What Pass yds per cmp (allowed) is

Yards per completion allowed: opponent passing yards divided by completions. It describes how deep opponents completed passes against this defense — a high number means the completions came downfield.

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

In 2020 the Rams led at 8.79; the league average was 10.47.

League snapshot — 2020

League leader

LAR · 8.79

League average

10.47

Best to worst

3.11

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	LAR	8.79	16
2	TB	9.26	16
3	WAS	9.30	16
4	BAL	9.31	16
5	CAR	9.61	16
6	SF	9.76	16
7	NYG	9.81	16
8	ARI	9.93	16
9	BUF	10.10	16
10	SEA	10.13	16
11	DEN	10.18	16
12	GB	10.23	16
13	NO	10.43	16
14	PHI	10.43	16
15	PIT	10.44	16
16	IND	10.48	16
17	TEN	10.49	16
18	LAC	10.52	16
19	NYJ	10.55	16
20	CHI	10.59	16
21	CLE	10.68	16
22	NE	10.68	16
23	KC	10.83	16
24	HOU	10.89	16
25	ATL	11.05	16
26	DAL	11.10	16
27	CIN	11.35	16
28	LV	11.38	16
29	JAX	11.44	16
30	MIN	11.57	16
31	MIA	11.73	16
32	DET	11.90	16

At a glance — 2020

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

LAR · 8.79

League laggard

DET · 11.90

League average

10.47

Spread (max − min)

3.11

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	LAR	8.79	-1.67	100%
2	TB	9.26	-1.21	96.8%
3	WAS	9.30	-1.17	93.5%
4	BAL	9.31	-1.16	90.3%
5	CAR	9.61	-0.86	87.1%
6	SF	9.76	-0.71	83.9%
7	NYG	9.81	-0.65	80.6%
8	ARI	9.93	-0.54	77.4%
9	BUF	10.10	-0.37	74.2%
10	SEA	10.13	-0.33	71%
11	DEN	10.18	-0.29	67.7%
12	GB	10.23	-0.24	64.5%
13	NO	10.43	-0.04	61.3%
14	PHI	10.43	-0.03	58.1%
15	PIT	10.44	-0.03	54.8%
16	IND	10.48	0.01	51.6%
17	TEN	10.49	0.03	48.4%
18	LAC	10.52	0.06	45.2%
19	NYJ	10.55	0.08	41.9%
20	CHI	10.59	0.12	38.7%
21	CLE	10.68	0.21	35.5%
22	NE	10.68	0.22	32.3%
23	KC	10.83	0.36	29%
24	HOU	10.89	0.42	25.8%
25	ATL	11.05	0.59	22.6%
26	DAL	11.10	0.64	19.4%
27	CIN	11.35	0.88	16.1%
28	LV	11.38	0.92	12.9%
29	JAX	11.44	0.97	9.7%
30	MIN	11.57	1.10	6.5%
31	MIA	11.73	1.27	3.2%
32	DET	11.90	1.43	0%

Does Pass yds per cmp (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 807–771–37 ATS (51.1%) across 2020–2025, #216 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2025 (154–115, 57.2%); its worst 2021 (122–148, 45.2%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	144–110–2	56.7%
2021	272	122–148–2	45.2%
2022	271	129–135–7	48.9%
2023	272	128–130–14	49.6%
2024	272	130–133–9	49.4%
2025	272	154–115–3	57.2%

Pass yds per cmp (allowed) in 2020 vs 2019

Rams lead at 8.79 — they ranked #14 last year. Lions are last at 11.90 — #29 last year.

The league average is 10.47, down 0.15 from 10.62 last year.

Biggest riser: Giants, #27 → #7. Biggest faller: Vikings, #3 → #30.

