most sacks by a linebacker in first 10 years

DeMarcus Ware had the most sacks by a linebacker in his first 10 seasons, with 122.5 sacks.

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	NAME	SCK	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	DeMarcus Ware D. Ware	122.5	149	443	133	576	786.5	1	41	1	33	7	2
2	Lawrence Taylor L. Taylor	121.5	143					8	133	2		8	0
3	Derrick Thomas D. Thomas	119.5	153					0	0	0		18	4
4	T.J. Watt	117.0	136	358	163	521	740	10	96	1	36	14	1
5	Von Miller V. Miller	115.5	150	413	127	540	702	2	68	1	26	9	1
6	Kevin Greene K. Greene	105.0	151					3	35	1		17	0
7	Justin Houston J. Houston	94.0	133	371	89	460	540.5	4	52	1	17	12	1
8	Andre Tippett A. Tippett	91.5	135					1	42	0		15	2
9	Ryan Kerrigan R. Kerrigan	90.0	140	321	116	437	629	3	61	3	26	3	0
10	Rickey Jackson R. Jackson	90.0	147					7	67	0		20	0
11	Pat Swilling P. Swilling	88.5	153					6	79	1		10	0
12	Ken Harvey K. Harvey	87.0	153					1	2	0		10	0
13	Clay Matthews C. Matthews	83.5	143	356	126	482	531.5	6	191	2	15	5	1
14	Joey Porter J. Porter	83.0	154	368	128	496		12	233	1	19	9	2
15	Terrell Suggs T. Suggs	79.0	134	370	144	514	583	5	106	2	20	9	0
16	Simon Fletcher S. Fletcher	79.0	108					1	4	0		6	0
17	Jason Gildon J. Gildon	77.0	158	131	54	185		2	1	0	7	11	3
18	Khalil Mack K. Mack	76.5	132	310	126	436	567.5	2	60	1	28	9	0
19	Karl Mecklenburg K. Mecklenburg	75.5	148					5	128	0		12	2
20	Tim Harris T. Harris	75.0	103					0	0	0		8	0
21	Bryce Paup B. Paup	73.0	138					6	55	1		6	0
22	Matthew Judon M. Judon	72.0	145	285	144	429	530	1	27	1	9	4	0
23	Shaun Phillips S. Phillips	71.5	152	377	124	501	442.5	6	67	2	20	10	1
24	Tamba Hali T. Hali	71.0	130	326	94	420	470.5	1	10	1	22	6	1
25	Peter Boulware P. Boulware	70.0	126	148	58	206		1	6	0	6	5	0

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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
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