2012 NFL Sacks by Team

The Denver Broncos led the whole NFL in sacks in 2012, with 52.0, 1.0 ahead of the St. Louis Rams. The average across 32 NFL teams is 36.3.

Led the whole NFL in 2012 Denver Broncos 16 games

52.0 Sacks 1.0 clear of St. Louis Rams

#	Team	Conference	G	SK
1	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	52.0
2	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	51.0
3	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	50.0
4	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	46.0
5	Houston Texans	AFC	16	44.0
5	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	44.0
7	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	42.0
8	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	41.0
9	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	39.0
10	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	38.0
10	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	38.0
10	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	38.0
10	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	38.0
14	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	37.0
14	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	37.0
14	New England Patriots	AFC	16	37.0
14	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	37.0
	NFL average			36.3
18	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	36.0
18	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	36.0
20	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	34.0
21	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	33.0
21	New York Giants	NFC	16	33.0
23	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	32.0
24	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	31.0
25	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	30.0
25	New York Jets	AFC	16	30.0
25	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	30.0
28	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	29.0
29	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	27.0
29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	27.0
31	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	25.0
32	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	20.0

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.