Spread between first and last: 3.11; 21 teams are within 0.75 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2020 vs 2019

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

MIN · +2.08

Biggest faller

NYG · −1.64

Most consistent

NO · +0.00

League trend 2020 vs 2019

▼ -0.15

Rank	Team	2020	2019	Δ
1	MIN	11.57	9.48	+2.08
2	DAL	11.10	9.66	+1.44
3	SF	9.76	8.51	+1.24
4	NE	10.68	9.52	+1.16
5	BUF	10.10	8.97	+1.12
6	CHI	10.59	9.82	+0.77
7	KC	10.83	10.07	+0.76
8	LAC	10.52	9.77	+0.76
9	PIT	10.44	9.91	+0.52
10	IND	10.48	10.11	+0.37
11	NYJ	10.55	10.41	+0.14
12	NO	10.43	10.43	+0.00
13	DET	11.90	11.94	−0.04
14	TEN	10.49	10.57	−0.08
15	ATL	11.05	11.16	−0.11
16	JAX	11.44	11.55	−0.12
17	DEN	10.18	10.37	−0.19
18	CLE	10.68	10.91	−0.23
19	MIA	11.73	12.20	−0.47
20	HOU	10.89	11.40	−0.52
21	PHI	10.43	11.11	−0.67
22	ARI	9.93	10.71	−0.79
23	LV	11.38	12.19	−0.80
24	SEA	10.13	11.03	−0.89
25	WAS	9.30	10.30	−1.01
26	CAR	9.61	10.65	−1.04
27	BAL	9.31	10.42	−1.12
28	GB	10.23	11.41	−1.19
29	TB	9.26	10.59	−1.33
30	CIN	11.35	12.72	−1.37
31	LAR	8.79	10.42	−1.62
32	NYG	9.81	11.45	−1.64

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

SF · 9.48

Multi-year laggard

DET · 11.26

Biggest improver

SEA · −0.38/yr

Biggest decliner

ARI · +0.43/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	SF	9.48	−0.06	9.76	9.44	9.74	8.88	9.70	9.93	8.91
2	SEA	9.60	−0.38	10.13	10.19	10.48	10.16	9.71	8.79	7.77
3	BUF	9.70	+0.07	10.10	9.33	9.48	9.21	9.70	9.63	10.46
4	PHI	9.78	+0.13	10.43	9.18	8.73	10.11	8.79	10.44	10.76
5	GB	9.81	−0.23	10.23	9.83	10.67	10.28	9.60	9.17	8.87
6	KC	9.89	−0.12	10.83	10.66	9.21	8.83	9.92	9.79	10.00
7	TB	9.90	+0.24	9.26	9.13	9.51	10.48	9.92	10.68	10.30
8	NYJ	9.95	−0.17	10.55	11.00	9.28	9.14	10.02	10.93	8.74
9	NE	9.96	−0.15	10.68	9.97	10.11	9.58	10.39	9.40	9.60
10	DEN	9.98	−0.04	10.18	10.71	9.12	10.40	9.55	9.28	10.64
11	LAR	9.99	+0.12	8.79	9.88	10.25	10.70	10.71	9.77	9.80
12	NYG	10.03	+0.00	9.81	9.55	10.42	10.51	10.26	10.17	9.50
13	CAR	10.04	+0.16	9.61	9.69	10.10	9.44	10.61	10.32	10.49
14	BAL	10.11	−0.01	9.31	11.94	10.02	8.50	10.48	10.56	9.98
15	CLE	10.12	−0.01	10.68	9.37	10.59	9.12	11.43	9.23	10.41
16	MIA	10.17	−0.22	11.73	10.38	9.60	9.90	9.81	9.91	9.87
17	ATL	10.18	−0.18	11.05	10.11	10.60	10.14	9.45	10.29	9.63
18	NO	10.25	−0.06	10.43	10.36	9.73	10.58	11.08	9.76	9.82
19	LV	10.30	+0.04	11.38	9.47	10.35	9.60	9.94	9.52	11.82
20	TEN	10.35	−0.04	10.49	10.55	10.64	9.99	9.60	11.07	10.08
21	MIN	10.39	−0.24	11.57	10.72	11.07	9.36	9.91	9.66	10.43
22	LAC	10.44	−0.08	10.52	10.54	10.99	10.92	9.58	9.96	10.60
23	HOU	10.48	−0.23	10.89	11.34	10.59	10.42	10.48	9.78	9.83
24	ARI	10.51	+0.43	9.93	9.93	9.46	10.41	9.93	10.46	13.45
25	IND	10.55	+0.22	10.48	10.21	9.78	10.38	10.31	10.62	12.10
26	JAX	10.63	−0.04	11.44	10.28	10.53	10.09	11.25	9.36	11.47
27	WAS	10.64	+0.17	9.30	10.83	10.56	11.26	10.49	11.78	10.28
28	PIT	10.66	+0.01	10.44	10.30	11.38	11.09	10.15	10.47	10.82
29	DAL	10.79	+0.05	11.10	11.12	9.90	10.34	10.62	11.22	11.24
30	CIN	10.90	−0.02	11.35	10.05	11.14	11.60	10.21	11.42	10.53
31	CHI	11.08	+0.29	10.59	10.37	11.50	9.86	11.40	10.88	12.98
32	DET	11.26	−0.26	11.90	11.59	11.84	11.33	11.12	10.80	10.26

