most sacks in an nfl game by a safety player

Derrick Thomas has the most sacks in a game with more than 0 safeties, with 6 sacks against the Oakland Raiders on September 6, 1998.

Interpreted as:

most defensive sacks in an NFL regular-season game by a safety player

	NAME	SCK	SFTY	DATE	TM		OPP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Derrick Thomas D. Thomas	6.0	1	9/6/1998	KC	vs	OAK					0	0	0			0
2	Jared Allen J. Allen	4.5	1	10/5/2009	MIN	vs	GB	6	1	7	19.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	Bryce Paup B. Paup	4.5	1	9/15/1991	GB	vs	TB					0	0	0			0
4	Rickey Jackson R. Jackson	4.0	1	9/18/1988	NO	@	DET					0	0	0			0
5	Dan Hampton D. Hampton	3.5	1	11/23/1986	CHI	vs	GB					0	0	0			0
6	Justin Houston J. Houston	3.0	1	12/6/2020	IND	@	HOU	4	0	4	25	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	Olivier Vernon O. Vernon	3.0	1	11/22/2020	CLE	vs	PHI	4	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	J.J. Watt	3.0	1	12/28/2014	HOU	vs	JAX	6	0	6	20	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	Sheldon Richardson S. Richardson	3.0	1	12/7/2014	NYJ	@	MIN	5	2	7	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	John Abraham J. Abraham	3.0	1	12/8/2013	ARI	vs	STL	5	1	6	14	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Cameron Wake C. Wake	3.0	1	10/31/2013	MIA	vs	CIN	5	0	5	23	0	0	0	1	1	0
12	Justin Houston J. Houston	3.0	1	9/23/2012	KC	@	NO	3	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	3.0	1	11/27/2005	MIA	@	OAK	6	0	6	19	0	0	0	1	1	0
14	Bruce Smith B. Smith	3.0	1	11/20/2000	WAS	@	STL					0	0	0			0
15	Joey Porter J. Porter	3.0	1	10/15/2000	PIT	vs	CIN					0	0	0			0
16	Derrick Thomas D. Thomas	3.0	1	12/14/1997	KC	@	SD					0	0	0			0
17	Tracy Scroggins T. Scroggins	3.0	1	11/23/1997	DET	vs	IND					0	0	0			0
18	Anthony Smith A. Smith	3.0	1	9/14/1997	OAK	@	ATL					0	0	0			0
19	Tony Bennett T. Bennett	3.0	1	11/26/1995	IND	vs	MIA					0	0	0			0
20	Derrick Thomas D. Thomas	3.0	1	9/11/1994	KC	vs	SF					0	0	0			0
21	Henry Thomas H. Thomas	3.0	1	10/3/1993	MIN	@	SF					0	0	0			0
22	Chris Mims C. Mims	3.0	1	11/22/1992	SD	vs	TB					0	0	0			0
23	Frank Warren F. Warren	3.0	1	12/18/1989	NO	vs	PHI					0	0	0			0
24	Charles Haley C. Haley	3.0	1	10/24/1988	SF	@	CHI					0	0	0			0
25	Marty Lyons M. Lyons	3.0	1	10/9/1988	NYJ	@	CIN					0	0	0			0

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