Defensive: Scoring · Frtd (allowed)

DEF · ScoringP only🔒
About this stat ↓

What Frtd (allowed) is

Fumble recoveries returned for a touchdown against this team. Rare, and mostly chance.

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

In 2021 the Bengals led at 0.06; the league average was 0.07.

League snapshot — 2021

League leader
CIN · 0.06
League average
0.07
Best to worst
0.06

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2021

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
WAS · 0.06
League laggard
BAL · 0.12
League average
0.07
Spread (max − min)
0.06

Does Frtd (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 794–784–37 ATS (50.3%) across 2020–2025, #240 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (153–111, 58.0%); its worst 2024 (121–142, 46.0%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256124–130–248.8%
2021272128–142–247.4%
2022271153–111–758.0%
2023272130–128–1450.4%
2024272121–142–946.0%
2025272138–131–351.3%

Frtd (allowed) in 2021 vs 2020

Bengals lead at 0.06 — they ranked #11 last year. Broncos are last at 0.12 — #5 last year.

The league average is 0.07, down 0.02 from 0.09 last year.

Biggest riser: Bengals, #11 → #1. Biggest faller: Ravens, #2 → #15.

Spread between first and last: 0.06; 14 teams are within 0.02 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2021 vs 2020

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
BAL · +0.06
Biggest faller
WAS · −0.07
Most consistent
CLE · −0.00
League trend 2021 vs 2020
▼ -0.02

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
PHI · 0.06
Multi-year laggard
TB · 0.20
Biggest improver
SF · −0.03/yr
Biggest decliner
LAC · +0.06/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
CIN0.130.060.06—0.120.18—
CLE0.060.06—0.06—0.06—
DAL0.060.06—0.060.06——
DET—0.060.060.060.06——
HOU0.060.060.18————
JAX—0.06—0.06—0.12—
KC—0.06—0.06———
LV0.060.060.06—0.12——
LAR0.130.060.06—0.06——
NE—0.060.120.060.12——
NYJ—0.06—————
PIT—0.060.06——0.060.20
SEA—0.060.06——0.060.20
WAS0.130.060.060.06———
BAL0.060.120.06———0.20
DEN0.060.120.060.12———
ARI0.06—0.06——0.24—
ATL————0.06——
BUF——0.06—0.06——
CAR———0.12—0.06—
CHI0.13—0.060.12—0.06—
GB———————
IND0.06—0.060.060.060.06—
LAC——0.060.12———
MIA——0.060.060.06——
MIN0.13———0.060.060.20
NO——0.12—0.18——
NYG0.06———0.060.06—
PHI——0.060.060.06——
SF0.13—0.06————
TB——————0.20
TEN——0.120.060.060.12—

Frtd (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Ravens (0.06), 2019 Cardinals (0.06), 2020 Cardinals (0.06), 2021 Bengals (0.06).

Cardinals have led this stat 2 of 4 seasons.

The best season on record is Bengals 2021 at 0.06; the worst Giants 2019 at 0.25.

The league average has fallen from 0.07 in 2018 to 0.07 in 2021.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_team_scoring_frtd
Side
defensive
Family
Scoring
Data source
P only
Polarity
lower is better
Display grain
count
Algorithm eligibility
Stat-page only: this stat is not available in the Algorithm Builder.