most sacks before turning 23

Shawne Merriman has the most career sacks by a player younger than 23, with 27 sacks.

Interpreted as:
most defensive sacks before turning 23 years old by a player
NAMESCKGPTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Shawne Merriman
S. Merriman
27.0
27
92
28
120
154
1
10
0
6
1
0
2Joey Bosa
J. Bosa
23.0
28
83
28
111
137.5
0
0
0
5
1
0
3Terrell Suggs
T. Suggs
23.0
36
74
33
107
184
2
49
0
7
6
0
4Danielle Hunter
D. Hunter
21.5
37
71
37
108
165
0
0
0
2
1
1
5Yannick Ngakoue
Y. Ngakoue
20.0
32
44
9
53
130
1
9
0
10
2
1
6Jason Pierre-Paul
J. Pierre-Paul
20.0
31
87
24
111
136
0
0
0
4
2
0
7Myles Garrett
M. Garrett
19.5
26
53
21
74
118.5
0
0
0
4
1
0
8Mario Williams
M. Williams
18.5
32
78
28
106
103
0
0
0
3
2
1
9Vernon Maxwell
V. Maxwell
17.0
24
1
31
0
0
10George Karlaftis
G. Karlaftis
16.5
33
47
33
80
95.5
0
0
0
1
2
0
11Brian Burns
B. Burns
16.5
31
54
29
83
112
0
0
0
4
1
1
12Aldon Smith
A. Smith
16.5
19
41
9
50
126
0
0
0
2
1
0
13Kayvon Thibodeaux
K. Thibodeaux
15.5
27
55
38
93
127
0
0
0
5
3
1
14Robert Quinn
R. Quinn
15.5
31
43
8
51
96
0
0
0
1
0
0
15Keith Hamilton
K. Hamilton
15.0
32
0
0
0
0
16Carlos Dunlap
C. Dunlap
14.0
24
30
17
47
119.5
0
0
0
0
2
1
17Tony Brackens
T. Brackens
14.0
31
1
27
0
0
18Azeez Ojulari
A. Ojulari
13.5
24
38
25
63
84.5
0
0
0
4
1
0
19Darrell Russell
D. Russell
13.5
32
0
0
0
0
20Dan Wilkinson
D. Wilkinson
13.5
30
0
0
0
0
21Shane Dronett
S. Dronett
13.5
32
2
13
0
0
22Greg Townsend
G. Townsend
13.5
25
0
0
0
1
23Tuli Tuipulotu
T. Tuipulotu
13.0
34
63
32
95
58
0
0
0
3
1
0
24Micah Parsons
M. Parsons
13.0
16
64
20
84
119.5
0
0
0
3
0
0
25Dwight Freeney
D. Freeney
13.0
16
45
1
46
92
0
0
0
9
1
0
StatMuse has game-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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