Watt signed to new four-year contract

– Has played in 121 regular-season games (121 starts) over his eight-year NFL career (Steelers 2017-24)
– Has registered 460 tackles (330 solo), 225 quarterback hits, 126 tackles for loss, 108.0 sacks, 49 passes defensed, 33 forced fumbles, seven interceptions and 12 fumble recoveries
– Led the NFL with 22.5 sacks in 2021 (despite missing two full games and portions of four others), tying Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan (22.5 sacks in 2001) for the most in a season since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic
– Fifth player to reach 22.0 sacks in a single season since 1982
– Twelfth player (13th season) to reach 20.0 sacks in a single season since 1982
– Second Pittsburgh player overall and the first since James Harrison in 2008 to receive the Defensive Player of the Year award, annually given to the League’s top defensive player
– First linebacker to win the award since Baltimore’s Terrell Suggs in 2011 and the ninth overall linebacker presented the PFWA Defensive Player of the Year honor
– First player in franchise history to earn Steelers’ Most Valuable Player in four consecutive seasons
– First player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, to lead the League in sacks three times (2020, 2021 and 2023)
– Watt (three), Alan Page (three), Reggie White (three), Ray Lewis (three), Bruce Smith (three), Aaron Donald
(four) and J.J. Watt (four) are the only players to win The Committee of 101 Defensive Player of the Year award at least three times in either conference since the inaugural event in 1969
– Joined Hall of Famer Joe Greene as the only two Steelers to win The Committee of 101 AFC Defensive Player of the Year award more than once (Greene won the award in 1972 and 1974)
– Averaged 0.89 sacks/game since entering the League back in 2017, which is the best in NFL history (min. 120 games started)
– His 108.0 career sacks are the third-most by a player in his first eight seasons in the NFL since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic
– His 108.0 career sacks are the most in franchise history
– His 108.0 career sacks are the most in the NFL since the start of the 2017 season
– Has registered 48.0 sacks in 45 career games vs. AFC North foes, which is the most by any player since the division was adopted after the restructuring of the 2002 NFL season when the League realigned divisions after expanding to 32 teams
– Has registered 21.0 sacks in 22 career road games vs. AFC North foes, which is the second-most by any player since the division was adopted in 2002
– Has registered 17.0 sacks vs. Cleveland, 17.0 sacks vs. Baltimore and 14.0 sacks vs. Cincinnati
– His 17.0 sacks vs. Baltimore (16 career games) are the most against the Ravens in their franchise history — James Harrison (16.0) is the only player in NFL history with 16.0+ sacks against Baltimore and it took him 27 career games
– Only player in franchise history with 17.0+ sacks against a single opponent (17.0 vs. CLE; 17.0 vs. BLT).
– Only other active NFL player with 17.0+ sacks against a single opponent is Cameron Jordan (24.0 vs. ATL; 17.0 vs. TB) — each was accomplished in at least 28 career games
– Has registered double-digit sack seasons six times in his eight-year career
– His six double-digit sack seasons are the most by a Steeler since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic
– Surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware (113 games) as the second-fastest player to reach 100 career sacks since 1982 (did so in 109 games), when the individual sack became an official statistic
– Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White (96) reached the milestone in fewer games
– Third player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, with 100.0 career sacks prior to his 30th birthday, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White, 108.0, and Jared Allen, 105.0 (Watt turned 30 years old on Oct. 11, 2024)
– First player since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic, to lead the League in sacks three times (2020, 2021 and 2023)
– Ranks among the top eight active players in strip sacks (2nd), forced fumbles (1st), QB hits (4th), fumble recoveries (t-4th), sacks (4th) and tackles for loss (t-7th)
– Only player in NFL history with at least at least 108.0 sacks, 125 tackles for loss, 225 QB hits, 33 forced fumbles, 23 strip sacks and 12 fumble recoveries
– Has registered 59.0 sacks in the second half/OT since the start of the 2017 season, which are the most in the NFL
– Has registered at least five QB hits, three tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble in the same game three times in his career, while the rest of the NFL, combined, has accomplished it seven times