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Year-by-Year
Rank
Player
(age), + - HOFer,
Bold
- Active
Sk
Year
Teams
1.
Michael Strahan
(30)
22.5
2001
NYG
2.
Mark Gastineau
(28)
22.0
1984
NYJ
3.
Chris Doleman
(28)
21.0
1989
MIN
Reggie White
+ (26)
21.0
1987
PHI
5.
Lawrence Taylor
+ (27)
20.5
1986
NYG
6.
Derrick Thomas
(23)
20.0
1990
KAN
7.
Tim Harris
(25)
19.5
1989
GNB
8.
Mark Gastineau
(27)
19.0
1983
NYJ
Bruce Smith
(27)
19.0
1990
BUF
Clyde Simmons
(28)
19.0
1992
PHI
11.
Michael Strahan
(32)
18.5
2003
NYG
Jason Taylor
(28)
18.5
2002
MIA
Dexter Manley
(27)
18.5
1986
WAS
Andre Tippett
+ (25)
18.5
1984
NWE
15.
Reggie White
+ (25)
18.0
1986
PHI
Reggie White
+ (27)
18.0
1988
PHI
Keith Millard
(27)
18.0
1989
MIN
18.
Bryce Paup
(27)
17.5
1995
BUF
Richard Dent
(24)
17.5
1984
CHI
Fred Dean
+ (31)
17.5
1983
SFO
21.
Richard Dent
(25)
17.0
1985
CHI
Pat Swilling
(27)
17.0
1991
NOR
Leslie O'Neal
(28)
17.0
1992
SDG
Tim Harris
(28)
17.0
1992
SFO
Kevin Carter
(26)
17.0
1999
STL
La'Roi Glover
(26)
17.0
2000
NOR
Shawne Merriman
(22)
17.0
2006
SDG
28.
Andre Tippett
+ (26)
16.5
1985
NWE
Kevin Greene
(26)
16.5
1988
RAM
Pat Swilling
(25)
16.5
1989
NOR
Kevin Greene
(27)
16.5
1989
RAM
Michael Sinclair
(30)
16.5
1998
SEA
Simeon Rice
(25)
16.5
1999
ARI
Warren Sapp
(28)
16.5
2000
TAM
Trace Armstrong
(35)
16.5
2000
MIA
36.
Jacob Green
(26)
16.0
1983
SEA
Curtis Greer
(26)
16.0
1983
STL
Doug Betters
(27)
16.0
1983
MIA
Greg Brown
(27)
16.0
1984
PHI
Charles Haley
(26)
16.0
1990
SFO
Simon Fletcher
(30)
16.0
1992
DEN
Reggie White
+ (37)
16.0
1998
GNB
Dwight Freeney
(24)
16.0
2004
IND
Derrick Burgess
(27)
16.0
2005
OAK
45.
Leonard Marshall
(24)
15.5
1985
NYG
Sean Jones
(24)
15.5
1986
RAI
Lawrence Taylor
+ (29)
15.5
1988
NYG
Clyde Simmons
(25)
15.5
1989
PHI
Wayne Martin
(27)
15.5
1992
NOR
John Randle
(30)
15.5
1997
MIN
Simeon Rice
(28)
15.5
2002
TAM
Aaron Kampman
(27)
15.5
2006
GNB
Jared Allen
(25)
15.5
2007
KAN
54.
William Fuller
(29)
15.0
1991
HOU
Reggie White
+ (30)
15.0
1991
PHI
Lawrence Taylor
+ (30)
15.0
1989
NYG
Bruce Smith
(23)
15.0
1986
BUF
Lee Williams
(24)
15.0
1986
SDG
Dexter Manley
(26)
15.0
1985
WAS
Mike Merriweather
(24)
15.0
1984
PIT
Neil Smith
(27)
15.0
1993
KAN
Dana Stubblefield
(27)
15.0
1997
SFO
Michael Strahan
(27)
15.0
1998
NYG
Adewale Ogunleye
(26)
15.0
2003
MIA
Simeon Rice
(29)
15.0
2003
TAM
Peter Boulware
(27)
15.0
2001
BAL
Hugh Douglas
(29)
15.0
2000
PHI
Robert Porcher
(30)
15.0
1999
DET
Chris Doleman
(37)
15.0
1998
SFO
Kevin Greene
(36)
15.0
1998
CAR
71.
Neil Smith
(26)
14.5
1992
KAN
Derrick Thomas
(25)
14.5
1992
KAN
Charles Mann
(24)
14.5
1985
WAS
Jeff Bryant
(24)
14.5
1984
SEA
Art Still
(29)
14.5
1984
KAN
Ezra Johnson
(28)
14.5
1983
GNB
Chris Doleman
(31)
14.5
1992
MIN
Kevin Greene
(34)
14.5
1996
CAR
Michael McCrary
(28)
14.5
1998
BAL
Patrick Kerney
(31)
14.5
2007
SEA
Osi Umenyiora
(25)
14.5
2005
NYG
Bertrand Berry
(29)
14.5
2004
ARI
Leonard Little
(27)
14.5
2001
STL
Jason Taylor
(26)
14.5
2000
MIA
Jevon Kearse
(23)
14.5
1999
TEN
86.
