fewest games to reach 40 career sacks

Micah Parsons and Curtis Greer are tied for the fewest games with 40.0+ sacks, with 67 games.

Interpreted as:
fewest regular-season games by a player to reach 40 or more career defensive sacks
NAME GP SCK TKL AST COMB SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Micah Parsons
M. Parsons
67
55.0
176
88
264
415
0
0
0
9
4
1
2 Curtis Greer
C. Greer
67
50.5
0
0
0
5
0
3 Aldon Smith
A. Smith
75
52.5
172
56
228
353.5
1
6
0
5
3
1
4 Greg Hardy
G. Hardy
75
40.0
167
71
238
259
1
9
0
8
1
0
5 Shawne Merriman
S. Merriman
75
45.5
196
62
258
264
1
10
0
8
4
0
6 Bradley Chubb
B. Chubb
77
42.5
162
103
265
306.5
1
21
0
13
3
0
7 Doug Betters
D. Betters
83
43.5
0
0
0
5
0
8 Nick Bosa
N. Bosa
85
64.5
192
86
278
460
2
76
0
13
5
0
9 Dee Ford
D. Ford
85
40.0
117
42
159
241
0
0
0
12
0
0
10 Burt Grossman
B. Grossman
86
43.5
0
0
0
3
0
11 Dwaine Board
D. Board
86
45.0
0
0
0
10
1
12 Bill Gay
B. Gay
88
44.5
2
14
0
11
0
13 Mark Gastineau
M. Gastineau
89
74.0
0
0
0
7
2
14 Ezekiel Ansah
E. Ansah
93
50.5
174
62
236
370.5
0
0
0
12
5
0
15 Keith Millard
K. Millard
93
58.0
2
65
0
10
1
16 Quinnen Williams
Q. Williams
94
40.0
193
114
307
311.5
1
7
0
7
3
0
17 Rashan Gary
R. Gary
94
43.5
139
104
243
284.5
0
0
0
6
7
0
18 Josh Hines-Allen
J. Hines-Allen
94
53.5
195
111
306
379.5
2
19
0
10
4
1
19 Montez Sweat
M. Sweat
96
48.0
164
101
265
334.5
1
15
1
12
0
0
20 Gary Jeter
G. Jeter
97
52.0
0
0
0
1
0
21 Rulon Jones
R. Jones
97
52.5
0
0
0
8
1
22 Anthony Smith
A. Smith
98
57.5
0
0
0
7
1
23 Eddie Edwards
E. Edwards
98
47.5
0
0
0
10
1
24 Maxx Crosby
M. Crosby
99
61.5
244
141
385
434.5
1
19
0
10
3
0
25 Doug Martin
D. Martin
99
50.5
1
0
0
6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
.375
Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Last Game
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40

Final

40

GB Packers

2 - 1 - 1

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM