What Blitz pct (allowed) is

Blitz rate: the share of opponent dropbacks on which this defense sent five or more rushers. A style choice, not a quality measure — heavy blitzing can mean a defense creating pressure or one that can't get there with four.

Higher is better. It is a rate, so a team's number does not grow with games played. Source: P.

In 2021 the Buccaneers led at 40.80; the league average was 25.44.

League snapshot — 2021

League leader

TB · 40.80

League average

25.44

Best to worst

28.70

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	TB	40.80	17
2	MIA	39.60	17
3	CAR	33.70	17
4	ARI	33.60	17
5	JAX	31.50	17
6	BAL	31.10	17
7	WAS	31.00	17
8	KC	28.10	17
9	DET	27.30	17
10	DAL	27.10	17
11	LAR	26.60	17
12	MIN	26.10	17
13	BUF	26.00	17
14	DEN	25.30	17
15	LAC	25.10	17
16	NYG	25.00	17
17	PIT	24.90	17
18	NYJ	24.80	17
19	ATL	24.50	17
20	NE	23.30	17
21	CHI	22.60	17
22	SEA	22.40	17
23	CLE	22.10	17
24	NO	22.00	17
25	GB	21.30	17
26	CIN	20.50	17
27	IND	20.20	17
28	TEN	19.90	17
29	SF	19.80	17
30	HOU	19.50	17
31	PHI	16.40	17
32	LV	12.10	17

At a glance — 2021

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

TB · 40.80

League laggard

LV · 12.10

League average

25.44

Spread (max − min)

28.70

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	TB	40.80	15.36	100%
2	MIA	39.60	14.16	96.8%
3	CAR	33.70	8.26	93.5%
4	ARI	33.60	8.16	90.3%
5	JAX	31.50	6.06	87.1%
6	BAL	31.10	5.66	83.9%
7	WAS	31.00	5.56	80.6%
8	KC	28.10	2.66	77.4%
9	DET	27.30	1.86	74.2%
10	DAL	27.10	1.66	71%
11	LAR	26.60	1.16	67.7%
12	MIN	26.10	0.66	64.5%
13	BUF	26.00	0.56	61.3%
14	DEN	25.30	-0.14	58.1%
15	LAC	25.10	-0.34	54.8%
16	NYG	25.00	-0.44	51.6%
17	PIT	24.90	-0.54	48.4%
18	NYJ	24.80	-0.64	45.2%
19	ATL	24.50	-0.94	41.9%
20	NE	23.30	-2.14	38.7%
21	CHI	22.60	-2.84	35.5%
22	SEA	22.40	-3.04	32.3%
23	CLE	22.10	-3.34	29%
24	NO	22.00	-3.44	25.8%
25	GB	21.30	-4.14	22.6%
26	CIN	20.50	-4.94	19.4%
27	IND	20.20	-5.24	16.1%
28	TEN	19.90	-5.54	12.9%
29	SF	19.80	-5.64	9.7%
30	HOU	19.50	-5.94	6.5%
31	PHI	16.40	-9.04	3.2%
32	LV	12.10	-13.34	0%

Does Blitz pct (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 797–781–37 ATS (50.5%) across 2020–2025, #235 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (145–119, 54.9%); its worst 2025 (125–144, 46.5%).

For picks, this is noise. One stat is not a recipe — the algorithms combine many.

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	131–123–2	51.6%
2021	272	127–143–2	47.0%
2022	271	145–119–7	54.9%
2023	272	133–125–14	51.6%
2024	272	136–127–9	51.7%
2025	272	125–144–3	46.5%

Blitz pct (allowed) in 2021 vs 2020

Buccaneers lead at 40.80 — they ranked #5 last year. Raiders are last at 12.10 — #26 last year.

The league average is 25.44, down 4.39 from 29.84 last year.

Biggest riser: Panthers, #24 → #3. Biggest faller: Texans, #7 → #30.

