How many sacks did Lawrence Taylor have in 1983?
9.01983 Regular Season
Lawrence Taylor recorded 9.0 sacks in the 1983 regular season, 5th in the NFL.
- 8th-best of Lawrence Taylor's 13 seasons on file; the high is 20.5 in 1986.
- Up 1.5 from 7.5 in 1982.
- 95% of the New York Giants' sacks that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 |  NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1982 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 7.5 |
| 1983 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9.0 |
| 1984 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | 11.5 |
| 1985 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| 1986 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20.5 |
| 1987 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 12.0 |
| 1988 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| 1989 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.0 |
| 1990 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 10.5 |
| 1991 | NYG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| 1992 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 1993 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
What the columns mean: SACK