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Rick Deckard is the protagonist in Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? as well as the 1982 film adaptation Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott. In the film, Deckard is played by Harrison Ford.

In the film adaptation, Deckard is a "blade runner," a special member of the Los Angeles police department who is employed to hunt and "retire" artificial manufactured humanoids, called "replicants," as they have been declared illegal on Earth. At the beginning of the film, a group of unusually brutal replicants hijack a shuttle to Earth, intending to infiltrate their place of manufacture and extend their four-year lifespans. Deckard, formerly the best blade runner in the LAPD, is called out of retirement to hunt them down. He is reluctant to resume work, but its told he has no choice and must use some of "the old blade runner magic" to succeed. Deckard’s character follows the model of a film noir detective, mixing old-fashioned sleuthing, interviewing suspects, and brutal violence. Like many noir heroes, he finds it hard to turn down a "damsel in distress," in this case the replicant Rachael, when she asks for his help. Despite being a skilled detective, Deckard is overmatched by the physically superior replicants, relying more on luck than actual fighting skill to defeat them.

In the novel, Deckard is an active bounty hunter working in San Francisco rather than retiring Los Angeles detective. He is tasked with hunting down six escaped replicants, called "androids" in the novel, who hope not to extend their lifespans, but simply to escape slavery on the colonies. The term "blade runner" is not used in the book.

There are lengthy debates among the movie's fandom on whether Deckard is a replicant himself. The Director's Cut DVD of the movie seems to lean towards the idea that Deckard is a replicant, as new footage was added that supports that side of the argument. In all versions of the film, Gaff's first line translates to "You are the blade, blade runner", and all versions of the film include Gaff leaving the unicorn origami figure in Deckard's apartment as a reference to Deckard's dream.

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Rick Deckard has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.