What Pass yds per cmp (Off − Def) is

Yards per completion minus yards per completion allowed — how far downfield each side's completions came.

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

In 2022 the Eagles led at 2.99; the league average was 0.01.

League snapshot — 2022

League leader

PHI · 2.99

League average

0.01

Best to worst

5.01

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	PHI	2.99	17
2	MIA	2.66	17
3	KC	2.43	17
4	BUF	1.95	16
5	SF	1.67	17
6	DEN	1.29	17
7	NO	1.19	17
8	NYJ	1.15	17
9	CAR	1.12	17
10	DAL	0.63	17
11	LV	0.61	17
12	BAL	0.12	17
13	ATL	-0.09	17
14	NE	-0.24	17
15	CLE	-0.31	17
16	TB	-0.32	17
17	TEN	-0.42	17
18	WAS	-0.47	17
19	JAX	-0.48	17
20	SEA	-0.62	17
21	DET	-0.66	17
22	GB	-0.69	17
23	CIN	-1.00	16
24	MIN	-1.06	17
25	ARI	-1.08	17
26	HOU	-1.09	17
27	IND	-1.15	17
28	LAR	-1.29	17
29	NYG	-1.30	17
30	LAC	-1.54	17
31	CHI	-1.55	17
32	PIT	-2.01	17

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

PHI · 2.99

League laggard

PIT · -2.01

League average

0.01

Spread (max − min)

5.01

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	PHI	2.99	2.98	100%
2	MIA	2.66	2.65	96.8%
3	KC	2.43	2.42	93.5%
4	BUF	1.95	1.94	90.3%
5	SF	1.67	1.65	87.1%
6	DEN	1.29	1.28	83.9%
7	NO	1.19	1.18	80.6%
8	NYJ	1.15	1.13	77.4%
9	CAR	1.12	1.11	74.2%
10	DAL	0.63	0.61	71%
11	LV	0.61	0.60	67.7%
12	BAL	0.12	0.10	64.5%
13	ATL	-0.09	-0.11	61.3%
14	NE	-0.24	-0.25	58.1%
15	CLE	-0.31	-0.32	54.8%
16	TB	-0.32	-0.33	51.6%
17	TEN	-0.42	-0.43	48.4%
18	WAS	-0.47	-0.48	45.2%
19	JAX	-0.48	-0.50	41.9%
20	SEA	-0.62	-0.64	38.7%
21	DET	-0.66	-0.68	35.5%
22	GB	-0.69	-0.70	32.3%
23	CIN	-1.00	-1.01	29%
24	MIN	-1.06	-1.07	25.8%
25	ARI	-1.08	-1.10	22.6%
26	HOU	-1.09	-1.10	19.4%
27	IND	-1.15	-1.17	16.1%
28	LAR	-1.29	-1.30	12.9%
29	NYG	-1.30	-1.31	9.7%
30	LAC	-1.54	-1.55	6.5%
31	CHI	-1.55	-1.57	3.2%
32	PIT	-2.01	-2.03	0%

Does Pass yds per cmp (Off − Def) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 850–728–37 ATS (53.9%) across 2020–2025, #103 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2025 (159–110, 59.1%); its worst 2021 (136–134, 50.4%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	135–119–2	53.1%
2021	272	136–134–2	50.4%
2022	271	151–113–7	57.2%
2023	272	136–122–14	52.7%
2024	272	133–130–9	50.6%
2025	272	159–110–3	59.1%

Pass yds per cmp (Off − Def) in 2022 vs 2021

Eagles lead at 2.99 — they ranked #2 last year. Steelers are last at -2.01 — #29 last year.

The league average is 0.01, up 0.02 from -0.01 last year.

Biggest riser: Dolphins, #28 → #2. Biggest faller: Rams, #3 → #28.

