most sacked qb before 2000

Before 2000, John Elway got sacked the most by a quarterback, with 516 sacks.

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  • Data note: Times Sacked: player season data complete from 1969
NAMESCKGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKY
1John Elway
J. Elway
516
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
3,785
2Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
494
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
38,147
7.2
179.1
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
3,794
3Phil Simms
P. Simms
477
164
2,576
4,647
55.4
33,462
7.2
204.0
199
157
78.5
4.3
3.4
3,418
4Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
464
149
2,301
4,075
56.5
28,557
7.0
191.7
198
128
81.4
4.9
3.1
3,426
5Warren Moon
W. Moon
453
206
3,973
6,789
58.5
49,117
7.2
238.4
290
232
81.0
4.3
3.4
3,369
6Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
398
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
32,838
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
2,875
7Archie Manning
A. Manning
396
151
2,011
3,642
55.2
23,911
6.6
158.4
125
173
67.1
3.4
4.8
3,092
8Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
380
157
1,943
3,701
52.5
25,882
7.0
164.9
164
198
67.5
4.4
5.3
3,279
9Craig Morton
C. Morton
373
175
1,910
3,503
54.5
25,780
7.4
147.3
164
166
74.0
4.7
4.7
2,800
10Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
363
188
2,187
4,117
53.1
28,190
6.8
149.9
179
164
72.8
4.3
4.0
2,826
11Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
362
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
22,771
7.2
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
2,700
12Steve Young
S. Young
358
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
33,124
8.0
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
2,055
13Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
356
129
1,932
3,456
55.9
24,124
7.0
187.0
156
144
75.4
4.5
4.2
2,956
14Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
353
129
2,110
3,602
58.6
25,094
7.0
194.5
128
98
80.4
3.6
2.7
2,654
15Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
347
170
2,182
3,716
58.7
24,872
6.7
146.3
121
107
77.8
3.3
2.9
2,036
16Jeff George
J. George
340
123
2,162
3,731
57.9
26,045
7.0
211.7
147
104
81.0
3.9
2.8
2,559
17Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
340
167
2,044
3,602
56.7
25,206
7.0
150.9
160
138
77.4
4.4
3.8
2,757
18Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
323
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
35,467
7.4
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
2,427
19Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
319
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
43,040
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
2,304
20Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
318
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
37,920
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
2,438
21Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
316
157
2,569
4,613
55.7
32,575
7.1
207.5
205
191
75.5
4.4
4.1
2,359
22Joe Montana
J. Montana
313
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
2,095
23Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
313
131
1,685
2,958
57.0
22,700
7.7
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
2,154
24Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
312
186
2,369
4,519
52.4
29,817
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
2,710
25Greg Landry
G. Landry
310
142
1,253
2,252
55.6
15,714
7.0
110.7
96
96
74.0
4.3
4.3
2,453

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