What Safeties Scored (allowed) is

Safeties scored by this team's defense — the opponent tackled in its own end zone. As rare as scoring gets.

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

In 2020 the Colts led at 0.19; the league average was 0.05.

League snapshot — 2020

League leader

IND · 0.19

League average

0.05

Best to worst

0.19

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	IND	0.19	16
2	SEA	0.19	16
3	BAL	0.13	16
4	CLE	0.13	16
5	ARI	0.06	16
6	CHI	0.06	16
7	DET	0.06	16
8	GB	0.06	16
9	KC	0.06	16
10	LAC	0.06	16
11	LAR	0.06	16
12	MIN	0.06	16
13	NO	0.06	16
14	NYJ	0.06	16
15	PHI	0.06	16
16	PIT	0.06	16
17	TB	0.06	16
18	WAS	0.06	16
19	ATL	0	16
20	BUF	0	16
21	CAR	0	16
22	CIN	0	16
23	DAL	0	16
24	DEN	0	16
25	HOU	0	16
26	JAX	0	16
27	LV	0	16
28	MIA	0	16
29	NE	0	16
30	NYG	0	16
31	SF	0	16
32	TEN	0	16

At a glance — 2020

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

IND · 0.19

League laggard

TEN · 0

League average

0.05

Spread (max − min)

0.19

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	IND	0.19	0.14	100%
2	SEA	0.19	0.14	96.8%
3	BAL	0.13	0.08	93.5%
4	CLE	0.13	0.08	90.3%
5	ARI	0.06	0.02	87.1%
6	CHI	0.06	0.02	83.9%
7	DET	0.06	0.02	80.6%
8	GB	0.06	0.02	77.4%
9	KC	0.06	0.02	74.2%
10	LAC	0.06	0.02	71%
11	LAR	0.06	0.02	67.7%
12	MIN	0.06	0.02	64.5%
13	NO	0.06	0.02	61.3%
14	NYJ	0.06	0.02	58.1%
15	PHI	0.06	0.02	54.8%
16	PIT	0.06	0.02	51.6%
17	TB	0.06	0.02	48.4%
18	WAS	0.06	0.02	45.2%
19	ATL	0	-0.05	41.9%
20	BUF	0	-0.05	38.7%
21	CAR	0	-0.05	35.5%
22	CIN	0	-0.05	32.3%
23	DAL	0	-0.05	29%
24	DEN	0	-0.05	25.8%
25	HOU	0	-0.05	22.6%
26	JAX	0	-0.05	19.4%
27	LV	0	-0.05	16.1%
28	MIA	0	-0.05	12.9%
29	NE	0	-0.05	9.7%
30	NYG	0	-0.05	6.5%
31	SF	0	-0.05	3.2%
32	TEN	0	-0.05	0%

Does Safeties Scored (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 785–793–37 ATS (49.7%) across 2020–2025, #253 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (146–118, 55.3%); its worst 2024 (119–144, 45.2%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	128–126–2	50.4%
2021	272	133–137–2	49.3%
2022	271	146–118–7	55.3%
2023	272	130–128–14	50.4%
2024	272	119–144–9	45.2%
2025	272	129–140–3	48.0%

Safeties Scored (allowed) in 2020 vs 2019

Colts lead at 0.19 — they ranked #2 last year. Titans are last at 0 — #14 last year.

The league average is 0.05, up 0.01 from 0.03 last year.

Biggest riser: Seahawks, #29 → #2. Biggest faller: Panthers, #1 → #21.

Spread between first and last: 0.19; 28 teams are within 0.05 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2020 vs 2019

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

SEA · +0.19

Biggest faller

CAR · −0.13

Most consistent

ATL · 0

League trend 2020 vs 2019

▲ 0.01

Rank	Team	2020	2019	Δ
1	SEA	0.19	0	+0.19
2	CLE	0.13	0	+0.13
3	ARI	0.06	0	+0.06
4	BAL	0.13	0.06	+0.06
5	DET	0.06	0	+0.06
6	GB	0.06	0	+0.06
7	IND	0.19	0.13	+0.06
8	KC	0.06	0	+0.06
9	LAC	0.06	0	+0.06
10	PHI	0.06	0	+0.06
11	PIT	0.06	0	+0.06
12	TB	0.06	0	+0.06
13	WAS	0.06	0	+0.06
14	ATL	0	0	0
15	CHI	0.06	0.06	0
16	DAL	0	0	0
17	DEN	0	0	0
18	HOU	0	0	0
19	JAX	0	0	0
20	LAR	0.06	0.06	0
21	LV	0	0	0
22	MIN	0.06	0.06	0
23	NO	0.06	0.06	0
24	SF	0	0	0
25	BUF	0	0.06	−0.06
26	CIN	0	0.06	−0.06
27	MIA	0	0.06	−0.06
28	NE	0	0.06	−0.06
29	NYG	0	0.06	−0.06
30	NYJ	0.06	0.13	−0.06
31	TEN	0	0.06	−0.06
32	CAR	0	0.13	−0.13

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

NYJ · 0.06

Multi-year laggard

SF · 0.01

Biggest improver

LV · +0.02/yr

Biggest decliner

IND · −0.02/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	NYJ	0.06	−0.01	0.06	0	0.12	0.18	0	0.06	0
2	LV	0.05	+0.02	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.20
3	IND	0.04	−0.02	0.19	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0
4	SEA	0.04	−0.02	0.19	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0
5	ARI	0.03	+0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
6	DET	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0
7	LAR	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0.12	0.06	0	0
8	TB	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.06	0
9	ATL	0.03	−0.00	0	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0	0
10	DEN	0.03	+0.00	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.12	0	0
11	BAL	0.03	−0.01	0.13	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
12	BUF	0.03	−0.00	0	0	0.13	0	0.06	0	0
13	CLE	0.03	−0.01	0.13	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
14	LAC	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
15	PIT	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0
16	WAS	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
17	HOU	0.03	−0.00	0	0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0	0
18	TEN	0.03	+0.01	0	0	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
19	CHI	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
20	GB	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
21	KC	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
22	NO	0.02	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
23	PHI	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
24	DAL	0.02	+0.00	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0
25	NE	0.02	+0.00	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0
26	MIN	0.01	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	CAR	0.01	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
28	CIN	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
29	JAX	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
30	MIA	0.01	−0.00	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
31	NYG	0.01	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
32	SF	0.01	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0

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
IND	0.19	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0
SEA	0.19	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0
BAL	0.13	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
CLE	0.13	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
ARI	0.06	0	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
CHI	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
DET	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0
GB	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
KC	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
LAC	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
LAR	0.06	0	0	0.12	0.06	0	0
MIN	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0
NO	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
NYJ	0.06	0	0.12	0.18	0	0.06	0
PHI	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
PIT	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0
TB	0.06	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.06	0
WAS	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
ATL	0	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0	0
BUF	0	0	0.13	0	0.06	0	0
CAR	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
CIN	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
DAL	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0
DEN	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.12	0	0
HOU	0	0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0	0
JAX	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
LV	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.20
MIA	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
NE	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0
NYG	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
SF	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
TEN	0	0	0	0	0.12	0.06	0

Safeties Scored (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Jaguars (0.13), 2019 Panthers (0.13), 2020 Colts (0.19).

The best season on record is Colts 2020 at 0.19; the worst Commanders 2018 at 0.

The league average has risen from 0.02 in 2018 to 0.05 in 2020.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2020.

About this stat

Stat ID: def_team_scoring_def_safeties_scored
Side: defensive
Family: Scoring
Data source: P + N
Polarity: higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Stat-page only: this stat is not available in the Algorithm Builder.