Defensive: Drive Averages · Score pct (allowed)

DEF · Drive AveragesP + N
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Los Angeles Chargers — Score pct (allowed), 2026

  • Value38.71
  • Rank#15 of 32
  • League average39.07
  • Rank in 2025#10 of 32

What Score pct (allowed) is

Scoring rate allowed: opponent drives that ended in points divided by all opponent drives, as a percentage. How reliably opponents turned a possession into a result against this defense.

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

Through Week 6 of 2026, the Vikings lead at 25.00; the league average is 39.07.

League snapshot — 2026

League leader
MIN · 25.00
League average
39.07
Best to worst
25.00

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2026

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
MIN · 25.00
League laggard
MIA · 50.00
League average
39.07
Spread (max − min)
25.00

Does Score pct (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 866–712–37 ATS (54.9%) across 2020–2025, #77 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (148–106, 58.3%); its worst 2023 (132–126, 51.2%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256148–106–258.3%
2021272150–120–255.6%
2022271146–118–755.3%
2023272132–126–1451.2%
2024272143–120–954.4%
2025272147–122–354.6%

Score pct (allowed) in 2026 vs 2025

Vikings lead at 25.00 — they ranked #7 last year. Dolphins are last at 50.00 — #22 last year.

The league average is 39.07, down 0.05 from 39.12 last year.

Biggest riser: Jets, #31 → #9. Biggest faller: Texans, #1 → #24.

Spread between first and last: 25.00; 20 teams are within 6.20 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2026 vs 2025

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
HOU · +14.55
Biggest faller
NYJ · −12.81
Most consistent
SEA · +0.13
League trend 2026 vs 2025
▼ -0.05

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
NE · 33.49
Multi-year laggard
ARI · 42.01
Biggest improver
MIN · −3.22/yr
Biggest decliner
MIA · +2.59/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
MIN48.5739.3940.6136.3231.5834.2225.00
SEA39.8935.2336.8440.0033.6728.2128.33
JAX47.8345.5135.5232.4945.3031.5829.17
GB38.6535.5937.6438.2932.2441.7231.03
NE38.1328.1131.4731.1042.1332.0031.48
NYG41.5740.2140.7634.6337.2342.3931.48
CHI37.1639.3441.2133.5140.6439.2534.62
ATL41.2442.5443.2737.5642.7040.6635.09
NYJ43.8948.6932.1431.0244.3848.6635.85
LV49.4140.1139.6732.6242.6341.9936.21
DEN43.6832.7634.9839.6830.8134.7236.84
PHI37.5636.6132.2440.6831.1134.4337.50
LAR26.9834.7640.1135.6042.2033.5238.18
SF37.1734.4125.1333.7144.7538.2438.46
LAC42.1344.0236.6535.4232.4235.3638.71
PIT29.1038.3836.8733.6834.2440.5639.29
TB33.1532.9932.8334.0540.0038.0439.29
KC36.0536.4236.0227.8736.0937.6539.53
BAL29.6533.3335.0328.2836.1742.8640.00
CLE43.1137.1638.1024.3533.6433.5040.35
CIN42.8632.9935.5638.1038.5040.5440.38
CAR45.1237.0034.0136.7050.2640.5942.00
BUF39.4127.5130.0632.6136.2137.2942.59
HOU46.4743.1634.4834.0135.0528.0442.59
TEN44.4436.8433.3342.7839.0643.9244.23
DET46.5548.1140.5636.5134.9739.6844.44
WAS31.4141.5331.1645.6441.8147.3745.76
IND35.0635.1435.1538.3537.8143.8246.43
DAL42.4731.8832.8431.6742.2151.1248.00
ARI36.5234.6240.7243.3342.1148.6348.15
NO34.2531.6633.6831.3139.0439.6749.12
MIA29.7336.0837.2331.6138.0441.5750.00

Score pct (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Ravens (28.42), 2019 Patriots (19.19), 2020 Rams (26.98), 2021 Bills (27.51), 2022 49ers (25.13), 2023 Browns (24.35), 2024 Broncos (30.81), 2025 Texans (28.04), 2026 Vikings (25.00).

The best season on record is Patriots 2019 at 19.19; the worst Cowboys 2025 at 51.12.

The league average has risen from 35.89 in 2018 to 39.07 in 2026.

Week to week — Week 4 to Week 5

Since Week 4: Broncos up 9 (#20 → #11), Packers up 8 (#12 → #4), Jets up 8 (#17 → #9); Titans down 7 (#18 → #25), Steelers down 6 (#10 → #16), Rams down 6 (#7 → #13).

15 teams moved by two places or fewer.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2026.

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