Reggie White
+ (31)
14.0
1992
PHI
Reggie White
+ (29)
14.0
1990
PHI
Lee Williams
(27)
14.0
1989
SDG
Freddie Joe Nunn
(26)
14.0
1988
PHO
Jim Jeffcoat
(25)
14.0
1986
DAL
Doug Betters
(28)
14.0
1984
MIA
Reggie Camp
(23)
14.0
1984
CLE
Curtis Greer
(27)
14.0
1984
STL
Keith Willis
(24)
14.0
1983
PIT
Bruce Smith
(29)
14.0
1992
BUF
Cortez Kennedy
(24)
14.0
1992
SEA
Bryan Cox
(24)
14.0
1992
MIA
DeMarcus Ware
(25)
14.0
2007
DAL
Mario Williams
(22)
14.0
2007
HOU
Aaron Schobel
(29)
14.0
2006
BUF
Simeon Rice
(31)
14.0
2005
TAM
Eric Hicks
(24)
14.0
2000
KAN
Bruce Smith
(34)
14.0
1997
BUF
Michael Strahan
(26)
14.0
1997
NYG
Kevin Greene
(32)
14.0
1994
PIT
Bruce Smith
(30)
14.0
1993
BUF
107.
Simon Fletcher
(29)
13.5
1991
DEN
Derrick Thomas
(24)
13.5
1991
KAN
Leslie O'Neal
(26)
13.5
1990
SDG
Tim Harris
(24)
13.5
1988
GNB
Rulon Jones
(28)
13.5
1986
DEN
Mark Gastineau
(29)
13.5
1985
NYJ
Jacob Green
(28)
13.5
1985
SEA
Mike Bell
(27)
13.5
1984
KAN
Dexter Manley
(25)
13.5
1984
WAS
William Gay
(28)
13.5
1983
DET
Rickey Jackson
(34)
13.5
1992
NOR
Tony Bennett
(25)
13.5
1992
GNB
Simon Fletcher
(31)
13.5
1993
DEN
Jason Taylor
(32)
13.5
2006
MIA
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila
(27)
13.5
2004
GNB
Charlie Clemons
(29)
13.5
2001
NOR
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila
(24)
13.5
2001
GNB
Jason Gildon
(28)
13.5
2000
PIT
Lamar Lathon
(29)
13.5
1996
CAR
Michael McCrary
(26)
13.5
1996
SEA
Bruce Smith
(33)
13.5
1996
BUF
Ken Harvey
(29)
13.5
1994
WAS
John Randle
(27)
13.5
1994
MIN
130.
Greg Brown
(28)
13.0
1985
PHI
Bruce Smith
(26)
13.0
1989
BUF
Kevin Greene
(28)
13.0
1990
RAM
Dennis Byrd
(24)
13.0
1990
NYJ
Greg Townsend
(30)
13.0
1991
RAI
Clyde Simmons
(27)
13.0
1991
PHI
Tony Bennett
(24)
13.0
1991
GNB
Anthony Smith
(25)
13.0
1992
RAI
Ray Childress
(30)
13.0
1992
HOU
Too Tall Jones
(34)
13.0
1985
DAL
Karl Mecklenburg
(25)
13.0
1985
DEN
Doug Martin
(26)
13.0
1983
MIN
Howie Long
+ (23)
13.0
1983
RAI
Doug English
(30)
13.0
1983
DET
Eddie Edwards
(29)
13.0
1983
CIN
Dwaine Board
(27)
13.0
1983
SFO
Al Baker
(27)
13.0
1983
STL
Jacob Green
(27)
13.0
1984
SEA
Reggie White
+ (24)
13.0
1985
PHI
Lawrence Taylor
+ (26)
13.0
1985
NYG
Reggie White
+ (32)
13.0
1993
GNB
Renaldo Turnbull
(27)
13.0
1993
NOR
Sean Jones
(31)
13.0
1993
HOU
Jamir Miller
(28)
13.0
2001
CLE
John Abraham
(23)
13.0
2001
NYJ
Dwight Freeney
(22)
13.0
2002
IND
Jason Taylor
(29)
13.0
2003
MIA
Patrick Kerney
(28)
13.0
2004
ATL
Trevor Pryce
(31)
13.0
2006
BAL
Julius Peppers
(26)
13.0
2006
CAR
Leonard Little
(32)
13.0
2006
STL
Osi Umenyiora
(27)
13.0
2007
NYG
Marcellus Wiley
(27)
13.0
2001
SDG
Marcus Jones
(27)
13.0
2000
TAM
Pat Swilling
(31)
13.0
1995
OAK
Wayne Martin
(30)
13.0
1995
NOR
William Fuller
(33)
13.0
1995
PHI
Alfred Williams
(28)
13.0
1996
DEN
Derrick Thomas
(29)
13.0
1996
KAN
Michael Sinclair
(28)
13.0
1996
SEA
William Fuller
(34)
13.0
1996
PHI
Chad Brown
(26)
13.0
1996
PIT
Trevor Pryce
(24)
13.0
1999
DEN
173.
