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The NFL began to keep track of sacks in 1982, with 44 players having reached the milestone in that time. Using unofficial record-keeping (dating back to 1960), an additional 21 players have finished with 100 or more career sacks, leading to a total of 65 players.
NFL annual sacks leaders. Jared Allen led the league in sacks in 2007 and 2011. Al Baker is the unofficial NFL record holder with 23 sacks during the 1978 NFL season. [ 2 ] The Deacon Jones Award, given annually to the player who leads the league in sacks, is named after Deacon Jones. Jones unofficially led the league in sacks 5 times.
Considered one of the greatest defensive ends of all time, Smith is the NFL's all-time career leader in quarterback sacks with 200. [a] Smith also received 11 Pro Bowl selections and eight first-team All-Pro honors, while appearing in four consecutive Super Bowls with the Bills.
A banner hangs in the Rogers Centre to commemorate Damon Allen breaking the all-time pro football career passing record in 2006. Most passing yards, career. 79,816 - Anthony Calvillo; 72,381 - Damon Allen (highest rank - #1) 63,227 - Henry Burris (highest rank - #3) 60,736 - Ricky Ray (highest rank - #4) 53,255 - Danny McManus (highest rank - #2)
Most sack yards lost, career: 3,794, Dave Krieg [216] Lowest sacked percentage (times sacked per passing play attempted), season : 0.98%, Dan Marino [ 217 ] Lowest sacked percentage (times sacked per passing play attempted), career : 2.83%, George Blanda [ 218 ]
In 2021, Baker was listed as the NFL's unofficial all-time single-season sack leader due to Pro Football Reference adding sack statistics from 1960 to 1981, the year before the stat became official. Baker recorded 23 sacks as a rookie in 1978 with the Detroit Lions, topping the official record of 22.5 sacks by Michael Strahan and T. J. Watt. [7]
At the time of his retirement, White was the NFL's all-time sacks leader with 198. (He has since been surpassed by Bruce Smith , who accumulated 200 in 47 more games played.) [ 42 ] Counting his time in the USFL, White has 221.5 sacks in professional football, making him professional football's all-time sacks leader.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers football statistical leaders are the individual statistical leaders of the Nebraska ... Sacks Years 1 Trev Alberts: 29.5: 1991–1993 2 ...