most sacks on a single season qb history

David Carr has been sacked the most by a quarterback in a season, with 76 sacks in his rookie season in 2002.

Interpreted as:

most passing sacks by a player on a single season qb history

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCKY
1	David Carr D. Carr	76	2002	HOU	16	233	444	52.5	2,592	5.8	162.0	9	15	62.8	2.0	3.4	411
2	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	72	1986	PHI	15	111	209	53.1	1,391	6.7	92.7	8	7	72.9	3.8	3.3	489
3	Caleb Williams C. Williams	68	2024	CHI	17	351	562	62.5	3,541	6.3	208.3	20	6	87.8	3.6	1.1	466
4	David Carr D. Carr	68	2005	HOU	16	256	423	60.5	2,488	5.9	155.5	14	11	77.2	3.3	2.6	424
5	Sam Howell S. Howell	65	2023	WAS	17	388	612	63.4	3,946	6.4	232.1	21	21	78.9	3.4	3.4	449
6	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	63	2006	DET	16	372	596	62.4	4,208	7.1	263.0	21	22	79.9	3.5	3.7	388
7	Bryce Young B. Young	62	2023	CAR	16	315	527	59.8	2,877	5.5	179.8	11	10	73.7	2.1	1.9	477
8	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	62	2018	HOU	16	345	505	68.3	4,165	8.2	260.3	26	9	103.1	5.1	1.8	384
9	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	62	2000	CAR	16	324	533	60.8	3,730	7.0	233.1	19	18	79.7	3.6	3.4	331
10	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	62	1985	NYJ	16	297	488	60.9	3,888	8.0	243.0	25	8	96.2	5.1	1.6	399
11	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	61	1985	STL	16	265	471	56.3	3,214	6.8	200.9	18	12	79.5	3.8	2.5	442
12	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	60	1992	PHI	15	233	384	60.7	2,775	7.2	185.0	19	11	87.3	4.9	2.9	437
13	Tony Eason T. Eason	59	1984	NE	16	259	431	60.1	3,228	7.5	201.8	23	8	93.4	5.3	1.9	409
14	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	58	2013	MIA	16	355	588	60.4	3,913	6.7	244.6	24	17	81.7	4.1	2.9	399
15	Jeff George J. George	58	1997	OAK	16	290	521	55.7	3,917	7.5	244.8	29	9	91.2	5.6	1.7	430
16	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	57	2001	JAX	15	289	473	61.1	3,309	7.0	220.6	19	13	84.1	4.0	2.7	387
17	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	57	1988	PHI	16	301	560	53.8	3,808	6.8	238.0	24	16	77.6	4.3	2.9	442
18	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	56	2018	DAL	16	356	526	67.7	3,885	7.4	242.8	22	8	96.9	4.2	1.5	347
19	Tim Couch T. Couch	56	1999	CLE	15	223	399	55.9	2,447	6.1	163.1	15	13	73.2	3.8	3.3	359
20	Jeff George J. George	56	1991	IND	16	292	485	60.2	2,910	6.0	181.9	10	12	73.8	2.1	2.5	481
21	Geno Smith G. Smith	55	2025	LV	15	302	448	67.4	3,025	6.8	201.7	19	17	84.7	4.2	3.8	405
22	Cam Ward C. Ward	55	2025	TEN	17	323	540	59.8	3,169	5.9	186.4	15	7	80.2	2.8	1.3	410
23	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	55	2022	DEN	15	292	483	60.5	3,524	7.3	234.9	16	11	84.4	3.3	2.3	368
24	Justin Fields J. Fields	55	2022	CHI	15	192	318	60.4	2,242	7.1	149.5	17	11	85.2	5.3	3.5	359
25	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	55	2014	JAX	14	280	475	58.9	2,908	6.1	207.7	11	17	69.5	2.3	3.6	345

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