most single season sacks by a defensive lineman in nfl history

Michael Strahan has the most sacks by a defensive lineman in a season, with 22.5 sacks in 2001.

Interpreted as:
most single season defensive sacks by a defensive lineman in NFL history
NAME SCK SEASON TM GP TKL AST COMB SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Michael Strahan
M. Strahan
22.5
2001
NYG NYG
16
61
12
73
177.5
0
0
0
6
1
1
2 Jared Allen
J. Allen
22.0
2011
MIN MIN
16
48
18
66
150.5
1
14
0
4
4
0
3 Mark Gastineau
M. Gastineau
22.0
1984
NYJ NYJ
16
0
0
0
1
1
4 Chris Doleman
C. Doleman
21.0
1989
MIN MIN
16
0
0
0
5
0
5 Reggie White
R. White
21.0
1987
PHI PHI
12
0
0
0
1
1
6 Aaron Donald
A. Donald
20.5
2018
LAR LAR
16
41
18
59
183.5
0
0
0
4
2
0
7 J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
20.5
2014
HOU HOU
16
59
19
78
140
1
80
1
4
5
1
8 J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
20.5
2012
HOU HOU
16
69
12
81
138.5
0
0
0
4
2
0
9 Robert Mathis
R. Mathis
19.5
2013
IND IND
16
44
15
59
120.5
0
0
0
8
0
0
10 Robert Quinn
R. Quinn
19.0
2013
STL STL
16
50
7
57
145
0
0
0
7
2
1
11 Clyde Simmons
C. Simmons
19.0
1992
PHI PHI
16
0
0
0
1
0
12 Bruce Smith
B. Smith
19.0
1990
BUF BUF
16
0
0
0
0
0
13 Mark Gastineau
M. Gastineau
19.0
1983
NYJ NYJ
16
0
0
0
2
1
14 Nick Bosa
N. Bosa
18.5
2022
SF SF
16
41
10
51
137.5
0
0
0
2
0
0
15 Michael Strahan
M. Strahan
18.5
2003
NYG NYG
16
60
15
75
126.5
0
0
0
3
1
0
16 Jason Taylor
J. Taylor
18.5
2002
MIA MIA
16
46
24
70
162.5
0
0
0
7
2
0
17 Dexter Manley
D. Manley
18.5
1986
WAS WAS
16
0
0
0
1
1
18 Jason Babin
J. Babin
18.0
2011
PHI PHI
16
35
5
40
107
0
0
0
3
0
0
19 Keith Millard
K. Millard
18.0
1989
MIN MIN
16
1
48
0
1
1
20 Reggie White
R. White
18.0
1988
PHI PHI
16
0
0
0
2
0
21 Reggie White
R. White
18.0
1986
PHI PHI
16
0
0
0
0
0
22 Trey Hendrickson
T. Hendrickson
17.5
2023
CIN CIN
17
28
15
43
121.5
0
0
0
3
0
0
23 J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
17.5
2015
HOU HOU
16
57
19
76
117.5
0
0
0
3
1
0
24 Richard Dent
R. Dent
17.5
1984
CHI CHI
16
0
0
0
1
0
25 Fred Dean
F. Dean
17.5
1983
SF SF
16
0
0
0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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1
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Cardinals Cardinals
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2
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