NFL Sacks Leaders 2024

We have seen a lot of individual defensive performances over the years, and sacks are such an important stat because they occur more often than interceptions and fumbles. Sack totals showcase the best pass rushers in the game and how they have an effect on their team’s overall defense. With the league becoming more pass happy in the modern era, getting pressure on a quarterback is important. This page shows not just which players are generating the most sacks, but also who is pressuring the quarterback the most. QB pressures are important as, although they didn't record a sack, they successfully disrupted the opposing offense. This page allows you to toggle stats around and see who is leading the league or conference in sacks. As we get deeper into the season, you can see who is making an impact by sacks per game. Once the playoffs hit, swap over tabs and see who is dominating the postseason with their pass rush.

We have seen a lot of individual defensive performances over the years, and sacks are such an important stat because they occur more often than interceptions and fumbles. Sack totals showcase the best pass rushers in the game and how they have an effect on their team’s overall defense. With the league becoming more pass happy in the modern era, getting pressure on a quarterback is important. This page shows not just which players are generating the most sacks, but also who is pressuring the quarterback the most. QB pressures are important as, although they didn't record a sack, they successfully disrupted the opposing offense. This page allows you to toggle stats around and see who is leading the league or conference in sacks. As we get deeper into the season, you can see who is making an impact by sacks per game. Once the playoffs hit, swap over tabs and see who is dominating the postseason with their pass rush.

