Defensive: Scoring · Scoring (allowed)

Total points scored. The bluntest measure of an offence, and what every other stat tries to explain.

DEF · ScoringP + N🔒
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2024

  • League leaderLAC 17.71
  • League average22.91
  • Best to worst13.71

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2024

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
LAC · 17.71
League laggard
CAR · 31.41
League average
22.91
Spread (max − min)
13.71

Year-over-year — 2024 vs 2023

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
DAL · +9
Biggest faller
WAS · −7.47
Most consistent
NYG · +0.47
League trend 2024 vs 2023
▲ 1.14

Multi-year context

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader
BUF · 19.42
Multi-year laggard
DET · 25.59
Biggest improver
HOU · −1.44/yr
Biggest decliner
DAL · +0.84/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.

Team2019202020212022202320242025
LAC21.5626.632722.5923.4117.7120
PHI22.1326.1322.6520.2425.1817.8219.12
DEN19.7527.8818.9421.1224.2918.2918.29
KC19.2522.6321.4121.7117.2919.1819.29
MIN18.9429.6925.0625.1221.2919.5319.59
GB19.5623.0621.8221.8220.5919.8821.18
DET26.4432.4427.4725.1223.2420.1224.29
PIT18.9419.5023.4120.3519.0620.4122.76
BAL17.6318.9423.0618.5316.4721.2423.41
MIA30.8821.1321.9423.472321.4124.94
BUF16.1923.441717.8818.2921.6521.47
SEA24.8823.1921.5323.5923.6521.6517.18
CHI18.6323.1323.9427.2422.2921.7624.41
HOU24.062926.5924.7120.7621.8817.35
ARI27.6322.9421.5326.4126.7622.2928.71
TB28.0622.1920.7621.0619.1222.6524.18
LAR22.7518.5021.8822.5922.1822.7120.35
WAS27.1920.5625.5320.1830.472326.53
NO21.3121.0619.7120.2919.2423.4122.53
NYJ22.4428.5629.6518.5920.8823.7629.59
NYG28.1922.3124.4721.8223.9424.4125.82
NE14.0622.0617.8220.4121.5324.5318.82
ATL24.9425.882722.7121.9424.8823.59
IND23.3122.6321.4725.1224.4125.1224.24
CIN26.2526.5022.1220.1322.5925.5328.94
LV26.1929.8825.8224.5919.4725.5325.41
CLE24.5626.1921.8222.4121.2925.5922.29
JAX24.8130.7526.8820.5921.8225.5919.76
SF19.3824.3821.4716.2917.5325.6521.82
TEN20.6927.4420.8221.1221.5927.0628.12
DAL20.0629.5621.0620.1218.5327.5330.06
CAR29.3825.1323.762224.4731.4122.35

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2024.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_team_scoring_scoring
Side
defensive
Family
Scoring
Data source
P + N
Polarity
lower is better
Display grain
count
Algorithm eligibility
Stat-page only: this stat is excluded from the Algorithm Builder per §11.36.