This is a list of the most sacked quarterbacks in National Football League (NFL) history. Through the season, Aaron Rodgers is the league's most sacked quarterback, being sacked 613 times during his career in the regular season, while Tom Brady is the league's most sacked playoff quarterback being sacked 81 times. Current stats are updated from Pro Football Reference (PFR) all-time sack leaders rate. This list contains Quarterbacks who have been sacked at least 400 times in their regular season career and 30 times in their playoff career.
Regular season career quarterback sack leaders
+RankNameSacksTeams1 Aaron Rodgers613Green Bay Packers (2005–2022)New York Jets (2023–2024)Pittsburgh Steelers (2025–present)2 Fran Tarkenton570Minnesota Vikings (1961–1966, 1972–1978)New York Giants (1967–1971)3 Russell Wilson570Seattle Seahawks (2012–2021)Denver Broncos (2022–2023)Pittsburgh Steelers (2024)New York Giants (2025)4 Tom Brady565New England Patriots (2000–2019)Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020–2022)5 Ben Roethlisberger554Pittsburgh Steelers (2004-2021)6 Matthew Stafford531Detroit Lions (2009-2020)Los Angeles Rams (2021–present)7 Brett Favre525Atlanta Falcons (1991)Green Bay Packers (1992-2007)New York Jets (2008)Minnesota Vikings (2009-2010)8 John Elway516Denver Broncos (1983-1998)9 Dave Krieg494Seattle Seahawks (1980-1991)Kansas City Chiefs (1992-1993)Detroit Lions (1994)Arizona Cardinals (1995)Chicago Bears (1996)Tennessee Oilers (1997-1998)10 Matt Ryan488Atlanta Falcons (2008–2021)Indianapolis Colts (2022)11 Randall Cunningham484Philadelphia Eagles (1985–1995)Minnesota Vikings(1997–1999)Dallas Cowboys (2000)Baltimore Ravens (2001)12 Phil Simms477New York Giants (1979-1993)13 Drew Bledsoe467New England Patriots (1993–2001)Buffalo Bills (2002–2004)Dallas Cowboys (2005–2006)14 Philip Rivers469San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers (2004–2019)Indianapolis Colts (2020)Indianapolis Colts (2025)15 Warren Moon458Houston Oilers (1984)–1993)Minnesota Vikings (1994)–1996)Seattle Seahawks (1997-1998)Kansas City Chiefs 1999)-(2000)16 Alex Smith432San Francisco 49ers (2005–2012)Kansas City Chiefs (2013–2017) Washington Redskins/Football Team (2018–2020)17 Joe Flacco422Baltimore Ravens (2008–2018)Denver Broncos (2019)New York Jets (2020, 2021-2022)Cleveland Browns (2023, 2025)Indianapolis Colts (2024)Cincinnati Bengals (2025-present)18 Drew Brees420San Diego Chargers (2001–2005)New Orleans Saints (2006–2020)19 Vinny Testaverde417Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987-1992)Cleveland Browns (1993-1995) Baltimore Ravens (1993-1995)New York Jets (1993-2003, 2005 Dallas Cowboys (2004)New England Patriots (2006)Carolina Panthers (2007)20 Ryan Tannehill415Miami Dolphins (2012–2018)Tennessee Titans (2019–2023)21 Eli Manning411New York Giants (2004–2019)22 Donovan McNabb410Philadelphia Eagles (1999-2009)Washington Redskins (2010)Minnesota Vikings (2011)23 Craig Morton405Dallas Cowboys (1965-1973)New York Giants (1974-1976) Denver Broncos (1977-1982)
Playoff leaders
+RankNameSacksTeams1 Tom Brady81New England Patriots (2000–2019)Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020–2022)2 Roger Staubach61Dallas Cowboys (1969–1979)3 Aaron Rodgers58Green Bay Packers (2005–2022)New York Jets (2023–2024)Pittsburgh Steelers (2025–present)4 Ben Roethlisberger53Pittsburgh Steelers (2004-2021)5 Russell Wilson53Seattle Seahawks (2012–2021)Denver Broncos (2022–2023)Pittsburgh Steelers (2024)New York Giants (2025)6 Donovan McNabb48Philadelphia Eagles (1999-2009)Washington Redskins (2010)Minnesota Vikings (2011)7 Patrick Mahomes46Kansas City Chiefs (2017–present)8 Joe Montana45San Francisco 49ers (1979-1992)Kansas City Chiefs (1992-1993)9 Peyton Manning40Indianapolis Colts (1998-2011)Denver Broncos (2012-2015)10 John Elway39Denver Broncos (1983-1998)11 Brett Favre36Atlanta Falcons (1991)Green Bay Packers (1992-2007)New York Jets (2008)Minnesota Vikings (2009-2010)12 Troy Aikman34Dallas Cowboys (1989–2000)13 Josh Allen32Buffalo Bills (2018-present)14 Joe Flacco32Baltimore Ravens (2008–2018)Denver Broncos (2019)New York Jets (2020, 2021-2022)Cleveland Browns (2023, 2025)Indianapolis Colts (2024)Cincinnati Bengals (2025-present)15 Phil Simms30New York Giants (1979–1993)
See also List of National Football League annual sacks leaders List of National Football League career sacks leaders
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