2016 NFL Sacks by Team

The Carolina Panthers led the whole NFL in sacks in 2016, with 47.0, 1.0 ahead of the Arizona Cardinals. The average across 32 NFL teams is 34.6.

Led the whole NFL in 2016 Carolina Panthers 16 games

47.0 Sacks 1.0 clear of Arizona Cardinals

#	Team	Conference	G	SK
1	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	47.0
2	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	46.0
3	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	42.0
4	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	41.0
4	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	41.0
6	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	39.0
6	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	39.0
6	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	39.0
9	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	38.0
9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	38.0
9	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	38.0
12	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	37.0
13	New York Giants	NFC	16	35.0
13	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	35.0
	NFL average			34.6
15	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	34.0
15	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	34.0
15	New England Patriots	AFC	16	34.0
18	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	33.0
18	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	33.0
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	33.0
18	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	33.0
22	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	32.0
23	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	31.0
23	Houston Texans	AFC	16	31.0
23	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	31.0
23	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	31.0
27	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	30.0
28	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	27.0
28	New York Jets	AFC	16	27.0
30	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	26.0
30	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	26.0
32	Oakland Raiders	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.