Defensive: Drive Averages · Drives (allowed)

Drives per game. Sets the pace every other drive-level number is measured against.

DEF · Drive AveragesP + N
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2022

  • League leaderATL 10.06
  • League average11.13
  • Best to worst1.88

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
ATL · 10.06
League laggard
DEN · 11.94
League average
11.13
Spread (max − min)
1.88

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
DEN · +1.71
Biggest faller
BAL · −1.24
Most consistent
PHI · 0
League trend 2022 vs 2021
▲ 0.06

Multi-year context

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader
GB · 10.41
Multi-year laggard
CLE · 11.70
Biggest improver
TB · −0.26/yr
Biggest decliner
CLE · +0.30/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
ATL11.1911.0610.6510.0611.5910.4710.71
BAL10.5610.7511.6510.4111.6511.0610.71
LAR11.8811.811110.4111.2410.1810.71
GB11.1910.1910.4110.4710.2910.769.59
PIT11.9411.8111.6510.5311.1810.8210.59
DET11.8810.8810.8810.5911.1210.7611.12
CHI11.5611.4410.7610.7111.241110.94
JAX11.4411.5010.4710.7611.5910.6511.18
PHI11.9412.3110.7610.7610.4110.5910.76
BUF11.6910.6311.1210.8110.8210.2410.41
LV10.5610.631110.821111.1810.65
NYG12.1310.3811.1210.8212.0611.0610.82
KC10.5610.7510.1810.9410.769.9410
SF11.3811.9410.941110.2910.6510
MIA11.8811.5611.4111.0611.3510.8210.47
CLE11.5010.4410.7611.1213.5312.5911.94
NO10.9411.3111.7111.1811.651110.82
SEA11.7511.1311.3511.1810.8811.7111.47
LAC10.4411.1310.8211.2411.2910.7110.65
CIN11.9411.3811.4111.2511.121110.88
TEN11.9410.6911.1811.2910.5911.2911.12
ARI11.2511.1310.7111.4110.5910.0610.76
NYJ12.3111.2511.2411.5312.7110.4711
CAR12.6310.2511.7611.5911.0611.1210
MIN11.0610.9411.6511.5911.1811.1811
NE12.381010.8811.5912.2910.4710.29
TB12.8111.3111.4111.6510.8810.8810.82
WAS11.1911.9410.7611.7111.4710.4110.06
DAL1111.6312.1811.8210.5911.7110.47
IND10.9410.8810.8811.8812.1211.8210.47
DEN10.9411.8810.2411.9411.1211.6511.35
HOU10.8110.6311.1811.9411.5911.4111.12

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_drives_drives
Side
defensive
Family
Drive Averages
Data source
P + N
Polarity
lower is better
Display grain
count
Algorithm eligibility
Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.