What Pressures pct (allowed) is

Pressure rate: pressures divided by opponent dropbacks, as a percentage. The rate version, so it survives differences in how often opponents threw.

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

Through Week 7 of 2026, the Vikings lead at 36.70; the league average is 23.57.

League snapshot — 2026

League leader

MIN · 36.70

League average

23.57

Best to worst

20.40

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	MIN	36.70	5
2	SEA	31.90	6
3	LV	30.90	6
4	CHI	30.20	6
5	CIN	28.40	5
6	CAR	26.30	5
7	NYJ	25.70	6
8	ATL	24.80	6
9	DET	24.60	5
10	DEN	24.20	6
11	SF	24.10	6
12	GB	23.90	6
13	NE	23.90	6
14	JAX	23.60	6
15	WAS	23.60	6
16	KC	23.40	5
17	BUF	23.30	6
18	DAL	22.70	6
19	HOU	22.70	6
20	CLE	22.30	6
21	LAC	22.30	6
22	TEN	21.80	6
23	BAL	21.70	6
24	LAR	21.00	6
25	ARI	20.80	6
26	PHI	20.70	6
27	PIT	19.40	6
28	TB	19.40	6
29	MIA	18.40	5
30	NO	17.90	6
31	NYG	17.40	6
32	IND	16.30	6

At a glance — 2026

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

MIN · 36.70

League laggard

IND · 16.30

League average

23.57

Spread (max − min)

20.40

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	MIN	36.70	13.13	100%
2	SEA	31.90	8.33	96.8%
3	LV	30.90	7.33	93.5%
4	CHI	30.20	6.63	90.3%
5	CIN	28.40	4.83	87.1%
6	CAR	26.30	2.73	83.9%
7	NYJ	25.70	2.13	80.6%
8	ATL	24.80	1.23	77.4%
9	DET	24.60	1.03	74.2%
10	DEN	24.20	0.63	71%
11	SF	24.10	0.53	67.7%
12	GB	23.90	0.33	64.5%
13	NE	23.90	0.33	61.3%
14	JAX	23.60	0.03	58.1%
15	WAS	23.60	0.03	54.8%
16	KC	23.40	-0.17	51.6%
17	BUF	23.30	-0.27	48.4%
18	DAL	22.70	-0.87	45.2%
19	HOU	22.70	-0.87	41.9%
20	CLE	22.30	-1.27	38.7%
21	LAC	22.30	-1.27	35.5%
22	TEN	21.80	-1.77	32.3%
23	BAL	21.70	-1.87	29%
24	LAR	21.00	-2.57	25.8%
25	ARI	20.80	-2.77	22.6%
26	PHI	20.70	-2.87	19.4%
27	PIT	19.40	-4.17	16.1%
28	TB	19.40	-4.17	12.9%
29	MIA	18.40	-5.17	9.7%
30	NO	17.90	-5.67	6.5%
31	NYG	17.40	-6.17	3.2%
32	IND	16.30	-7.27	0%

Does Pressures pct (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 821–757–37 ATS (52.0%) across 2020–2025, #166 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (143–121, 54.2%); its worst 2025 (133–136, 49.4%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	137–117–2	53.9%
2021	272	138–132–2	51.1%
2022	271	143–121–7	54.2%
2023	272	131–127–14	50.8%
2024	272	139–124–9	52.9%
2025	272	133–136–3	49.4%

Pressures pct (allowed) in 2026 vs 2025

Vikings lead at 36.70 — they ranked #3 last year. Colts are last at 16.30 — #16 last year.

The league average is 23.57, up 0.87 from 22.70 last year.

Biggest riser: Panthers, #31 → #6. Biggest faller: Saints, #8 → #30.