Spread between first and last: 5.01; 23 teams are within 1.31 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

MIA · +4.00

Biggest faller

LAR · −2.84

Most consistent

ATL · +0.16

League trend 2022 vs 2021

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Rank	Team	2022	2021	Δ
1	MIA	2.66	-1.34	+4.00
2	KC	2.43	0.04	+2.39
3	NYJ	1.15	-1.08	+2.23
4	BAL	0.12	-1.94	+2.06
5	DEN	1.29	-0.56	+1.85
6	DET	-0.66	-2.50	+1.84
7	CAR	1.12	-0.38	+1.51
8	PHI	2.99	1.90	+1.09
9	BUF	1.95	0.99	+0.96
10	DAL	0.63	-0.31	+0.94
11	HOU	-1.09	-2.01	+0.92
12	WAS	-0.47	-1.17	+0.70
13	NO	1.19	0.52	+0.67
14	TEN	-0.42	-1.03	+0.62
15	JAX	-0.48	-0.76	+0.28
16	ATL	-0.09	-0.26	+0.16
17	LV	0.61	1.17	−0.56
18	PIT	-2.01	-1.41	−0.60
19	CHI	-1.55	-0.71	−0.84
20	NYG	-1.30	-0.44	−0.86
21	NE	-0.24	0.62	−0.86
22	MIN	-1.06	-0.07	−0.98
23	SEA	-0.62	0.41	−1.03
24	SF	1.67	2.87	−1.20
25	CLE	-0.31	1.00	−1.31
26	IND	-1.15	0.17	−1.32
27	ARI	-1.08	0.37	−1.45
28	GB	-0.69	0.91	−1.60
29	TB	-0.32	1.50	−1.82
30	LAC	-1.54	0.30	−1.84
31	CIN	-1.00	1.41	−2.41
32	LAR	-1.29	1.56	−2.84

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

SF · 2.27

Multi-year laggard

CHI · -1.33

Biggest improver

SEA · +0.58/yr

Biggest decliner

ARI · −0.70/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	SF	2.27	+0.08	1.11	2.87	1.67	4.16	2.43	0.52	3.15
2	BUF	1.64	+0.17	1.17	0.99	1.95	1.58	2.07	1.07	2.63
3	GB	1.32	+0.45	0.81	0.91	-0.69	0.33	2.76	1.86	3.23
4	SEA	0.97	+0.58	0.02	0.41	-0.62	0.38	0.02	3.14	3.44
5	KC	0.88	+0.06	0.73	0.04	2.43	1.12	-0.56	0.23	2.18
6	BAL	0.86	+0.24	1.35	-1.94	0.12	2.58	2.21	0.18	1.51
7	PHI	0.75	−0.26	-0.47	1.90	2.99	0.28	1.75	-0.05	-1.17
8	LAR	0.74	+0.03	1.45	1.56	-1.29	0.55	-0.18	1.97	1.11
9	ATL	0.56	+0.36	-0.36	-0.26	-0.09	0.63	1.73	0.32	1.98
10	NE	0.31	+0.37	-0.47	0.62	-0.24	-0.83	-1.64	2.40	2.30
11	TB	0.21	−0.51	2.02	1.50	-0.32	0.00	0.51	-0.71	-1.54
12	MIA	0.11	+0.19	-1.63	-1.34	2.66	1.59	-0.77	-0.39	0.65
13	DEN	0.00	−0.18	0.71	-0.56	1.29	-0.72	-0.02	0.53	-1.22
14	HOU	-0.05	+0.21	0.96	-2.01	-1.09	0.80	-0.60	0.40	1.17
15	MIN	-0.09	−0.06	-0.08	-0.07	-1.06	0.92	1.19	-0.15	-1.36
16	CAR	-0.13	−0.07	0.81	-0.38	1.12	-1.61	-1.26	-1.05	1.44
17	LV	-0.13	−0.33	0.04	1.17	0.61	0.11	-0.67	-1.13	-1.07
18	NO	-0.22	−0.22	-0.27	0.52	1.19	-0.75	-0.82	-0.37	-1.06
19	CLE	-0.23	−0.37	0.56	1.00	-0.31	1.28	-2.55	-0.54	-1.08
20	IND	-0.33	−0.30	0.45	0.17	-1.15	-0.06	1.31	0.14	-3.16
21	LAC	-0.34	−0.03	-0.04	0.30	-1.54	-1.24	1.22	-0.13	-0.92
22	JAX	-0.38	+0.35	-1.88	-0.76	-0.48	-0.07	-1.11	1.62	0.02
23	DAL	-0.42	−0.04	-1.03	-0.31	0.63	-0.07	-0.92	-0.42	-0.79
24	DET	-0.54	+0.38	-0.93	-2.50	-0.66	-0.55	0.09	0.12	0.67
25	TEN	-0.64	−0.40	1.07	-1.03	-0.42	0.10	0.27	-2.76	-1.73
26	NYJ	-0.65	−0.02	-0.97	-1.08	1.15	-0.94	-0.37	-2.93	0.57
27	NYG	-0.67	+0.14	-0.39	-0.44	-1.30	-1.97	-1.44	0.58	0.27
28	WAS	-0.84	+0.02	-0.39	-1.17	-0.47	-2.10	-0.45	-0.87	-0.40
29	CIN	-0.96	−0.07	-2.08	1.41	-1.00	-2.33	-0.13	-1.70	-0.90
30	PIT	-1.07	+0.14	-1.08	-1.41	-2.01	-1.30	0.02	-1.05	-0.67
31	ARI	-1.29	−0.70	0.19	0.37	-1.08	-1.56	-0.20	-1.20	-5.57
32	CHI	-1.33	−0.14	-1.49	-0.71	-1.55	-0.22	-2.66	0.57	-3.28

