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 — 2022

  • League leaderSF 300.6
  • League average340.1
  • Best to worst91.76

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
SF · 300.6
League laggard
DET · 392.4
League average
340.1
Spread (max − min)
91.76

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
CHI · +59.18
Biggest faller
NYJ · −86.59
Most consistent
JAX · +0.24
League trend 2022 vs 2021
▼ -3.51

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
SF281.8314.4310300.6303.9317.4340.2
PHI331.7363.1328.8301.5356.1278.4314.2
WAS385.1304.6359.3304.6388.9326.9384
NYJ323.1387.6397.6311.1292.3313.8355.6
NO333.1310.9318.2314.8327.2379.9299.8
BUF298.3352.5272.8319.1307.2341.5293.1
DEN337367.9326.1320370.8317.1278.2
NE275.9353.8310.8322301.6342.9295.2
BAL300.6329.8363.4324.3301.4324.2354.5
TB343.9327.1331.5324.3344.2341.8337.2
KC349.6358.3368.9328.2289.8320.6301.5
DAL327386.4351330.2299.7355.2377
PIT304.1305.8361.1330.4342.1326.7356.9
CLE361.6358.4311.5331.2270.2342.1283.6
IND346.8332.1343.2334349.8361.2349.8
CIN393.7389.2350.8335.7374.6348.3380.9
GB352.6334328.2336.5335.1314.5311.8
MIA397.8367.9337.5337.8318.3314.4348.8
LAR339.6281.9344.9341.1337.9353.1327.5
LAC313.1343.4360.1346.2362.9324.4285.2
ARI402351.9329.2348.9355.7342.5357.7
CAR374.5360.1305.9350.2293.9404.5327.2
TEN359.5398.3329.8351.6335.1311.2345.1
JAX375.4417.7353.1353.3342.8389.9303.6
NYG377.3349.3354.8358.2361.7346.8359.5
SEA381.6380.6379.1361.7371.4332.7285.9
ATL355.8398.4364.4362.1321.1345.2326.6
LV354.8389.1337.2365.6330.9333.1317.8
CHI324.1344.9316.7375.9324.2354.2361.8
HOU388.3416.8384.4379.5330.7315277.2
MIN341.6393.3383.6388.7333.2335.4282.6
DET400.4419.8379.8392.4336.1342.4331.9

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

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.