Spread between first and last: 20.40; 23 teams are within 4.32 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2026 vs 2025

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

LV · +11.50

Biggest faller

DAL · −8.50

Most consistent

KC · −0.20

League trend 2026 vs 2025

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Rank	Team	2026	2025	Δ
1	LV	30.90	19.40	+11.50
2	NYJ	25.70	15.10	+10.60
3	CAR	26.30	16.50	+9.80
4	CHI	30.20	21.10	+9.10
5	MIN	36.70	28.10	+8.60
6	CIN	28.40	20.90	+7.50
7	SF	24.10	16.70	+7.40
8	SEA	31.90	26.10	+5.80
9	WAS	23.60	19.60	+4.00
10	NE	23.90	20.30	+3.60
11	BAL	21.70	19.00	+2.70
12	ARI	20.80	18.20	+2.60
13	ATL	24.80	23.60	+1.20
14	HOU	22.70	21.50	+1.20
15	JAX	23.60	22.60	+1.00
16	DET	24.60	24.10	+0.50
17	KC	23.40	23.60	−0.20
18	TB	19.40	19.80	−0.40
19	BUF	23.30	23.90	−0.60
20	LAC	22.30	23.60	−1.30
21	GB	23.90	25.90	−2.00
22	TEN	21.80	24.50	−2.70
23	MIA	18.40	21.30	−2.90
24	PHI	20.70	23.60	−2.90
25	PIT	19.40	22.40	−3.00
26	CLE	22.30	26.20	−3.90
27	LAR	21.00	26.30	−5.30
28	NYG	17.40	22.70	−5.30
29	DEN	24.20	30.50	−6.30
30	NO	17.90	24.70	−6.80
31	IND	16.30	23.30	−7.00
32	DAL	22.70	31.20	−8.50

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

DAL · 25.84

Multi-year laggard

IND · 20.51

Biggest improver

MIN · +2.20/yr

Biggest decliner

PIT · −1.76/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	DAL	25.84	+0.43	22.80	27.40	25.40	21.30	30.10	31.20	22.70
2	MIN	25.26	+2.20	19.60	25.90	19.30	21.90	25.30	28.10	36.70
3	KC	25.19	−0.26	24.60	26.20	24.60	27.80	26.10	23.60	23.40
4	SEA	24.66	+1.29	24.10	21.80	20.80	23.10	24.80	26.10	31.90
5	DEN	24.41	+0.46	26.20	25.80	18.30	18.20	27.70	30.50	24.20
6	BUF	24.30	−0.31	22.20	30.60	22.10	24.40	23.60	23.90	23.30
7	GB	23.61	+0.35	21.10	24.40	23.60	24.30	22.10	25.90	23.90
8	PIT	23.57	−1.76	35.10	25.80	17.40	22.90	22.00	22.40	19.40
9	DET	23.46	+1.13	17.50	20.50	23.10	28.20	26.20	24.10	24.60
10	CLE	23.30	+0.48	21.90	24.20	18.20	23.80	26.50	26.20	22.30
11	MIA	23.27	−1.24	24.80	28.50	21.60	27.70	20.60	21.30	18.40
12	PHI	23.10	−1.06	27.90	23.90	25.30	22.40	17.90	23.60	20.70
13	TB	23.00	−1.42	27.50	28.60	21.90	19.70	24.10	19.80	19.40
14	CIN	22.93	+0.78	19.00	24.50	22.40	22.10	23.20	20.90	28.40
15	NYJ	22.70	−0.07	21.70	21.20	25.20	26.50	23.50	15.10	25.70
16	NE	22.60	−0.85	26.40	25.30	24.00	20.70	17.60	20.30	23.90
17	LV	22.59	+0.50	23.50	24.40	19.30	19.40	21.20	19.40	30.90
18	CHI	22.33	+1.03	22.40	23.10	15.60	18.80	25.10	21.10	30.20
19	WAS	22.23	−0.59	25.90	24.20	22.90	16.80	22.60	19.60	23.60
20	HOU	22.10	+0.29	21.50	20.70	19.80	25.70	22.80	21.50	22.70
21	JAX	22.10	−0.01	20.10	24.00	24.90	22.60	16.90	22.60	23.60
22	LAC	22.00	−0.25	23.80	25.00	19.60	19.90	19.80	23.60	22.30
23	NYG	21.79	−0.76	25.50	19.90	24.30	20.90	21.80	22.70	17.40
24	SF	21.70	−0.45	22.60	24.10	22.90	21.00	20.50	16.70	24.10
25	LAR	21.67	+0.12	23.40	22.80	17.90	18.90	21.40	26.30	21.00
26	BAL	21.64	−0.70	26.80	22.80	19.20	19.50	22.50	19.00	21.70
27	NO	21.61	−0.76	26.30	24.70	17.50	18.70	21.50	24.70	17.90
28	ARI	21.34	−1.21	25.90	25.90	22.50	16.90	19.20	18.20	20.80
29	ATL	20.89	+0.82	23.60	16.60	14.60	23.00	20.00	23.60	24.80
30	TEN	20.63	+0.34	17.60	23.90	21.10	18.80	16.70	24.50	21.80
31	CAR	20.57	−0.36	22.40	25.60	19.80	17.20	16.20	16.50	26.30
32	IND	20.51	−0.44	23.30	18.30	22.00	19.60	20.80	23.30	16.30

