List of NFL career sacks leaders
This is a list of National [Football League] players who have reached the 100-sack milestone.
The NFL began to keep track of sacks in 1982, with 46 players having reached the milestone in that time. Using unofficial record-keeping, an additional 21 players have finished with 100 or more career sacks, leading to a total of 67 players.
Although other major NFL records get broken every season, the league's career sack record remains difficult to challenge. In September 2025, NFL reporter for USA Today Jacob Camenker wrote that approaching Bruce Smith's 200 sacks would require "something special" and that the record "seems highly unlikely" to be broken.
List of NFL players with 100 official career sacks
| Symbol | Meaning |
| Sacks | The total number of sacks the player recorded |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame member | |
| ^ | The player is an active player |
Updated through the NFL season.
Unofficial sacks
In 2000, John Turney and Nick Webster, members of the Pro Football Researchers Association, conducted extensive research to create a more complete record of sacks in the NFL. After examining the play-by-play records of every NFL team as well as game film at NFL films they compiled a list of players with 100 sacks beginning in 1960. By including the unofficial sack/dump records from 1960 to 1981, the following players also qualify as members of the 100-Sack Club.Additionally, linebackers Lawrence Taylor and Rickey Jackson played their rookie seasons in 1981, which was the last season that sacks were not officially tracked. Taylor had 9.5 and Jackson had 8.0 sacks that season, which would increase their totals to 142.0 and 136.0 sacks, respectively. These sacks would place Taylor at 9th and Jackson tied at 16th on the unofficial sack list.
| Symbol | Meaning |
| Sacks | The total number of sacks the player recorded |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame member |
Updated through Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season.