Defensive: Team Stats · Yds per play offense (allowed)
Yards per play. Efficiency rather than volume, and it survives tempo differences.
P + N
About this stat ↓League snapshot — 2024
- League leaderPHI 0.28
- League average0.32
- Best to worst0.08
All 32 teams, lower is better.
At a glance — 2024
Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.
League leader
PHI · 0.28
League laggard
CAR · 0.36
League average
0.32
Spread (max − min)
0.08
All teams — 2024
| Rank | Team | Value | Δ vs avg | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHI | 0.28 | -0.04 | 100% |
| 2 | DEN | 0.29 | -0.03 | 96.8% |
| 3 | NYJ | 0.30 | -0.03 | 93.5% |
| 4 | HOU | 0.30 | -0.02 | 90.3% |
| 5 | GB | 0.31 | -0.02 | 87.1% |
| 6 | BAL | 0.31 | -0.02 | 83.9% |
| 7 | SF | 0.31 | -0.01 | 80.6% |
| 8 | TEN | 0.31 | -0.01 | 77.4% |
| 9 | MIN | 0.31 | -0.01 | 74.2% |
| 10 | MIA | 0.31 | -0.01 | 71% |
| 11 | KC | 0.31 | -0.01 | 67.7% |
| 12 | SEA | 0.32 | -0.01 | 64.5% |
| 13 | LAC | 0.32 | -0.01 | 61.3% |
| 14 | PIT | 0.32 | -0.01 | 58.1% |
| 15 | WAS | 0.32 | 0.00 | 54.8% |
| 16 | LV | 0.32 | 0.00 | 51.6% |
| 17 | NE | 0.32 | 0.00 | 48.4% |
| 18 | CIN | 0.32 | 0.00 | 45.2% |
| 19 | TB | 0.32 | 0.00 | 41.9% |
| 20 | BUF | 0.33 | 0.00 | 38.7% |
| 21 | ATL | 0.33 | 0.01 | 35.5% |
| 22 | IND | 0.33 | 0.01 | 32.3% |
| 23 | ARI | 0.33 | 0.01 | 29% |
| 24 | NYG | 0.34 | 0.01 | 25.8% |
| 25 | LAR | 0.34 | 0.01 | 22.6% |
| 26 | DET | 0.34 | 0.02 | 19.4% |
| 27 | CLE | 0.34 | 0.02 | 16.1% |
| 28 | NO | 0.34 | 0.02 | 12.9% |
| 29 | DAL | 0.35 | 0.02 | 9.7% |
| 30 | CHI | 0.35 | 0.02 | 6.5% |
| 31 | JAX | 0.35 | 0.03 | 3.2% |
| 32 | CAR | 0.36 | 0.03 | 0% |
Year-over-year — 2024 vs 2023
Biggest movers from last season.
Biggest riser
CLE · +0.07
Biggest faller
DEN · −0.05
Most consistent
NYG · +0.00
League trend 2024 vs 2023
▲ 0.01
YoY by team — 2024 vs 2023
| Rank | Team | 2024 | 2023 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLE | 0.34 | 0.27 | +0.07 |
| 2 | CAR | 0.36 | 0.30 | +0.06 |
| 3 | DAL | 0.35 | 0.30 | +0.05 |
| 4 | NE | 0.32 | 0.28 | +0.04 |
| 5 | KC | 0.31 | 0.28 | +0.03 |
| 6 | BAL | 0.31 | 0.27 | +0.03 |
| 7 | CHI | 0.35 | 0.32 | +0.03 |
| 8 | NO | 0.34 | 0.31 | +0.03 |
| 9 | ATL | 0.33 | 0.30 | +0.03 |
| 10 | JAX | 0.35 | 0.32 | +0.03 |
| 11 | NYJ | 0.30 | 0.27 | +0.02 |
| 12 | BUF | 0.33 | 0.31 | +0.02 |
| 13 | LAR | 0.34 | 0.32 | +0.02 |
| 14 | SF | 0.31 | 0.29 | +0.02 |
| 15 | IND | 0.33 | 0.31 | +0.02 |
| 16 | LV | 0.32 | 0.31 | +0.01 |
| 17 | DET | 0.34 | 0.33 | +0.01 |
| 18 | MIA | 0.31 | 0.31 | +0.01 |
| 19 | TB | 0.32 | 0.32 | +0.00 |
| 20 | TEN | 0.31 | 0.31 | +0.00 |
| 21 | MIN | 0.31 | 0.31 | +0.00 |
| 22 | NYG | 0.34 | 0.33 | +0.00 |
| 23 | PIT | 0.32 | 0.32 | −0.00 |
| 24 | HOU | 0.30 | 0.31 | −0.01 |
| 25 | ARI | 0.33 | 0.34 | −0.01 |
| 26 | SEA | 0.32 | 0.33 | −0.01 |
| 27 | GB | 0.31 | 0.32 | −0.01 |
| 28 | LAC | 0.32 | 0.33 | −0.02 |
| 29 | WAS | 0.32 | 0.35 | −0.03 |
| 30 | CIN | 0.32 | 0.36 | −0.03 |
| 31 | PHI | 0.28 | 0.32 | −0.04 |
| 32 | DEN | 0.29 | 0.35 | −0.05 |
Multi-year context
7-year window (2019–2025)
Multi-year leader
SF · 0.31
Multi-year laggard
CIN · 0.36
Biggest improver
HOU · −0.02/yr
Biggest decliner
SF · +0.00/yr
Multi-year averages
| Rank | Team | Avg | Slope/yr | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SF | 0.31 | +0.00 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| 2 | NE | 0.31 | −0.00 | 0.30 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.31 |
| 3 | BUF | 0.31 | +0.00 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.31 |
| 4 | PHI | 0.31 | −0.01 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.29 |
| 5 | NO | 0.31 | −0.00 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| 6 | LAR | 0.32 | +0.00 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.31 |
| 7 | DEN | 0.32 | −0.01 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.26 |
| 8 | PIT | 0.32 | +0.00 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
| 9 | BAL | 0.32 | −0.00 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| 10 | CLE | 0.32 | −0.01 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| 11 | NYJ | 0.32 | −0.01 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.34 |