Greg Townsend
(29)
12.5
1990
RAI
Sean Jones
(28)
12.5
1990
HOU
Jacob Green
(33)
12.5
1990
SEA
Anthony Smith
(26)
12.5
1993
RAI
John Randle
(26)
12.5
1993
MIN
Kevin Greene
(31)
12.5
1993
PIT
Chris Doleman
(32)
12.5
1993
MIN
Leslie O'Neal
(25)
12.5
1989
SDG
Richard Dent
(27)
12.5
1987
CHI
Andre Tippett
+ (28)
12.5
1987
NWE
Leslie O'Neal
(22)
12.5
1986
SDG
Bill Pickel
(26)
12.5
1985
RAI
Mike Wilcher
(25)
12.5
1985
RAM
Bill Pickel
(25)
12.5
1984
RAI
Randy White
+ (31)
12.5
1984
DAL
Randy White
+ (30)
12.5
1983
DAL
Richard Dent
(33)
12.5
1993
CHI
Leslie O'Neal
(30)
12.5
1994
SDG
Charles Haley
(30)
12.5
1994
DAL
Trent Cole
(25)
12.5
2007
PHI
Elvis Dumervil
(23)
12.5
2007
DEN
Greg Ellis
(32)
12.5
2007
DAL
Shawne Merriman
(23)
12.5
2007
SDG
Mike Vrabel
(32)
12.5
2007
NWE
Kyle Vanden Bosch
(27)
12.5
2005
TEN
Shaun Ellis
(26)
12.5
2003
NYJ
Leonard Little
(29)
12.5
2003
STL
Andre Carter
(23)
12.5
2002
SFO
Leslie O'Neal
(31)
12.5
1995
SDG
Simeon Rice
(22)
12.5
1996
ARI
Roy Barker
(27)
12.5
1996
SFO
Robert Porcher
(28)
12.5
1997
DET
Hugh Douglas
(27)
12.5
1998
PHI
Warren Sapp
(27)
12.5
1999
TAM
Hugh Douglas
(31)
12.5
2002
PHI
208.
Lawrence Taylor
+ (28)
12.0
1987
NYG
Bruce Smith
(24)
12.0
1987
BUF
Mike L. Cofer
(28)
12.0
1988
DET
Simon Fletcher
(27)
12.0
1989
DEN
Richard Dent
(30)
12.0
1990
CHI
Leslie O'Neal
(29)
12.0
1993
SDG
Reggie White
+ (34)
12.0
1995
GNB
Neil Smith
(29)
12.0
1995
KAN
Tony Tolbert
(29)
12.0
1996
DAL
Trace Armstrong
(31)
12.0
1996
MIA
Jacob Green
(29)
12.0
1986
SEA
Charles Haley
(22)
12.0
1986
SFO
Rickey Jackson
(25)
12.0
1983
NOR
Mike Hartenstine
(30)
12.0
1983
CHI
David Galloway
(24)
12.0
1983
STL
Clay Matthews
(28)
12.0
1984
CLE
Howie Long
+ (24)
12.0
1984
RAI
Rickey Jackson
(26)
12.0
1984
NOR
Dennis Harrison
(28)
12.0
1984
PHI
Jim Jeffcoat
(24)
12.0
1985
DAL
Keith Willis
(27)
12.0
1986
PIT
Leonard Marshall
(25)
12.0
1986
NYG
Chuck Smith
(28)
12.0
1997
ATL
Michael Sinclair
(29)
12.0
1997
SEA
Chris Doleman
(36)
12.0
1997
SFO
Leonard Little
(28)
12.0
2002
STL
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila
(25)
12.0
2002
GNB
Terrell Suggs
(21)
12.0
2003
BAL
Mike Rucker
(28)
12.0
2003
CAR
Simeon Rice
(30)
12.0
2004
TAM
Jason Taylor
(31)
12.0
2005
MIA
Aaron Schobel
(28)
12.0
2005
BUF
Mark Anderson
(23)
12.0
2006
CHI
Kyle Vanden Bosch
(29)
12.0
2007
TEN
Julius Peppers
(22)
12.0
2002
CAR
Jason Gildon
(29)
12.0
2001
PIT
Patrick Kerney
(25)
12.0
2001
ATL
Derrick Thomas
(31)
12.0
1998
KAN
Kevin Carter
(25)
12.0
1998
STL
Roy Barker
(29)
12.0
1998
SFO
Kevin Greene
(37)
12.0
1999
CAR
Chad Bratzke
(28)
12.0
1999
IND
Tony Brackens
(25)
12.0
1999
JAX
Trevor Pryce
(25)
12.0
2000
DEN
Joe Johnson
(28)
12.0
2000
NOR
Marco Coleman
(31)
12.0
2000
WAS
Aaron Kampman
(28)
12.0
2007
GNB