Spread between first and last: 28.70; 25 teams are within 6.02 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2021 vs 2020

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

CAR · +9.70

Biggest faller

HOU · −16.40

Most consistent

JAX · +0.50

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▼ -4.39

Rank	Team	2021	2020	Δ
1	CAR	33.70	24.00	+9.70
2	LAC	25.10	16.30	+8.80
3	DAL	27.10	22.80	+4.30
4	DET	27.30	23.70	+3.60
5	IND	20.20	17.10	+3.10
6	TB	40.80	39.00	+1.80
7	CHI	22.60	21.40	+1.20
8	CLE	22.10	21.30	+0.80
9	JAX	31.50	31.00	+0.50
10	LAR	26.60	27.30	−0.70
11	MIN	26.10	26.90	−0.80
12	NE	23.30	24.40	−1.10
13	MIA	39.60	40.80	−1.20
14	WAS	31.00	32.40	−1.40
15	NYG	25.00	26.90	−1.90
16	DEN	25.30	27.90	−2.60
17	GB	21.30	24.70	−3.40
18	ARI	33.60	39.40	−5.80
19	PHI	16.40	22.20	−5.80
20	KC	28.10	35.70	−7.60
21	ATL	24.50	32.90	−8.40
22	TEN	19.90	28.70	−8.80
23	BUF	26.00	35.80	−9.80
24	NO	22.00	31.80	−9.80
25	CIN	20.50	31.10	−10.60
26	SEA	22.40	33.50	−11.10
27	LV	12.10	23.50	−11.40
28	BAL	31.10	44.10	−13.00
29	NYJ	24.80	38.40	−13.60
30	SF	19.80	33.60	−13.80
31	PIT	24.90	40.30	−15.40
32	HOU	19.50	35.90	−16.40

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

MIN · 37.69

Multi-year laggard

IND · 18.37

Biggest improver

MIN · +5.26/yr

Biggest decliner

ARI · −3.85/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	MIN	37.69	+5.26	26.90	26.10	18.90	51.50	38.90	44.30	57.20
2	TB	35.66	−0.74	39.00	40.80	28.30	40.10	34.20	29.60	37.60
3	KC	30.70	+0.00	35.70	28.10	24.20	32.90	31.60	31.30	31.10
4	NYG	30.46	−0.83	26.90	25.00	39.70	45.40	27.90	25.60	22.70
5	PIT	30.16	−1.49	40.30	24.90	31.50	34.10	25.90	28.70	25.70
6	MIA	29.79	−3.23	40.80	39.60	33.30	21.50	23.60	28.20	21.50
7	DEN	29.50	+0.05	27.90	25.30	32.90	35.00	29.50	28.50	27.40
8	CAR	28.51	+0.14	24.00	33.70	29.20	28.50	29.00	22.10	33.10
9	WAS	27.60	−0.85	32.40	31.00	22.40	26.00	31.50	23.50	26.40
10	BAL	27.40	−2.14	44.10	31.10	21.30	21.90	20.30	23.60	29.50
11	DET	27.16	−0.33	23.70	27.30	31.20	28.70	34.60	20.80	23.80
12	ARI	27.11	−3.85	39.40	33.60	34.50	22.50	21.60	24.10	14.10
13	NE	26.59	+0.91	24.40	23.30	21.90	35.20	25.40	25.90	30.00
14	NYJ	26.10	+0.29	38.40	24.80	14.90	16.30	25.60	25.80	36.90
15	DAL	25.80	−0.12	22.80	27.10	25.60	28.50	29.90	25.20	21.50
16	ATL	24.51	−0.59	32.90	24.50	16.30	23.90	20.60	33.40	20.00
17	JAX	24.44	−2.30	31.00	31.50	23.10	30.00	13.90	23.90	17.70
18	CLE	24.24	+0.54	21.30	22.10	22.90	27.70	26.40	28.30	21.00
19	LAR	24.11	−1.23	27.30	26.60	26.80	24.30	23.10	17.70	23.00
20	GB	24.00	−0.84	24.70	21.30	32.50	29.30	17.30	20.40	22.50
21	LAC	24.00	−0.17	16.30	25.10	31.10	31.50	23.80	19.00	21.20
22	BUF	23.13	−2.40	35.80	26.00	19.40	23.50	19.10	21.80	16.30
23	CHI	23.00	+1.05	21.40	22.60	18.20	22.20	23.50	25.80	27.30
24	NO	22.87	−0.67	31.80	22.00	16.80	22.50	20.60	22.50	23.90
25	SEA	22.66	−1.11	33.50	22.40	15.20	22.20	23.60	19.30	22.40
26	HOU	22.00	−1.61	35.90	19.50	16.00	21.00	24.10	18.90	18.60
27	TEN	21.96	−0.40	28.70	19.90	18.10	22.00	20.90	20.50	23.60
28	SF	21.74	−1.36	33.60	19.80	21.60	18.00	17.70	18.30	23.20
29	LV	21.53	+0.54	23.50	12.10	26.20	19.40	26.30	19.80	23.40
30	CIN	21.16	−1.83	31.10	20.50	20.40	21.60	21.70	16.60	16.20
31	PHI	18.60	−1.23	22.20	16.40	22.10	22.00	19.10	17.10	11.30
32	IND	18.37	+0.28	17.10	20.20	16.40	15.70	17.50	26.60	15.10

