Myles Garrett takes down Joe Burrow to break NFL single-season sack record

It came down to the 17th crippled of the season, but determination is simply a caller single-season sack leader.

Myles Garrett surpassed Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt connected the all-time leaderboard and recorded his 23rd sack of the season.

Perhaps galore NFL fans volition spot their ain asterisk connected the record, arsenic Strahan's people from 2001 was successful a 16-game season. Nonetheless, Garrett's play is historic.

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Cleveland Browns antiaircraft extremity Myles Garrett (95) sacks Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Burrow (9) during the 4th fourth astatine Paycor Stadium. The play acceptable a caller NFL azygous play sack grounds by Garrett.  (Joseph Maiorana/Imagn Images)

Garrett has struggled to get the grounds — helium was sitting astatine 21.5 sacks done 14 games but recorded conscionable fractional a sack successful Week 16 and past nary past week.

But with conscionable implicit 5 minutes near successful his season, Garrett was capable to instrumentality down Joe Burrow to gain the crown.

Garrett got an explosive leap from the close broadside of the antiaircraft line. Feeling the pressure, Burrow went down earlier Garrett could wholly maul him.

Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns is carried by teammates aft the sack during the 4th fourth of the crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Paycor Stadium connected Jan. 4, 2026 successful Cincinnati, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

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Watt tied Strahan successful the 2021 season, getting to the people successful his 17th crippled of the season. He had 4 sacks successful the second-to-last crippled to springiness himself a chance.

Garrett is apt to get his 2nd Defensive Player of the Year nod, besides winning successful 2023. This is the archetypal clip Garrett volition pb the NFL successful sacks. Entering Sunday, helium had 124.5 successful his vocation that began successful 2017.

Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns looks connected during the 2nd 4th successful the crippled against the New England Patriots astatine Gillette Stadium connected October 26, 2025 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Garrett, who turned 30 past week, requested a commercialized from the Cleveland Browns during the offseason, citing his tendency to win. However, a record-breaking $160 cardinal declaration rapidly changed his mind, and to Garrett’s credit, helium is surviving up to each penny.

To enactment the cherry connected top, Garrett's Browns defeated the Bengals connected a walk-off tract goal.

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