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Defensive: Drive Averages · Points/drive (allowed)

DEF · Drive AveragesP + N
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Showing the 2020 season. The most recent season with data for this stat is 2026.

What Points/drive (allowed) is

Points allowed per own drive: points allowed divided by the number of drives this team's offense had. It is the defense's cost spread over the team's own possessions — a pace-adjusted points-allowed number — not the same as points per opponent drive.

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

In 2020 the Rams led at 0.10; the league average was 0.14.

League snapshot — 2020

League leader
LAR · 0.10
League average
0.14
Best to worst
0.09

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2020

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
LAR · 0.10
League laggard
DET · 0.19
League average
0.14
Spread (max − min)
0.09

Does Points/drive (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 878–700–37 ATS (55.6%) across 2020–2025, #49 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (161–93, 63.4%); its worst 2025 (143–126, 53.2%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256161–93–263.4%
2021272147–123–254.4%
2022271143–121–754.2%
2023272139–119–1453.9%
2024272145–118–955.1%
2025272143–126–353.2%

Points/drive (allowed) in 2020 vs 2019

Rams lead at 0.10 — they ranked #16 last year. Lions are last at 0.19 — #26 last year.

The league average is 0.14, up 0.02 from 0.13 last year.

Biggest riser: Dolphins, #32 → #5. Biggest faller: Vikings, #7 → #28.

Spread between first and last: 0.09; 21 teams are within 0.02 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2020 vs 2019

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
NE · +0.07
Biggest faller
MIA · −0.05
Most consistent
PIT · +0.00
League trend 2020 vs 2019
▲ 0.02

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
MIN · 0.14
Multi-year laggard
CAR · 0.20
Biggest improver
MIN · +0.00/yr
Biggest decliner
DAL · +0.05/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
LAR0.100.120.130.120.130.110.42
PIT0.100.120.110.100.110.130.38
BAL0.110.120.100.080.120.130.43
WAS0.110.140.100.150.130.160.51
MIA0.120.120.130.120.120.140.56
NO0.120.100.110.100.130.130.57
TB0.120.110.110.100.120.130.41
SEA0.130.110.130.130.110.090.34
ARI0.130.120.140.150.130.170.58
CHI0.130.130.150.120.120.130.36
IND0.130.120.130.120.130.140.50
NYG0.130.130.120.120.130.150.40
SF0.130.110.090.100.140.130.36
BUF0.130.090.100.100.130.120.52
KC0.140.130.120.100.110.110.44
PHI0.140.130.110.140.100.110.42
NE0.140.100.110.110.140.110.35
GB0.140.120.120.120.110.130.39
CIN0.150.120.110.120.140.160.44
ATL0.150.150.130.110.140.130.43
DEN0.150.110.110.130.100.100.42
LAC0.150.150.120.120.100.110.43
CAR0.150.120.110.140.170.130.59
CLE0.160.120.120.100.130.110.37
NYJ0.160.160.100.100.140.160.36
DAL0.160.110.100.110.140.170.59
TEN0.160.110.110.120.140.150.44
MIN0.170.130.120.120.100.110.23
LV0.170.140.140.110.130.140.44
JAX0.180.150.110.110.140.100.29
HOU0.180.140.120.110.110.090.41
DET0.190.150.140.120.110.130.56

Points/drive (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Bears (0.10), 2019 Patriots (0.07), 2020 Rams (0.10).

The best season on record is Patriots 2019 at 0.07; the worst Lions 2020 at 0.19.

The league average has risen from 0.13 in 2018 to 0.14 in 2020.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2020.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_drives_pts_drive
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.