most sacks 1981 to 1987

Between the 1981 and 1987 seasons, Lawrence Taylor had the most sacks, with 73.5 sacks.

Interpreted as:
most defensive sacks by a player 1981 to 1987
NAMESCKGPTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Lawrence Taylor
L. Taylor
73.5
85
7
122
1
4
0
2Dexter Manley
D. Manley
73.0
83
2
-1
0
5
1
3Mark Gastineau
M. Gastineau
67.0
82
0
0
0
6
2
4Jacob Green
J. Green
67.0
85
2
92
2
10
1
5Andre Tippett
A. Tippett
65.5
80
0
32
0
10
2
6Richard Dent
R. Dent
61.5
75
2
10
1
5
0
7Rickey Jackson
R. Jackson
58.0
85
6
51
0
9
0
8Greg Brown
G. Brown
52.5
85
0
0
0
5
1
9Reggie White
R. White
52.0
41
0
0
0
3
1
10Howie Long
H. Long
52.0
84
0
0
0
8
0
11Curtis Greer
C. Greer
50.5
67
0
0
0
5
0
12Randy White
R. White
50.5
88
1
0
0
4
0
13Al Baker
A. Baker
49.5
84
2
24
0
5
0
14Too Tall Jones
T. Tall Jones
49.5
88
2
12
0
9
0
15Greg Townsend
G. Townsend
47.5
76
0
0
0
2
1
16Rulon Jones
R. Jones
47.5
81
0
0
0
8
1
17Doug Martin
D. Martin
47.5
81
1
0
0
6
0
18Eddie Edwards
E. Edwards
47.0
87
0
0
0
10
1
19Dan Hampton
D. Hampton
45.5
75
0
0
0
8
0
20Dwaine Board
D. Board
45.0
79
0
0
0
10
1
21Jim Jeffcoat
J. Jeffcoat
44.5
76
2
91
2
7
1
22Bill Gay
B. Gay
44.5
83
2
14
0
11
0
23Charles Mann
C. Mann
44.0
75
0
0
0
3
0
24Steve McMichael
S. McMichael
44.0
85
1
5
0
6
0
25Bill Pickel
B. Pickel
43.5
75
0
0
0
5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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14
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0
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10
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10
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11
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11
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
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9
7
1
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
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12
5
0
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14
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