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
PHI	-0.47	1.90	2.99	0.28	1.75	-0.05	-1.17
MIA	-1.63	-1.34	2.66	1.59	-0.77	-0.39	0.65
KC	0.73	0.04	2.43	1.12	-0.56	0.23	2.18
BUF	1.17	0.99	1.95	1.58	2.07	1.07	2.63
SF	1.11	2.87	1.67	4.16	2.43	0.52	3.15
DEN	0.71	-0.56	1.29	-0.72	-0.02	0.53	-1.22
NO	-0.27	0.52	1.19	-0.75	-0.82	-0.37	-1.06
NYJ	-0.97	-1.08	1.15	-0.94	-0.37	-2.93	0.57
CAR	0.81	-0.38	1.12	-1.61	-1.26	-1.05	1.44
DAL	-1.03	-0.31	0.63	-0.07	-0.92	-0.42	-0.79
LV	0.04	1.17	0.61	0.11	-0.67	-1.13	-1.07
BAL	1.35	-1.94	0.12	2.58	2.21	0.18	1.51
ATL	-0.36	-0.26	-0.09	0.63	1.73	0.32	1.98
NE	-0.47	0.62	-0.24	-0.83	-1.64	2.40	2.30
CLE	0.56	1.00	-0.31	1.28	-2.55	-0.54	-1.08
TB	2.02	1.50	-0.32	0.00	0.51	-0.71	-1.54
TEN	1.07	-1.03	-0.42	0.10	0.27	-2.76	-1.73
WAS	-0.39	-1.17	-0.47	-2.10	-0.45	-0.87	-0.40
JAX	-1.88	-0.76	-0.48	-0.07	-1.11	1.62	0.02
SEA	0.02	0.41	-0.62	0.38	0.02	3.14	3.44
DET	-0.93	-2.50	-0.66	-0.55	0.09	0.12	0.67
GB	0.81	0.91	-0.69	0.33	2.76	1.86	3.23
CIN	-2.08	1.41	-1.00	-2.33	-0.13	-1.70	-0.90
MIN	-0.08	-0.07	-1.06	0.92	1.19	-0.15	-1.36
ARI	0.19	0.37	-1.08	-1.56	-0.20	-1.20	-5.57
HOU	0.96	-2.01	-1.09	0.80	-0.60	0.40	1.17
IND	0.45	0.17	-1.15	-0.06	1.31	0.14	-3.16
LAR	1.45	1.56	-1.29	0.55	-0.18	1.97	1.11
NYG	-0.39	-0.44	-1.30	-1.97	-1.44	0.58	0.27
LAC	-0.04	0.30	-1.54	-1.24	1.22	-0.13	-0.92
CHI	-1.49	-0.71	-1.55	-0.22	-2.66	0.57	-3.28
PIT	-1.08	-1.41	-2.01	-1.30	0.02	-1.05	-0.67

Pass yds per cmp (Off − Def) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Chiefs (2.10), 2019 49ers (2.94), 2020 Buccaneers (2.02), 2021 49ers (2.87), 2022 Eagles (2.99).

49ers have led this stat 2 of 5 seasons.

The best season on record is Eagles 2022 at 2.99; the worst Raiders 2018 at -3.07.

The league average has risen from -0.03 in 2018 to 0.01 in 2022.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

About this stat

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