Defensive: Team Stats · Fumbles lost (allowed)
Fumbles lost. Noisier than most stats — recovery is close to a coin flip.
P + N
About this stat ↓League snapshot — 2023
- League leaderDEN 0.82
- League average0.56
- Best to worst0.71
All 32 teams, higher is better.
At a glance — 2023
Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.
League leader
DEN · 0.82
League laggard
CAR · 0.12
League average
0.56
Spread (max − min)
0.71
All teams — 2023
| Rank | Team | Value | Δ vs avg | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEN | 0.82 | 0.27 | 100% |
| 2 | NYG | 0.82 | 0.27 | 96.8% |
| 3 | BUF | 0.76 | 0.21 | 93.5% |
| 4 | TB | 0.76 | 0.21 | 90.3% |
| 5 | GB | 0.71 | 0.15 | 87.1% |
| 6 | PIT | 0.71 | 0.15 | 83.9% |
| 7 | IND | 0.65 | 0.09 | 80.6% |
| 8 | KC | 0.65 | 0.09 | 77.4% |
| 9 | LAC | 0.65 | 0.09 | 74.2% |
| 10 | MIA | 0.65 | 0.09 | 71% |
| 11 | MIN | 0.65 | 0.09 | 67.7% |
| 12 | NO | 0.65 | 0.09 | 64.5% |
| 13 | BAL | 0.59 | 0.03 | 61.3% |
| 14 | CLE | 0.59 | 0.03 | 58.1% |
| 15 | DAL | 0.59 | 0.03 | 54.8% |
| 16 | JAX | 0.59 | 0.03 | 51.6% |
| 17 | NYJ | 0.59 | 0.03 | 48.4% |
| 18 | SEA | 0.59 | 0.03 | 45.2% |
| 19 | TEN | 0.59 | 0.03 | 41.9% |
| 20 | WAS | 0.59 | 0.03 | 38.7% |
| 21 | ATL | 0.47 | -0.09 | 35.5% |
| 22 | CIN | 0.47 | -0.09 | 32.3% |
| 23 | HOU | 0.47 | -0.09 | 29% |
| 24 | LV | 0.47 | -0.09 | 25.8% |
| 25 | PHI | 0.47 | -0.09 | 22.6% |
| 26 | CHI | 0.41 | -0.15 | 19.4% |
| 27 | DET | 0.41 | -0.15 | 16.1% |
| 28 | NE | 0.41 | -0.15 | 12.9% |
| 29 | LAR | 0.35 | -0.20 | 9.7% |
| 30 | ARI | 0.29 | -0.26 | 6.5% |
| 31 | SF | 0.29 | -0.26 | 3.2% |
| 32 | CAR | 0.12 | -0.44 | 0% |
Year-over-year — 2023 vs 2022
Biggest movers from last season.
Biggest riser
PIT · +0.47
Biggest faller
DAL · −0.47
Most consistent
ATL · 0
League trend 2023 vs 2022
▲ 0.02
YoY by team — 2023 vs 2022
| Rank | Team | 2023 | 2022 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT | 0.71 | 0.24 | +0.47 |
| 2 | NYJ | 0.59 | 0.24 | +0.35 |
| 3 | DEN | 0.82 | 0.47 | +0.35 |
| 4 | MIA | 0.65 | 0.35 | +0.29 |
| 5 | LAC | 0.65 | 0.41 | +0.24 |
| 6 | NO | 0.65 | 0.41 | +0.24 |
| 7 | WAS | 0.59 | 0.35 | +0.24 |
| 8 | GB | 0.71 | 0.53 | +0.18 |
| 9 | MIN | 0.65 | 0.47 | +0.18 |
| 10 | BUF | 0.76 | 0.63 | +0.14 |
| 11 | TB | 0.76 | 0.65 | +0.12 |
| 12 | CLE | 0.59 | 0.53 | +0.06 |
| 13 | IND | 0.65 | 0.59 | +0.06 |
| 14 | LAR | 0.35 | 0.29 | +0.06 |
| 15 | LV | 0.47 | 0.41 | +0.06 |
| 16 | TEN | 0.59 | 0.53 | +0.06 |
| 17 | ATL | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0 |
| 18 | BAL | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0 |
| 19 | NYG | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0 |
| 20 | NE | 0.41 | 0.47 | −0.06 |
| 21 | SEA | 0.59 | 0.65 | −0.06 |
| 22 | KC | 0.65 | 0.76 | −0.12 |
| 23 | CHI | 0.41 | 0.53 | −0.12 |
| 24 | DET | 0.41 | 0.53 | −0.12 |
| 25 | HOU | 0.47 | 0.59 | −0.12 |
| 26 | PHI | 0.47 | 0.59 | −0.12 |
| 27 | JAX | 0.59 | 0.76 | −0.18 |
| 28 | SF | 0.29 | 0.47 | −0.18 |
| 29 | CIN | 0.47 | 0.75 | −0.28 |
| 30 | ARI | 0.29 | 0.59 | −0.29 |
| 31 | CAR | 0.12 | 0.47 | −0.35 |
| 32 | DAL | 0.59 | 1.06 | −0.47 |
Multi-year context
7-year window (2019–2025)
Multi-year leader
PIT · 0.68
Multi-year laggard
LV · 0.36
Biggest improver
CHI · +0.03/yr
Biggest decliner
CAR · −0.05/yr
Multi-year averages
| Rank | Team | Avg | Slope/yr | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT | 0.68 | −0.03 | 1.13 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.24 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.71 |
| 2 | TB | 0.68 | −0.05 | 1 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
| 3 | BUF | 0.65 | +0.01 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.47 |
| 4 | DAL | 0.63 | −0.05 | 0.63 | 0.75 | 0.53 | 1.06 | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.29 |
| 5 | IND | 0.61 | −0.02 | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.94 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 6 | MIN | 0.58 | +0.02 | 0.88 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.82 |
| 7 | SEA | 0.57 | −0.04 | 0.88 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.53 |
| 8 | PHI | 0.57 | +0.01 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.24 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.82 | 0.53 |
| 9 | NYG | 0.56 | +0.01 | 0.38 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.59 | 0.35 |
| 10 | GB | 0.56 | +0.00 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.35 |
| 11 | BAL | 0.55 | −0.04 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.29 | 0.59 |
| 12 | CHI | 0.55 | +0.03 | 0.56 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.59 |
| 13 | ARI | 0.54 | −0.03 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.88 | 0.59 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.53 |
