Defensive: Team Stats · Penalties (allowed)

Penalties committed. A steady drag on field position.

DEF · Team StatsP + N
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2023

  • League leaderCHI 4.24
  • League average5.54
  • Best to worst2.29

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2023

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
CHI · 4.24
League laggard
CLE · 6.53
League average
5.54
Spread (max − min)
2.29

Year-over-year — 2023 vs 2022

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
LAC · +1.53
Biggest faller
KC · −1.18
Most consistent
MIN · 0
League trend 2023 vs 2022
▲ 0.09

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

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2023.

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.