What Fumbles lost (allowed) is

Opponent fumbles recovered by this defense — the opponent lost the ball and this team got it. Noisier than most stats, because who recovers a loose ball is close to a coin flip.

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

In 2025 the Vikings led at 0.82; the league average was 0.46.

League snapshot — 2025

League leader

MIN · 0.82

League average

0.46

Best to worst

0.65

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	MIN	0.82	17
2	PIT	0.71	17
3	NO	0.65	17
4	BAL	0.59	17
5	CHI	0.59	17
6	LAR	0.59	17
7	MIA	0.59	17
8	ARI	0.53	17
9	HOU	0.53	17
10	JAX	0.53	17
11	NE	0.53	17
12	PHI	0.53	17
13	SEA	0.53	17
14	SF	0.53	17
15	TB	0.53	17
16	BUF	0.47	17
17	CIN	0.47	17
18	IND	0.47	17
19	LV	0.47	17
20	CLE	0.41	17
21	ATL	0.35	17
22	CAR	0.35	17
23	DEN	0.35	17
24	DET	0.35	17
25	GB	0.35	17
26	NYG	0.35	17
27	TEN	0.35	17
28	DAL	0.29	17
29	KC	0.24	17
30	LAC	0.18	17
31	NYJ	0.18	17
32	WAS	0.18	17

At a glance — 2025

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

MIN · 0.82

League laggard

WAS · 0.18

League average

0.46

Spread (max − min)

0.65

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	MIN	0.82	0.37	100%
2	PIT	0.71	0.25	96.8%
3	NO	0.65	0.19	93.5%
4	BAL	0.59	0.13	90.3%
5	CHI	0.59	0.13	87.1%
6	LAR	0.59	0.13	83.9%
7	MIA	0.59	0.13	80.6%
8	ARI	0.53	0.07	77.4%
9	HOU	0.53	0.07	74.2%
10	JAX	0.53	0.07	71%
11	NE	0.53	0.07	67.7%
12	PHI	0.53	0.07	64.5%
13	SEA	0.53	0.07	61.3%
14	SF	0.53	0.07	58.1%
15	TB	0.53	0.07	54.8%
16	BUF	0.47	0.01	51.6%
17	CIN	0.47	0.01	48.4%
18	IND	0.47	0.01	45.2%
19	LV	0.47	0.01	41.9%
20	CLE	0.41	-0.04	38.7%
21	ATL	0.35	-0.10	35.5%
22	CAR	0.35	-0.10	32.3%
23	DEN	0.35	-0.10	29%
24	DET	0.35	-0.10	25.8%
25	GB	0.35	-0.10	22.6%
26	NYG	0.35	-0.10	19.4%
27	TEN	0.35	-0.10	16.1%
28	DAL	0.29	-0.16	12.9%
29	KC	0.24	-0.22	9.7%
30	LAC	0.18	-0.28	6.5%
31	NYJ	0.18	-0.28	3.2%
32	WAS	0.18	-0.28	0%

Does Fumbles lost (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 823–755–37 ATS (52.2%) across 2020–2025, #163 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (153–111, 58.0%); its worst 2023 (129–129, 50.0%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	129–125–2	50.8%
2021	272	137–133–2	50.7%
2022	271	153–111–7	58.0%
2023	272	129–129–14	50.0%
2024	272	134–129–9	51.0%
2025	272	141–128–3	52.4%

Fumbles lost (allowed) in 2025 vs 2024

Vikings lead at 0.82 — they ranked #15 last year. Commanders are last at 0.18 — #6 last year.

The league average is 0.46, down 0.04 from 0.50 last year.

Biggest riser: Saints, #29 → #3. Biggest faller: Commanders, #6 → #32.

