Pittsburgh Steelers Sacks Leaders

Career totals with the Steelers and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 18: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Pittsburgh Pirates 1933-1939. 1943: merged with Philadelphia (Phil-Pitt); 1944: merged with the Chicago Cardinals (Card-Pitt). Merged-season player lines count for both franchises, as Pro-Football-Reference's franchise histories do. No schedule length in the source for 1943, 1944, so no season line that year qualifies for a rate board.

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T.J. Watt holds the Steelers career record with 119.5 sacks. The single-season record is 22.5, by T.J. Watt in 2021.

SK INT TKL TFL SOLO PD FF QBH TD

All-time Steelers leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	SK	G
1	T.J. Watt	2017–2026	119.5	139
2	Cameron Heyward	2011–2026	93.0	219
3	James Harrison	2004–2017	80.0	159
4	Jason Gildon	1994–2003	77.0	157
5	Joey Porter	1999–2006	60.0	118
6	Keith Willis	1982–1991	59.0	126
7	LaMarr Woodley	2007–2013	56.0	87
8	Greg Lloyd	1988–1997	53.5	131
9	Alex Highsmith	2020–2026	48.0	94
10	Aaron Smith	1999–2011	43.0	145
11	Bud Dupree	2015–2020	39.5	75
12	Kevin Greene	1993–1995	35.5	48
12	Lawrence Timmons	2007–2016	35.5	154
14	Stephon Tuitt	2014–2020	34.5	83
15	Clark Haggans	2001–2007	33.0	93
16	Brett Keisel	2002–2014	31.5	143
17	Chad Brown	1993–2006	31.0	60
17	Mike Merriweather	1982–1987	31.0	85
19	James Farrior	2002–2011	30.5	154
20	Jason Worilds	2010–2014	25.5	63
21	Keith Gary	1983–1988	25.0	86
22	Gerald Williams	1986–1994	24.5	120
23	Bryan Hinkle	1982–1993	22.5	163
24	Larry Foote	2002–2013	21.5	133
24	Carnell Lake	1989–1998	21.5	154

Single-season Steelers records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	SK	G
1	T.J. Watt	2021	22.5	15
2	T.J. Watt	2023	19.0	17
3	James Harrison	2008	16.0	15
4	Mike Merriweather	1984	15.0	16
4	T.J. Watt	2020	15.0	15
6	Alex Highsmith	2022	14.5	17
6	T.J. Watt	2019	14.5	16
8	Kevin Greene	1994	14.0	16
8	Keith Willis	1983	14.0	14
10	Jason Gildon	2000	13.5	16
11	Chad Brown	1996	13.0	14
11	T.J. Watt	2018	13.0	16
11	LaMarr Woodley	2009	13.0	16
14	Kevin Greene	1993	12.5	16
15	Jason Gildon	2001	12.0	16
15	Cameron Heyward	2017	12.0	15
15	Keith Willis	1986	12.0	16
18	Bud Dupree	2019	11.5	16
18	T.J. Watt	2024	11.5	16
18	LaMarr Woodley	2008	11.5	15
21	Jason Gildon	1998	11.0	16
21	Joey Porter	2005	11.0	15
21	Stephon Tuitt	2020	11.0	14
24	Cameron Heyward	2022	10.5	17
24	Joey Porter	2000	10.5	16