T.J. Watt and Michael Strahan are tied for the most sacks in a season, with 22.5 sacks.

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2021 Watt 2001 Strahan 2014 Houston 2011 Allen 1984 Gastineau 1989 Doleman 1987 White 2018 Donald 2014 Watt 2012 Watt 1986 Taylor 2008 Ware 1990 Thomas 2019 Barrett 2013 Mathis 2012 Smith 2011 Ware 1989 Harris 2023 Watt 2019 Jones 2013 Quinn 1992 Simmons 1990 Smith 1983 Gastineau 2022 Bosa 2021 Quinn 2012 Miller 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 22.5 22.5 22.0 22.0 22.0 21.0 21.0 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.0 20.0 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 18.5 18.5 18.5
NAME SCK SEASON TM GP TKL AST COMB SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
T.J. Watt T.J. Watt 22.5 2021
PIT PIT
15 48 16 64 111.5 0 0 0 5 3 0
Michael Strahan Michael Strahan 22.5 2001
NYG NYG
16 61 12 73 177.5 0 0 0 6 1 1
Justin Houston Justin Houston 22.0 2014
KC KC
16 60 9 69 99 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jared Allen Jared Allen 22.0 2011
MIN MIN
16 48 18 66 150.5 1 14 0 4 4 0
Mark Gastineau Mark Gastineau 22.0 1984
NYJ NYJ
16 0 0 0 1 1
Chris Doleman Chris Doleman 21.0 1989
MIN MIN
16 0 0 0 5 0
Reggie White Reggie White 21.0 1987
PHI PHI
12 0 0 0 1 1
Aaron Donald Aaron Donald 20.5 2018
LAR LAR
16 41 18 59 183.5 0 0 0 4 2 0
J.J. Watt J.J. Watt 20.5 2014
HOU HOU
16 59 19 78 140 1 80 1 4 5 1
J.J. Watt J.J. Watt 20.5 2012
HOU HOU
16 69 12 81 138.5 0 0 0 4 2 0
Lawrence Taylor Lawrence Taylor 20.5 1986
NYG NYG
16 0 0 0 0 0
DeMarcus Ware DeMarcus Ware 20.0 2008
DAL DAL
16 69 15 84 113 0 0 0 6 1 0
Derrick Thomas Derrick Thomas 20.0 1990
KC KC
15 0 0 0 2 0
Shaquil Barrett Shaquil Barrett 19.5 2019
TB TB
16 45 13 58 138.5 1 4 0 6 0 0
Robert Mathis Robert Mathis 19.5 2013
IND IND
16 44 15 59 120.5 0 0 0 8 0 0
Aldon Smith Aldon Smith 19.5 2012
SF SF
16 50 16 66 144.5 1 6 0 3 0 0
DeMarcus Ware DeMarcus Ware 19.5 2011
DAL DAL
16 48 10 58 124.5 0 0 0 2 1 0
Tim Harris Tim Harris 19.5 1989
GB GB
16 0 0 0 3 0
T.J. Watt T.J. Watt 19.0 2023
PIT PIT
17 48 20 68 122 1 24 0 4 3 1
Chandler Jones Chandler Jones 19.0 2019
ARI ARI
16 42 11 53 146 0 0 0 8 3 0
Robert Quinn Robert Quinn 19.0 2013
STL STL
16 50 7 57 145 0 0 0 7 2 1
Clyde Simmons Clyde Simmons 19.0 1992
PHI PHI
16 0 0 0 1 0
Bruce Smith Bruce Smith 19.0 1990
BUF BUF
16 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Gastineau Mark Gastineau 19.0 1983
NYJ NYJ
16 0 0 0 2 1
Nick Bosa Nick Bosa 18.5 2022
SF SF
16 41 10 51 137.5 0 0 0 2 0 0
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