Spread between first and last: 0.65; 24 teams are within 0.15 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2025 vs 2024

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

NO · +0.35

Biggest faller

WAS · −0.53

Most consistent

HOU · 0

League trend 2025 vs 2024

▼ -0.04

Rank	Team	2025	2024	Δ
1	NO	0.65	0.29	+0.35
2	JAX	0.53	0.18	+0.35
3	BAL	0.59	0.29	+0.29
4	NE	0.53	0.24	+0.29
5	LV	0.47	0.18	+0.29
6	MIN	0.82	0.53	+0.29
7	LAR	0.59	0.35	+0.24
8	MIA	0.59	0.41	+0.18
9	ARI	0.53	0.41	+0.12
10	SEA	0.53	0.41	+0.12
11	SF	0.53	0.41	+0.12
12	ATL	0.35	0.29	+0.06
13	HOU	0.53	0.53	0
14	TB	0.53	0.53	0
15	PIT	0.71	0.76	−0.06
16	CAR	0.35	0.41	−0.06
17	TEN	0.35	0.41	−0.06
18	IND	0.47	0.53	−0.06
19	DET	0.35	0.47	−0.12
20	CIN	0.47	0.59	−0.12
21	KC	0.24	0.35	−0.12
22	DEN	0.35	0.53	−0.18
23	CLE	0.41	0.59	−0.18
24	CHI	0.59	0.82	−0.24
25	LAC	0.18	0.41	−0.24
26	DAL	0.29	0.53	−0.24
27	NYG	0.35	0.59	−0.24
28	PHI	0.53	0.82	−0.29
29	GB	0.35	0.76	−0.41
30	BUF	0.47	0.88	−0.41
31	NYJ	0.18	0.65	−0.47
32	WAS	0.18	0.71	−0.53

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

BUF · 0.66

Multi-year laggard

TEN · 0.39

Biggest improver

LV · +0.10/yr

Biggest decliner

IND · −0.08/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	BUF	0.66	−0.01	0.75	0.53	0.63	0.76	0.88	0.47	0.60
2	CIN	0.64	+0.07	0.44	0.59	0.75	0.47	0.59	0.47	1.20
3	PIT	0.60	+0.02	0.63	0.59	0.24	0.71	0.76	0.71	0.60
4	DAL	0.59	−0.07	0.75	0.53	1.06	0.59	0.53	0.29	0.40
5	TB	0.59	−0.04	0.63	0.65	0.65	0.76	0.53	0.53	0.40
6	IND	0.57	−0.08	0.63	0.94	0.59	0.65	0.53	0.47	0.20
7	MIN	0.57	+0.08	0.31	0.41	0.47	0.65	0.53	0.82	0.80
8	NYG	0.57	−0.03	0.56	0.41	0.82	0.82	0.59	0.35	0.40
9	KC	0.56	−0.02	0.44	0.76	0.76	0.65	0.35	0.24	0.75
10	CAR	0.55	+0.04	0.81	0.41	0.47	0.12	0.41	0.35	1.25
11	ARI	0.54	−0.02	0.50	0.88	0.59	0.29	0.41	0.53	0.60
12	SF	0.54	+0.04	0.63	0.47	0.47	0.29	0.41	0.53	1
13	GB	0.53	−0.01	0.50	0.47	0.53	0.71	0.76	0.35	0.40
14	WAS	0.53	+0.01	0.63	0.47	0.35	0.59	0.71	0.18	0.80
15	MIA	0.53	−0.07	0.69	0.82	0.35	0.65	0.41	0.59	0.20
16	BAL	0.53	−0.00	0.69	0.35	0.59	0.59	0.29	0.59	0.60
17	LAC	0.52	+0.03	0.44	0.59	0.41	0.65	0.41	0.18	1
18	CHI	0.52	+0.01	0.44	0.47	0.53	0.41	0.82	0.59	0.40
19	NO	0.52	+0.05	0.44	0.41	0.41	0.65	0.29	0.65	0.80
20	HOU	0.52	+0.02	0.50	0.41	0.59	0.47	0.53	0.53	0.60
21	NYJ	0.52	+0.04	0.56	0.41	0.24	0.59	0.65	0.18	1
22	DEN	0.50	+0.03	0.31	0.41	0.47	0.82	0.53	0.35	0.60
23	SEA	0.50	−0.01	0.50	0.41	0.65	0.59	0.41	0.53	0.40
24	CLE	0.49	−0.01	0.63	0.29	0.53	0.59	0.59	0.41	0.40
25	LV	0.48	+0.10	0.25	0.41	0.41	0.47	0.18	0.47	1.20
26	PHI	0.47	−0.04	0.63	0.24	0.59	0.47	0.82	0.53	0
27	ATL	0.46	−0.01	0.56	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.29	0.35	0.60
28	DET	0.43	−0.01	0.38	0.47	0.53	0.41	0.47	0.35	0.40
29	NE	0.42	+0.03	0.25	0.47	0.47	0.41	0.24	0.53	0.60
30	JAX	0.42	+0.01	0.31	0.18	0.76	0.59	0.18	0.53	0.40
31	LAR	0.40	−0.03	0.63	0.35	0.29	0.35	0.35	0.59	0.20
32	TEN	0.39	−0.06	0.50	0.35	0.53	0.59	0.41	0.35	0