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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
LAR	8.79	9.88	10.25	10.70	10.71	9.77	9.80
TB	9.26	9.13	9.51	10.48	9.92	10.68	10.30
WAS	9.30	10.83	10.56	11.26	10.49	11.78	10.28
BAL	9.31	11.94	10.02	8.50	10.48	10.56	9.98
CAR	9.61	9.69	10.10	9.44	10.61	10.32	10.49
SF	9.76	9.44	9.74	8.88	9.70	9.93	8.91
NYG	9.81	9.55	10.42	10.51	10.26	10.17	9.50
ARI	9.93	9.93	9.46	10.41	9.93	10.46	13.45
BUF	10.10	9.33	9.48	9.21	9.70	9.63	10.46
SEA	10.13	10.19	10.48	10.16	9.71	8.79	7.77
DEN	10.18	10.71	9.12	10.40	9.55	9.28	10.64
GB	10.23	9.83	10.67	10.28	9.60	9.17	8.87
NO	10.43	10.36	9.73	10.58	11.08	9.76	9.82
PHI	10.43	9.18	8.73	10.11	8.79	10.44	10.76
PIT	10.44	10.30	11.38	11.09	10.15	10.47	10.82
IND	10.48	10.21	9.78	10.38	10.31	10.62	12.10
TEN	10.49	10.55	10.64	9.99	9.60	11.07	10.08
LAC	10.52	10.54	10.99	10.92	9.58	9.96	10.60
NYJ	10.55	11.00	9.28	9.14	10.02	10.93	8.74
CHI	10.59	10.37	11.50	9.86	11.40	10.88	12.98
CLE	10.68	9.37	10.59	9.12	11.43	9.23	10.41
NE	10.68	9.97	10.11	9.58	10.39	9.40	9.60
KC	10.83	10.66	9.21	8.83	9.92	9.79	10.00
HOU	10.89	11.34	10.59	10.42	10.48	9.78	9.83
ATL	11.05	10.11	10.60	10.14	9.45	10.29	9.63
DAL	11.10	11.12	9.90	10.34	10.62	11.22	11.24
CIN	11.35	10.05	11.14	11.60	10.21	11.42	10.53
LV	11.38	9.47	10.35	9.60	9.94	9.52	11.82
JAX	11.44	10.28	10.53	10.09	11.25	9.36	11.47
MIN	11.57	10.72	11.07	9.36	9.91	9.66	10.43
MIA	11.73	10.38	9.60	9.90	9.81	9.91	9.87
DET	11.90	11.59	11.84	11.33	11.12	10.80	10.26

Pass yds per cmp (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Bills (9.16), 2019 49ers (8.51), 2020 Rams (8.79).

The best season on record is 49ers 2019 at 8.51; the worst Raiders 2018 at 12.89.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2020.

About this stat

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