Who led the NFL in sacks in 2012?
20.5Sacks · 2012 Regular Season
J.J. Watt led the NFL with 20.5 sacks in the 2012 regular season.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.J. Watt |  HOU | 16 | 20.5 |
| 2 | Aldon Smith |  SF | 16 | 19.5 |
| 3 | Von Miller |  DEN | 16 | 18.5 |
| 4 | Cameron Wake |  MIA | 16 | 15.0 |
| 5 | Clay Matthews |  GB | 12 | 13.0 |
| 6 | Charles L. Johnson |  CAR | 16 | 12.5 |
| 7 | Geno Atkins |  CIN | 16 | 12.5 |
| 8 | Jared Allen |  MIN | 16 | 12.0 |
| 9 | Chris Clemons |  SEA | 16 | 11.5 |
| 10 | Chris Long |  LAR | 16 | 11.5 |
What the columns mean: SACK