which player has the most sacks in 3rd season

Mark Gastineau had the most sacks by a player in his 3rd season, with 22 sacks in 1984.

Interpreted as:
Which player has the most defensive sacks in 3rd season?
NAMESCKSEASONTMGPTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Mark Gastineau
M. Gastineau
22.0
1984
NYJ NYJ
16
0
0
0
1
1
2Reggie White
R. White
21.0
1987
PHI PHI
12
0
0
0
1
1
3Robert Quinn
R. Quinn
19.0
2013
STL STL
16
50
7
57
145
0
0
0
7
2
1
4Andre Tippett
A. Tippett
18.5
1984
NE NE
16
0
0
0
0
0
5Richard Dent
R. Dent
17.0
1985
CHI CHI
16
2
10
1
2
0
6Dwight Freeney
D. Freeney
16.0
2004
IND IND
16
33
3
36
120
0
0
0
4
0
0
7Greg Brown
G. Brown
16.0
1984
PHI PHI
16
0
0
0
1
0
8Nick Bosa
N. Bosa
15.5
2021
SF SF
17
40
12
52
122
0
0
0
4
0
0
9Chris Jones
C. Jones
15.5
2018
KC KC
16
35
5
40
122
1
20
1
2
0
0
10Sean Jones
S. Jones
15.5
1986
RAI RAI
16
0
0
0
0
0
11Leonard Marshall
L. Marshall
15.5
1985
NYG NYG
16
1
3
0
0
0
12Adewale Ogunleye
A. Ogunleye
15.0
2003
MIA MIA
16
43
21
64
71
0
0
0
2
1
0
13Lee Williams
L. Williams
15.0
1986
SD SD
16
0
0
0
1
0
14Mike Merriweather
M. Merriweather
15.0
1984
PIT PIT
16
2
9
0
1
0
15Alex Highsmith
A. Highsmith
14.5
2022
PIT PIT
17
38
25
63
118
0
0
0
5
0
0
16T.J. Watt
T.J. Watt
14.5
2019
PIT PIT
16
35
20
55
104
2
7
0
8
4
0
17Ezekiel Ansah
E. Ansah
14.5
2015
DET DET
16
39
8
47
99
0
0
0
4
2
0
18Osi Umenyiora
O. Umenyiora
14.5
2005
NYG NYG
16
49
22
71
95.5
0
0
0
4
2
0
19Charles Mann
C. Mann
14.5
1985
WAS WAS
16
0
0
0
1
0
20Jeff Bryant
J. Bryant
14.5
1984
SEA SEA
16
1
1
0
2
0
21Art Still
A. Still
14.5
1984
KC KC
16
0
0
0
1
0
22Micah Parsons
M. Parsons
14.0
2023
DAL DAL
17
36
28
64
115
0
0
0
1
1
0
23DeMarcus Ware
D. Ware
14.0
2007
DAL DAL
16
60
24
84
110.5
0
0
0
4
0
0
24Eric Hicks
E. Hicks
14.0
2000
KC KC
13
0
0
0
1
0
25Cortez Kennedy
C. Kennedy
14.0
1992
SEA SEA
16
0
0
0
1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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