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
MIN	19.60	25.90	19.30	21.90	25.30	28.10	36.70
SEA	24.10	21.80	20.80	23.10	24.80	26.10	31.90
LV	23.50	24.40	19.30	19.40	21.20	19.40	30.90
CHI	22.40	23.10	15.60	18.80	25.10	21.10	30.20
CIN	19.00	24.50	22.40	22.10	23.20	20.90	28.40
CAR	22.40	25.60	19.80	17.20	16.20	16.50	26.30
NYJ	21.70	21.20	25.20	26.50	23.50	15.10	25.70
ATL	23.60	16.60	14.60	23.00	20.00	23.60	24.80
DET	17.50	20.50	23.10	28.20	26.20	24.10	24.60
DEN	26.20	25.80	18.30	18.20	27.70	30.50	24.20
SF	22.60	24.10	22.90	21.00	20.50	16.70	24.10
GB	21.10	24.40	23.60	24.30	22.10	25.90	23.90
NE	26.40	25.30	24.00	20.70	17.60	20.30	23.90
JAX	20.10	24.00	24.90	22.60	16.90	22.60	23.60
WAS	25.90	24.20	22.90	16.80	22.60	19.60	23.60
KC	24.60	26.20	24.60	27.80	26.10	23.60	23.40
BUF	22.20	30.60	22.10	24.40	23.60	23.90	23.30
DAL	22.80	27.40	25.40	21.30	30.10	31.20	22.70
HOU	21.50	20.70	19.80	25.70	22.80	21.50	22.70
CLE	21.90	24.20	18.20	23.80	26.50	26.20	22.30
LAC	23.80	25.00	19.60	19.90	19.80	23.60	22.30
TEN	17.60	23.90	21.10	18.80	16.70	24.50	21.80
BAL	26.80	22.80	19.20	19.50	22.50	19.00	21.70
LAR	23.40	22.80	17.90	18.90	21.40	26.30	21.00
ARI	25.90	25.90	22.50	16.90	19.20	18.20	20.80
PHI	27.90	23.90	25.30	22.40	17.90	23.60	20.70
PIT	35.10	25.80	17.40	22.90	22.00	22.40	19.40
TB	27.50	28.60	21.90	19.70	24.10	19.80	19.40
MIA	24.80	28.50	21.60	27.70	20.60	21.30	18.40
NO	26.30	24.70	17.50	18.70	21.50	24.70	17.90
NYG	25.50	19.90	24.30	20.90	21.80	22.70	17.40
IND	23.30	18.30	22.00	19.60	20.80	23.30	16.30

Pressures pct (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Rams (30.20), 2019 Steelers (30.50), 2020 Steelers (35.10), 2021 Bills (30.60), 2022 Cowboys (25.40), 2023 Lions (28.20), 2024 Cowboys (30.10), 2025 Cowboys (31.20), 2026 Vikings (36.70).

Cowboys have led this stat 3 of 9 seasons.

The best season on record is Vikings 2026 at 36.70; the worst Falcons 2022 at 14.60.

The league average has fallen from 25.04 in 2018 to 23.57 in 2026.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2026.

About this stat

Stat ID: def_advanced_defense_pressures_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.