Abstract: A vehicle seat ballistic shield for mounting the backrest of a seat of vehicle to protect user sitting on the seat from rearward originating projectiles. The vehicle seat ballistic shield includes a body shield with front and back faces. The body shield is designed for positioning adjacently behind a backrest and headrest of a seat of a vehicle. A plurality of elongate flexible vertical straps are coupled to the front face of the body shield towards the top edge of the body shield. Each of the vertical straps is designed for looping vertically around the headrest of the seat to attach the body shield to the headrest of the seat.