What Pass int perc (Off − Def) is

Interception rate thrown minus interception rate forced. Lower is better — the rate version of the turnover battle through the air.

Lower is better. It is a rate, so a team's number does not grow with games played. Source: P + N.

In 2021 the Cowboys led at -2.53; the league average was 0.01.

League snapshot — 2021

League leader

DAL · -2.53

League average

0.01

Best to worst

4.63

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	DAL	-2.53	17
2	NE	-1.84	17
3	GB	-1.78	17
4	IND	-1.64	17
5	MIN	-1.38	17
6	BUF	-1.13	17
7	TB	-0.86	17
8	PIT	-0.66	17
9	DEN	-0.65	17
10	KC	-0.52	17
11	NO	-0.48	17
12	ARI	-0.45	17
13	HOU	-0.35	17
14	SEA	-0.26	17
15	LAR	-0.07	17
16	MIA	-0.03	17
17	PHI	-0.02	17
18	TEN	0.08	17
19	LAC	0.25	17
20	DET	0.33	17
21	CLE	0.44	17
22	CIN	0.45	17
23	ATL	0.55	17
24	WAS	0.88	17
25	NYG	0.91	17
26	SF	1.07	17
27	LV	1.24	17
28	BAL	1.48	17
29	JAX	1.50	17
30	CAR	1.76	17
31	CHI	2.00	17
32	NYJ	2.11	17

At a glance — 2021

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

DAL · -2.53

League laggard

NYJ · 2.11

League average

0.01

Spread (max − min)

4.63

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	DAL	-2.53	-2.54	100%
2	NE	-1.84	-1.85	96.8%
3	GB	-1.78	-1.80	93.5%
4	IND	-1.64	-1.65	90.3%
5	MIN	-1.38	-1.39	87.1%
6	BUF	-1.13	-1.14	83.9%
7	TB	-0.86	-0.87	80.6%
8	PIT	-0.66	-0.67	77.4%
9	DEN	-0.65	-0.66	74.2%
10	KC	-0.52	-0.54	71%
11	NO	-0.48	-0.49	67.7%
12	ARI	-0.45	-0.46	64.5%
13	HOU	-0.35	-0.37	61.3%
14	SEA	-0.26	-0.27	58.1%
15	LAR	-0.07	-0.09	54.8%
16	MIA	-0.03	-0.05	51.6%
17	PHI	-0.02	-0.03	48.4%
18	TEN	0.08	0.07	45.2%
19	LAC	0.25	0.24	41.9%
20	DET	0.33	0.32	38.7%
21	CLE	0.44	0.43	35.5%
22	CIN	0.45	0.44	32.3%
23	ATL	0.55	0.54	29%
24	WAS	0.88	0.87	25.8%
25	NYG	0.91	0.90	22.6%
26	SF	1.07	1.06	19.4%
27	LV	1.24	1.22	16.1%
28	BAL	1.48	1.46	12.9%
29	JAX	1.50	1.49	9.7%
30	CAR	1.76	1.75	6.5%
31	CHI	2.00	1.98	3.2%
32	NYJ	2.11	2.09	0%

Does Pass int perc (Off − Def) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 874–704–37 ATS (55.4%) across 2020–2025, #63 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (148–106, 58.3%); its worst 2023 (130–128, 50.4%).

For picks, this is a strong signal. One stat is not a recipe — the algorithms combine many.

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	148–106–2	58.3%
2021	272	151–119–2	55.9%
2022	271	151–113–7	57.2%
2023	272	130–128–14	50.4%
2024	272	150–113–9	57.0%
2025	272	144–125–3	53.5%

Pass int perc (Off − Def) in 2021 vs 2020

Cowboys lead at -2.53 — they ranked #18 last year. Jets are last at 2.11 — #29 last year.

The league average is 0.01, up 0.01 from 0.00 last year.

Biggest riser: Broncos, #32 → #9. Biggest faller: Titans, #6 → #18.

