most sacks by a quarterback in a season including playoffs

David Carr has gotten sacked the most by a quarterback in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 76 sacks in his rookie season in 2002.

Interpreted as:

most passing sacks by a quarterback in a season including playoffs

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCKY
1	David Carr D. Carr	76	2002	HOU	16	233	444	52.5	2,592	5.8	162.0	9	15	62.8	2.0	3.4	411
2	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	72	1986	PHI	15	111	209	53.1	1,391	6.7	92.7	8	7	72.9	3.8	3.3	489
3	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	70	2021	CIN	20	463	662	69.9	5,716	8.6	285.8	39	16	105.9	5.9	2.4	507
4	Drake Maye D. Maye	68	2025	NE	21	424	612	69.3	5,222	8.5	248.7	37	12	107.4	6.0	2.0	334
5	Caleb Williams C. Williams	68	2024	CHI	17	351	562	62.5	3,541	6.3	208.3	20	6	87.8	3.6	1.1	466
6	David Carr D. Carr	68	2005	HOU	16	256	423	60.5	2,488	5.9	155.5	14	11	77.2	3.3	2.6	424
7	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	66	1992	PHI	17	269	449	59.9	3,154	7.0	185.5	22	11	87.4	4.9	2.4	488
8	Sam Howell S. Howell	65	2023	WAS	17	388	612	63.4	3,946	6.4	232.1	21	21	78.9	3.4	3.4	449
9	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	65	2018	HOU	17	374	554	67.5	4,400	7.9	258.8	27	10	100.2	4.9	1.8	402
10	Phil Simms P. Simms	65	1984	NYG	18	333	608	54.8	4,441	7.3	246.7	22	20	76.5	3.6	3.3	506
11	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	64	1985	NYJ	17	310	505	61.4	4,037	8.0	237.5	26	9	96.3	5.1	1.8	420
12	C.J. Stroud	63	2024	HOU	19	377	593	63.6	4,254	7.2	223.9	21	13	87.6	3.5	2.2	487
13	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	63	2006	DET	16	372	596	62.4	4,208	7.1	263.0	21	22	79.9	3.5	3.7	388
14	Bryce Young B. Young	62	2023	CAR	16	315	527	59.8	2,877	5.5	179.8	11	10	73.7	2.1	1.9	477
15	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	62	2000	CAR	16	324	533	60.8	3,730	7.0	233.1	19	18	79.7	3.6	3.4	331
16	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	61	1988	PHI	17	328	614	53.4	4,215	6.9	247.9	24	19	75.3	3.9	3.1	471
17	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	61	1985	STL	16	265	471	56.3	3,214	6.8	200.9	18	12	79.5	3.8	2.5	442
18	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	60	2025	LAC	17	359	543	66.1	3,886	7.2	228.6	26	13	93.0	4.8	2.4	340
19	Tony Eason T. Eason	59	1984	NE	16	259	431	60.1	3,228	7.5	201.8	23	8	93.4	5.3	1.9	409
20	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	58	2018	DAL	18	398	591	67.3	4,377	7.4	243.2	24	9	96.3	4.1	1.5	365
21	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	58	2013	MIA	16	355	588	60.4	3,913	6.7	244.6	24	17	81.7	4.1	2.9	399
22	Jeff George J. George	58	1997	OAK	16	290	521	55.7	3,917	7.5	244.8	29	9	91.2	5.6	1.7	430
23	Phil Simms P. Simms	58	1985	NYG	18	304	561	54.2	4,219	7.5	234.4	24	21	77.2	4.3	3.7	456
24	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	57	2024	MIN	18	386	585	66.0	4,564	7.8	253.6	36	13	100.8	6.2	2.2	417
25	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	57	2010	CHI	17	282	474	59.5	3,628	7.7	213.4	25	17	86.2	5.3	3.6	380

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