College Football Stat Leaders

2023 Big 12 Sacks Per Game Leaders

Average defensive sacks recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

West Virginia (2.54)

Best Season

Baylor 2019 (4.43)

Scope

Big 12 • 2023

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Sacks Per Game Reads

Sacks per game captures pass-rush production and the ability to end opponent drives with negative plays, though it should be read with opponent pass volume and game script. On this 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 2.54 to 1.92, with West Virginia setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Texas Tech is the latest winner at 2.93.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 West Virginia to No. 5 Kansas is 0.62, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.00 in 2024 to 2.93 in 2025, a swing of 0.07. West Virginia's current mark of 2.54 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.44 held by Oklahoma State.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20232.54
2Texas TechBig 12 Conference20232.15
3TexasBig 12 Conference20232.07
4Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20231.93
5KansasBig 12 Conference20231.92
6Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20231.92
7HoustonBig 12 Conference20231.92
8TCUBig 12 Conference20231.83
9OklahomaBig 12 Conference20231.77
10UCFBig 12 Conference20231.69
11Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20231.62
12BaylorBig 12 Conference20231.50
13CincinnatiBig 12 Conference20231.50
14BYUBig 12 Conference20230.92

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Sacks Per Game. Categories include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 6 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025Texas TechBig 12 Conference2.93
2024ColoradoBig 12 Conference3.00
2023West VirginiaBig 12 Conference2.54
2022Texas TechBig 12 Conference2.23
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference4.07
2020OklahomaBig 12 Conference3.36
2019BaylorBig 12 Conference4.43
2018Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference3.00
2017TCUBig 12 Conference2.93
2016TexasBig 12 Conference3.42

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.442021 (4.07)
2Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.322020 (3.36)
3Utah2025, 20242.272025 (2.62)
4TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.262016 (3.31)
5West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.202019 (3.33)
6Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.192016 (3.42)
7Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.192020 (2.80)
8Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.182019 (4.43)
9Colorado2025, 20242.082024 (3.00)
10Arizona State2025, 20242.062025 (2.62)
11Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.002025 (2.93)
12Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.942019 (3.15)
13Houston2025, 2024, 20231.942025 (2.15)
14UCF2025, 2024, 20231.872025 (2.08)
15Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.792016 (2.33)
16Arizona2025, 20241.642024 (1.67)
17Cincinnati2025, 2024, 20231.592025 (1.69)
18BYU2025, 2024, 20231.532025 (2.14)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 sacks per game leaderboard in 2023?

West Virginia ranks first at 2.54 in 2023.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term sacks per game profile?

Oklahoma State owns the strongest all-time average at 2.44 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Texas Tech is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.