most sacks by a safety in a season including playoffs ever

T.J. Watt has the most sacks in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 23.5 sacks in 2021.

Interpreted as:

most defensive sacks by a safety by a player in a season including playoffs ever

	NAME	SCK	SFTY	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	T.J. Watt	23.5	0	2021	PIT	16	51	16	67	125.5	0	0	0	5	4	1
2	Myles Garrett M. Garrett	23.0	0	2025	CLE	17	43	17	60	165	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	Richard Dent R. Dent	23.0	0	1985	CHI	19					2	10	1		2	0
4	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	22.5	0	2001	NYG	16	61	12	73	177.5	0	0	0	6	1	1
5	Justin Houston J. Houston	22.0	0	2014	KC	16	60	9	69	99	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	J.J. Watt	22.0	0	2012	HOU	18	75	15	90	152	0	0	0	4	2	0
7	Jared Allen J. Allen	22.0	1	2011	MIN	16	48	18	66	150.5	1	14	0	4	4	0
8	Mark Gastineau M. Gastineau	22.0	0	1984	NYJ	16					0	0	0		1	1
9	Robert Mathis R. Mathis	21.5	1	2013	IND	18	47	17	64	141.5	0	0	0	10	0	0
10	Chris Doleman C. Doleman	21.0	0	1989	MIN	17					0	0	0		5	0
11	Reggie White R. White	21.0	0	1987	PHI	12					0	0	0		1	1
12	Aaron Donald A. Donald	20.5	0	2018	LAR	19	46	22	68	183.5	0	0	0	4	2	0
13	J.J. Watt	20.5	1	2014	HOU	16	59	19	78	140	1	80	1	4	5	1
14	Lawrence Taylor L. Taylor	20.5	0	1986	NYG	19					1	34	1		0	0
15	Richard Dent R. Dent	20.5	0	1984	CHI	18					0	0	0		1	0
16	DeMarcus Ware D. Ware	20.0	0	2008	DAL	16	69	15	84	113	0	0	0	6	1	0
17	Kevin Carter K. Carter	20.0	0	1999	STL	19					0	0	0		2	0
18	Bruce Smith B. Smith	20.0	1	1990	BUF	19					0	0	0		0	0
19	Derrick Thomas D. Thomas	20.0	0	1990	KC	16					0	0	0		2	0
20	Haason Reddick H. Reddick	19.5	0	2022	PHI	20	42	16	58	152	0	0	0	6	4	0
21	Nick Bosa N. Bosa	19.5	0	2021	SF	20	48	16	64	139.5	0	0	0	5	0	0
22	Shaquil Barrett S. Barrett	19.5	0	2019	TB	16	45	13	58	138.5	1	4	0	6	0	0
23	Aldon Smith A. Smith	19.5	0	2012	SF	19	54	17	71	144.5	1	6	0	4	1	0
24	DeMarcus Ware D. Ware	19.5	0	2011	DAL	16	48	10	58	124.5	0	0	0	2	1	0
25	Simeon Rice S. Rice	19.5	0	2002	TB	19	50	9	59	132	1	30	0	8	1	0

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