Defensive: Team Stats · Penalties (allowed)

Penalties committed. A steady drag on field position.

DEF · Team StatsP + N
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2019

  • League leaderMIN 5.19
  • League average6.50
  • Best to worst2.63

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2019

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
MIN · 5.19
League laggard
TEN · 7.81
League average
6.50
Spread (max − min)
2.63

Year-over-year — 2019 vs 2018

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
DET · +1.88
Biggest faller
PIT · −1.94
Most consistent
CIN · 0
League trend 2019 vs 2018
▼ -0.03

Multi-year context

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader
SF · 5.16
Multi-year laggard
TEN · 6.57
Biggest improver
PHI · −0.35/yr
Biggest decliner
MIN · +0.37/yr

Multi-year heatmap

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

Team2019202020212022202320242025
MIN5.195.195.416.536.537.886.47
NO5.2545.245.065.826.596.65
SEA5.445.315.125.355.126.536.06
BAL5.504.815.534.655.945.715.88
LV5.695.945.825.065.656.716.88
BUF5.885.1965.315.826.944.88
WAS5.8855.6555.536.186.82
ARI65.815.244.884.715.355.18
DAL65.3875.595.827.767.88
GB6.064.944.945.415.296.355.82
TB6.135.564.595.475.475.537.29
CLE6.255.255.765.186.536.357.35
SF6.314.385.065.355.063.946
JAX6.384.885.715.296.356.186.24
CAR6.505.316.355.715.247.066.35
LAR6.564.815.124.826.186.657.06
PIT6.566.447.245.6557.356.29
NYJ6.635.884.945.295.475.825.35
CHI6.695.695.244.944.245.945.59
NE6.694.815.885.244.415.476.35
LAC6.755.815.824.536.065.945.88
HOU6.814.755.065.595.886.246.12
IND6.945.386.295.245.415.415.65
MIA6.9456.414.945.6576.12
CIN7.066.196.826.255.185.946.12
PHI7.196.755.415.5964.715.12
KC7.256.066.825.474.296.296.35
DET7.316.444.886.065.356.355.24
NYG7.315.445.886.535.656.247.94
DEN7.566.636.126.065.825.946.88
ATL7.635.696.945.716.127.185.35
TEN7.816.446.246.765.7676

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2019.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_team_stats_penalties
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.