most career sacks by an nfl linebacker

Kevin Greene has the most career sacks by a linebacker, with 157 sacks.

Interpreted as:
most career defensive sacks by an NFL linebacker
NAME SCK GP TKL AST COMB SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Kevin Greene
K. Greene
157.0
212
5
53
1
26
2
2 Lawrence Taylor
L. Taylor
132.5
168
8
133
2
10
0
3 Von Miller
V. Miller
127.5
180
439
133
572
787
2
68
1
27
9
1
4 Derrick Thomas
D. Thomas
126.5
169
1
20
0
19
4
5 DeMarcus Ware
D. Ware
122.5
149
443
133
576
786.5
1
41
1
33
7
2
6 Rickey Jackson
R. Jackson
115.0
179
7
67
0
26
0
7 Terrell Suggs
T. Suggs
111.5
196
484
188
672
818
5
106
2
32
11
1
8 T.J. Watt
T.J. Watt
104.0
115
319
122
441
667
7
48
0
31
12
1
9 Justin Houston
J. Houston
104.0
154
390
100
490
607
5
57
1
18
12
1
10 Andre Tippett
A. Tippett
100.0
151
1
42
0
19
2
11 Joey Porter
J. Porter
98.0
188
451
152
603
12
233
1
22
10
2
12 Clay Matthews
C. Matthews
91.5
156
383
136
519
572.5
6
191
2
17
5
1
13 Ryan Kerrigan
R. Kerrigan
90.0
140
321
116
437
629
3
61
3
26
3
0
14 Ken Harvey
K. Harvey
89.0
164
1
2
0
11
0
15 Pat Swilling
P. Swilling
88.5
153
6
79
1
10
0
16 James Harrison
J. Harrison
84.5
193
573
220
793
536.5
8
95
0
34
9
1
17 Chad Brown
C. Brown
79.0
188
258
70
328
6
39
0
5
15
3
18 Simon Fletcher
S. Fletcher
79.0
108
1
4
0
6
0
19 Jason Gildon
J. Gildon
77.0
158
131
54
185
2
1
0
7
11
3
20 Karl Mecklenburg
K. Mecklenburg
77.0
164
5
128
0
14
2
21 Bryce Paup
B. Paup
75.0
148
6
55
1
6
0
22 Tim Harris
T. Harris
75.0
103
0
0
0
8
0
23 Shaun Phillips
S. Phillips
71.5
152
377
124
501
442.5
6
67
2
20
10
1
24 Cornelius Bennett
C. Bennett
71.5
206
7
112
1
27
1
25 Tamba Hali
T. Hali
71.0
130
326
94
420
470.5
1
10
1
22
6
1
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
7
4
0
.636
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
9
1
0
.900
Vikings Vikings
8
2
0
.800
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
5
0
.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
6
0
.400
NFC West W L T PCT
Cardinals Cardinals
6
4
0
.600
Rams Rams
5
5
0
.500
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
4
6
0
.400
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
Ravens Ravens
7
4
0
.636
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
7
4
0
.636
Colts Colts
5
6
0
.455
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
9
1
0
.900
Chargers Chargers
7
3
0
.700

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
11/20
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
19-24
Sun
11/17
HOU HOU
@
DAL DAL
34-10
Sat
11/16
CIN CIN
@
LAC LAC
27-34
Sat
11/16
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
21-30
Sat
11/16
ATL ATL
@
DEN DEN
6-38

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/8
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Thu
12/5
GB GB
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Mon
12/2
CLE CLE
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
12/1
SF SF
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Sun
12/1
PHI PHI
@
BAL BAL
4:25 PM