2001 NFL Sacks by Team

The Pittsburgh Steelers led the whole NFL in sacks in 2001, with 58.0, 5.0 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 31 NFL teams is 38.4.

Led the whole NFL in 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 games

58.0 Sacks 5.0 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	Conference	G	SK
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	58.0
2	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	53.0
3	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	52.0
4	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	51.0
5	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	48.0
6	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	46.0
6	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	46.0
6	New York Giants	NFC	16	46.0
9	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	45.0
9	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	45.0
11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	42.0
12	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	41.0
12	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	41.0
14	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	40.0
15	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	39.0
15	New England Patriots	AFC	16	39.0
	NFL average			38.4
17	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	38.0
18	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	37.0
18	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	37.0
20	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	36.0
20	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	36.0
22	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	33.0
22	New York Jets	AFC	16	33.0
24	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	32.0
25	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	30.0
25	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	30.0
27	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	26.0
28	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	25.0
29	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	24.0
30	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	22.0
31	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	19.0

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.