College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive sacks recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Wisconsin (5.57)
Best Season
Wisconsin 2019 (5.57)
Scope
Big Ten • 2019
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 5.57 to 3.77, with Wisconsin setting the pace.
Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Minnesota is the latest winner at 3.00.
The gap from No. 1 Wisconsin to No. 5 Michigan State is 1.80, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.31 in 2024 to 3.00 in 2025, a swing of 0.31. Wisconsin's current mark of 5.57 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 3.11 held by Penn State.
Top 14 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Wisconsin | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 5.57 |
| 2 | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 4.85 |
| 3 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 4.71 |
| 4 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 3.77 |
| 5 | Michigan State | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 3.77 |
| 6 | Iowa | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 3.15 |
| 7 | Indiana | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 2.92 |
| 8 | Minnesota | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 2.92 |
| 9 | Nebraska | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 2.92 |
| 10 | Maryland | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 2.83 |
| 11 | Purdue | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 2.83 |
| 12 | Illinois | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 2.77 |
| 13 | Northwestern | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 2.50 |
| 14 | Rutgers | Big Ten Conference | 2019 | 1.92 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Minnesota | Big Ten Conference | 3.00 |
| 2024 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 3.31 |
| 2023 | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | 3.85 |
| 2022 | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | 3.23 |
| 2021 | Michigan State | Big Ten Conference | 3.31 |
| 2020 | Indiana | Big Ten Conference | 3.13 |
| 2019 | Wisconsin | Big Ten Conference | 5.57 |
| 2018 | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | 3.69 |
| 2017 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 3.23 |
| 2016 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 3.54 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 3.11 | 2019 (4.85) |
| 2 | Ohio State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.90 | 2019 (4.71) |
| 3 | Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.72 | 2019 (3.77) |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.56 | 2019 (5.57) |
| 5 | Iowa | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.43 | 2019 (3.15) |
| 6 | Indiana | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.37 | 2020 (3.13) |
| 7 | Oregon | 2025, 2024 | 2.36 | 2024 (2.71) |
| 8 | Michigan State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.22 | 2019 (3.77) |
| 9 | Illinois | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.17 | 2019 (2.77) |
| 10 | Maryland | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.15 | 2016 (2.85) |
| 11 | Minnesota | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.08 | 2025 (3.00) |
| 12 | Northwestern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.00 | 2019 (2.50) |
| 13 | Nebraska | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.99 | 2019 (2.92) |
| 14 | Purdue | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.99 | 2019 (2.83) |
| 15 | USC | 2025, 2024 | 1.96 | 2025 (2.38) |
| 16 | Washington | 2025, 2024 | 1.69 | 2025 (1.85) |
| 17 | Rutgers | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.62 | 2020 (2.22) |
| 18 | UCLA | 2025, 2024 | 1.33 | 2024 (1.83) |
Wisconsin ranks first at 5.57 in 2019.
Penn State owns the strongest all-time average at 3.11 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Minnesota 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.