Adalius Thomas has the most yards on sacks per sack with 5.0+ sacks in a season, with 12.8 in 2008.

nfl most sack yards/ sacks in a season for a player, minimum 5 sacks
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NFL most sack yards/ defensive sacks in a season for a player, minimum 5 defensive sacks
2008 Thomas 2015 Hughes 2017 Lawrence 2014 Cole 2009 Smith 2007 Leber 2020 Ogbah 2016 Barwin 2007 Harris 2015 Sheard 2017 Pierre 2012 Pierre-Paul 2011 Freeney 2012 Ngata 2020 Baker 2002 Porcher 2017 Barnett 2002 Hovan 2011 Bishop 2017 Orakpo 2001 Clemons 2001 Spikes 2021 Wonnum 2015 Smith 2012 Griffen 2011 Kelsay 2018 Kennard 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12.8 12.6 11.03 11 10.83 10.8 10.61 10.4 10.4 10.38 10.36 10.31 10.29 10 9.93 9.91 9.9 9.82 9.8 9.79 9.79 9.67 9.63 9.63 9.63 9.6 9.57
NAME SCKY/SCK SCK SCKY SEASON TM GP TKL AST COMB INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
Adalius Thomas Adalius Thomas 12.8 5.0 64 2008
NE NE
9 24 9 33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Hughes Jerry Hughes 12.6 5.0 63 2015
BUF BUF
16 37 15 52 0 0 0 2 1 0
DeMarcus Lawrence DeMarcus Lawrence 11.03 14.5 160 2017
DAL DAL
16 35 23 58 0 0 0 4 2 0
Trent Cole Trent Cole 11 6.5 71.5 2014
PHI PHI
15 40 12 52 0 0 0 3 0 0
Justin Smith Justin Smith 10.83 6.0 65 2009
SF SF
16 41 14 55 0 0 0 2 2 0
Ben Leber Ben Leber 10.8 5.0 54 2007
MIN MIN
16 52 15 67 1 0 0 2 1 0
Emmanuel Ogbah Emmanuel Ogbah 10.61 9.0 95.5 2020
MIA MIA
16 25 17 42 0 0 0 3 1 0
Connor Barwin Connor Barwin 10.4 5.0 52 2016
PHI PHI
16 20 14 34 0 0 0 1 0 0
David Harris David Harris 10.4 5.0 52 2007
NYJ NYJ
16 90 36 126 0 0 0 2 1 0
Jabaal Sheard Jabaal Sheard 10.38 8.0 83 2015
NE NE
13 28 9 37 0 0 0 4 0 0
Olsen Pierre Olsen Pierre 10.36 5.5 57 2017
ARI ARI
14 22 8 30 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jason Pierre-Paul Jason Pierre-Paul 10.31 6.5 67 2012
NYG NYG
16 43 23 66 1 28 1 1 1 0
Dwight Freeney Dwight Freeney 10.29 8.5 87.5 2011
IND IND
16 13 6 19 0 0 0 2 0 0
Haloti Ngata Haloti Ngata 10 5.0 50 2012
BAL BAL
14 33 18 51 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerome Baker Jerome Baker 9.93 7.0 69.5 2020
MIA MIA
16 70 42 112 0 0 0 2 0 0
Robert Porcher Robert Porcher 9.91 5.5 54.5 2002
DET DET
15 30 15 45 0 0 0 2 3 1
Derek Barnett Derek Barnett 9.9 5.0 49.5 2017
PHI PHI
15 18 3 21 0 0 0 1 2 1
Chris Hovan Chris Hovan 9.82 5.5 54 2002
MIN MIN
16 38 14 52 0 0 0 0 2 0
Desmond Bishop Desmond Bishop 9.8 5.0 49 2011
GB GB
13 90 25 115 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Orakpo Brian Orakpo 9.79 7.0 68.5 2017
TEN TEN
16 30 14 44 0 0 0 3 0 0
Duane Clemons Duane Clemons 9.79 7.0 68.5 2001
KC KC
16 37 12 49 0 0 0 3 1 0
Takeo Spikes Takeo Spikes 9.67 6.0 58 2001
CIN CIN
15 80 29 109 1 66 1 1 0 0
D.J. Wonnum D.J. Wonnum 9.63 8.0 77 2021
MIN MIN
17 29 18 47 0 0 0 1 0 0
Preston Smith Preston Smith 9.63 8.0 77 2015
WAS WAS
16 24 11 35 0 0 0 3 1 0
Everson Griffen Everson Griffen 9.63 8.0 77 2012
MIN MIN
16 24 3 27 1 29 1 1 2 0
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