Defensive: Advanced defense · Tackles missed (allowed)

Missed tackles. Turns short gains into long ones, and it is a real skill gap rather than luck.

DEF · Advanced defenseP only
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2022

  • League leaderNYG 2.88
  • League average4.23
  • Best to worst2.88

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
WAS · 2.88
League laggard
DEN · 5.76
League average
4.23
Spread (max − min)
2.88

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
DEN · +0.82
Biggest faller
DET · −4.06
Most consistent
IND · −0.29
League trend 2022 vs 2021
▼ -2.15

Multi-year context

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader
NE · 4.87
Multi-year laggard
HOU · 6.86
Biggest improver
DET · −0.60/yr
Biggest decliner
IND · +0.57/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.

Team2019202020212022202320242025
NYG6.636.065.472.886.886.244.65
WAS7.257.505.712.885.884.717.71
ATL5.946.316.883.185.596.715.12
GB6.506.815.123.475.946.355.18
DET7.9487.763.717.2954.47
DAL7.446.386.243.763.715.126.59
MIN4.198.196.353.765.884.656.29
SF6.694.255.763.764.066.295.18
LAC7.386.817.413.825.885.415.82
LAR6.134.8173.946.1274.82
NYJ68.257.1246.827.537.06
PHI6.067.195.9445.765.295.76
PIT6.636.947.3546.064.067.41
TB7.386.446.9444.415.885.47
LV6.758.946.414.066.127.887.12
CAR6.817.566.244.187.827.765.59
NE4.135.635.534.295.245.124.18
CIN6.816.886.244.314.186.8210
CHI6.255.566.244.356.475.535.35
NO5.385.136.354.355.127.595.53
CLE8.7566.654.476.825.945.82
SEA8.195.506.654.537.595.596.47
MIA7.196.636.714.597.596.596.59
BAL5.818.386.714.655.414.475.76
BUF8.257.816.884.815.945.594.59
JAX7.887.137.654.827.476.125.41
KC6.317.445.474.824.475.414.41
ARI8.446.886.474.884.296.246.76
IND5.444.385.2955.769.247.35
TEN6.887.065.535.064.885.595.06
HOU7.197.817.295.297.6575.76
DEN65.884.945.765.714.595

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_advanced_defense_tackles_missed
Side
defensive
Family
Advanced defense
Data source
P only
Polarity
lower is better
Display grain
count
Algorithm eligibility
Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.