Defensive: Advanced defense · Qb hurry pct (allowed)

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About this stat ↓

What Qb hurry pct (allowed) is

Hurry rate: hurries divided by opponent dropbacks, as a percentage. A rate, so tempo and game script matter less.

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

In 2020 the Patriots led at 14.30; the league average was 9.37.

League snapshot — 2020

League leader
NE · 14.30
League average
9.37
Best to worst
7.60

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2020

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
NE · 14.30
League laggard
CIN · 6.70
League average
9.37
Spread (max − min)
7.60

Does Qb hurry pct (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 806–772–37 ATS (51.1%) across 2020–2025, #220 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (147–117, 55.7%); its worst 2024 (126–137, 47.9%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256133–121–252.4%
2021272137–133–250.7%
2022271147–117–755.7%
2023272133–125–1451.6%
2024272126–137–947.9%
2025272130–139–348.3%

Qb hurry pct (allowed) in 2020 vs 2019

Patriots lead at 14.30 — they ranked #13 last year. Bengals are last at 6.70 — #18 last year.

The league average is 9.37, down 0.25 from 9.62 last year.

Biggest riser: Cardinals, #26 → #10. Biggest faller: Rams, #2 → #29.

Spread between first and last: 7.60; 22 teams are within 1.69 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2020 vs 2019

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
NE · +4.70
Biggest faller
LAR · −7.30
Most consistent
DAL · +0.10
League trend 2020 vs 2019
▼ -0.25

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
DAL · 10.44
Multi-year laggard
BAL · 6.39
Biggest improver
DAL · +0.56/yr
Biggest decliner
NE · −1.39/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
NE14.3012.1010.709.707.305.806.70
PIT12.7010.604.506.905.807.404.60
DEN11.5013.005.904.408.509.302.10
LV11.309.205.605.908.605.7013.60
SF11.208.105.905.406.507.6014.20
IND11.105.708.704.507.7010.103.20
CLE10.609.107.406.407.908.104.10
TB10.6012.405.906.508.407.009.00
ATL10.407.503.807.908.908.907.60
ARI10.009.807.407.207.106.906.40
WAS9.8010.204.205.107.905.3010.80
DAL9.7011.308.405.5012.4014.1011.70
LAC9.7010.906.007.005.208.704.50
NYG9.408.707.508.806.807.703.30
PHI9.4011.507.109.304.707.305.10
SEA9.3010.105.408.507.3010.6011.50
MIA9.2010.008.108.008.208.606.30
BAL9.108.506.303.806.205.605.20
KC8.9012.908.009.809.007.1010.60
NYJ8.808.406.0010.109.205.408.60
CAR8.6010.406.403.405.906.7016.00
MIN8.3012.506.909.508.709.5014.40
NO8.208.304.807.309.3010.905.10
GB8.1011.307.908.508.509.909.60
CHI8.008.408.306.407.408.6013.30
BUF7.8015.207.206.908.907.5010.00
HOU7.808.806.108.507.207.409.00
DET7.7010.709.3011.2010.708.506.10
LAR7.2010.505.706.009.709.206.70
TEN7.2011.107.606.304.908.606.10
JAX7.1010.608.208.506.509.305.10
CIN6.7010.806.305.607.807.7011.70

Qb hurry pct (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 49ers (15.70), 2019 49ers (14.70), 2020 Patriots (14.30).

49ers have led this stat 2 of 3 seasons.

The best season on record is 49ers 2018 at 15.70; the worst Dolphins 2019 at 6.10.

The league average has fallen from 11.97 in 2018 to 9.37 in 2020.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2020.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_advanced_defense_qb_hurry_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.