Vic Beasley had the most sacks by a linebacker in 2016, with 15.5 sacks.

Interpreted as:

most defensive sacks by a linebacker in 2016

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Vic Beasley V. Beasley	15.5	2016	ATL	16	32	7	39	93	0	0	0	6	1	1
2	Von Miller V. Miller	13.5	2016	DEN	16	62	16	78	65	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	Lorenzo Alexander L. Alexander	12.5	2016	BUF	16	56	20	76	74	1	28	0	3	0	0
4	Markus Golden M. Golden	12.5	2016	ARI	16	41	10	51	96.5	0	0	0	4	1	0
5	Chandler Jones C. Jones	11.0	2016	ARI	16	38	11	49	85.5	0	0	0	4	2	0
6	Ryan Kerrigan R. Kerrigan	11.0	2016	WAS	16	26	7	33	84	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	Nick Perry N. Perry	11.0	2016	GB	14	35	17	52	76.5	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Erik Walden E. Walden	11.0	2016	IND	16	31	11	42	64	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	Brian Orakpo B. Orakpo	10.5	2016	TEN	16	38	8	46	78	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	Dee Ford D. Ford	10.0	2016	KC	15	25	13	38	52.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Derrick Morgan D. Morgan	9.0	2016	TEN	15	24	9	33	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Trent Murphy T. Murphy	9.0	2016	WAS	16	29	18	47	54.5	0	0	0	3	1	0
13	Melvin Ingram M. Ingram	8.0	2016	SD	16	46	14	60	62	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	Terrell Suggs T. Suggs	8.0	2016	BAL	15	28	7	35	62	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	Shane Ray S. Ray	8.0	2016	DEN	16	33	15	48	43.5	0	0	0	1	2	1
16	Whitney Mercilus W. Mercilus	7.5	2016	HOU	15	36	17	53	56.5	0	0	0	1	4	0
17	Julius Peppers J. Peppers	7.5	2016	GB	16	15	8	23	47.5	0	0	0	2	1	0
18	Willie Young W. Young	7.5	2016	CHI	16	21	17	38	43	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	Bruce Irvin B. Irvin	7.0	2016	OAK	16	47	10	57	37	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	Leonard Floyd L. Floyd	7.0	2016	CHI	12	23	10	33	49.5	0	0	0	1	1	1
21	Ahmad Brooks A. Brooks	6.0	2016	SF	16	41	12	53	36	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Jerry Hughes J. Hughes	6.0	2016	BUF	16	31	17	48	56	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Jadeveon Clowney J. Clowney	6.0	2016	HOU	14	40	12	52	45	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	Emmanuel Ogbah E. Ogbah	5.5	2016	CLE	16	28	25	53	31.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Lavonte David L. David	5.0	2016	TB	16	67	20	87	39	1	15	1	4	2	0

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