nfl most sacks per game in a 2nd season by a player

Shawne Merriman had the most sacks per game played by a player in his 2nd season, with 1.42.

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NFL most defensive sacks per game in a 2nd season by a player
NAMESCK/GPSCKGPSEASONTMTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Shawne Merriman
S. Merriman
1.42
17.0
12
2006
SD SD
49
14
63
93
1
10
0
4
1
0
2Derrick Thomas
D. Thomas
1.33
20.0
15
1990
KC KC
0
0
0
2
0
3J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
1.28
20.5
16
2012
HOU HOU
69
12
81
138.5
0
0
0
4
2
0
4Aldon Smith
A. Smith
1.22
19.5
16
2012
SF SF
50
16
66
144.5
1
6
0
3
0
0
5Mark Gastineau
M. Gastineau
1.19
19.0
16
1983
NYJ NYJ
0
0
0
2
1
6Bobby Bell
B. Bell
1.17
3.5
3
1987
CHI CHI
0
0
0
1
0
7Von Miller
V. Miller
1.16
18.5
16
2012
DEN DEN
55
13
68
129.5
1
26
1
6
0
0
8Reggie White
R. White
1.13
18.0
16
1986
PHI PHI
0
0
0
0
0
9Richard Dent
R. Dent
1.09
17.5
16
1984
CHI CHI
0
0
0
1
0
10Fred Dean
F. Dean
1.09
17.5
16
1983
SF SF
0
0
0
0
0
11Jason Pierre-Paul
J. Pierre-Paul
1.03
16.5
16
2011
NYG NYG
66
20
86
112
0
0
0
2
0
0
12Doug Betters
D. Betters
1
16.0
16
1983
MIA MIA
0
0
0
4
0
13Curtis Greer
C. Greer
1
16.0
16
1983
STL STL
0
0
0
1
0
14Jacob Green
J. Green
1
16.0
16
1983
SEA SEA
1
73
1
2
0
15Keith Willis
K. Willis
1
14.0
14
1983
PIT PIT
0
0
0
1
0
16Vic Beasley
V. Beasley
0.97
15.5
16
2016
ATL ATL
32
7
39
93
0
0
0
6
1
1
17Khalil Mack
K. Mack
0.94
15.0
16
2015
OAK OAK
57
20
77
89
0
0
0
2
0
0
18Bruce Smith
B. Smith
0.94
15.0
16
1986
BUF BUF
0
0
0
0
0
19Ezra Johnson
E. Johnson
0.91
14.5
16
1983
GB GB
0
0
0
2
0
20Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
0.9
13.5
15
2010
GB GB
54
6
60
93.5
1
62
1
2
0
0
21Courtney Brown
C. Brown
0.9
4.5
5
2001
CLE CLE
14
7
21
38.5
0
0
0
2
2
1
22Bill Gay
B. Gay
0.9
13.5
15
1983
DET DET
0
0
0
1
0
23Michael Sinclair
M. Sinclair
0.89
8.0
9
1993
SEA SEA
0
0
0
0
0
24Cameron Wake
C. Wake
0.88
14.0
16
2010
MIA MIA
48
9
57
89.5
0
0
0
3
0
0
25Mario Williams
M. Williams
0.88
14.0
16
2007
HOU HOU
43
16
59
82.5
0
0
0
2
1
1
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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