T.J. Watt and Michael Strahan are tied for the most sacks in a season, with 22.5 sacks.

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2021 Watt 2001 Strahan 2014 Houston 2011 Allen 1984 Gastineau 1989 Doleman 1987 White 2018 Donald 2014 Watt 2012 Watt 1986 Taylor 2008 Ware 1990 Thomas 2019 Barrett 2013 Mathis 2012 Smith 2011 Ware 1989 Harris 2023 Watt 2019 Jones 2013 Quinn 1992 Simmons 1990 Smith 1983 Gastineau 2022 Bosa 2021 Quinn 2012 Miller 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 22.5 22.5 22.0 22.0 22.0 21.0 21.0 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.0 20.0 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 18.5 18.5 18.5
NAME SEASON TM GP SCK TKL AST COMB SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
T.J. Watt T.J. Watt 2021
PIT PIT
15 22.5 48 16 64 111.5 0 0 0 5 3 0
Michael Strahan Michael Strahan 2001
NYG NYG
16 22.5 61 12 73 177.5 0 0 0 6 1 1
Justin Houston Justin Houston 2014
KC KC
16 22.0 60 9 69 99 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jared Allen Jared Allen 2011
MIN MIN
16 22.0 48 18 66 150.5 1 14 0 4 4 0
Mark Gastineau Mark Gastineau 1984
NYJ NYJ
16 22.0 0 0 0 1 1
Chris Doleman Chris Doleman 1989
MIN MIN
16 21.0 0 0 0 5 0
Reggie White Reggie White 1987
PHI PHI
12 21.0 0 0 0 1 1
Aaron Donald Aaron Donald 2018
LAR LAR
16 20.5 41 18 59 183.5 0 0 0 4 2 0
J.J. Watt J.J. Watt 2014
HOU HOU
16 20.5 59 19 78 140 1 80 1 4 5 1
J.J. Watt J.J. Watt 2012
HOU HOU
16 20.5 69 12 81 138.5 0 0 0 4 2 0
Lawrence Taylor Lawrence Taylor 1986
NYG NYG
16 20.5 0 0 0 0 0
DeMarcus Ware DeMarcus Ware 2008
DAL DAL
16 20.0 69 15 84 113 0 0 0 6 1 0
Derrick Thomas Derrick Thomas 1990
KC KC
15 20.0 0 0 0 2 0
Shaquil Barrett Shaquil Barrett 2019
TB TB
16 19.5 45 13 58 138.5 1 4 0 6 0 0
Robert Mathis Robert Mathis 2013
IND IND
16 19.5 44 15 59 120.5 0 0 0 8 0 0
Aldon Smith Aldon Smith 2012
SF SF
16 19.5 50 16 66 144.5 1 6 0 3 0 0
DeMarcus Ware DeMarcus Ware 2011
DAL DAL
16 19.5 48 10 58 124.5 0 0 0 2 1 0
Tim Harris Tim Harris 1989
GB GB
16 19.5 0 0 0 3 0
T.J. Watt T.J. Watt 2023
PIT PIT
17 19.0 48 20 68 122 1 24 0 4 3 1
Chandler Jones Chandler Jones 2019
ARI ARI
16 19.0 42 11 53 146 0 0 0 8 3 0
Robert Quinn Robert Quinn 2013
STL STL
16 19.0 50 7 57 145 0 0 0 7 2 1
Clyde Simmons Clyde Simmons 1992
PHI PHI
16 19.0 0 0 0 1 0
Bruce Smith Bruce Smith 1990
BUF BUF
16 19.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Gastineau Mark Gastineau 1983
NYJ NYJ
16 19.0 0 0 0 2 1
Nick Bosa Nick Bosa 2022
SF SF
16 18.5 41 10 51 137.5 0 0 0 2 0 0
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