oldest player to have a sack

Clay Matthews is the oldest in a game with >0.0 sacks. He was 40 years and 282 days old against the Jaguars on December 22, 1996.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to have a defensive sack in a regular-season game
NAMEAGESCKDATETMOPPTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-282
1.0
12/22/1996
ATL ATL
@
JAX JAX
0
0
0
0
2Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-275
1.0
12/15/1996
ATL ATL
vs
STL STL
0
0
0
0
3Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-233
3.0
11/3/1996
ATL ATL
vs
CAR CAR
0
0
0
0
4Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
40-226
1.5
10/27/1996
ATL ATL
vs
PIT PIT
0
0
0
0
5Bruce Smith
B. Smith
40-186
1.0
12/21/2003
WAS WAS
@
CHI CHI
2
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Bruce Smith
B. Smith
40-172
1.0
12/7/2003
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
2
0
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
7Bruce Smith
B. Smith
40-158
0.5
11/23/2003
WAS WAS
@
MIA MIA
1
1
2
4.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
8Bruce Smith
B. Smith
40-144
1.0
11/9/2003
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
1
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
9Bruce Smith
B. Smith
40-109
1.0
10/5/2003
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
2
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
10Bruce Smith
B. Smith
40-078
0.5
9/4/2003
WAS WAS
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
11James Harrison
J. Harrison
39-241
2.0
12/31/2017
NE NE
vs
NYJ NYJ
3
2
5
10
0
0
0
1
0
0
12Jeff Zgonina
J. Zgonina
39-217
0.5
12/27/2009
HOU HOU
@
MIA MIA
1
1
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
13Bruce Smith
B. Smith
39-194
1.0
12/29/2002
WAS WAS
vs
DAL DAL
2
0
2
15
0
0
0
1
0
0
14Bruce Smith
B. Smith
39-187
2.0
12/22/2002
WAS WAS
vs
HOU HOU
5
1
6
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
15Bruce Smith
B. Smith
39-173
1.0
12/8/2002
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
1
2
3
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
16James Harrison
J. Harrison
39-164
1.0
10/15/2017
PIT PIT
@
KC KC
3
0
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
17Bruce Smith
B. Smith
39-163
2.0
11/28/2002
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
3
1
4
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
18Jeff Zgonina
J. Zgonina
39-154
1.0
10/25/2009
HOU HOU
vs
SF SF
2
0
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
19Bruce Smith
B. Smith
39-138
2.0
11/3/2002
WAS WAS
@
SEA SEA
5
0
5
20
0
0
0
1
0
0
20Jeff Zgonina
J. Zgonina
39-133
1.0
10/4/2009
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21Bruce Smith
B. Smith
39-110
1.0
10/6/2002
WAS WAS
@
TEN TEN
1
1
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
22Calais Campbell
C. Campbell
39-063
2.0
11/3/2025
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
2
0
2
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
23Calais Campbell
C. Campbell
39-024
1.0
9/25/2025
ARI ARI
vs
SEA SEA
2
1
3
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
24Calais Campbell
C. Campbell
39-013
2.0
9/14/2025
ARI ARI
vs
CAR CAR
4
1
5
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
25Julius Peppers
J. Peppers
38-346
1.0
12/30/2018
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
4
0
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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Sat
9/6
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