| 14 | MIA | 0.54 | +0.01 | 0.25 | 0.69 | 0.82 | 0.35 | 0.65 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 15 | CIN | 0.53 | +0.01 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 0.75 | 0.47 | 0.59 | 0.47 |
| 16 | HOU | 0.53 | −0.01 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
| 17 | KC | 0.52 | −0.03 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.35 | 0.24 |
| 18 | SF | 0.52 | −0.05 | 0.81 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.53 |
| 19 | WAS | 0.50 | −0.03 | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.71 | 0.18 |
| 20 | CLE | 0.50 | +0.01 | 0.44 | 0.63 | 0.29 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 21 | NO | 0.50 | +0.00 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.29 | 0.65 |
| 22 | TEN | 0.48 | −0.03 | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.35 |
| 23 | DET | 0.47 | −0.03 | 0.69 | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.35 |
| 24 | DEN | 0.47 | +0.03 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.82 | 0.53 | 0.35 |
| 25 | LAR | 0.46 | −0.02 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.59 |
| 26 | ATL | 0.45 | −0.04 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.35 |
| 27 | NYJ | 0.45 | −0.02 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.18 |
| 28 | CAR | 0.44 | −0.05 | 0.50 | 0.81 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 0.35 |
| 29 | JAX | 0.43 | +0.01 | 0.44 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.76 | 0.59 | 0.18 | 0.53 |
| 30 | LAC | 0.43 | −0.01 | 0.31 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.41 | 0.18 |
| 31 | NE | 0.42 | −0.01 | 0.56 | 0.25 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.53 |
| 32 | LV | 0.36 | +0.01 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.47 |
Multi-year heatmap
32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.
| Team | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.82 | 0.53 | 0.35 |
| NYG | 0.38 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.59 | 0.35 |
| BUF | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.47 |
| TB | 1 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
| GB | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.35 |
| PIT | 1.13 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.24 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.71 |
| IND | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.94 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| KC | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.35 | 0.24 |
| LAC | 0.31 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.41 | 0.18 |
| MIA | 0.25 | 0.69 | 0.82 | 0.35 | 0.65 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| MIN | 0.88 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.82 |
| NO | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.29 | 0.65 |
| BAL | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.29 | 0.59 |
| CLE | 0.44 | 0.63 | 0.29 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| DAL | 0.63 | 0.75 | 0.53 | 1.06 | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.29 |
| JAX | 0.44 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.76 | 0.59 | 0.18 | 0.53 |
| NYJ | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.18 |
| SEA | 0.88 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.53 |
| TEN | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.35 |
| WAS | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.71 | 0.18 |
| ATL | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.35 |
| CIN | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 0.75 | 0.47 | 0.59 | 0.47 |
| HOU | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
| LV | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.47 |
| PHI | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.24 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.82 | 0.53 |
| CHI | 0.56 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.59 |
| DET | 0.69 | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.35 |
| NE | 0.56 | 0.25 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.53 |
| LAR | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.59 |
| ARI | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.88 | 0.59 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.53 |
| SF | 0.81 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.53 |
| CAR | 0.50 | 0.81 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 0.35 |
Distribution
How the 32 teams cluster for 2023.
About this stat
- Stat ID
- def_team_stats_fumbles_lost
- Side
- defensive
- Family
- Team Stats
- Data source
- P + N
- Polarity
- higher is better (or neutral)
- Display grain
- count
- Algorithm eligibility
- Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.