Defensive: Drive Averages · Points/drive (allowed)
Points produced per drive. Pairs with drive count to explain a scoreboard.
P + N
About this stat ↓League snapshot — 2021
- League leaderBUF 0.09
- League average0.12
- Best to worst0.07
All 32 teams, lower is better.
At a glance — 2021
Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.
League leader
BUF · 0.09
League laggard
NYJ · 0.16
League average
0.12
Spread (max − min)
0.07
All teams — 2021
| Rank | Team | Value | Δ vs avg | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUF | 0.09 | -0.03 | 100% |
| 2 | NO | 0.10 | -0.02 | 96.8% |
| 3 | NE | 0.10 | -0.02 | 93.5% |
| 4 | TB | 0.11 | -0.02 | 90.3% |
| 5 | DAL | 0.11 | -0.02 | 87.1% |
| 6 | TEN | 0.11 | -0.01 | 83.9% |
| 7 | DEN | 0.11 | -0.01 | 80.6% |
| 8 | SEA | 0.11 | -0.01 | 77.4% |
| 9 | SF | 0.11 | -0.01 | 74.2% |
| 10 | PIT | 0.12 | -0.01 | 71% |
| 11 | CIN | 0.12 | -0.01 | 67.7% |
| 12 | MIA | 0.12 | -0.01 | 64.5% |
| 13 | BAL | 0.12 | -0.01 | 61.3% |
| 14 | LAR | 0.12 | -0.01 | 58.1% |
| 15 | IND | 0.12 | -0.01 | 54.8% |
| 16 | ARI | 0.12 | 0.00 | 51.6% |
| 17 | CLE | 0.12 | 0.00 | 48.4% |
| 18 | CAR | 0.12 | 0.00 | 45.2% |
| 19 | GB | 0.12 | 0.00 | 41.9% |
| 20 | KC | 0.13 | 0.00 | 38.7% |
| 21 | MIN | 0.13 | 0.00 | 35.5% |
| 22 | NYG | 0.13 | 0.00 | 32.3% |
| 23 | PHI | 0.13 | 0.01 | 29% |
| 24 | CHI | 0.13 | 0.01 | 25.8% |
| 25 | LV | 0.14 | 0.01 | 22.6% |
| 26 | HOU | 0.14 | 0.01 | 19.4% |
| 27 | WAS | 0.14 | 0.02 | 16.1% |
| 28 | JAX | 0.15 | 0.03 | 12.9% |
| 29 | ATL | 0.15 | 0.03 | 9.7% |
| 30 | LAC | 0.15 | 0.03 | 6.5% |
| 31 | DET | 0.15 | 0.03 | 3.2% |
| 32 | NYJ | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0% |
Year-over-year — 2021 vs 2020
Biggest movers from last season.
