Defensive: Advanced defense · Forced Fumbles (allowed)

DEF · Advanced defenseP + N
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Las Vegas Raiders — Forced Fumbles (allowed), 2026

  • Value2.20
  • Rank#1 of 32
  • League average0.98
  • Rank in 2025#23 of 32

What Forced Fumbles (allowed) is

Fumbles forced by this defense — the ball knocked loose, whether or not the defense recovered it. The forcing is the repeatable skill; the recovery is close to a coin flip.

Higher is better. It is shown per game, so a team's number does not depend on games played. Source: P + N.

Through Week 6 of 2026, the Raiders lead at 2.20; the league average is 0.98.

League snapshot — 2026

League leader
LV · 2.20
League average
0.98
Best to worst
2

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2026

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
LV · 2.20
League laggard
TEN · 0.20
League average
0.98
Spread (max − min)
2

Does Forced Fumbles (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 819–759–37 ATS (51.9%) across 2020–2025, #172 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (141–113, 55.5%); its worst 2023 (123–135, 47.7%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256141–113–255.5%
2021272132–138–248.9%
2022271145–119–754.9%
2023272123–135–1447.7%
2024272141–122–953.6%
2025272137–132–350.9%

Forced Fumbles (allowed) in 2026 vs 2025

Raiders lead at 2.20 — they ranked #23 last year. Titans are last at 0.20 — #32 last year.

The league average is 0.98, up 0.31 from 0.67 last year.

Biggest riser: Jets, #28 → #3. Biggest faller: Lions, #4 → #20.

Spread between first and last: 2; 25 teams are within 0.42 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2026 vs 2025

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
LV · +1.61
Biggest faller
TEN · −0.21
Most consistent
IND · +0.01
League trend 2026 vs 2025
▲ 0.31

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
PIT · 1.03
Multi-year laggard
TEN · 0.59
Biggest improver
LV · +0.16/yr
Biggest decliner
TEN · −0.09/yr

Multi-year heatmap

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

Team2020202120222023202420252026
LV0.500.760.590.820.350.592.20
LAC0.381.120.880.880.470.591.60
NYJ1.060.760.650.820.820.531.60
SF0.811.290.940.590.760.761.60
ARI0.941.240.710.3510.761.40
CIN0.6310.880.650.820.651.40
NO0.440.760.760.470.710.651.40
PIT0.811.060.531.121.2911.40
CLE1.060.710.650.820.710.881.20
DAL10.761.290.821.060.651.20
BAL1.560.470.820.940.710.821
LAR0.750.880.590.410.590.711
MIN0.690.760.651.290.711.061
NE0.310.590.760.880.820.591
PHI0.880.760.880.941.290.711
WAS0.880.530.470.590.940.651
ATL1.060.820.471.120.710.710.80
BUF0.940.710.690.821.060.760.80
DEN0.750.350.941.120.710.530.80
DET0.940.590.820.760.760.880.80
HOU0.560.940.820.880.650.820.80
JAX0.750.5310.710.290.650.80
NYG0.880.711.181.120.940.530.80
CAR0.880.820.530.290.470.530.75
KC0.811.060.710.880.880.470.75
CHI0.940.820.820.7610.710.60
IND0.881.060.8211.060.590.60
MIA10.820.760.880.470.650.60
TB0.940.940.711.060.940.710.60
GB0.750.590.710.590.940.470.40
SEA0.880.531.060.760.820.530.40
TEN0.750.760.650.760.590.410.20

Forced Fumbles (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Chiefs (1.44), 2019 49ers (1.44), 2020 Ravens (1.56), 2021 49ers (1.29), 2022 Cowboys (1.29), 2023 Vikings (1.29), 2024 Eagles (1.29), 2025 Vikings (1.06), 2026 Raiders (2.20).

49ers have led this stat 2 of 9 seasons.

The best season on record is Raiders 2026 at 2.20; the worst Titans 2026 at 0.20.

The league average has risen from 0.82 in 2018 to 0.98 in 2026.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2026.

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