Defense Defense Total Per Game
RANK NAME RATING TEAM SACKS HOME AWAY QB HITS FORCED FUMBLES SAFETY SACKS HOME AWAY QB HITS
Defense 1 Myles Garrett M. Garrett
99
Total 14 9 5 28 3 0 Per Game 0.9 1.1 0.6 1.8
Defense 1 Trey Hendrickson T. Hendrickson
90
Total 14 6.5 7.5 31 2 0 Per Game 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.9
Defense 3 Danielle Hunter D. Hunter
90
Total 12 8 4 23 2 0 Per Game 0.8 1 0.5 1.4
Defense 4 Kyle Van Noy K. V. Noy
79
Total 11.5 5.5 6 20 2 0 Per Game 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.2
Defense 4 Nik Bonitto N. Bonitto
72
Total 11.5 6.5 5 22 2 0 Per Game 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.4
Defense 4 T.J. Watt T. Watt
96
Total 11.5 5.5 6 27 6 0 Per Game 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.7
Defense 4 Andrew Van Ginkel A. V. Ginkel
85
Total 11.5 4.5 7 19 1 0 Per Game 0.7 0.5 1 1.2
Defense 8 Will Anderson Jr. W. Anderson Jr.
84
Total 11 6 5 19 1 0 Per Game 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.2
Defense 8 Jonathan Greenard J. Greenard
79
Total 11 9 2 20 4 0 Per Game 0.7 1 0.3 1.2
Defense 10 Dante Fowler Jr. D. Fowler Jr.
74
Total 10.5 6 4.5 12 2 0 Per Game 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8
Defense 11 Will McDonald IV W. M. IV
73
Total 10 5 5 21 2 0 Per Game 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.3
Defense 12 Travon Walker T. Walker
77
Total 9.5 7.5 2 14 2 0 Per Game 0.6 0.9 0.2 0.9
Defense 12 Micah Parsons M. Parsons
97
Total 9.5 4.5 5 20 2 0 Per Game 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2
Defense 12 Jonathon Cooper J. Cooper
76
Total 9.5 3.5 6 19 1 0 Per Game 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.2
Defense 15 Dexter Lawrence II D. L. II
94
Total 9 4 5 16 1 0 Per Game 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.3
Defense 15 Leonard Williams L. Williams
81
Total 9 2.5 6.5 26 0 0 Per Game 0.6 0.3 0.9 1.6
Defense 15 Odafe Oweh O. Oweh
79
Total 9 3.5 5.5 22 1 0 Per Game 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.4
Defense 15 Nick Bosa N. Bosa
98
Total 9 6 3 24 1 0 Per Game 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.5
Defense 19 Tuli Tuipulotu T. Tuipulotu
76
Total 8.5 4.5 4 15 1 0 Per Game 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9
Defense 19 Zach Allen Z. Allen
77
Total 8.5 2.5 6 39 0 1 Per Game 0.5 0.4 0.7 2.4
Defense 19 Leonard Floyd L. Floyd
78
Total 8.5 6.5 2 16 0 0 Per Game 0.5 0.7 0.3 1
Defense 19 Zach Sieler Z. Sieler
81
Total 8.5 5 3.5 17 1 0 Per Game 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.1
Defense 23 Braden Fiske B. Fiske
67
Total 8 3 5 9 2 0 Per Game 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6
Defense 23 Cameron Heyward C. Heyward
90
Total 8 3 5 20 0 0 Per Game 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.2
Defense 23 Harold Landry III H. L. III
77
Total 8 5 3 14 1 1 Per Game 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.9
Defense 23 Greg Rousseau G. Rousseau
84
Total 8 6 2 23 3 0 Per Game 0.5 0.8 0.2 1.4
Defense 23 Derick Hall D. Hall
71
Total 8 5 3 19 2 0 Per Game 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.2
Defense 23 Josh Sweat J. Sweat
82
Total 8 5 3 14 0 0 Per Game 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.9
Defense 23 Frankie Luvu F. Luvu
82
Total 8 5.5 2.5 14 1 0 Per Game 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.9
Defense 23 Kobie Turner K. Turner
79
Total 8 4 4 13 1 0 Per Game 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8
Defense 23 Brian Burns B. Burns
85
Total 8 4 4 16 2 0 Per Game 0.5 0.4 0.6 1
Defense 23 Josh Hines-Allen J. Hines-Allen
92
Total 8 4.5 3.5 19 1 0 Per Game 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.2
Defense 33 Bryan Bresee B. Bresee
72
Total 7.5 4.5 3 14 1 0 Per Game 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.9
Defense 33 Calijah Kancey C. Kancey
76
Total 7.5 2 5.5 16 1 0 Per Game 0.5 0.2 0.7 1
Defense 33 Aidan Hutchinson A. Hutchinson
87
Total 7.5 5.5 2 17 1 0 Per Game 1.5 1.8 1 3.4
Defense 33 George Karlaftis G. Karlaftis
80
Total 7.5 2.5 5 28 0 0 Per Game 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.8
Defense 33 Maxx Crosby M. Crosby
96
Total 7.5 0.5 7 20 0 0 Per Game 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.4
Defense 38 Patrick Jones II P. J. II
69
Total 7 2 5 12 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.8
Defense 38 Byron Young B. Young
77
Total 7 4 3 12 1 1 Per Game 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.8
Defense 38 Kwity Paye K. Paye
78
Total 7 3.5 3.5 11 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7
Defense 41 DeForest Buckner D. Buckner
85
Total 6.5 2.5 4 13 0 0 Per Game 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2
Defense 41 Arden Key A. Key
73
Total 6.5 2 4.5 14 2 0 Per Game 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.9
Defense 41 Nnamdi Madubuike N. Madubuike
89
Total 6.5 4 2.5 16 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.6 0.3 1
Defense 41 Tershawn Wharton T. Wharton
69
Total 6.5 3.5 3 11 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7
Defense 41 Rashan Gary R. Gary
84
Total 6.5 2.5 4 14 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.9
Defense 41 Nolan Smith Jr. N. Smith Jr.
72
Total 6.5 3 3.5 11 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7
Defense 47 Arnold Ebiketie A. Ebiketie
76
Total 6 4 2 12 0 0 Per Game 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.8
Defense 47 Khalil Mack K. Mack
91
Total 6 2.5 3.5 15 2 0 Per Game 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.9
Defense 47 A.J. Epenesa A.J. Epenesa
76
Total 6 3 3 11 2 1 Per Game 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7
Defense 47 Bud Dupree B. Dupree
75