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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
MIN	0.31	0.41	0.47	0.65	0.53	0.82	0.80
PIT	0.63	0.59	0.24	0.71	0.76	0.71	0.60
NO	0.44	0.41	0.41	0.65	0.29	0.65	0.80
BAL	0.69	0.35	0.59	0.59	0.29	0.59	0.60
CHI	0.44	0.47	0.53	0.41	0.82	0.59	0.40
LAR	0.63	0.35	0.29	0.35	0.35	0.59	0.20
MIA	0.69	0.82	0.35	0.65	0.41	0.59	0.20
ARI	0.50	0.88	0.59	0.29	0.41	0.53	0.60
HOU	0.50	0.41	0.59	0.47	0.53	0.53	0.60
JAX	0.31	0.18	0.76	0.59	0.18	0.53	0.40
NE	0.25	0.47	0.47	0.41	0.24	0.53	0.60
PHI	0.63	0.24	0.59	0.47	0.82	0.53	0
SF	0.63	0.47	0.47	0.29	0.41	0.53	1
SEA	0.50	0.41	0.65	0.59	0.41	0.53	0.40
TB	0.63	0.65	0.65	0.76	0.53	0.53	0.40
BUF	0.75	0.53	0.63	0.76	0.88	0.47	0.60
CIN	0.44	0.59	0.75	0.47	0.59	0.47	1.20
IND	0.63	0.94	0.59	0.65	0.53	0.47	0.20
LV	0.25	0.41	0.41	0.47	0.18	0.47	1.20
CLE	0.63	0.29	0.53	0.59	0.59	0.41	0.40
ATL	0.56	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.29	0.35	0.60
CAR	0.81	0.41	0.47	0.12	0.41	0.35	1.25
DEN	0.31	0.41	0.47	0.82	0.53	0.35	0.60
DET	0.38	0.47	0.53	0.41	0.47	0.35	0.40
GB	0.50	0.47	0.53	0.71	0.76	0.35	0.40
NYG	0.56	0.41	0.82	0.82	0.59	0.35	0.40
TEN	0.50	0.35	0.53	0.59	0.41	0.35	0
DAL	0.75	0.53	1.06	0.59	0.53	0.29	0.40
KC	0.44	0.76	0.76	0.65	0.35	0.24	0.75
LAC	0.44	0.59	0.41	0.65	0.41	0.18	1
NYJ	0.56	0.41	0.24	0.59	0.65	0.18	1
WAS	0.63	0.47	0.35	0.59	0.71	0.18	0.80

Fumbles lost (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Browns (0.94), 2019 Steelers (1.13), 2020 Panthers (0.81), 2021 Colts (0.94), 2022 Cowboys (1.06), 2023 Broncos (0.82), 2024 Bills (0.88), 2025 Vikings (0.82).

The best season on record is Steelers 2019 at 1.13; the worst Panthers 2023 at 0.12.

The league average has fallen from 0.54 in 2018 to 0.46 in 2025.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2025.

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.