2005 NFL Sacks by Team

The Miami Dolphins led the whole NFL in sacks in 2005, with 48.0, 1.0 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 32 NFL teams is 36.1.

Led the whole NFL in 2005 Miami Dolphins 16 games

48.0 Sacks 1.0 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers

#	Team	Conference	G	SK
1	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	48.0
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	47.0
3	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	46.0
3	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	46.0
5	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	45.0
5	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	45.0
7	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	42.0
8	New York Giants	NFC	16	41.0
8	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	41.0
10	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	40.0
10	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	40.0
12	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	39.0
13	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	38.0
14	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	37.0
14	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	37.0
14	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	37.0
14	Houston Texans	AFC	16	37.0
	NFL average			36.1
18	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	36.0
19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	35.0
20	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	34.0
21	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	33.0
22	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	32.0
23	New England Patriots	AFC	16	31.0
23	New York Jets	AFC	16	31.0
25	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	29.0
25	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	29.0
27	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	28.0
27	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	28.0
29	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	27.0
30	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	26.0
30	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	26.0
32	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	25.0

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.