What Red zone att (allowed) is

Red-zone trips allowed: opponent drives that reached this team's 20-yard line. How often the defense let an opponent get close.

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

In 2022 the 49ers led at 3.12; the league average was 3.88.

League snapshot — 2022

League leader

SF · 3.12

League average

3.88

Best to worst

1.71

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	SF	3.12	17
2	NYJ	3.29	17
3	NO	3.41	17
4	PIT	3.41	17
5	DAL	3.47	17
6	DEN	3.47	17
7	TB	3.59	17
8	CIN	3.63	16
9	KC	3.65	17
10	NE	3.71	17
11	WAS	3.71	17
12	BUF	3.75	16
13	BAL	3.76	17
14	TEN	3.76	17
15	JAX	3.82	17
16	LAC	3.82	17
17	LV	3.88	17
18	PHI	3.88	17
19	SEA	3.94	17
20	ATL	4	17
21	GB	4	17
22	IND	4	17
23	CLE	4.06	17
24	MIN	4.06	17
25	CAR	4.18	17
26	HOU	4.18	17
27	MIA	4.24	17
28	NYG	4.24	17
29	LAR	4.29	17
30	ARI	4.53	17
31	DET	4.53	17
32	CHI	4.82	17

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

SF · 3.12

League laggard

CHI · 4.82

League average

3.88

Spread (max − min)

1.71

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	SF	3.12	-0.76	100%
2	NYJ	3.29	-0.59	96.8%
3	NO	3.41	-0.47	93.5%
4	PIT	3.41	-0.47	90.3%
5	DAL	3.47	-0.41	87.1%
6	DEN	3.47	-0.41	83.9%
7	TB	3.59	-0.29	80.6%
8	CIN	3.63	-0.26	77.4%
9	KC	3.65	-0.23	74.2%
10	NE	3.71	-0.18	71%
11	WAS	3.71	-0.18	67.7%
12	BUF	3.75	-0.13	64.5%
13	BAL	3.76	-0.12	61.3%
14	TEN	3.76	-0.12	58.1%
15	JAX	3.82	-0.06	54.8%
16	LAC	3.82	-0.06	51.6%
17	LV	3.88	0.00	48.4%
18	PHI	3.88	0.00	45.2%
19	SEA	3.94	0.06	41.9%
20	ATL	4	0.12	38.7%
21	GB	4	0.12	35.5%
22	IND	4	0.12	32.3%
23	CLE	4.06	0.18	29%
24	MIN	4.06	0.18	25.8%
25	CAR	4.18	0.30	22.6%
26	HOU	4.18	0.30	19.4%
27	MIA	4.24	0.35	16.1%
28	NYG	4.24	0.35	12.9%
29	LAR	4.29	0.41	9.7%
30	ARI	4.53	0.65	6.5%
31	DET	4.53	0.65	3.2%
32	CHI	4.82	0.94	0%

Does Red zone att (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 879–699–37 ATS (55.7%) across 2020–2025, #47 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (157–97, 61.8%); its worst 2025 (144–125, 53.5%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	157–97–2	61.8%
2021	272	145–125–2	53.7%
2022	271	146–118–7	55.3%
2023	272	140–118–14	54.3%
2024	272	147–116–9	55.9%
2025	272	144–125–3	53.5%

Red zone att (allowed) in 2022 vs 2021

49ers lead at 3.12 — they ranked #21 last year. Bears are last at 4.82 — #22 last year.

The league average is 3.88, down 0.21 from 4.09 last year.

Biggest riser: Jets, #32 → #2. Biggest faller: Cardinals, #10 → #30.

