College Football Stat Leaders

2024 Big Ten Sacks Per Game Leaders

Average defensive sacks recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (3.31)

Best Season

Wisconsin 2019 (5.57)

Scope

Big Ten • 2024

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 2024 leaderboard, the visible range runs 3.31 to 2.69, with Ohio State setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Minnesota is the latest winner at 3.00.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Ohio State to No. 5 Indiana is 0.62, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.31 in 2024 to 3.00 in 2025, a swing of 0.31. Ohio State's current mark of 3.31 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 3.11 held by Penn State.

Leaderboard

Top 18 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20243.31
2MichiganBig Ten Conference20242.77
3Penn StateBig Ten Conference20242.75
4OregonBig Ten Conference20242.71
5IndianaBig Ten Conference20242.69
6IllinoisBig Ten Conference20242.31
7IowaBig Ten Conference20242.23
8NebraskaBig Ten Conference20242.23
9MinnesotaBig Ten Conference20242.15
10NorthwesternBig Ten Conference20241.92
11PurdueBig Ten Conference20241.83
12UCLABig Ten Conference20241.83
13RutgersBig Ten Conference20241.69
14Michigan StateBig Ten Conference20241.58
15USCBig Ten Conference20241.54
16WashingtonBig Ten Conference20241.54
17WisconsinBig Ten Conference20241.42
18MarylandBig Ten Conference20241.17

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
2025MinnesotaBig Ten Conference3.00
2024Ohio StateBig Ten Conference3.31
2023Penn StateBig Ten Conference3.85
2022Penn StateBig Ten Conference3.23
2021Michigan StateBig Ten Conference3.31
2020IndianaBig Ten Conference3.13
2019WisconsinBig Ten Conference5.57
2018Penn StateBig Ten Conference3.69
2017MichiganBig Ten Conference3.23
2016MichiganBig Ten Conference3.54

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20163.112019 (4.85)
2Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.902019 (4.71)
3Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.722019 (3.77)
4Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.562019 (5.57)
5Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.432019 (3.15)
6Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.372020 (3.13)
7Oregon2025, 20242.362024 (2.71)
8Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.222019 (3.77)
9Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.172019 (2.77)
10Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.152016 (2.85)
11Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.082025 (3.00)
12Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.002019 (2.50)
13Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.992019 (2.92)
14Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.992019 (2.83)
15USC2025, 20241.962025 (2.38)
16Washington2025, 20241.692025 (1.85)
17Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.622020 (2.22)
18UCLA2025, 20241.332024 (1.83)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten sacks per game leaderboard in 2024?

Ohio State ranks first at 3.31 in 2024.

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

Penn State owns the strongest all-time average at 3.11 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

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

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.