How many sacks did Bruce Smith have in 2002?
9.02002 Regular Season
Bruce Smith recorded 9.0 sacks in the 2002 regular season, 18th in the NFL.
- 14th-best of Bruce Smith's 19 seasons on file; the high is 19.0 in 1990.
- Up 4.0 from 5.0 in 2001.
- 23% of the Washington Commanders' sacks that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  BUF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| 1986 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.0 |
| 1987 | BUF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| 1988 | BUF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| 1989 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| 1990 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| 1991 | BUF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | BUF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| 1993 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| 1994 | BUF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| 1995 | BUF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| 1996 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| 1997 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| 1998 | BUF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| 1999 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| 2000 |  WSH | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| 2001 | WSH | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 2002 | WSH | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| 2003 | WSH | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
What the columns mean: SACK