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League snapshot — 2022

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

ATL · 0.88

League laggard

MIA · 2.24

League average

1.65

Spread (max − min)

1.35

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	ATL	0.88	-0.76	100%
2	ARI	1.24	-0.41	96.8%
3	CIN	1.25	-0.40	93.5%
4	LAR	1.29	-0.35	90.3%
5	MIN	1.29	-0.35	87.1%
6	PIT	1.35	-0.29	83.9%
7	LAC	1.41	-0.24	80.6%
8	PHI	1.41	-0.24	77.4%
9	JAX	1.47	-0.18	74.2%
10	TB	1.47	-0.18	71%
11	BAL	1.53	-0.12	67.7%
12	CHI	1.53	-0.12	64.5%
13	HOU	1.53	-0.12	61.3%
14	SF	1.53	-0.12	58.1%
15	CAR	1.59	-0.06	54.8%
16	NYJ	1.59	-0.06	51.6%
17	KC	1.65	0.00	48.4%
18	LV	1.65	0.00	45.2%
19	GB	1.71	0.06	41.9%
20	SEA	1.71	0.06	38.7%
21	WAS	1.71	0.06	35.5%
22	NE	1.76	0.12	32.3%
23	BUF	1.81	0.17	29%
24	TEN	1.82	0.18	25.8%
25	DET	1.94	0.29	22.6%
26	IND	1.94	0.29	19.4%
27	CLE	2	0.35	16.1%
28	DAL	2	0.35	12.9%
29	DEN	2.06	0.41	9.7%
30	NYG	2.12	0.47	6.5%
31	MIA	2.24	0.59	3.2%
32	NO	2.24	0.59	0%

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

DEN · +0.82

Biggest faller

LAC · −0.94

Most consistent

LAR · 0

League trend 2022 vs 2021

▼ -0.16

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader

CIN · 1.40

Multi-year laggard

NYJ · 2.31

Biggest improver

LV · −0.27/yr

Biggest decliner

DEN · +0.11/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	CIN	1.40	+0.03	1.31	1.56	1.12	1.25	1.35	1.88	1.29
2	LAR	1.49	+0.00	1.88	1.19	1.29	1.29	1.65	1.71	1.41
3	ATL	1.51	−0.10	1.88	1.94	1.53	0.88	1.88	0.94	1.53
4	MIN	1.52	−0.08	1.94	1.38	2.12	1.29	0.94	1.41	1.53
5	PIT	1.56	−0.02	1.88	1.50	1.41	1.35	1.76	1.35	1.65
6	GB	1.59	+0.06	1.19	1.81	1.35	1.71	1.82	1.35	1.88
7	IND	1.66	+0.02	1.44	2	1.18	1.94	1.82	1.41	1.82
8	NE	1.66	−0.04	2.44	1.31	1.24	1.76	1.41	1.88	1.59
9	CLE	1.70	−0.14	2.31	1.38	2.06	2	1.76	1.12	1.29
10	NYG	1.72	+0.02	2	1.44	1.35	2.12	1.59	1.47	2.06
11	TB	1.72	−0.13	2.44	1.63	2.06	1.47	1.35	1.76	1.35
12	CHI	1.74	−0.11	1.88	2.31	2.06	1.53	1.35	1.18	1.88
13	CAR	1.76	−0.07	1.88	2.19	1.71	1.59	1.59	1.94	1.41
14	WAS	1.78	−0.01	2.13	1.75	1.47	1.71	1.47	2.18	1.76
15	HOU	1.80	+0.08	1.75	1.44	1.71	1.53	2.18	2	2
16	SEA	1.81	+0.04	1.56	1.63	2.12	1.71	2.06	1.71	1.88
17	LAC	1.81	+0.01	1.75	1.63	2.35	1.41	1.82	1.94	1.76
18	PHI	1.82	−0.00	1.75	2.06	2.06	1.41	1.76	1.47	2.24
19	ARI	1.83	−0.16	2.38	2.38	2.06	1.24	1.76	1.18	1.82
20	SF	1.83	−0.09	1.88	2.06	2.41	1.53	1.88	1.29	1.76
21	KC	1.86	−0.16	2.44	2.38	1.94	1.65	1.41	1.47	1.76
22	BUF	1.87	−0.06	2	1.69	2.29	1.81	2	1.76	1.53
23	JAX	1.89	−0.06	2.06	2.75	1.71	1.47	1	1.94	2.29
24	MIA	1.92	−0.02	2.13	1.88	1.88	2.24	1.53	1.59	2.24
25	DEN	1.95	+0.11	2.13	1.63	1.24	2.06	1.71	2.41	2.47
26	BAL	2.02	−0.06	2.44	2.38	1.59	1.53	2.06	2.53	1.59
27	DAL	2.04	−0.13	2.38	2.31	2.18	2	2.18	1.53	1.71
28	TEN	2.05	+0.07	1.69	1.94	2.18	1.82	2.47	2.18	2.06
29	LV	2.09	−0.27	3.25	2.69	2.24	1.65	1.53	1.59	1.71
30	DET	2.19	+0.04	2.44	2.19	1.53	1.94	2.29	2.71	2.24
31	NO	2.19	−0.22	2.69	3.13	2.06	2.24	1.94	1.59	1.71
32	NYJ	2.31	−0.06	2.50	2.88	2.24	1.59	2.18	2.76	2

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 2022.

About this stat

Stat ID: def_team_stats_pen_fd
Side: defensive
Family: Team Stats
Data source: P + N
Polarity: lower is better
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.