List of most sacked NFL quarterbacks

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This is a list of the most sacked quarterbacks in National Football League (NFL) history. As of January 2026, Aaron Rodgers is the league's most sacked quarterback, being sacked 600 times during his career in the regular season, while Tom Brady is the league's most sacked playoff quarterback being sacked 81 times. Current stats are updated from Pro Football Reference (PFR) all-time sack leaders rate. [1] This list contains Quarterbacks who have been sacked at least 400 times in their regular season career and 30 times in their playoff career.

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Regular season career quarterback sack leaders

  Currently Playing
  Retired
RankNameSacksTeams
1 Aaron Rodgers 600 Green Bay Packers (2005–2022)
New York Jets (2023–2024)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2025)
2 Fran Tarkenton 570 Minnesota Vikings (1961–1966, 1972–1978)
New York Giants (1967–1971)
3 Russell Wilson 570 Seattle Seahawks (2012–2021)
Denver Broncos (2022–2023)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2024)
New York Giants (2025–present)
4 Tom Brady 565 New England Patriots (2000–2019)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020–2022)
5 Ben Roethlisberger 554 Pittsburgh Steelers (2004-2021)
6 Brett Favre 525 Atlanta Falcons (1991)
Green Bay Packers (1992-2007)
New York Jets (2008)
Minnesota Vikings (2009-2010)
7 Matthew Stafford 525 Detroit Lions (2009-2020)
Los Angeles Rams (2021–present)
8 John Elway 516 Denver Broncos (1983-1998)
9 Dave Krieg 494 Seattle Seahawks (1980-1991)
Kansas City Chiefs (1992-1993)
Detroit Lions (1994)
Arizona Cardinals (1995)
Chicago Bears (1996)
Tennessee Oilers (1997-1998)
10 Matt Ryan 488 Atlanta Falcons (2008–2021)
Indianapolis Colts (2022)
11 Randall Cunningham 484 Philadelphia Eagles (1985–1995)
Minnesota Vikings(1997–1999)
Dallas Cowboys (2000)
Baltimore Ravens (2001)
12 Phil Simms 477 New York Giants (1979-1993)
13 Drew Bledsoe 467 New England Patriots (1993–2001)
Buffalo Bills (2002–2004)
Dallas Cowboys (2005–2006)
14 Philip Rivers 469 San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers (2004–2019)
Indianapolis Colts (2020)
Indianapolis Colts (2025)
15 Warren Moon 458 Houston Oilers (1984)–1993)
Minnesota Vikings (1994)–1996)
Seattle Seahawks (1997-1998)
Kansas City Chiefs 1999)-(2000)
16 Alex Smith 432 San Francisco 49ers (2005–2012)
Kansas City Chiefs (2013–2017)
Washington Redskins/Football Team (2018–2020)
17 Joe Flacco 422 Baltimore Ravens (2008–2018)
Denver Broncos (2019)
New York Jets (2020, 2021-2022)
Cleveland Browns (2023, 2025)
Indianapolis Colts (2024)
Cincinnati Bengals (2025-present)
18 Drew Brees 420 San Diego Chargers (2001–2005)
New Orleans Saints (2006–2020)
19 Vinny Testaverde 417 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987-1992)
Cleveland Browns (1993-1995)
Baltimore Ravens (1993-1995)
New York Jets (1993-2003, 2005
Dallas Cowboys (2004)
New England Patriots (2006)
Carolina Panthers (2007)
20 Ryan Tannehill 415 Miami Dolphins (2012–2018)
Tennessee Titans (2019–2023)
21 Eli Manning 411 New York Giants (2004–2019)
22 Donovan McNabb 410 Philadelphia Eagles (1999-2009)
Washington Redskins (2010)
Minnesota Vikings (2011)
23 Craig Morton 405 Dallas Cowboys (1965-1973)
New York Giants (1974-1976)
Denver Broncos (1977-1982)

Playoff leaders

  Currently Playing
  Retired
RankNameSacksTeams
1 Tom Brady 81 New England Patriots (2000–2019)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020–2022)
2 Roger Staubach 61 Dallas Cowboys (1969–1979)
3 Aaron Rodgers 58 Green Bay Packers (2005–2022)
New York Jets (2023–2024)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2025)
4 Ben Roethlisberger 53 Pittsburgh Steelers (2004-2021)
5 Russell Wilson 53 Seattle Seahawks (2012–2021)
Denver Broncos (2022–2023)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2024)
New York Giants (2025–present)
6 Donovan McNabb 48 Philadelphia Eagles (1999-2009)
Washington Redskins (2010)
Minnesota Vikings (2011)
7 Patrick Mahomes 46 Kansas City Chiefs (2017–present)
8 Joe Montana 45 San Francisco 49ers (1979-1992)
Kansas City Chiefs (1992-1993)
9 Peyton Manning 40 Indianapolis Colts (1998-2011)
Denver Broncos (2012-2015)
10 John Elway 39 Denver Broncos (1983-1998)
11 Brett Favre 36 Atlanta Falcons (1991)
Green Bay Packers (1992-2007)
New York Jets (2008)
Minnesota Vikings (2009-2010)
12 Troy Aikman 34 Dallas Cowboys (1989–2000)
13 Josh Allen 32 Buffalo Bills (2018-present)
14 Joe Flacco 32 Baltimore Ravens (2008–2018)
Denver Broncos (2019)
New York Jets (2020, 2021-2022)
Cleveland Browns (2023, 2025)
Indianapolis Colts (2024)
Cincinnati Bengals (2025-present)
15 Phil Simms 30 New York Giants (1979–1993)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NFL Sacked Career Leaders (since 1960)". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
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