NFL career sack leaders

Every regular-season sack since the NFL made it an official stat in 1982, half-sacks included.

Source Pro-Football-Reference, as of 4 January 2026 · career sacks

(official career regular-season sacks; the NFL's count starts in 1982)

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Rank	Entry	career sacks
#1	Bruce Smith	200
#2	Reggie White	198
#3	Kevin Greene	160
#4	Julius Peppers	159.5
#5	Chris Doleman	150.5
#6	Michael Strahan	141.5
#7	Jason Taylor	139.5
#8	Terrell Suggs	139
#9	Von Miller	138.5
#10	DeMarcus Ware	138.5
#11	Richard Dent	137.5
#12	John Randle	137.5
#13	Jared Allen	136
#14	John Abraham	133.5
#15	Leslie O'Neal	132.5
#16	Lawrence Taylor	132.5
#17	Cameron Jordan	132
#18	Rickey Jackson	128
#19	Derrick Thomas	126.5
#20	Dwight Freeney	125.5
#21	Myles Garrett	125.5
#22	Robert Mathis	123
#23	Simeon Rice	122
#24	Clyde Simmons	121.5
#25	Calais Campbell	117
#26	T.J. Watt	115
#27	Danielle Hunter	114.5
#28	J.J. Watt	114.5
#29	Sean Jones	113
#30	Khalil Mack	113
#31	Justin Houston	112
#32	Chandler Jones	112
#33	Aaron Donald	111
#34	Greg Townsend	109.5
#35	Pat Swilling	107.5
#36	Trace Armstrong	106
#37	Elvis Dumervil	105.5
#38	Kevin Carter	104.5
#39	Neil Smith	104.5
#40	Jim Jeffcoat	102.5
#41	Robert Quinn	102
#42	William Fuller	100.5
#43	Charles Haley	100.5
#44	Cameron Wake	100.5
#45	Carlos Dunlap	100
#46	Andre Tippett	100
#47	Joey Porter	98
#48	Simon Fletcher	97.5
#49	Jacob Green	97.5
#50	Dexter Manley	97.5
#51	Mario Williams	97.5
#52	Warren Sapp	96.5
#53	Ryan Kerrigan	95.5
#54	Robert Porcher	95.5
#55	Steve McMichael	95
#56	Jason Pierre-Paul	94.5
#57	Henry Thomas	93.5
#58	Cameron Heyward	92
#59	Clay Matthews III	91.5
#60	Trevor Pryce	91
#61	Trent Cole	90.5
#62	Tamba Hali	89.5
#63	Bryant Young	89.5
#64	Ken Harvey	89
#65	Chris Jones	87.5
#66	Leonard Little	87.5
#67	Justin Smith	87
#68	Willie McGinest	86
#69	Everson Griffen	85.5
#70	Osi Umenyiora	85
#71	James Harrison	84.5
#72	Greg Ellis	84
#73	Howie Long	84
#74	La'Roi Glover	83.5
#75	Leonard Marshall	83.5
#76	Charles Mann	83
#77	Patrick Kerney	82.5
#78	Wayne Martin	82.5
#79	Lee Williams	82.5
#80	Shaun Phillips	81.5
#81	Tim Harris	—
#82	Trey Hendrickson	81
#83	Andre Carter	80.5
#84	Hugh Douglas	80
#85	Jason Gildon	80
#86	Brandon Graham	79.5
#87	Chad Brown	79
#88	Karl Mecklenburg	79
#89	Aaron Schobel	78
#90	Joey Bosa	77
#91	Ray Childress	76.5
#92	Geno Atkins	75.5
#93	Bryce Paup	75
#94	Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila	74.5
#95	Cliff Avril	74
#96	Mark Gastineau	74
#97	Jevon Kearse	74
#98	Shaun Ellis	73.5
#99	Michael Sinclair	73.5
#100	Rob Burnett	73

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