NFL: Top 10 Players with the Most Sacks in a Single Game (Defense)

Derrick Thomas (58) Scoring One of His Seven Sacks Against the Seattle Seahawks

Derrick Thomas (58) Scoring One of His Seven Sacks Against the Seattle Seahawks

We’ve focused a lot on sacks lately here at Sports List of the Day, recently posting Michael Strahan and the Most Sacks in a Season.

You can also check out one of the more popular posts on the site: NFL Quarterbacks That Have Been Sacked the Most (All-Time).

And, thanks to Aaron Rodgers‘ eight sack night Monday, we whipped up, The Top 10 Quarterbacks Sacked the Most in a Single Game.

But what about the flip side of that last one? What defensive players had the most quarterback-terrorizing games in NFL history? Here are the top 10 single-game sackers ever, led by Derrick Thomas, the only player to execute seven sacks in sixty minutes.

There he is again in second, with a six-sack game, too.

Thanks to pro-football-reference.com!

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  PLAYER SACKS FOR AGAINST WHEN
1. Derrick Thomas 7.0 Kansas City Chiefs Seattle Seahawks Nov. 11, 1990
2. Fred Dean 6.0 San Francisco 49ers New Orleans Saints Nov. 13, 1983
2. Osi Umenyiora 6.0 New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles Sep. 30, 2007
2. Derrick Thomas 6.0 Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders Sep. 6, 1998
3. William Gay 5.5 Detroit Lions Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sep. 4, 1983
4. Vonnie Holliday 5.0 Green Bay Packers Buffalo Bills Dec. 22, 2002
4. Leslie O’Neal 5.0 San Diego Chargers Dallas Cowboys Nov. 16, 1986
4. Chuck Smith 5.0 Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints Oct. 12, 1997
4. Gary Jeter 5.0 Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Raiders Sep. 18, 1988
4. Howie Long 5.0 Los Angeles Raiders Washington Redskins Oct. 2, 1983
4. Randy Holloway 5.0 Minnesota Vikings Atlanta Falcons Sep. 16, 1984
4. Antwan Odom 5.0 Cincinnati Bengals Green Bay Packers Sep. 20, 2009
4. Jim Jeffcoat 5.0 Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins Nov. 10, 1985

Photo: kcchiefs.com

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