most sacks in nfl history by a player regular season 1990 and after

Since 1990, Julius Peppers has the most sacks in the regular season, with 159.5 sacks.

	NAME	SCK	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Julius Peppers J. Peppers	159.5	266	556	161	717	959.5	11	293	4	51	21	2
2	Bruce Smith B. Smith	142.5	207	85	28	113		2	0	0	6	9	0
3	Michael Strahan M. Strahan	141.5	216	338	93	431		4	124	2	14	15	1
4	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	139.5	233	407	177	584		8	110	3	40	29	6
5	Terrell Suggs T. Suggs	139.0	244	624	262	886	995	7	144	2	39	15	1
6	Von Miller V. Miller	138.5	206	463	146	609	870	2	68	1	27	9	1
7	DeMarcus Ware D. Ware	138.5	178	505	152	657	883	3	44	1	35	8	2
8	John Randle J. Randle	137.5	219	51	15	66		1	1	0	4	11	1
9	Jared Allen J. Allen	136.0	187	503	145	648	851.5	6	55	1	31	19	1
10	John Abraham J. Abraham	133.5	192	445	93	538		1	6	0	46	6	1
11	Cameron Jordan C. Jordan	132.0	245	495	270	765	870	3	6	1	17	12	0
12	Myles Garrett M. Garrett	125.5	135	293	119	412	827.5	0	0	0	23	6	1
13	Dwight Freeney D. Freeney	125.5	218	292	49	341	953.5	0	0	0	47	4	1
14	Robert Mathis R. Mathis	123.0	192	401	129	530	869.5	1	1	0	52	17	3
15	Simeon Rice S. Rice	122.0	174	214	38	252		5	48	0	25	8	0
16	T.J. Watt	118.5	138	360	166	526	753.5	10	96	1	36	14	1
17	Calais Campbell C. Campbell	117.0	281	674	292	966	813	3	24	0	18	13	3
18	Reggie White R. White	117.0	159					3	79	0		14	1
19	Derrick Thomas D. Thomas	116.5	153					1	20	0		18	4
20	Danielle Hunter D. Hunter	116.0	156	378	191	569	849.5	0	0	0	16	5	2
21	Khalil Mack K. Mack	115.0	182	485	185	670	817	3	66	2	36	13	0
22	J.J. Watt	114.5	151	449	137	586	808.5	2	99	2	27	17	1
23	Kevin Greene K. Greene	113.5	156					3	18	0		23	2
24	Chandler Jones C. Jones	112.0	154	352	159	511	762	1	0	0	34	13	2
25	Justin Houston J. Houston	112.0	170	409	106	515	671.5	5	57	1	19	14	1

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