top 5 sack leaders in 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Lawrence Taylor had the most sacks, with 104 sacks.

Interpreted as:
top 5 or more defensive sack leaders in 1980s
NAMESCKGPTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Lawrence Taylor
L. Taylor
104.0
113
7
122
1
5
0
2Dexter Manley
D. Manley
91.0
109
2
-1
0
5
1
3Reggie White
R. White
81.0
73
0
0
0
6
1
4Richard Dent
R. Dent
81.0
103
3
40
1
8
0
5Jacob Green
J. Green
79.0
116
2
92
2
13
2
6Mark Gastineau
M. Gastineau
74.0
89
0
0
0
7
2
7Rickey Jackson
R. Jackson
72.5
115
7
67
0
9
0
8Andre Tippett
A. Tippett
72.5
92
0
32
0
10
2
9Greg Townsend
G. Townsend
69.5
108
1
86
1
4
2
10Steve McMichael
S. McMichael
63.0
117
1
5
0
9
0
11Jim Jeffcoat
J. Jeffcoat
62.5
108
2
91
2
10
2
12Al Baker
A. Baker
62.5
114
2
24
0
5
0
13Leonard Marshall
L. Marshall
60.0
103
2
3
0
3
0
14Howie Long
H. Long
60.0
105
1
73
0
9
0
15Charles Mann
C. Mann
59.5
105
0
0
0
5
0
16Lee Williams
L. Williams
58.0
84
2
83
1
3
0
17Bruce Smith
B. Smith
57.5
72
0
0
0
6
1
18Too Tall Jones
T. Tall Jones
57.5
120
2
12
0
11
0
19Dan Hampton
D. Hampton
57.0
95
0
0
0
8
0
20Ezra Johnson
E. Johnson
53.0
102
0
0
0
5
0
21Greg Brown
G. Brown
52.5
101
0
0
0
5
1
22Rulon Jones
R. Jones
52.5
97
0
0
0
8
1
23Gary Jeter
G. Jeter
52.0
97
0
0
0
1
0
24Randy White
R. White
52.0
104
1
0
0
4
0
25Bill Pickel
B. Pickel
51.5
107
0
0
0
6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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