Total 6 6 0 9 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.8 0 0.6
Defense 47 Alex Highsmith A. Highsmith
89
Total 6 3 3 13 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.8
Defense 47 Boye Mafe B. Mafe
78
Total 6 4 2 12 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.8
Defense 47 Quinnen Williams Q. Williams
95
Total 6 4.5 1.5 17 0 0 Per Game 0.4 0.6 0.2 1.1
Defense 47 John Franklin-Myers J. Franklin-Myers
75
Total 6 0.5 5.5 16 0 0 Per Game 0.4 0.1 0.6 1
Defense 47 Azeez Ojulari A. Ojulari
71
Total 6 3 3 10 0 0 Per Game 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.9
Defense 47 Chop Robinson C. Robinson
67
Total 6 2.5 3.5 13 0 0 Per Game 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.8
Defense 47 Vita Vea V. Vea
89
Total 6 1 5 12 0 0 Per Game 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.8
Defense 58 Montez Sweat M. Sweat
83
Total 5.5 3.5 2 12 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.8
Defense 58 Carl Granderson C. Granderson
80
Total 5.5 3.5 2 13 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.8
Defense 58 A'Shawn Robinson A. Robinson
75
Total 5.5 2 3.5 8 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5
Defense 58 Chase Young C. Young
86
Total 5.5 3.5 2 21 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.3
Defense 58 Lavonte David L. David
91
Total 5.5 3 2.5 6 3 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4
Defense 58 Chris Jones C. Jones
98
Total 5.5 3.5 2 21 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.2 1.3
Defense 58 Logan Hall L. Hall
70
Total 5.5 2 3.5 10 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.6
Defense 58 Derwin James Jr. D. James Jr.
92
Total 5.5 1.5 4 6 0 0 Per Game 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.4
Defense 66 Joey Bosa J. Bosa
88
Total 5 3 2 11 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.7
Defense 66 Deatrich Wise Jr. D. Wise Jr.
78
Total 5 0 5 8 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0 0.6 0.5
Defense 66 Jeffery Simmons J. Simmons
88
Total 5 2 3 10 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6
Defense 66 Gervon Dexter Sr. G. D. Sr.
67
Total 5 3 2 18 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.1
Defense 66 Dondrea Tillman D. Tillman
67
Total 5 1 4 6 0 0 Per Game 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.4
Defense 66 K'Lavon Chaisson K. Chaisson
70
Total 5 2 3 8 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6
Defense 66 Kaden Elliss K. Elliss
76
Total 5 3 2 15 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.3 1
Defense 66 Dorance Armstrong D. Armstrong
77
Total 5 2 3 14 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.9
Defense 66 Jonah Elliss J. Elliss
67
Total 5 3 2 6 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4
Defense 66 Tim Settle Jr. T. Settle Jr.
71
Total 5 1 4 10 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.6
Defense 66 Keion White K. White
70
Total 5 1.5 3.5 16 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.2 0.4 1
Defense 66 DeMarvion Overshown D. Overshown
68
Total 5 2 3 5 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4
Defense 66 Maliek Collins M. Collins
72
Total 5 3 2 11 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7
Defense 66 Devonte Wyatt D. Wyatt
75
Total 5 2 3 9 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.6
Defense 80 Joseph Ossai J. Ossai
72
Total 4.5 2.5 2 14 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.9
Defense 80 Kingsley Enagbare K. Enagbare
68
Total 4.5 1 3.5 8 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.5
Defense 80 Blake Cashman B. Cashman
78
Total 4.5 2.5 2 10 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6
Defense 80 Jalen Carter J. Carter
80
Total 4.5 1 3.5 16 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.1
Defense 80 Tyree Wilson T. Wilson
74
Total 4.5 3 1.5 10 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6
Defense 80 Jared Verse J. Verse
67
Total 4.5 2.5 2 18 2 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.1
Defense 80 Jarran Reed J. Reed
78
Total 4.5 2.5 2 14 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9
Defense 80 Dante Stills D. Stills
68
Total 4.5 2.5 2 6 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4
Defense 80 Jadeveon Clowney J. Clowney
86
Total 4.5 2.5 2 8 0 0 Per Game 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5
Defense 80 Micheal Clemons M. Clemons
69
Total 4.5 2.5 2 7 1 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4
Defense 80 Nick Herbig N. Herbig
68
Total 4.5 2.5 2 10 4 0 Per Game 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6
Defense 91 D.J. Wonnum D. Wonnum
72
Total 4 3 1 6 1 0 Per Game 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9
Defense 91 Calais Campbell C. Campbell
83
Total 4 2 2 11 1 0 Per Game 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7
Defense 91 Brenton Cox Jr. B. Cox Jr.
67
Total 4 2 2 7 1 0 Per Game 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
Defense 91 Chauncey Golston C. Golston
71
Total 4 2.5 1.5 6 0 0 Per Game 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4
Defense 91 Zaven Collins Z. Collins
75
Total 4 3 1 6 1 0 Per Game 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.4
Defense 91 Daron Payne D. Payne
84
Total 4 2.5 1.5 7 0 0 Per Game 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4
Defense 91 Adam Butler A. Butler
73
Total 4 1 3 9 1 0 Per Game 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6
Defense 91 Kayvon Thibodeaux K. Thibodeaux
78
Total 4 3 1 14 1 0 Per Game 0.4 0.5 0.2 1.3
Defense 91 Osa Odighizuwa O. Odighizuwa
79
Total 4 2.5 1.5 22 1 0 Per Game 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.4
Defense 91 Laiatu Latu L. Latu
67
Total 4 3 1 12 3 0 Per Game 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.8

