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 · 2.94

League average

2.16

Spread (max − min)

1.41

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	BUF	1.53	-0.63	100%
2	NE	1.59	-0.57	96.8%
3	DEN	1.65	-0.51	93.5%
4	DAL	1.71	-0.45	90.3%
5	TEN	1.71	-0.45	87.1%
6	NO	1.76	-0.39	83.9%
7	IND	1.82	-0.33	80.6%
8	SEA	1.82	-0.33	77.4%
9	CAR	1.88	-0.28	74.2%
10	CLE	1.94	-0.22	71%
11	TB	2	-0.16	67.7%
12	ARI	2.06	-0.10	64.5%
13	KC	2.12	-0.04	61.3%
14	LAR	2.12	-0.04	58.1%
15	PHI	2.12	-0.04	54.8%
16	SF	2.12	-0.04	51.6%
17	CIN	2.18	0.02	48.4%
18	GB	2.24	0.08	45.2%
19	MIA	2.24	0.08	41.9%
20	MIN	2.24	0.08	38.7%
21	PIT	2.24	0.08	35.5%
22	ATL	2.29	0.14	32.3%
23	BAL	2.29	0.14	29%
24	CHI	2.47	0.31	25.8%
25	NYG	2.47	0.31	22.6%
26	DET	2.53	0.37	19.4%
27	LAC	2.53	0.37	16.1%
28	WAS	2.53	0.37	12.9%
29	HOU	2.59	0.43	9.7%
30	LV	2.59	0.43	6.5%
31	JAX	2.76	0.61	3.2%
32	NYJ	2.94	0.78	0%

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

BAL · +0.73

Biggest faller

DAL · −1.11

Most consistent

LAC · +0.03

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▼ -0.27

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader

BAL · 1.70

Multi-year laggard

ARI · 2.57

Biggest improver

HOU · −0.21/yr

Biggest decliner

DAL · +0.15/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	BAL	1.70	+0.06	1.31	1.56	2.29	1.65	1.06	1.88	2.12
2	BUF	1.76	+0.10	1.31	2	1.53	1.69	1.47	2.35	2
3	DEN	1.85	−0.07	1.63	2.56	1.65	1.76	2.41	1.53	1.41
4	PIT	1.88	−0.03	1.88	2	2.24	1.88	1.41	1.82	1.94
5	NO	1.90	−0.00	2.06	2.06	1.76	1.59	1.71	2.06	2.06
6	KC	1.93	−0.02	1.44	2.38	2.12	2.35	1.65	1.76	1.82
7	NE	1.93	+0.06	1.50	2.31	1.59	1.94	1.82	2.41	1.94
8	GB	1.95	−0.03	1.75	2.19	2.24	2.12	1.59	1.94	1.82
9	SF	1.98	+0.02	1.81	2.31	2.12	1.59	1.35	2.47	2.18
10	SEA	1.98	−0.03	2.19	1.63	1.82	2.29	2.53	1.94	1.47
11	MIN	2.04	−0.05	1.63	2.63	2.24	2.29	1.88	1.82	1.82
12	LAR	2.05	−0.08	2.50	2	2.12	2.12	1.71	2.12	1.82
13	PHI	2.10	−0.15	2.19	2.81	2.12	2	2.65	1.29	1.65
14	TB	2.18	+0.00	2.38	2.38	2	2.12	1.53	2.24	2.65
15	LAC	2.21	−0.08	2	2.50	2.53	2.35	2.59	1.71	1.76
16	ATL	2.23	−0.05	2.19	2.75	2.29	1.94	2	2.35	2.06
17	TEN	2.24	+0.14	1.88	2.63	1.71	1.88	1.71	2.94	2.94
18	DAL	2.26	+0.15	1.81	2.81	1.71	1.65	1.82	2.88	3.12
19	CHI	2.29	+0.05	1.69	2.31	2.47	2.94	2.18	1.88	2.53
20	HOU	2.31	−0.21	2.63	3.06	2.59	2.59	1.59	2.12	1.59
21	IND	2.32	−0.00	2.38	2.56	1.82	2.41	2.29	2.53	2.24
22	NYJ	2.35	+0.02	1.81	3.13	2.94	1.71	1.82	1.88	3.18
23	CLE	2.38	+0.02	2.63	2.38	1.94	2.06	2.41	3	2.24
24	MIA	2.40	−0.08	2.94	2.44	2.24	2.24	2.65	1.76	2.53
25	NYG	2.41	−0.02	3.13	1.81	2.47	2	2.47	2.59	2.41
26	JAX	2.45	−0.15	2.69	3.19	2.76	1.76	2.47	2.41	1.88
27	CIN	2.47	+0.05	2.75	2.69	2.18	1.63	2.12	2.71	3.24
28	WAS	2.49	+0.00	2.88	2.06	2.53	2.06	3.12	2.06	2.71
29	DET	2.49	−0.16	2.75	3.31	2.53	2.35	2.29	1.88	2.29
30	CAR	2.52	+0.02	3.06	2.31	1.88	2.12	2.65	3.18	2.41
31	LV	2.55	−0.11	3.19	2.75	2.59	2.35	2	2.35	2.59
32	ARI	2.57	−0.01	3.06	2.25	2.06	2.82	3	2.06	2.76

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_xpm
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.