most tackles in a season for an nfl player to have 18 sacks in a season

J.J. Watt and DeMarcus Ware are tied for the most tackles with 18.0+ sacks in a season, with 69 tackles.

Interpreted as:
most tackles in a season for an NFL player to have 18 or more defensive sacks in a season
NAMETKLSCKSEASONTMGPASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
69
20.5
2012
HOU HOU
16
12
81
138.5
0
0
0
4
2
0
2DeMarcus Ware
D. Ware
69
20.0
2008
DAL DAL
16
15
84
113
0
0
0
6
1
0
3Michael Strahan
M. Strahan
61
22.5
2001
NYG NYG
16
12
73
177.5
0
0
0
6
1
1
4Justin Houston
J. Houston
60
22.0
2014
KC KC
16
9
69
99
0
0
0
4
0
0
5Michael Strahan
M. Strahan
60
18.5
2003
NYG NYG
16
15
75
126.5
0
0
0
3
1
0
6J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
59
20.5
2014
HOU HOU
16
19
78
140
1
80
1
4
5
1
7Von Miller
V. Miller
55
18.5
2012
DEN DEN
16
13
68
129.5
1
26
1
6
0
0
8Robert Quinn
R. Quinn
50
19.0
2013
STL STL
16
7
57
145
0
0
0
7
2
1
9Aldon Smith
A. Smith
50
19.5
2012
SF SF
16
16
66
144.5
1
6
0
3
0
0
10T.J. Watt
T.J. Watt
48
19.0
2023
PIT PIT
17
20
68
122
1
24
0
4
3
1
11T.J. Watt
T.J. Watt
48
22.5
2021
PIT PIT
15
16
64
111.5
0
0
0
5
3
0
12Jared Allen
J. Allen
48
22.0
2011
MIN MIN
16
18
66
150.5
1
14
0
4
4
0
13DeMarcus Ware
D. Ware
48
19.5
2011
DAL DAL
16
10
58
124.5
0
0
0
2
1
0
14Jason Taylor
J. Taylor
46
18.5
2002
MIA MIA
16
24
70
162.5
0
0
0
7
2
0
15Shaquil Barrett
S. Barrett
45
19.5
2019
TB TB
16
13
58
138.5
1
4
0
6
0
0
16Robert Mathis
R. Mathis
44
19.5
2013
IND IND
16
15
59
120.5
0
0
0
8
0
0
17Chandler Jones
C. Jones
42
19.0
2019
ARI ARI
16
11
53
146
0
0
0
8
3
0
18Nick Bosa
N. Bosa
41
18.5
2022
SF SF
16
10
51
137.5
0
0
0
2
0
0
19Aaron Donald
A. Donald
41
20.5
2018
LAR LAR
16
18
59
183.5
0
0
0
4
2
0
20Robert Quinn
R. Quinn
38
18.5
2021
CHI CHI
16
11
49
133.5
0
0
0
4
0
0
21Jason Babin
J. Babin
35
18.0
2011
PHI PHI
16
5
40
107
0
0
0
3
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for tackles going back to the 2001 season.

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