Spread between first and last: 4.63; 21 teams are within 1.15 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2021 vs 2020

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

WAS · +1.24

Biggest faller

DEN · −2.99

Most consistent

CAR · +0.06

League trend 2021 vs 2020

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Rank	Team	2021	2020	Δ
1	WAS	0.88	-0.36	+1.24
2	CHI	2.00	0.77	+1.22
3	KC	-0.52	-1.75	+1.22
4	NO	-0.48	-1.67	+1.20
5	JAX	1.50	0.32	+1.19
6	LV	1.24	0.10	+1.13
7	PIT	-0.66	-1.74	+1.08
8	TEN	0.08	-0.92	+1.01
9	MIA	-0.03	-1.00	+0.96
10	NYJ	2.11	1.14	+0.96
11	LAC	0.25	-0.61	+0.86
12	ATL	0.55	-0.17	+0.72
13	CLE	0.44	-0.27	+0.72
14	NYG	0.91	0.21	+0.70
15	CIN	0.45	-0.13	+0.58
16	BAL	1.48	1.03	+0.44
17	SF	1.07	0.74	+0.34
18	LAR	-0.07	-0.19	+0.11
19	CAR	1.76	1.71	+0.06
20	TB	-0.86	-0.51	−0.35
21	BUF	-1.13	-0.75	−0.38
22	SEA	-0.26	0.24	−0.49
23	DET	0.33	0.97	−0.64
24	GB	-1.78	-1.09	−0.69
25	ARI	-0.45	0.33	−0.78
26	IND	-1.64	-0.68	−0.95
27	HOU	-0.35	0.72	−1.08
28	MIN	-1.38	-0.27	−1.11
29	NE	-1.84	-0.46	−1.38
30	PHI	-0.02	1.80	−1.81
31	DAL	-2.53	0.10	−2.63
32	DEN	-0.65	2.34	−2.99

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

PIT · -1.07

Multi-year laggard

ATL · 1.00

Biggest improver

CHI · −0.45/yr

Biggest decliner

NE · +0.49/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	PIT	-1.07	+0.12	-1.74	-0.66	-1.24	-1.01	-1.69	-0.80	-0.39
2	GB	-1.01	−0.02	-1.09	-1.78	-1.43	0.55	-0.72	0.16	-2.79
3	HOU	-0.71	−0.37	0.72	-0.35	0.20	-1.11	-1.31	-1.97	-1.12
4	LAC	-0.47	+0.15	-0.61	0.25	-1.36	-0.24	-2.06	-1.29	2.02
5	DET	-0.45	−0.33	0.97	0.33	-0.93	-0.74	-0.43	-0.94	-1.39
6	BUF	-0.44	+0.26	-0.75	-1.13	-0.53	-0.15	-1.60	-0.79	1.85
7	KC	-0.35	+0.09	-1.75	-0.52	0.06	1.24	-0.45	0.09	-1.13
8	MIN	-0.30	−0.00	-0.27	-1.38	-0.19	1.19	-1.55	2.52	-2.43
9	CIN	-0.29	−0.05	-0.13	0.45	-0.37	-0.78	-1.23	0.22	-0.18
10	LAR	-0.26	−0.09	-0.19	-0.07	-0.05	0.57	-0.79	-1.36	0.04
11	DAL	-0.24	+0.37	0.10	-2.53	0.34	-1.69	-0.34	0.84	1.55
12	SEA	-0.13	−0.09	0.24	-0.26	-0.46	0.20	0.41	0.13	-1.14
13	NO	-0.07	+0.35	-1.67	-0.48	1.43	-1.39	-0.19	-0.01	1.78
14	TB	-0.07	+0.20	-0.51	-0.86	-0.42	-0.36	1.68	-0.32	0.32
15	CHI	-0.03	−0.45	0.77	2.00	1.04	-0.64	-0.96	-3.06	0.62
16	JAX	-0.03	−0.28	0.32	1.50	-0.81	-0.34	1.69	-1.31	-1.27
17	NYG	0.00	−0.23	0.21	0.91	0.09	-0.79	1.19	0.27	-1.91
18	BAL	0.03	−0.31	1.03	1.48	0.31	-1.39	-1.06	0.85	-1.01
19	DEN	0.03	−0.34	2.34	-0.65	0.15	-0.17	-0.36	0.10	-1.20
20	PHI	0.14	−0.14	1.80	-0.02	-1.36	1.46	-1.04	-0.79	0.90
21	IND	0.14	+0.37	-0.68	-1.64	1.45	-0.91	0.77	0.31	1.67
22	ARI	0.17	+0.02	0.33	-0.45	0.68	-0.03	0.36	-0.06	0.36
23	SF	0.20	+0.02	0.74	1.07	-1.60	-1.07	0.88	1.74	-0.33
24	NE	0.31	+0.49	-0.46	-1.84	-0.60	2.04	0.76	-0.30	2.59
25	TEN	0.44	+0.22	-0.92	0.08	0.34	1.18	1.62	0.24	0.55
26	MIA	0.45	+0.31	-1.00	-0.03	1.28	0.01	-0.06	1.99	0.98
27	CLE	0.47	+0.06	-0.27	0.44	0.10	0.33	2.66	0.96	-0.94
28	WAS	0.57	−0.08	-0.36	0.88	1.10	1.96	0.31	1.06	-0.97
29	CAR	0.60	−0.45	1.71	1.76	1.12	0.05	1.04	-0.64	-0.83
30	NYJ	0.72	−0.14	1.14	2.11	0.08	-0.76	0.46	2.61	-0.63
31	LV	0.96	−0.02	0.10	1.24	1.88	0.92	0.74	2.16	-0.30
32	ATL	1.00	+0.41	-0.17	0.55	0.38	1.74	1.32	-1.54	4.71

