• The NFL’s reigning Defensive Participant of the Yr was at his greatest once more in 2024: Myles Garrett led the league in PFF pass-rush grade (92.8), whole pressures (83), pass-rush win proportion (23.1%) and stress price (18.2%).
• A mannequin of consistency: Garrett earned his sixth straight 90.0-plus PFF pass-rushing grade in 2024.
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PFF’s award winners are chosen by way of a voting course of unique to twenty-eight senior analysts, contributors and members of the PFF workers, guaranteeing the choices mirror the insights and experience of these deeply concerned within the sport.
This 12 months’s Finest Move-Rusher is Myles Garrett, who earned 24 votes to assert the honour. The runner-up was Aidan Hutchinson with three votes, whereas Micah Parsons rounded out the highest three with one vote.
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Myles Garrett simply turned 29 in December, however he has already constructed up a Corridor-of-Fame resume as a five-time All-Professional and the reigning Defensive Participant of the Yr. He was his standard dominant self in 2024, ending the 12 months because the league’s high pass-rusher for the third straight season.
Garrett led the league in PFF pass-rush grade (92.8), whole pressures (83), pass-rush win proportion (23.1%) and stress price (18.2%), leaving little debate for PFF’s “Finest Move-Rusher” award this season.
This pass-rushing dominance holds much more weight when contemplating that Cleveland traded Za’Darius Smith, the group’s second-best pass-rusher, to Detroit midway by way of the season. Solely T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers was chipped extra usually than Garrett this 12 months, making his extremely excessive win price that rather more spectacular.
The previous No. 1 total pick of Texas A&M has been in a tier of his personal since coming into the league, incomes a 90.1 PFF pass-rush grade or greater in every of the previous six seasons. His manufacturing this 12 months was particularly noteworthy: The Cleveland Browns’ three wins tied for the fewest within the NFL this season, leading to Garrett having his fewest pass-rushing alternatives since 2019 (a 12 months through which he performed simply 10 video games).
| Yr | PFF Move-Rush Grade | Move-Rush Snaps | Whole Pressures |
| 2024 | 92.8 | 477 | 83 |
| 2023 | 94.7 | 522 | 89 |
| 2022 | 93.5 | 490 | 73 |
| 2021 | 92.7 | 543 | 78 |
| 2020 | 90.1 | 568 | 63 |
| 2019 | 91.6 | 324 | 49 |
Move-rushing metrics apart, Garrett reached two historic milestones this season. His sack of Bengals’ quarterback Joe Burrow in Week 16 made him the youngest participant in NFL historical past to notch 100 profession sacks, only a week earlier than his twenty ninth birthday. With two extra sacks towards the Dolphins in Week 17, Garrett turned the one participant in NFL historical past to file 14-plus sacks in 4 consecutive seasons.
Myles Garrett this season:
– 92.8 pass-rush grade (1st)
– 83 pressures (T-1st)
– win proportion of 23.1% (1st)
– stress price of 18.2% (1st)*Youngest participant in NFL historical past to succeed in 100 sacks
*Solely participant in NFL historical past to file 14+ sacks in 4 consecutive seasons#DawgPound pic.twitter.com/sW2a8FPafB— Ryan Smith (@PFF_RyanSmith) January 8, 2025
Two different standout pass-rushers deserve recognition alongside Garrett this season: Aidan Hutchinson and Trey Hendrickson. Hutchinson was having a season for the ages previous to a season-ending harm in Week 6. He racked up 72 pass-rush wins — essentially the most ever recorded by any defensive participant within the PFF period over the primary six weeks of a season. Extremely, this was achieved in simply 5 video games, as Detroit had a bye in Week 5.
Hendrickson led the NFL with 17.5 sacks and tied Garrett for the league lead with 83 pressures, his fourth straight 12 months with 70-plus pressures. The previous third-round pick of Florida Atlantic struggled in his first few years with the Saints however has been one of the vital underrated gamers within the NFL since becoming a member of the Bengals in 2021.
Garrett, the Browns’ franchise cornerstone, has made it clear he loves the group however, on the similar time, acknowledged he doesn’t wish to be a part of one other rebuild. Cleveland holds the No. 2 total decide within the 2025 NFL Draft and will choose a possible franchise quarterback, one thing we noticed the Washington Commanders do that season with Jayden Daniels, which instantly turned them right into a contender.
Whether or not Garrett will stay in Cleveland or be traded to a different group earlier than subsequent season is unclear. What we do know is that he’s nonetheless on the high of his sport — and on the shortlist for greatest participant within the NFL.
