Willie McGinest has the most sacks in a playoff game, with 4.5 sacks in the 2005 AFC Wild Card game versus the Jaguars on January 7, 2006.
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What are the most defensive sacks by a player in a postseason game?| NAME | SCK | DATE | ROUND | TM | OPP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | W. McGinest | 4.5 | 1/7/2006 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 6 | 2 | 8 | 35.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | R. Dent | 3.5 | 1/5/1986 | NFC Divisional | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | | R. Milot | 3.5 | 12/30/1984 | NFC Divisional | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | | W. Anderson Jr. | 3.0 | 1/18/2026 | AFC Divisional | @ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | O. Oweh | 3.0 | 1/11/2026 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | G. Karlaftis | 3.0 | 1/18/2025 | AFC Divisional | vs | 4 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | J. Simmons | 3.0 | 1/22/2022 | AFC Divisional | vs | 7 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | S. Barrett | 3.0 | 1/24/2021 | NFC Championship | @ | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | F. Clark | 3.0 | 1/12/2020 | AFC Divisional | vs | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | J. Hughes | 3.0 | 1/4/2020 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | G. Jarrett | 3.0 | 2/5/2017 | Super Bowl | vs | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | K. Ealy | 3.0 | 2/7/2016 | Super Bowl | @ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | W. Mercilus | 3.0 | 1/9/2016 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | J. Harrison | 3.0 | 1/15/2011 | AFC Divisional | vs | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | T. Suggs | 3.0 | 1/15/2011 | AFC Divisional | @ | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | R. Edwards | 3.0 | 1/17/2010 | NFC Divisional | vs | 5 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | D. Dockett | 3.0 | 2/1/2009 | Super Bowl | vs | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | W. McGinest | 3.0 | 1/10/2004 | AFC Divisional | vs | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | M. McCrary | 3.0 | 12/31/2000 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | | T. Armstrong | 3.0 | 1/9/2000 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 | | W. Sapp | 3.0 | 1/4/1998 | NFC Divisional | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 22 |  | R. White | 3.0 | 1/26/1997 | Super Bowl | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | | C. Brown | 3.0 | 12/29/1996 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 24 | | G. Williams | 3.0 | 1/8/1994 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 | | T. Casillas | 3.0 | 1/17/1993 | NFC Championship | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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