Defensive: Team Stats · Total yards (allowed)

Total yards gained. Volume, not efficiency — teams pile these up losing.

DEF · Team StatsP + N
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2020

  • League leaderLAR 281.9
  • League average359.0
  • Best to worst137.8

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2020

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
LAR · 281.9
League laggard
DET · 419.8
League average
359.0
Spread (max − min)
137.8

Year-over-year — 2020 vs 2019

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
NE · +77.88
Biggest faller
WAS · −80.56
Most consistent
SEA · −1.06
League trend 2020 vs 2019
▲ 11.17

Multi-year context

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader
SF · 309.8
Multi-year laggard
DET · 371.8
Biggest improver
HOU · −21.09/yr
Biggest decliner
PIT · +6.47/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
LAR339.6281.9344.9341.1337.9353.1327.5
WAS385.1304.6359.3304.6388.9326.9384
PIT304.1305.8361.1330.4342.1326.7356.9
NO333.1310.9318.2314.8327.2379.9299.8
SF281.8314.4310300.6303.9317.4340.2
TB343.9327.1331.5324.3344.2341.8337.2
BAL300.6329.8363.4324.3301.4324.2354.5
IND346.8332.1343.2334349.8361.2349.8
GB352.6334328.2336.5335.1314.5311.8
LAC313.1343.4360.1346.2362.9324.4285.2
CHI324.1344.9316.7375.9324.2354.2361.8
NYG377.3349.3354.8358.2361.7346.8359.5
ARI402351.9329.2348.9355.7342.5357.7
BUF298.3352.5272.8319.1307.2341.5293.1
NE275.9353.8310.8322301.6342.9295.2
KC349.6358.3368.9328.2289.8320.6301.5
CLE361.6358.4311.5331.2270.2342.1283.6
CAR374.5360.1305.9350.2293.9404.5327.2
PHI331.7363.1328.8301.5356.1278.4314.2
MIA397.8367.9337.5337.8318.3314.4348.8
DEN337367.9326.1320370.8317.1278.2
SEA381.6380.6379.1361.7371.4332.7285.9
DAL327386.4351330.2299.7355.2377
NYJ323.1387.6397.6311.1292.3313.8355.6
LV354.8389.1337.2365.6330.9333.1317.8
CIN393.7389.2350.8335.7374.6348.3380.9
MIN341.6393.3383.6388.7333.2335.4282.6
TEN359.5398.3329.8351.6335.1311.2345.1
ATL355.8398.4364.4362.1321.1345.2326.6
HOU388.3416.8384.4379.5330.7315277.2
JAX375.4417.7353.1353.3342.8389.9303.6
DET400.4419.8379.8392.4336.1342.4331.9

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2020.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_team_stats_total_yards
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.