T.J. Watt and Michael Strahan are tied for the most sacks with 13+ games played in a season, with 22.5 sacks.
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most defensive sacks in an NFL season through 13 or more games by a player| NAME | SCK | GP | SEASON | TM | TKL | AST | COMB | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T.J. Watt | 22.5 | 15 | 2021 |  PIT | 48 | 16 | 64 | 111.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 |  | M. Strahan | 22.5 | 16 | 2001 |  NYG | 61 | 12 | 73 | 177.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 |  | J. Houston | 22.0 | 16 | 2014 |  KC | 60 | 9 | 69 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  | J. Allen | 22.0 | 16 | 2011 |  MIN | 48 | 18 | 66 | 150.5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 |  | M. Gastineau | 22.0 | 16 | 1984 |  NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | | C. Doleman | 21.0 | 16 | 1989 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 7 |  | A. Donald | 20.5 | 16 | 2018 |  LAR | 41 | 18 | 59 | 183.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 |  | J.J. Watt | 20.5 | 16 | 2014 |  HOU | 59 | 19 | 78 | 140 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | | J.J. Watt | 20.5 | 16 | 2012 | HOU | 69 | 12 | 81 | 138.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 |  | L. Taylor | 20.5 | 16 | 1986 | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 |  | M. Garrett | 20.0 | 13 | 2025 |  CLE | 39 | 14 | 53 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  | D. Ware | 20.0 | 16 | 2008 |  DAL | 69 | 15 | 84 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 |  | D. Thomas | 20.0 | 15 | 1990 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | | S. Barrett | 19.5 | 16 | 2019 |  TB | 45 | 13 | 58 | 138.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | R. Mathis | 19.5 | 16 | 2013 |  IND | 44 | 15 | 59 | 120.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | A. Smith | 19.5 | 16 | 2012 |  SF | 50 | 16 | 66 | 144.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | D. Ware | 19.5 | 16 | 2011 | DAL | 48 | 10 | 58 | 124.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | T. Harris | 19.5 | 16 | 1989 |  GB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | | T.J. Watt | 19.0 | 17 | 2023 | PIT | 48 | 20 | 68 | 122 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 |  | C. Jones | 19.0 | 16 | 2019 |  ARI | 42 | 11 | 53 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | | R. Quinn | 19.0 | 16 | 2013 |  STL | 50 | 7 | 57 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | | C. Simmons | 19.0 | 16 | 1992 |  PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 23 |  | B. Smith | 19.0 | 16 | 1990 |  BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | | M. Gastineau | 19.0 | 16 | 1983 | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 25 |  | N. Bosa | 18.5 | 16 | 2022 | SF | 41 | 10 | 51 | 137.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.
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