All-Time Saints Rivals: Who has the most QB sacks vs. New Orleans?

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We're continuing our look back at the New Orleans Saints' greatest rivals with the all-time sacks leaders. Sacks have only been tracked officially since 1982, and while Pro Football Reference has gone back further (you can search Stathead's play-by-play database to 1978), we're keeping it there to best reflect the numbers you'll find from official outlets. But we are including playoff stats along with regular season counts.

There's a cloud of great players tied up with seven sacks each -- Robert Quinn, Julius Peppers, Gary Jeter, Mike Rucker, and the legendary Reggie White -- and then you've got Grant Wistrom and Dwaine Board tied at 7.5 sacks against the Saints. But after that, the top 10 sacks leaders comes into focus. Let's run through the list:

Tied-9. John Abraham (8.0)​

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Tied-9. Chuck Smith (8.0)​

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8. D'Marco Farr (8.5)​

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7. Mario Addison (9.0)​

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Tied-5. Fred Dean (10.0)​

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Tied-5. Chris Doleman (10.0)​

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4. Bryant Young (11.0)​

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Tied-2. Travis Hall (11.5)​

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Tied-2. Kevin Greene (11.5)​

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1. Simeon Rice (15.5)​

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This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: NFL Sacks Leaders: Simeon Rice, Kevin Greene, Saints' all-time rivals

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