextGenStats, the most targets without allowing a TD of any player in the NFL. A total lockdown corner.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 16, 2019

Out of 106 cornerbacks with at least 200 snaps in coverage, #Patriots CBs JC Jackson (28.6) and Stephon Gilmore (32.8) rank first and second respectively in passer rating into their coverage. They’ve allowed one TD to 11 interceptions.
— Evan Lazar (@ezlazar) December 16, 2019

The Bengals threw the ball at Stephon Gilmore 6 times. He caught as many of those passes as Bengals receivers did.

And Gilmore scored the only TD on those targets.
— Sam Monson (@SamMonsonNFL) December 16, 2019

Stephon Gilmore is the first @Patriots player with multiple pick sixes in the same season since Tedy Bruschi in 2003.

This is also Gilmore's third career multi-interception game and his first with New England. pic.twitter.com/tJsUW9kACh
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 15, 2019

Stephon Gilmore has allowed an NFL passer rating of 32.8 on throws into his coverage this season. The NFL passer rating for throwing the ball away on every play is 39.6. pic.twitter.com/ii9dYaGUNA
— PFF (@PFF) December 17, 2019

Stephon Gilmore & Tre'Davious White have been in their own league in terms of not allowing a TD given their target volume.

They are the only two players in the NFL to be targeted 50+ times as the nearest defender and not allow a TD.#BUFvsNE | #GoPats | #GoBills pic.twitter.com/7tJI6kexeS
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) December 17, 2019

Gilmore is among the top contenders for AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, an award no Patriots player has ever won. Charles Woodson was the last cornerback to win the award in 2009, and before him, the most recent player at that position honored was Deion Sanders in 1994.

The Patriots defense has been one of the league's best all season, and Gilmore is without a doubt the unit's MVP. He absolutely deserves to be a leading candidate for all of the DPOY awards.