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Most sacks in a team's first 8 games of an NFL season since 1982

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Michael Strahan leads with 14 sacks through NYG's first 8 games of 2001, first of 36,360 player-seasons since 1982.

Most sacks in a team's first 8 games of an NFL season since 1982
#Player and seasonsValue
Michael Strahan (2001 NYG)200114
Mark Gastineau (1984 NYJ)198413.5
Keith Millard (1989 MIN)198913
Jared Allen (2011 MIN)201112.5
DeMarcus Ware (2011 DAL)201112
Doug Betters (1983 MIA)198312
Justin Houston (2014 KC)201412
Kevin Greene (1998 CAR)199812
La'Roi Glover (2000 NO)200012
Leonard Marshall (1985 NYG)198511.5
Robert Mathis (2013 IND)201311.5
Rulon Jones (1986 DEN)198611.5
T.J. Watt (2021 PIT)202111.5
Anthony Smith (1993 LV)199311
Calais Campbell (2017 JAX)201711
Hugh Douglas (2000 PHI)200011
Justin Houston (2013 KC)201311
Mario Williams (2013 BUF)201311
Reggie White (1998 GB)199811
Renaldo Turnbull (1993 NO)199311
Clyde Simmons (1989 PHI)198910.5
DeMarcus Lawrence (2017 DAL)201710.5
Dennis Harrison (1982 PHI)198210.5
Doug Martin (1982 MIN)198210.5
Elvis Dumervil (2009 DEN)200910.5

Method

  • The data has sacks for every game since 1982, so 6,192 player-seasons from before then aren't here.