Defensive: Team Stats · Penalties (allowed)

Penalties committed. A steady drag on field position.

DEF · Team StatsP + N
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2022

  • League leaderLAC 4.53
  • League average5.45
  • Best to worst2.24

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
LAC · 4.53
League laggard
TEN · 6.76
League average
5.45
Spread (max − min)
2.24

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
DET · +1.18
Biggest faller
PIT · −1.59
Most consistent
DEN · −0.06
League trend 2022 vs 2021
▼ -0.31

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

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

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.