Defensive: Scoring · Rectd (allowed)

DEF · ScoringP + N
About this stat ↓

What Rectd (allowed) is

Receiving touchdowns allowed, team total — opponent scoring plays made at the catch.

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

In 2023 the Texans led at 1; the league average was 1.39.

League snapshot — 2023

League leader
HOU · 1
League average
1.39
Best to worst
1.29

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2023

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
HOU · 1
League laggard
WAS · 2.29
League average
1.39
Spread (max − min)
1.29

Does Rectd (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 814–764–37 ATS (51.6%) across 2020–2025, #199 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (152–102, 59.8%); its worst 2021 (125–145, 46.3%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256152–102–259.8%
2021272125–145–246.3%
2022271144–120–754.5%
2023272122–136–1447.3%
2024272130–133–949.4%
2025272141–128–352.4%

Rectd (allowed) in 2023 vs 2022

Texans lead at 1 — they ranked #1 last year. Commanders are last at 2.29 — #25 last year.

The league average is 1.39, up 0.00 from 1.38 last year.

Biggest riser: Chiefs, #32 → #5. Biggest faller: Broncos, #7 → #28.

Spread between first and last: 1.29; 24 teams are within 0.30 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2023 vs 2022

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
WAS · +0.76
Biggest faller
KC · −0.82
Most consistent
MIA · 0
League trend 2023 vs 2022
▲ 0.00

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
MIN · 1.31
Multi-year laggard
WAS · 1.91
Biggest improver
MIN · −0.19/yr
Biggest decliner
BUF · +0.17/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
HOU1.881.590.8811.821.181.20
BAL1.381.821.181.061.591.351
BUF1.440.711.311.061.651.122.60
CAR1.751.531.471.122.061.181.25
KC1.811.591.941.121.411.061
NE1.381.241.651.121.591.471.20
NYJ2.131.650.881.121.062.121.20
SF1.561.471.181.181.471.711
TEN2.251.411.711.181.591.761
DAL2.131.411.351.241.652.062
GB1.441.821.291.241.351.411.20
IND1.501.881.471.241.591.411.80
LV1.751.711.471.241.711.352.20
NYG1.381.591.241.241.351.471.80
SEA1.441.411.351.241.531.181.60
NO1.751.1811.291.121.471.60
CIN21.531.061.351.761.941
CLE1.941.711.181.351.531.472
MIN1.881.711.351.351.410.880.60
PIT1.381.411.711.351.351.761
TB1.811.531.711.351.591.761.40
ATL2.131.821.531.4121.591.80
LAR1.0611.351.411.711.531.60
LAC1.811.591.411.531.410.941.40
JAX2.131.411.471.591.711.470.80
MIA1.311.351.591.591.291.712.20
DET2.381.821.531.651.061.822.80
DEN1.311.291.181.711.291.061.40
CHI1.751.821.291.8211.881.20
ARI1.631.761.711.881.181.822.80
PHI1.691.651.292.061.290.821.20
WAS1.3121.532.291.471.942.80

Rectd (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Vikings (0.94), 2019 Patriots (0.81), 2020 Rams (1.06), 2021 Bills (0.71), 2022 Texans (0.88), 2023 Texans (1).

Texans have led this stat 2 of 6 seasons.

The best season on record is Bills 2021 at 0.71; the worst Dolphins 2019 at 2.44.

The league average has fallen from 1.65 in 2018 to 1.39 in 2023.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2023.

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