nfl sack leaders from 1981-90

From 1981 through 1990, Lawrence Taylor had the most sacks, with 114.5 sacks.

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NAMESCKGPTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Lawrence Taylor
L. Taylor
114.5
129
8
133
2
6
0
2Reggie White
R. White
95.0
89
1
33
0
7
1
3Richard Dent
R. Dent
93.0
119
6
61
1
11
1
4Jacob Green
J. Green
91.5
132
2
92
2
14
2
5Dexter Manley
D. Manley
91.0
113
2
-1
0
5
1
6Greg Townsend
G. Townsend
82.0
124
2
86
1
5
3
7Rickey Jackson
R. Jackson
78.5
131
7
67
0
16
0
8Bruce Smith
B. Smith
76.5
88
0
0
0
6
1
9Andre Tippett
A. Tippett
76.0
105
0
32
0
12
2
10Mark Gastineau
M. Gastineau
74.0
89
0
0
0
7
2
11Steve McMichael
S. McMichael
67.0
133
1
5
0
9
0
12Jim Jeffcoat
J. Jeffcoat
66.0
124
2
91
2
11
2
13Howie Long
H. Long
66.0
117
1
73
0
10
0
14Lee Williams
L. Williams
65.5
100
2
83
1
3
0
15Al Baker
A. Baker
65.5
123
2
24
0
5
0
16Charles Mann
C. Mann
65.0
120
0
0
0
5
0
17Leonard Marshall
L. Marshall
64.5
119
2
3
0
3
0
18Kevin Greene
K. Greene
59.5
87
2
35
1
7
0
19Mike Cofer
M. Cofer
59.5
113
1
0
0
10
0
20Too Tall Jones
T. Tall Jones
57.5
120
2
12
0
11
0
21Sean Jones
S. Jones
57.0
107
0
0
0
6
0
22Dan Hampton
D. Hampton
57.0
109
0
0
0
8
0
23Charles Haley
C. Haley
56.5
76
1
8
0
6
1
24Ezra Johnson
E. Johnson
55.5
118
0
0
0
5
0
25Tim Harris
T. Harris
55.0
76
0
0
0
6
0

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.611
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.444
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7
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2
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.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
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5
0
.444
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2
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.750
3
5
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.375
2
7
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.222
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.444
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