Most Sacks by a Team in a Season (NFL)

The 1984 Chicago Bears hold the NFL team record for sacks in a season, with 72.0. Next best is the 1989 Minnesota Vikings, at 71.0.

NFL team record Chicago Bears 1984 season, 16 games

72.0 Sacks 1.0 clear of 1989 Minnesota Vikings

#	Team	Season	G	SK
1	Chicago Bears	1984	16	72.0
2	Minnesota Vikings	1989	16	71.0
3	Chicago Bears	1987	15	69.0
3	Philadelphia Eagles	2022	17	69.0
5	New York Giants	1985	16	68.0
5	Denver Broncos	2025	17	68.0
7	Washington Redskins	1984	16	66.0
7	New Orleans Saints	2000	16	66.0
9	Los Angeles Raiders	1985	16	65.0
10	Los Angeles Raiders	1984	16	64.0
10	Chicago Bears	1985	16	64.0
12	Los Angeles Raiders	1986	16	63.0
12	Denver Broncos	2024	17	63.0
14	Dallas Cowboys	1985	16	62.0
14	Chicago Bears	1986	16	62.0
14	San Diego Chargers	1986	16	62.0
14	Philadelphia Eagles	1989	16	62.0
18	Seattle Seahawks	1985	16	61.0
19	San Francisco 49ers	1985	16	60.0
19	Kansas City Chiefs	1990	16	60.0
19	Carolina Panthers	1996	16	60.0
19	Philadelphia Eagles	2002	16	60.0
19	Baltimore Ravens	2006	16	60.0
19	San Diego Chargers	2006	16	60.0
25	Philadelphia Eagles	1984	16	59.0
25	New York Giants	1986	16	59.0
25	New Orleans Saints	1997	16	59.0
25	Carolina Panthers	2013	16	59.0
29	St. Louis Cardinals	1983	16	58.0
29	Pittsburgh Steelers	2001	16	58.0
29	Dallas Cowboys	2008	16	58.0
29	Baltimore Ravens	2023	17	58.0
33	Los Angeles Raiders	1983	16	57.0
33	San Francisco 49ers	1983	16	57.0
33	Dallas Cowboys	1983	16	57.0
33	Denver Broncos	1984	16	57.0
33	Philadelphia Eagles	1987	15	57.0
33	New Orleans Saints	1992	16	57.0
33	Jacksonville Jaguars	1999	16	57.0
33	Buffalo Bills	2013	16	57.0
33	Kansas City Chiefs	2023	17	57.0
33	Atlanta Falcons	2025	17	57.0
43	New Orleans Saints	1983	16	56.0
43	Dallas Cowboys	1984	16	56.0
43	Los Angeles Rams	1985	16	56.0
43	Los Angeles Rams	1988	16	56.0
43	Pittsburgh Steelers	2017	16	56.0
43	Pittsburgh Steelers	2020	16	56.0
43	Miami Dolphins	2023	17	56.0
50	New England Patriots	1984	16	55.0
50	New Orleans Saints	1984	16	55.0
50	St. Louis Cardinals	1984	16	55.0
50	Seattle Seahawks	1984	16	55.0
50	Washington Redskins	1986	16	55.0
50	New York Giants	1987	15	55.0
50	Pittsburgh Steelers	1994	16	55.0
50	Atlanta Falcons	1997	16	55.0
50	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2000	16	55.0
50	Tennessee Titans	2000	16	55.0
50	Jacksonville Jaguars	2017	16	55.0
50	Pittsburgh Steelers	2021	17	55.0
50	Kansas City Chiefs	2022	17	55.0
63	Philadelphia Eagles	1991	16	54.0
63	Philadelphia Eagles	1992	16	54.0
63	Kansas City Chiefs	1997	16	54.0
63	San Francisco 49ers	1997	16	54.0
63	New York Giants	1997	16	54.0
63	New York Giants	1998	16	54.0
63	Tennessee Titans	1999	16	54.0
63	Buffalo Bills	2014	16	54.0
63	Dallas Cowboys	2022	17	54.0
72	Philadelphia Eagles	1985	16	53.0
72	Dallas Cowboys	1986	16	53.0
72	Philadelphia Eagles	1986	16	53.0
72	Washington Redskins	1987	15	53.0
72	New Orleans Saints	2001	16	53.0
72	St. Louis Rams	2013	16	53.0
72	Carolina Panthers	2019	16	53.0
72	Pittsburgh Steelers	2019	16	53.0
72	Los Angeles Rams	2020	16	53.0
72	New England Patriots	2022	17	53.0
72	Buffalo Bills	2023	17	53.0
72	Baltimore Ravens	2024	17	53.0
72	Cleveland Browns	2025	17	53.0
85	Washington Redskins	1985	16	52.0
85	New York Giants	1988	16	52.0
85	Denver Broncos	1991	16	52.0
85	St. Louis Rams	1999	16	52.0
85	Green Bay Packers	2001	16	52.0
85	Carolina Panthers	2002	16	52.0
85	Pittsburgh Steelers	2002	16	52.0
85	New York Giants	2007	16	52.0
85	Denver Broncos	2012	16	52.0
85	Denver Broncos	2015	16	52.0
85	Kansas City Chiefs	2018	16	52.0
96	Chicago Bears	1983	16	51.0
96	Washington Redskins	1983	16	51.0
96	San Francisco 49ers	1984	16	51.0
96	New England Patriots	1985	16	51.0
96	San Francisco 49ers	1986	16	51.0

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.