Michael Strahan has the most sacks by a defensive lineman in a season, with 22.5 sacks in 2001.

most sacks in a season by a defensive end
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most defensive sacks in a season by a defensive end
2001 Strahan 2011 Allen 1984 Gastineau 1989 Doleman 1987 White 2018 Donald 2014 Watt 2012 Watt 2013 Mathis 2013 Quinn 1992 Simmons 1990 Smith 1983 Gastineau 2022 Bosa 2003 Strahan 2002 Taylor 1986 Manley 2011 Babin 1989 Millard 1988 White 1986 White 2023 Hendrickson 2015 Watt 1984 Dent 1983 Dean 2000 Glover 1999 Carter 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 22.5 22.0 22.0 21.0 21.0 20.5 20.5 20.5 19.5 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.0 17.0
NAME SEASON TM GP SCK TKL AST COMB SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
Michael Strahan Michael Strahan 2001
NYG NYG
16 22.5 61 12 73 177.5 0 0 0 6 1 1
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
Robert Mathis Robert Mathis 2013
IND IND
16 19.5 44 15 59 120.5 0 0 0 8 0 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
Michael Strahan Michael Strahan 2003
NYG NYG
16 18.5 60 15 75 126.5 0 0 0 3 1 0
Jason Taylor Jason Taylor 2002
MIA MIA
16 18.5 46 24 70 162.5 0 0 0 7 2 0
Dexter Manley Dexter Manley 1986
WAS WAS
16 18.5 0 0 0 1 1
Jason Babin Jason Babin 2011
PHI PHI
16 18.0 35 5 40 107 0 0 0 3 0 0
Keith Millard Keith Millard 1989
MIN MIN
16 18.0 1 48 0 1 1
Reggie White Reggie White 1988
PHI PHI
16 18.0 0 0 0 2 0
Reggie White Reggie White 1986
PHI PHI
16 18.0 0 0 0 0 0
Trey Hendrickson Trey Hendrickson 2023
CIN CIN
17 17.5 28 15 43 121.5 0 0 0 3 0 0
J.J. Watt J.J. Watt 2015
HOU HOU
16 17.5 57 19 76 117.5 0 0 0 3 1 0
Richard Dent Richard Dent 1984
CHI CHI
16 17.5 0 0 0 1 0
Fred Dean Fred Dean 1983
SF SF
16 17.5 0 0 0 0 0
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