most sacks by a rookie in a single season since 2016

Since 2016, Micah Parsons has the most sacks by a rookie, with 13 sacks in 2021.

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most defensive sacks by a rookie in a single season since 2016

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Micah Parsons M. Parsons	13.0	2021	DAL	16	64	20	84	119.5	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	Bradley Chubb B. Chubb	12.0	2018	DEN	16	41	19	60	83	0	0	0	2	1	0
3	Josh Hines-Allen J. Hines-Allen	10.5	2019	JAX	16	31	13	44	74	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	Joey Bosa J. Bosa	10.5	2016	SD	12	29	12	41	71.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	Maxx Crosby M. Crosby	10.0	2019	OAK	16	36	11	47	69.5	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	Aidan Hutchinson A. Hutchinson	9.5	2022	DET	17	34	18	52	59.5	3	25	0	0	2	0
7	Kobie Turner K. Turner	9.0	2023	LAR	17	29	28	57	77.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Nick Bosa N. Bosa	9.0	2019	SF	16	32	15	47	77	1	46	0	1	2	0
9	James Pearce Jr. J. Pearce Jr.	8.5	2025	ATL	15	14	8	22	78.5	0	0	0	1	1	0
10	Braden Fiske B. Fiske	8.5	2024	LAR	17	20	24	44	89.5	0	0	0	2	2	0
11	Jaelan Phillips J. Phillips	8.5	2021	MIA	17	23	19	42	71.5	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Carl Lawson C. Lawson	8.5	2017	CIN	16	10	6	16	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Byron Young B. Young	8.0	2023	LAR	17	41	19	60	41	0	0	0	2	1	0
14	James Houston J. Houston	8.0	2022	DET	7	11	1	12	58	0	0	0	1	1	0
15	Azeez Ojulari A. Ojulari	8.0	2021	NYG	17	29	20	49	53	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	Yannick Ngakoue Y. Ngakoue	8.0	2016	JAX	16	20	3	23	45	1	9	0	4	0	0
17	Yaya Diaby Y. Diaby	7.5	2023	TB	17	25	13	38	48	0	0	0	1	2	0
18	Chase Young C. Young	7.5	2020	WAS	15	32	12	44	34.5	0	0	0	4	3	1
19	Brian Burns B. Burns	7.5	2019	CAR	16	19	6	25	34	0	0	0	1	1	1
20	Will Anderson Jr. W. Anderson Jr.	7.0	2023	HOU	15	29	16	45	48	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Montez Sweat M. Sweat	7.0	2019	WAS	16	31	19	50	37	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	Shaquille Leonard S. Leonard	7.0	2018	IND	15	107	47	154	48	2	38	0	3	2	0
23	T.J. Watt	7.0	2017	PIT	15	40	14	54	36	1	17	0	1	0	0
24	Myles Garrett M. Garrett	7.0	2017	CLE	11	19	12	31	44	0	0	0	1	1	0
25	Leonard Floyd L. Floyd	7.0	2016	CHI	12	23	10	33	49.5	0	0	0	1	1	1

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