The “Unofficial” All-Time New Orleans Saints Sack Leaders List

The NFL didn’t start recording sacks as an official metric until 1982, so these records must be taken with that in mind. Pro Football Reference has made an effort to compile these records for defensive players from those early season and I’ve gathered up the results for our Saints.
Overall the list doesn’t differ much from the Saint’s official list as far as the top players are concerned. Rickey Jackson is still #1. But the un-official list does add to Rickey’s – as well as Frank Warren and Jim Wilks sack totals.
One player that does make his way onto the Top 10 list is long-time defensive tackle Derland Moore. Moore, a 13-year veteran with the Saints, played the majority of his time in the 1970s. He comes in at #10 with an unofficial total of 48 sacks.

Saints Sack Leaders (pre-1982 results added)

Saints All-Time Sacks
Rk	Player	Years Played	Sacks	Games	Pos	Safeties
1	Rickey Jackson ♣	1981-1993	123.0	195	LOLB	1
2	Cameron Jordan	2011-2023	117.5	192	LE
3	Wayne Martin	1989-1999	82.5	171	LDE	1
4	Pat Swilling	1986-1992	76.5	107	ROLB
5	Will Smith	2004-2012	67.5	139	RDE	1
6	Frank Warren	1981-1994	56.0	189	DE	1
7	Joe Johnson	1994-2001	50.5	106	RDE
8	La’Roi Glover	1997-2001	50.0	79	RDT
9	Jim Wilks	1981-1993	49.0	183	RDE
10	Derland Moore	1973-1985	48.0	170	RDT
11	Charles Grant	2002-2009	47.0	118	LDE	1
12	Darren Howard	2000-2005	44.5	81	LDE
13	Renaldo Turnbull	1990-1996	44.5	104	RDE
14	Elois Grooms	1975-1981	42.5	99	LDE	1
15	Bruce Clark	1982-1988	39.5	102	LDE	1
16	Joe Owens	1971-1975	38.0	70	RDE	1
17	Bob Pollard	1971-1977	37.0	92	LDE
18	Elex Price	1973-1980	32.0	103	LDT
19	Junior Galette	2010-2014	31.5	64	DE	2
20	Doug Atkins ♣	1967-1969	30.0	39	RDE
21	Demario Davis	2018-2023	29.0	81	OLB
22	Jumpy Geathers	1984-1989	26.0	80	DE
23	Willie Whitehead	1999-2006	24.5	105	DE
24	Mark Fields	1995-2000	23.0	93	RLB
25	David Onyemata	2016-2022	23.0	106	DT
26	Whitney Paul	1982-1985	23.0	55	ROLB
27	Carl Granderson	2019-2023	23	54	DE
28	Marcus Davenport	2018-2022	21.5	63	DE
29	Trey Hendrickson	2017-2020	20.0	45	DE
30	Richard Neal	1969-1978	20.0	56	RDE
31	Keith Mitchell	1997-2001	18.5	79	LLB
32	Sheldon Rankins	2016-2020	17.5	63	DT
33	Roman Harper	2006-2016	17.0	124	SS
34	Don Reese	1978-1980	17.0	42	DT
35	Mike Tilleman	1967-1970	17.0	56	LDT
36	Dave Rowe	1967-1970	16.5	56	RDT
37	Charlie Clemons	2001-2002	14.0	32	MLB
38	Billy Newsome	1973-1974	14.0	27	LDE
39	Tony Elliott	1982-1988	13.0	84	NT
40	Brady Smith	1996-1999	13.0	62	RDE
41	Sedrick Ellis	2008-2012	12.5	70	RDT
42	Vaughan Johnson	1986-1993	12.0	120	RILB
43	Brian Young	2004-2008	12.0	64	DT
44	Reggie Lewis	1982-1984	11.5	34	DE
45	Darion Conner	1994-1994	10.5	16	ROLB
46	Sam Mills ♣	1986-1994	10.5	133	LILB
47	Jared Tomich	1997-2000	10.0	55	DE
48	Jim Kovach	1979-1985	9.5	83	RILB
49	Norman Hand	2000-2002	9.0	44	LDT
50	Grady Jackson	2002-2003	9.0	22	LDT
51	Mike Fultz	1977-1980	8.5	49	DT
52	Dave Long	1969-1972	8.5	54	RDE