Spread between first and last: 1.71; 22 teams are within 0.37 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

ARI · +0.71

Biggest faller

NYJ · −1.88

Most consistent

DAL · −0.06

League trend 2022 vs 2021

▼ -0.21

Rank	Team	2022	2021	Δ
1	ARI	4.53	3.82	+0.71
2	CHI	4.82	4.29	+0.53
3	BUF	3.75	3.29	+0.46
4	GB	4	3.65	+0.35
5	LV	3.88	3.53	+0.35
6	LAR	4.29	3.94	+0.35
7	CAR	4.18	3.88	+0.29
8	CLE	4.06	3.76	+0.29
9	IND	4	3.71	+0.29
10	DET	4.53	4.29	+0.24
11	MIA	4.24	4.06	+0.18
12	NE	3.71	3.53	+0.18
13	DAL	3.47	3.53	−0.06
14	TEN	3.76	3.88	−0.12
15	DEN	3.47	3.65	−0.18
16	PHI	3.88	4.06	−0.18
17	CIN	3.63	3.82	−0.20
18	NO	3.41	3.65	−0.24
19	MIN	4.06	4.35	−0.29
20	SEA	3.94	4.24	−0.29
21	BAL	3.76	4.12	−0.35
22	KC	3.65	4.12	−0.47
23	TB	3.59	4.06	−0.47
24	HOU	4.18	4.71	−0.53
25	NYG	4.24	4.82	−0.59
26	JAX	3.82	4.41	−0.59
27	LAC	3.82	4.41	−0.59
28	ATL	4	4.76	−0.76
29	WAS	3.71	4.65	−0.94
30	PIT	3.41	4.47	−1.06
31	SF	3.12	4.24	−1.12
32	NYJ	3.29	5.18	−1.88

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

KC · 3.61

Multi-year laggard

DET · 4.45

Biggest improver

HOU · −0.30/yr

Biggest decliner

NO · +0.19/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	KC	3.61	−0.12	3.75	4.12	3.65	3.53	3.76	3.47	3
2	NE	3.68	−0.04	3.69	3.53	3.71	4.18	4.12	3.18	3.40
3	SF	3.70	−0.08	4	4.24	3.12	3.24	4.18	4.12	3
4	PIT	3.72	−0.08	3.50	4.47	3.41	3.71	4.06	4.12	2.80
5	GB	3.77	−0.06	4.06	3.65	4	3.88	3.53	3.47	3.80
6	TB	3.79	−0.08	3.94	4.06	3.59	3.94	4	3.82	3.20
7	SEA	3.83	−0.19	4.13	4.24	3.94	4.18	4.12	3.41	2.80
8	BUF	3.83	+0.10	4.06	3.29	3.75	3.18	4.24	3.71	4.60
9	NO	3.86	+0.19	3.63	3.65	3.41	3.41	4	3.71	5.20
10	BAL	3.89	+0.08	3.50	4.12	3.76	3.53	3.76	4.53	4
11	LAR	3.91	+0.04	3.38	3.94	4.29	3.82	4.29	3.82	3.80
12	MIN	3.94	−0.29	5.19	4.35	4.06	3.76	3.41	3.59	3.20
13	DEN	3.96	−0.13	5.19	3.65	3.47	4.35	3.47	3.59	4
14	CLE	3.99	−0.07	4.63	3.76	4.06	3.41	4.41	3.82	3.80
15	HOU	3.99	−0.30	5	4.71	4.18	3.76	3.65	3.24	3.40
16	PHI	4.00	−0.03	4.31	4.06	3.88	4.29	3.59	3.29	4.60
17	IND	4.05	+0.07	4	3.71	4	3.94	4.18	4.35	4.20
18	JAX	4.10	−0.21	5.13	4.41	3.82	3.94	4.41	3.41	3.60
19	CHI	4.12	−0.11	4.19	4.29	4.82	3.65	4.18	4.29	3.40
20	TEN	4.13	−0.11	4.88	3.88	3.76	4.24	4.47	4.47	3.20
21	CIN	4.15	+0.08	4.25	3.82	3.63	4.24	4.12	4.76	4.20
22	LAC	4.16	−0.02	4.56	4.41	3.82	4.24	3.29	3.76	5
23	LV	4.18	−0.02	5.38	3.53	3.88	3.29	4.24	4.53	4.40
24	DAL	4.18	+0.09	5.06	3.53	3.47	3.35	4.24	4.82	4.80
25	MIA	4.19	+0.08	4	4.06	4.24	4.12	3.94	4.41	4.60
26	WAS	4.21	+0.02	3.75	4.65	3.71	5	4	4.35	4
27	CAR	4.22	+0.01	4.19	3.88	4.18	4.18	5.29	4.06	3.75
28	ATL	4.24	−0.06	4.44	4.76	4	4.06	4.06	3.94	4.40
29	NYG	4.27	−0.10	4.31	4.82	4.24	4.29	4.24	4.18	3.80
30	NYJ	4.28	−0.12	4.94	5.18	3.29	3.82	4.12	4.82	3.80
31	ARI	4.45	+0.09	4.38	3.82	4.53	4.88	3.94	4.76	4.80
32	DET	4.45	−0.10	5.56	4.29	4.53	3.88	3.82	4.06	5