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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
DAL	0.10	-2.53	0.34	-1.69	-0.34	0.84	1.55
NE	-0.46	-1.84	-0.60	2.04	0.76	-0.30	2.59
GB	-1.09	-1.78	-1.43	0.55	-0.72	0.16	-2.79
IND	-0.68	-1.64	1.45	-0.91	0.77	0.31	1.67
MIN	-0.27	-1.38	-0.19	1.19	-1.55	2.52	-2.43
BUF	-0.75	-1.13	-0.53	-0.15	-1.60	-0.79	1.85
TB	-0.51	-0.86	-0.42	-0.36	1.68	-0.32	0.32
PIT	-1.74	-0.66	-1.24	-1.01	-1.69	-0.80	-0.39
DEN	2.34	-0.65	0.15	-0.17	-0.36	0.10	-1.20
KC	-1.75	-0.52	0.06	1.24	-0.45	0.09	-1.13
NO	-1.67	-0.48	1.43	-1.39	-0.19	-0.01	1.78
ARI	0.33	-0.45	0.68	-0.03	0.36	-0.06	0.36
HOU	0.72	-0.35	0.20	-1.11	-1.31	-1.97	-1.12
SEA	0.24	-0.26	-0.46	0.20	0.41	0.13	-1.14
LAR	-0.19	-0.07	-0.05	0.57	-0.79	-1.36	0.04
MIA	-1.00	-0.03	1.28	0.01	-0.06	1.99	0.98
PHI	1.80	-0.02	-1.36	1.46	-1.04	-0.79	0.90
TEN	-0.92	0.08	0.34	1.18	1.62	0.24	0.55
LAC	-0.61	0.25	-1.36	-0.24	-2.06	-1.29	2.02
DET	0.97	0.33	-0.93	-0.74	-0.43	-0.94	-1.39
CLE	-0.27	0.44	0.10	0.33	2.66	0.96	-0.94
CIN	-0.13	0.45	-0.37	-0.78	-1.23	0.22	-0.18
ATL	-0.17	0.55	0.38	1.74	1.32	-1.54	4.71
WAS	-0.36	0.88	1.10	1.96	0.31	1.06	-0.97
NYG	0.21	0.91	0.09	-0.79	1.19	0.27	-1.91
SF	0.74	1.07	-1.60	-1.07	0.88	1.74	-0.33
LV	0.10	1.24	1.88	0.92	0.74	2.16	-0.30
BAL	1.03	1.48	0.31	-1.39	-1.06	0.85	-1.01
JAX	0.32	1.50	-0.81	-0.34	1.69	-1.31	-1.27
CAR	1.71	1.76	1.12	0.05	1.04	-0.64	-0.83
CHI	0.77	2.00	1.04	-0.64	-0.96	-3.06	0.62
NYJ	1.14	2.11	0.08	-0.76	0.46	2.61	-0.63

Pass int perc (Off − Def) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Bears (-1.63), 2019 Patriots (-3.22), 2020 Chiefs (-1.75), 2021 Cowboys (-2.53).

The best season on record is Patriots 2019 at -3.22; the worst 49ers 2018 at 3.36.

The league average has fallen from 0.03 in 2018 to 0.01 in 2021.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.

About this stat

Stat ID: net_pass_int_perc
Side: net
Family: NET (Off − Def)
Data source: P + N
Polarity: lower is better
Display grain: rate
Algorithm eligibility: Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.