A reminder of just how DOMINANT J.J. Watt was
NFL Records
- Tied for most DPOY Awards: 3x
- The only player with two 20-sack seasons
- Only unanimous DPOY winner
- Most TFLs in a season: 39 (11 more than the next closest player not named J.J Watt)
- Most PD by a defensive lineman in a single season: 16
- Most QB pressures in a single season: 51 (only player with 50+ did it twice)
- Tied for most TFLs in a single game at 6 (did it twice)
- 317 Career QB hits (50 more than the next closest)
Noteworthy Stats
- Career TFL leaders
- Terell Suggs: 201 (Games played 244)
- J.J Watt: 195 (Games Played 151)
- Career NFL Defensive Lineman Pass Deflections
- Kevin Willimas: 73 (Games played 203)
- J.J Watt: 70 (Games Played 151)
- Holds the top 3 spots for most TFLs in a season
- Had 20+ TFLs in 4 different seasons
- Only player to have multiple 40+ QB hit seasons (He did it 4 times, has only happened 3 other times)
- Ranks 1st, 2nd 4th and 5th in single-season QB hits (3rd is Nick Bosa last season)
- 10 QBH in a single game (I think that's the record but I need to verify)
- Most Sacks in NFL (2012-15)
- J.J Watt – 69
- Justin Houston – 50.5
- Most Tackles for Loss in NFL (2012-15)
- J.J Watt – 119
- Lavonte David – 68
- Most QB Hits in NFL (2012-15)
- J.J Watt – 190
- Carlos Dunlap – 100
- Most Sacks in players' first 5 seasons
- Reggie White – 88
- J.J Watt – 74.5
- In 2014 he had more receiving touchdowns(2) than every chiefs Wide Receiver combined(0)
- Had 5 Touchdowns in 2014 (7 in his career)
- Players to debut in the Super Bowl era with at least 3 receiving touchdowns and 3 interception return touchdowns: Deion Sanders, J.J Watt
- All 3 career interceptions returned for touchdowns
- 2x NFL Sack Leader
- 3x NFL TFL leader
- 1x NFL FF leader
- Career sacks – 114.5
- Career Tackles Total – 586
- Career forced fumbles – 27
- Career fumble Recoveries – 17
- 4 career field goal blocks (need to verify)
Other Accomplishments
- 2017 Walter Payton Man of the Year after starting the largest crowd-sourced fundraiser ever for Hurricane Harvey relief
- Unanimous 2010’s All-Decade Team
- 5x 1st Team All Pro
- 2x Second Team All Pro
- 5x Pro bowler
- Bert Bell Award winner 2014 (awarded to best player)
- 2nd place in MVP voting in 2014 (most votes for a defensive player since Lawrence Taylor 1986)
- No 1. Overall player for NFL Network's Top 100 players list 2015
- Highest-graded player on PFF 3 years in a row (2012-2014)
(Likely missing a few stats)
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