Biggest riser
WAS · +0.03
Biggest faller
DAL · −0.05
Most consistent
MIA · +0.00
League trend 2021 vs 2020
▼ -0.02
YoY by team — 2021 vs 2020
| Rank | Team | 2021 | 2020 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAS | 0.14 | 0.11 | +0.03 |
| 2 | LAR | 0.12 | 0.10 | +0.02 |
| 3 | PIT | 0.12 | 0.10 | +0.01 |
| 4 | BAL | 0.12 | 0.11 | +0.01 |
| 5 | CHI | 0.13 | 0.13 | +0.00 |
| 6 | ATL | 0.15 | 0.15 | +0.00 |
| 7 | LAC | 0.15 | 0.15 | +0.00 |
| 8 | MIA | 0.12 | 0.12 | +0.00 |
| 9 | NYJ | 0.16 | 0.16 | −0.00 |
| 10 | NYG | 0.13 | 0.13 | −0.00 |
| 11 | PHI | 0.13 | 0.14 | −0.01 |
| 12 | ARI | 0.12 | 0.13 | −0.01 |
| 13 | KC | 0.13 | 0.14 | −0.01 |
| 14 | IND | 0.12 | 0.13 | −0.01 |
| 15 | SEA | 0.11 | 0.13 | −0.01 |
| 16 | GB | 0.12 | 0.14 | −0.02 |
| 17 | TB | 0.11 | 0.12 | −0.02 |
| 18 | NO | 0.10 | 0.12 | −0.02 |
| 19 | SF | 0.11 | 0.13 | −0.02 |
| 20 | JAX | 0.15 | 0.18 | −0.03 |
| 21 | CIN | 0.12 | 0.15 | −0.03 |
| 22 | CAR | 0.12 | 0.15 | −0.03 |
| 23 | DET | 0.15 | 0.19 | −0.04 |
| 24 | DEN | 0.11 | 0.15 | −0.04 |
| 25 | CLE | 0.12 | 0.16 | −0.04 |
| 26 | HOU | 0.14 | 0.18 | −0.04 |
| 27 | LV | 0.14 | 0.17 | −0.04 |
| 28 | NE | 0.10 | 0.14 | −0.04 |
| 29 | MIN | 0.13 | 0.17 | −0.04 |
| 30 | BUF | 0.09 | 0.13 | −0.04 |
| 31 | TEN | 0.11 | 0.16 | −0.05 |
| 32 | DAL | 0.11 | 0.16 | −0.05 |
Multi-year context
7-year window (2019–2025)
Multi-year leader
BUF · 0.11
Multi-year laggard
DET · 0.14
Biggest improver
HOU · −0.01/yr
Biggest decliner
DAL · +0.00/yr
Multi-year averages
| Rank | Team | Avg | Slope/yr | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUF | 0.11 | +0.00 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.12 |
| 2 | BAL | 0.11 | +0.00 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| 3 | PIT | 0.11 | +0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| 4 | NE | 0.11 | +0.00 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.11 |
| 5 | NO | 0.11 | +0.00 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| 6 | DEN | 0.11 | −0.00 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| 7 | SF | 0.12 | +0.00 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| 8 | KC | 0.12 | −0.00 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| 9 | LAR | 0.12 | +0.00 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| 10 | SEA | 0.12 | −0.00 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| 11 | PHI | 0.12 | −0.00 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| 12 | TB | 0.12 | −0.00 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| 13 | GB | 0.12 | −0.00 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| 14 | MIN | 0.12 | −0.01 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| 15 | CLE | 0.12 | −0.01 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| 16 | CHI | 0.13 | +0.00 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| 17 | LAC | 0.13 | −0.01 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| 18 | HOU | 0.13 | −0.01 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| 19 | IND | 0.13 | +0.00 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
| 20 | DAL | 0.13 | +0.00 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.17 |
| 21 | TEN | 0.13 | +0.00 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| 22 | MIA | 0.13 | −0.00 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
| 23 | NYJ | 0.13 | +0.00 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| 24 | NYG | 0.13 | −0.00 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.15 |
| 25 | JAX | 0.13 | −0.01 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| 26 | CIN | 0.13 | +0.00 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| 27 | WAS | 0.14 | +0.00 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.16 |
| 28 | ATL | 0.14 | −0.00 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| 29 | CAR | 0.14 | −0.00 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| 30 | ARI | 0.14 | +0.00 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.17 |
| 31 | LV | 0.14 | −0.01 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
| 32 | DET | 0.14 | −0.01 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.12 |
| NO | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| NE | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.11 |
| TB | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| DAL | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.17 |
| TEN | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| DEN | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| SEA | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| SF | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| PIT | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| CIN | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| MIA | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
| BAL | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| LAR | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| IND | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
| ARI | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.17 |
| CLE | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| CAR | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| GB | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| KC | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| MIN | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| NYG | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.15 |
| PHI | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| CHI | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| LV | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
| HOU | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| WAS | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.16 |
| JAX | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| ATL | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| LAC | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| DET | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| NYJ | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
Distribution
How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.
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.