How many sacks did J.J. Watt have in 2018?
16.02018 Regular Season
J.J. Watt recorded 16.0 sacks in the 2018 regular season, 2nd in the NFL.
- 4th-best of J.J. Watt's 12 seasons on file; the high is 20.5 in 2012.
- Up 16.0 from 0.0 in 2017.
- 44% of the Houston Texans' 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  HOU | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| 2012 | HOU | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 20.5 |
| 2013 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| 2014 | HOU | 16 | 59 | 1 | 80.0 | 20.5 |
| 2015 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| 2016 | HOU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| 2019 | HOU | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 5.0 |
| 2021 |  ARI | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | ARI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
What the columns mean: SACK