NFL Lines

League snapshot — 2021

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

BUF · 1.53

League laggard

NYJ · 3.12

League average

2.31

Spread (max − min)

1.59

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	BUF	1.53	-0.78	100%
2	DEN	1.71	-0.60	96.8%
3	NE	1.76	-0.55	93.5%
4	NO	1.82	-0.49	90.3%
5	DAL	1.88	-0.43	87.1%
6	IND	2	-0.31	83.9%
7	TEN	2	-0.31	80.6%
8	CAR	2.06	-0.25	77.4%
9	CLE	2.06	-0.25	74.2%
10	LAR	2.12	-0.19	71%
11	SEA	2.12	-0.19	67.7%
12	TB	2.12	-0.19	64.5%
13	MIN	2.24	-0.08	61.3%
14	SF	2.24	-0.08	58.1%
15	ARI	2.29	-0.02	54.8%
16	CIN	2.29	-0.02	51.6%
17	KC	2.29	-0.02	48.4%
18	MIA	2.29	-0.02	45.2%
19	GB	2.35	0.04	41.9%
20	PIT	2.41	0.10	38.7%
21	BAL	2.47	0.16	35.5%
22	PHI	2.53	0.22	32.3%
23	CHI	2.59	0.28	29%
24	LAC	2.59	0.28	25.8%
25	NYG	2.59	0.28	22.6%
26	ATL	2.65	0.34	19.4%
27	DET	2.65	0.34	16.1%
28	LV	2.71	0.40	12.9%
29	WAS	2.71	0.40	9.7%
30	HOU	2.82	0.51	6.5%
31	JAX	2.94	0.63	3.2%
32	NYJ	3.12	0.81	0%

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

NYG · +0.65

Biggest faller

DET · −1.23

Most consistent

GB · +0.04

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▼ -0.30

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader

BAL · 1.82

Multi-year laggard

ARI · 2.73

Biggest improver

HOU · −0.21/yr

Biggest decliner

DAL · +0.13/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	BAL	1.82	+0.02	1.50	1.88	2.47	1.71	1.12	1.88	2.18
2	BUF	1.90	+0.07	1.56	2.31	1.53	1.75	1.53	2.41	2.18
3	DEN	1.94	−0.07	1.69	2.75	1.71	1.82	2.47	1.53	1.59
4	PIT	1.98	−0.03	1.94	2.06	2.41	2	1.53	1.88	2.06
5	NO	2.01	−0.01	2.25	2.19	1.82	1.76	1.71	2.18	2.18
6	NE	2.05	+0.06	1.56	2.44	1.76	2.12	1.88	2.53	2.06
7	KC	2.06	−0.03	1.69	2.50	2.29	2.35	1.65	2.06	1.88
8	SF	2.10	+0.02	1.88	2.50	2.24	1.76	1.47	2.59	2.24
9	GB	2.10	−0.04	1.94	2.31	2.35	2.35	1.82	2	1.94
10	MIN	2.11	−0.07	1.69	2.88	2.24	2.29	2.06	1.82	1.82
11	LAR	2.14	−0.05	2.56	2	2.12	2.12	1.94	2.35	1.88
12	SEA	2.16	−0.08	2.38	2.06	2.12	2.47	2.59	2	1.53
13	TB	2.22	−0.01	2.44	2.44	2.12	2.12	1.53	2.24	2.65
14	PHI	2.26	−0.15	2.31	2.94	2.53	2.12	2.65	1.47	1.82
15	LAC	2.35	−0.12	2.38	2.75	2.59	2.41	2.71	1.71	1.88
16	DAL	2.37	+0.13	1.94	3	1.88	1.71	1.82	3.06	3.18
17	IND	2.39	−0.00	2.38	2.56	2	2.53	2.47	2.53	2.24
18	CHI	2.39	+0.03	1.81	2.50	2.59	3.06	2.29	1.88	2.59
19	ATL	2.40	−0.09	2.56	2.81	2.65	2.12	2	2.47	2.18
20	HOU	2.42	−0.21	2.69	3.13	2.82	2.65	1.71	2.18	1.76
21	TEN	2.43	+0.09	2.19	2.94	2	2	1.76	3.12	3
22	CLE	2.51	+0.01	2.75	2.56	2.06	2.29	2.41	3.06	2.41
23	NYJ	2.52	+0.00	2.06	3.25	3.12	1.82	2	2.12	3.24
24	MIA	2.52	−0.10	3.25	2.56	2.29	2.35	2.71	1.82	2.65
25	NYG	2.57	−0.02	3.31	1.94	2.59	2.12	2.71	2.65	2.65
26	JAX	2.57	−0.18	2.81	3.44	2.94	1.88	2.47	2.47	1.94
27	CIN	2.58	+0.06	2.81	2.75	2.29	1.81	2.24	2.88	3.29
28	WAS	2.61	−0.01	3	2.25	2.71	2.18	3.18	2.18	2.76
29	LV	2.64	−0.12	3.19	3	2.71	2.41	2.12	2.47	2.59
30	DET	2.68	−0.20	2.88	3.88	2.65	2.65	2.41	1.94	2.35
31	CAR	2.68	−0.00	3.13	2.69	2.06	2.35	2.76	3.29	2.47
32	ARI	2.73	+0.01	3.13	2.38	2.29	2.94	3.06	2.24	3.06

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.

About this stat

Stat ID: def_team_scoring_xpa
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.