2025 Defensive Player of the Year who broke the NFL single-season sack record at 23.
Myles Garrett's 2025 season set a new NFL single-season sack record at 23, breaking the 22.5-sack mark shared by Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt. The Browns finished 5-12. Garrett was named the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, his second DPOY award, putting him in a nine-player club that includes Lawrence Taylor, Ray Lewis, J.J. Watt and Aaron Donald.
Path to the league
Texas A&M All-American who slid only because of a knee question. Browns took him first overall in 2017, the first overall pick of the post-Manning era. Recorded seven sacks as a rookie. Has finished outside the top-five DPOY voting only once since 2019.
Career highlights
2x NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2023, 2025). NFL single-season sack record (23, 2025). 125.5 career sacks across nine seasons (top 30 all time, on pace for top 10 by retirement). Five-time first-team All-Pro. Seven-time Pro Bowler. Led the NFL in TFLs (33) and QB hits (39) in 2025.
2025 season recap
23 sacks, 60 tackles, 33 tackles for loss, 39 QB hits, all career or league bests. Threatened to demand a trade in the offseason before signing a four-year extension and getting reinforcements at edge from the draft. The defense kept Cleveland in games all year despite the Browns starting four different quarterbacks. Garrett tied a career-high in tackles while leading the league in sacks for the first time.
What to watch in 2026
Garrett is 30 in December and just had the best individual defensive season of any player in the past decade. Cleveland's offseason centered on adding quarterback stability and defensive backfield help. The Browns opened at +6000 to win Super Bowl LXI, a long shot, but Garrett's presence makes them dangerous in any one-game scenario.
Sources
- NFL.com: Garrett breaks sack record, wins DPOY
- Cleveland Browns: Garrett 2025 DPOY
- Wikipedia: Myles Garrett
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
17 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | browns | 17 | 60 | 43 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | browns | 17 | 47 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | browns | 16 | 42 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | browns | 16 | 60 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | browns | 17 | 51 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | browns | 14 | 48 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | browns | 10 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | browns | 16 | 44 | 35 | 13.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | browns | 11 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Defensive End
- Group
- injuredReserveOrOut
- College
- Texas A&M
- Hometown
- Arlington, TX, USA
- Age
- 30
- Status
- day-to-day
Latest news about Myles Garrett
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Rams Place Myles Garrett on IR After Knee Surgery; Out at Least Four Games
Garrett played 62 percent of the snaps against San Francisco without recording a tackle and called it the worst version of himself; Sean McVay says the knee wasn't manageable after all and won't put a timeline on his return.
Maxx Crosby Shut Down Rams Trade Talks After Ravens Deal Collapsed, Report Says
Los Angeles was the most aggressive suitor once Baltimore backed out over Crosby's knee, per NFL Network, but Crosby told interested teams and the Raiders he wanted to stay in Las Vegas.
Aaron Donald's Comeback Decision Has 'No Invisible Deadline,' McVay Says
The retired three-time Defensive Player of the Year continues working out with the Rams as he weighs an unretirement, with coach Sean McVay declining to put an 'invisible deadline' on the decision.
Rams Continue Managing Myles Garrett's Knee, Now Missing at Least a Fourth Practice
Sean McVay says there's 'no reason for concern' and is taking a 'return to performance, not just return to play' approach with both Garrett's knee and Puka Nacua's back, with each targeted to return to practice next week.
