Richard Dent career sacks
137.5Career Regular Season
Richard Dent has recorded 137.5 sacks over 15 regular seasons, 11th among 3,233 NFL players on file.
- Best season on file: 17.5 in 1984.
- Most recent: 4.5 in 1997.
Sum of 15 regular seasons, 1983 through 1997. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 |  CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 1984 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| 1985 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 17.0 |
| 1986 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| 1987 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| 1988 | CHI | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| 1989 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 9.0 |
| 1990 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12.0 |
| 1991 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10.5 |
| 1992 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| 1993 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 12.5 |
| 1994 |  SF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| 1995 | CHI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1996 |  IND | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| 1997 |  PHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
What the columns mean: SACK