| 12 | TB | 0.32 | +0.00 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.34 |
| 13 | KC | 0.32 | −0.01 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
| 14 | SEA | 0.33 | −0.01 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.27 |
| 15 | GB | 0.33 | −0.01 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.30 |
| 16 | IND | 0.33 | −0.01 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.32 |
| 17 | MIN | 0.33 | −0.01 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.28 |
| 18 | LAC | 0.33 | −0.01 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.30 |
| 19 | TEN | 0.33 | −0.00 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.35 |
| 20 | CAR | 0.33 | −0.00 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
| 21 | DAL | 0.33 | +0.00 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.37 |
| 22 | LV | 0.33 | −0.01 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.30 |
| 23 | WAS | 0.34 | +0.00 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.36 |
| 24 | MIA | 0.34 | −0.01 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.34 |
| 25 | ATL | 0.34 | −0.01 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.31 |
| 26 | HOU | 0.34 | −0.02 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.28 |
| 27 | CHI | 0.34 | +0.00 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
| 28 | NYG | 0.34 | −0.00 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
| 29 | ARI | 0.34 | −0.00 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.34 |
| 30 | JAX | 0.34 | −0.01 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.29 |
| 31 | DET | 0.35 | −0.01 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.32 |
| 32 | CIN | 0.36 | −0.01 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.37 |
Multi-year heatmap
32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.
| Team | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.29 |
| DEN | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.26 |
| NYJ | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.34 |
| HOU | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.28 |
| GB | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.30 |
| BAL | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| SF | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| TEN | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.35 |
| MIN | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.28 |
| MIA | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.34 |
| KC | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
| SEA | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.27 |
| LAC | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.30 |
| PIT | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
| WAS | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.36 |
| LV | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.30 |
| NE | 0.30 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.31 |
| CIN | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.37 |
| TB | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.34 |
| BUF | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.31 |
| ATL | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.31 |
| IND | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.32 |
| ARI | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.34 |
| NYG | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
| LAR | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.31 |
| DET | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.32 |
| CLE | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| NO | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| DAL | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.37 |
| CHI | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
| JAX | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.29 |
| CAR | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
Distribution
How the 32 teams cluster for 2024.
About this stat
- Stat ID
- def_team_stats_yds_per_play_offense
- 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.