Multi-year heatmap

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

Team	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
TB	39.00	40.80	28.30	40.10	34.20	29.60	37.60
MIA	40.80	39.60	33.30	21.50	23.60	28.20	21.50
CAR	24.00	33.70	29.20	28.50	29.00	22.10	33.10
ARI	39.40	33.60	34.50	22.50	21.60	24.10	14.10
JAX	31.00	31.50	23.10	30.00	13.90	23.90	17.70
BAL	44.10	31.10	21.30	21.90	20.30	23.60	29.50
WAS	32.40	31.00	22.40	26.00	31.50	23.50	26.40
KC	35.70	28.10	24.20	32.90	31.60	31.30	31.10
DET	23.70	27.30	31.20	28.70	34.60	20.80	23.80
DAL	22.80	27.10	25.60	28.50	29.90	25.20	21.50
LAR	27.30	26.60	26.80	24.30	23.10	17.70	23.00
MIN	26.90	26.10	18.90	51.50	38.90	44.30	57.20
BUF	35.80	26.00	19.40	23.50	19.10	21.80	16.30
DEN	27.90	25.30	32.90	35.00	29.50	28.50	27.40
LAC	16.30	25.10	31.10	31.50	23.80	19.00	21.20
NYG	26.90	25.00	39.70	45.40	27.90	25.60	22.70
PIT	40.30	24.90	31.50	34.10	25.90	28.70	25.70
NYJ	38.40	24.80	14.90	16.30	25.60	25.80	36.90
ATL	32.90	24.50	16.30	23.90	20.60	33.40	20.00
NE	24.40	23.30	21.90	35.20	25.40	25.90	30.00
CHI	21.40	22.60	18.20	22.20	23.50	25.80	27.30
SEA	33.50	22.40	15.20	22.20	23.60	19.30	22.40
CLE	21.30	22.10	22.90	27.70	26.40	28.30	21.00
NO	31.80	22.00	16.80	22.50	20.60	22.50	23.90
GB	24.70	21.30	32.50	29.30	17.30	20.40	22.50
CIN	31.10	20.50	20.40	21.60	21.70	16.60	16.20
IND	17.10	20.20	16.40	15.70	17.50	26.60	15.10
TEN	28.70	19.90	18.10	22.00	20.90	20.50	23.60
SF	33.60	19.80	21.60	18.00	17.70	18.30	23.20
HOU	35.90	19.50	16.00	21.00	24.10	18.90	18.60
PHI	22.20	16.40	22.10	22.00	19.10	17.10	11.30
LV	23.50	12.10	26.20	19.40	26.30	19.80	23.40

Blitz pct (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Ravens (39.60), 2019 Ravens (54.90), 2020 Ravens (44.10), 2021 Buccaneers (40.80).

Ravens have led this stat 3 of 4 seasons.

The best season on record is Ravens 2019 at 54.90; the worst Raiders 2021 at 12.10.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.

About this stat

Stat ID: def_advanced_defense_blitz_pct
Side: defensive
Family: Advanced defense
Data source: P only
Polarity: higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain: rate
Algorithm eligibility: Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.