How To Read Sack Leaders Page

Every week, the rankings on this page will likely change as we are ranking defensive players solely on sacks. You can use tabs to narrow down between the overall NFL, AFC, and NFC. The slider helps you pinpoint who has the most sacks within a certain span of weeks. You can organize stats by the second half of the season or the last three weeks. The Lineups Rating will is visible next to the player to show their overall rating from a formula we have created based on defensive stats.

Getting into totals and per game numbers, you can see the splits between home and away. A player might have a noticeable difference in sacks at home compared to on the road.

QB pressures, forced fumbles, and safeties are also included here. QB pressures are much more frequent, although certain players have a knack for forcing turnovers more frequently than others. Safeties are rare in the NFL, although the table shows which players are responsible for the most forced safeties. QB pressures can have an impact on the play without showing up in the box score as a sack.

What Makes A Good Pass Rusher?

Each pass rusher has unique strengths and weaknesses. Awareness is a crucial factor for a pass rusher. There is always a lot going on each play and pre-snap. Pass rushers that can get off the line and read snap counts will have a slight edge, although that's just a small piece of the puzzle.

Reading offensive lineman is also crucial for a pass rusher. After assessing the offensive lineman, they'll still need to find the ball and read the play. Whether that is a play action, a run, or a drop back pass, the pass rushed will want to get to the ball. Getting past the blocker is only the first step, and it doesn’t do much good if you don’t know where the ball is after that.

Having multiple pass rushing techniques is important because if you're a one dimensional pass rusher, an offense will likely be able to figure you out. You also won't be able to beat every offensive lineman with one or two moves. The best pass rushers are able to beat you inside or out, bull rush you, or simply beat you right off the line.

After all is said and done, a successful pass rusher needs to apply pressure and bring down the quarterback. Speed, physicality, strength, and size are all vital for players in this position.

IDP Fantasy Football & Sacks

Individual sacks can be a big factor in IDP fantasy football leagues, where overall team sacks are important for non-IDP fantasy leagues. Scoring systems are going to dictate how much a sack is worth. If a sack is worth the amount of a tackle, they won't matter as much for fantasy purposes. But if sacks are worth much more than tackles, sack production will generate more fantasy points.

When analyzing which players will be responsible for the most sacks, there are a few important factors to look at. The first is going to be a defensive scheme. A 4-3 or 3-4 system is going to change the way players get sacks. Defensive ends have more fantasy value than defensive tackles, although there are a few star players that beg to differ. For the most part, defensive ends are going to record the majority of a team's sacks. Defensive ends will benefit from a 4-3 system because there are four lineman to protect against instead of three for the opposing offensive lines. A linebacker in a 3-4 system might have more chances at sacks if they are used as an edge rusher and listed as a linebacker.

Although linebackers and defensive lineman are responsible for the most sacks, other players can contribute as well. Some defensive backs will play closer to the line and nab a few extra sacks. Depending on how your IDP league is set up, you might just have an open spot that doesn't focus on a specific position.

When it comes to defensive stats, sacks are one of the most important factors. A team generating the most sacks will limit the opponent's offense, increasing their chance of victory. Many sports bettors will want to use this information, whether it's for betting on individual sack props or a quarterback's passing totals.

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