most average sacks per game by a quarterback in a season

Ian Book has the most times sacked per game played by a quarterback in a season, with 8 in his rookie season in 2021.

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most average passing sacks per game by a quarterback in a season

	NAME	SCK/GP	SCK	GP	SEASON	TM	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCKY
1	Ian Book I. Book	8	8	1	2021	NO	12	20	60.0	135	6.8	135.0	0	2	40.6	0.0	10.0	54
2	David Norrie D. Norrie	7.5	15	2	1987	NYJ	35	68	51.5	376	5.5	188.0	1	4	48.4	1.5	5.9	72
3	Mike Rae M. Rae	6.17	37	6	1978	TB	57	118	48.3	705	6.0	117.5	4	7	53.8	3.4	5.9	288
4	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	6	6	1	2019	WAS	18	27	66.7	122	4.5	122.0	0	1	61.0	0.0	3.7	44
5	Marques Tuiasosopo M. Tuiasosopo	6	6	1	2005	OAK	14	26	53.8	124	4.8	124.0	1	2	47.6	3.8	7.7	40
6	Tony Adams T. Adams	6	18	3	1987	MIN	49	89	55.1	607	6.8	202.3	3	5	64.2	3.4	5.6	120
7	Greg McElroy G. McElroy	5.5	11	2	2012	NYJ	19	31	61.3	214	6.9	107.0	1	1	79.2	3.2	3.2	71
8	Luke Falk L. Falk	5.33	16	3	2019	NYJ	47	73	64.4	416	5.7	138.7	0	3	62.4	0.0	4.1	96
9	Chad Henne C. Henne	5.33	16	3	2014	JAX	42	78	53.8	492	6.3	164.0	3	1	80.7	3.8	1.3	105
10	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	5.33	16	3	1982	SEA	49	78	62.8	501	6.4	167.0	2	2	79.1	2.6	2.6	117
11	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	5.25	21	4	2006	MIA	81	134	60.4	929	6.9	232.3	2	3	77.0	1.5	2.2	150
12	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	5.2	52	10	1997	ARI	157	296	53.0	2,203	7.4	220.3	15	15	73.1	5.1	5.1	291
13	Daniel Jones D. Jones	5	30	6	2023	NYG	108	160	67.5	909	5.7	151.5	2	6	70.5	1.3	3.8	167
14	Charlie Frye C. Frye	5	5	1	2007	CLE	4	10	40.0	34	3.4	34.0	0	1	10.0	0.0	10.0	31
15	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	5	5	1	1989	DET	7	18	38.9	90	5.0	90.0	0	3	15.7	0.0	16.7	26
16	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	4.8	72	15	1986	PHI	111	209	53.1	1,391	6.7	92.7	8	7	72.9	3.8	3.3	489
17	David Carr D. Carr	4.75	76	16	2002	HOU	233	444	52.5	2,592	5.8	162.0	9	15	62.8	2.0	3.4	411
18	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	4.71	33	7	2024	CLE	137	216	63.4	1,148	5.3	164.0	5	3	79.0	2.3	1.4	191
19	Hugh Millen H. Millen	4.71	33	7	1992	NE	124	203	61.1	1,203	5.9	171.9	8	10	70.3	3.9	4.9	204
20	Blaine Gabbert B. Gabbert	4.6	23	5	2017	ARI	95	171	55.6	1,086	6.4	217.2	6	6	71.9	3.5	3.5	149
21	Chad Hutchinson C. Hutchinson	4.6	23	5	2004	CHI	92	161	57.1	903	5.6	180.6	4	3	73.6	2.5	1.9	160
22	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	4.6	23	5	1998	NO	62	119	52.1	695	5.8	139.0	5	5	66.3	4.2	4.2	131
23	Brady Cook B. Cook	4.5	9	2	2025	NYJ	36	63	57.1	339	5.4	169.5	1	5	44.3	1.6	7.9	49
24	Paxton Lynch P. Lynch	4.5	9	2	2017	DEN	30	45	66.7	295	6.6	147.5	2	3	72.0	4.4	6.7	51
25	Kevin Kolb K. Kolb	4.5	27	6	2012	ARI	109	183	59.6	1,169	6.4	194.8	8	3	86.1	4.4	1.6	159

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