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
SF	4	4.24	3.12	3.24	4.18	4.12	3
NYJ	4.94	5.18	3.29	3.82	4.12	4.82	3.80
NO	3.63	3.65	3.41	3.41	4	3.71	5.20
PIT	3.50	4.47	3.41	3.71	4.06	4.12	2.80
DAL	5.06	3.53	3.47	3.35	4.24	4.82	4.80
DEN	5.19	3.65	3.47	4.35	3.47	3.59	4
TB	3.94	4.06	3.59	3.94	4	3.82	3.20
CIN	4.25	3.82	3.63	4.24	4.12	4.76	4.20
KC	3.75	4.12	3.65	3.53	3.76	3.47	3
NE	3.69	3.53	3.71	4.18	4.12	3.18	3.40
WAS	3.75	4.65	3.71	5	4	4.35	4
BUF	4.06	3.29	3.75	3.18	4.24	3.71	4.60
BAL	3.50	4.12	3.76	3.53	3.76	4.53	4
TEN	4.88	3.88	3.76	4.24	4.47	4.47	3.20
JAX	5.13	4.41	3.82	3.94	4.41	3.41	3.60
LAC	4.56	4.41	3.82	4.24	3.29	3.76	5
LV	5.38	3.53	3.88	3.29	4.24	4.53	4.40
PHI	4.31	4.06	3.88	4.29	3.59	3.29	4.60
SEA	4.13	4.24	3.94	4.18	4.12	3.41	2.80
ATL	4.44	4.76	4	4.06	4.06	3.94	4.40
GB	4.06	3.65	4	3.88	3.53	3.47	3.80
IND	4	3.71	4	3.94	4.18	4.35	4.20
CLE	4.63	3.76	4.06	3.41	4.41	3.82	3.80
MIN	5.19	4.35	4.06	3.76	3.41	3.59	3.20
CAR	4.19	3.88	4.18	4.18	5.29	4.06	3.75
HOU	5	4.71	4.18	3.76	3.65	3.24	3.40
MIA	4	4.06	4.24	4.12	3.94	4.41	4.60
NYG	4.31	4.82	4.24	4.29	4.24	4.18	3.80
LAR	3.38	3.94	4.29	3.82	4.29	3.82	3.80
ARI	4.38	3.82	4.53	4.88	3.94	4.76	4.80
DET	5.56	4.29	4.53	3.88	3.82	4.06	5
CHI	4.19	4.29	4.82	3.65	4.18	4.29	3.40

Red zone att (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Ravens (3.13), 2019 Patriots (2.63), 2020 Rams (3.38), 2021 Bills (3.29), 2022 49ers (3.12).

The best season on record is Patriots 2019 at 2.63; the worst Lions 2020 at 5.56.

The league average has fallen from 4.11 in 2018 to 3.88 in 2022.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

About this stat

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