Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Lawrence Taylor had the most sacks in a decade, with 104 sacks in the 1980s.
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most defensive sacks by a player in decade of the 1980s| NAME | SCK | DECADE | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Taylor | 104.0 | 1980s | 113 | 7 | 122 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2 |  | D. Manley | 91.0 | 1980s | 109 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 3 |  | R. White | 81.0 | 1980s | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | | R. Dent | 81.0 | 1980s | 103 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | | J. Green | 79.0 | 1980s | 116 | 2 | 92 | 2 | 13 | 2 | |||||
| 6 | | M. Gastineau | 74.0 | 1980s | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | | R. Jackson | 72.5 | 1980s | 115 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | | A. Tippett | 72.5 | 1980s | 92 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | | G. Townsend | 69.5 | 1980s | 108 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | | S. McMichael | 63.0 | 1980s | 117 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | | J. Jeffcoat | 62.5 | 1980s | 108 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | | A. Baker | 62.5 | 1980s | 114 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | | L. Marshall | 60.0 | 1980s | 103 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 14 |  | H. Long | 60.0 | 1980s | 105 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | | C. Mann | 59.5 | 1980s | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | | L. Williams | 58.0 | 1980s | 84 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 17 |  | B. Smith | 57.5 | 1980s | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | | T. Tall Jones | 57.5 | 1980s | 120 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | | D. Hampton | 57.0 | 1980s | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | | E. Johnson | 53.0 | 1980s | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | | G. Brown | 52.5 | 1980s | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 22 | | R. Jones | 52.5 | 1980s | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 23 | | G. Jeter | 52.0 | 1980s | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | | R. White | 52.0 | 1980s | 104 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | | B. Pickel | 51.5 | 1980s | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.
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