What Safety md (Off − Def) is

Safeties scored minus safeties conceded. As rare as scoring gets, both ways.

Higher is better. It is shown per game, so a team's number does not depend on games played. Source: P.

In 2020 the Seahawks led at 0.19; the league average was 0.

League snapshot — 2020

League leader

SEA · 0.19

League average

Best to worst

0.38

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2020

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

SEA · 0.19

League laggard

DAL · -0.19

League average

Spread (max − min)

0.38

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	SEA	0.19	0.19	100%
2	BAL	0.13	0.13	96.8%
3	IND	0.13	0.13	93.5%
4	CHI	0.06	0.06	90.3%
5	CLE	0.06	0.06	87.1%
6	DET	0.06	0.06	83.9%
7	GB	0.06	0.06	80.6%
8	LAR	0.06	0.06	77.4%
9	NO	0.06	0.06	74.2%
10	PIT	0.06	0.06	71%
11	TB	0.06	0.06	67.7%
12	WAS	0.06	0.06	64.5%
13	ATL	0	0	61.3%
14	BUF	0	0	58.1%
15	CAR	0	0	54.8%
16	CIN	0	0	51.6%
17	LV	0	0	48.4%
18	LAC	0	0	45.2%
19	NE	0	0	41.9%
20	NYJ	0	0	38.7%
21	SF	0	0	35.5%
22	ARI	-0.06	-0.06	32.3%
23	KC	-0.06	-0.06	29%
24	MIA	-0.06	-0.06	25.8%
25	MIN	-0.06	-0.06	22.6%
26	NYG	-0.06	-0.06	19.4%
27	PHI	-0.06	-0.06	16.1%
28	TEN	-0.06	-0.06	12.9%
29	DEN	-0.13	-0.13	9.7%
30	HOU	-0.13	-0.13	6.5%
31	JAX	-0.13	-0.13	3.2%
32	DAL	-0.19	-0.19	0%

Does Safety md (Off − Def) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 793–785–37 ATS (50.3%) across 2020–2025, #244 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (144–110, 56.7%); its worst 2024 (124–139, 47.1%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	144–110–2	56.7%
2021	272	131–139–2	48.5%
2022	271	129–135–7	48.9%
2023	272	128–130–14	49.6%
2024	272	124–139–9	47.1%
2025	272	137–132–3	50.9%

Safety md (Off − Def) in 2020 vs 2019

Seahawks lead at 0.19 — they ranked #24 last year. Cowboys are last at -0.19 — #13 last year.

The league average is 0, the same as last year.

Biggest riser: Browns, #31 → #5. Biggest faller: Titans, #8 → #28.

Spread between first and last: 0.38; 25 teams are within 0.08 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2020 vs 2019

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

PIT · +0.25

Biggest faller

DAL · −0.19

Most consistent

ATL · 0

League trend 2020 vs 2019

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Rank	Team	2020	2019	Δ
1	PIT	0.06	-0.19	+0.25
2	CLE	0.06	-0.13	+0.19
3	SEA	0.19	0	+0.19
4	TB	0.06	-0.06	+0.13
5	BAL	0.13	0.06	+0.06
6	CHI	0.06	0	+0.06
7	DET	0.06	0	+0.06
8	GB	0.06	0	+0.06
9	NYJ	0	-0.06	+0.06
10	SF	0	-0.06	+0.06
11	WAS	0.06	0	+0.06
12	ATL	0	0	0
13	BUF	0	0	0
14	IND	0.13	0.13	0
15	LV	0	0	0
16	LAC	0	0	0
17	LAR	0.06	0.06	0
18	MIA	-0.06	-0.06	0
19	NO	0.06	0.06	0
20	ARI	-0.06	0	−0.06
21	CIN	0	0.06	−0.06
22	HOU	-0.13	-0.06	−0.06
23	KC	-0.06	0	−0.06
24	MIN	-0.06	0	−0.06
25	NE	0	0.06	−0.06
26	NYG	-0.06	0	−0.06
27	PHI	-0.06	0	−0.06
28	CAR	0	0.13	−0.13
29	DEN	-0.13	0	−0.13
30	JAX	-0.13	0	−0.13
31	TEN	-0.06	0.06	−0.13
32	DAL	-0.19	0	−0.19

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

LV · 0.04

Multi-year laggard

MIA · -0.04

Biggest improver

ARI · +0.02/yr

Biggest decliner

SEA · −0.02/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	LV	0.04	+0.02	0	0.06	0	0.06	-0.06	0	0.20
2	TB	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
3	NYJ	0.03	+0.00	0	0	0.06	0.12	-0.06	0.06	0
4	SEA	0.02	−0.02	0.19	0.06	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0
5	IND	0.02	−0.02	0.13	0.06	0	0	0	-0.06	0
6	GB	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
7	LAR	0.02	−0.00	0.06	0	-0.06	0.06	0.06	0	0
8	NO	0.02	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
9	PIT	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
10	WAS	0.02	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
11	TEN	0.02	+0.02	-0.06	0	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
12	BUF	0.01	+0.00	0	-0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0	0
13	DET	0.01	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0.06	-0.06	0	0
14	ATL	0.01	−0.01	0	0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	0
15	NE	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
16	CHI	0.00	−0.01	0.06	0.06	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
17	CAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	CIN	0	−0.00	0	0	0	0	0.06	-0.06	0
19	ARI	0.00	+0.02	-0.06	-0.12	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
20	DEN	0.00	+0.01	-0.13	0	0.06	0	0.12	-0.06	0
21	HOU	-0.01	+0.01	-0.13	0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	0
22	BAL	-0.02	−0.02	0.13	0	0	-0.12	-0.12	0	0
23	CLE	-0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	-0.06	0
24	NYG	-0.02	+0.01	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0	0	0
25	JAX	-0.02	+0.02	-0.13	0	0	0	-0.06	0.06	0
26	DAL	-0.02	+0.02	-0.19	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
27	LAC	-0.02	−0.02	0	0	0.06	0	-0.06	0.06	-0.20
28	SF	-0.03	+0.00	0	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	0	-0.06	0
29	KC	-0.03	−0.00	-0.06	0	0.06	-0.06	0	-0.12	0
30	MIN	-0.03	+0.00	-0.06	0	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
31	PHI	-0.03	+0.01	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0.06	0	-0.06	0
32	MIA	-0.04	+0.01	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0	-0.12	0	0

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
SEA	0.19	0.06	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0
BAL	0.13	0	0	-0.12	-0.12	0	0
IND	0.13	0.06	0	0	0	-0.06	0
CHI	0.06	0.06	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
CLE	0.06	0	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	-0.06	0
DET	0.06	0	0	0.06	-0.06	0	0
GB	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
LAR	0.06	0	-0.06	0.06	0.06	0	0
NO	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
PIT	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
TB	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
WAS	0.06	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
ATL	0	0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	0
BUF	0	-0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0	0
CAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN	0	0	0	0	0.06	-0.06	0
LV	0	0.06	0	0.06	-0.06	0	0.20
LAC	0	0	0.06	0	-0.06	0.06	-0.20
NE	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
NYJ	0	0	0.06	0.12	-0.06	0.06	0
SF	0	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	0	-0.06	0
ARI	-0.06	-0.12	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
KC	-0.06	0	0.06	-0.06	0	-0.12	0
MIA	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0	-0.12	0	0
MIN	-0.06	0	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
NYG	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0	0	0
PHI	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0.06	0	-0.06	0
TEN	-0.06	0	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
DEN	-0.13	0	0.06	0	0.12	-0.06	0
HOU	-0.13	0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	0
JAX	-0.13	0	0	0	-0.06	0.06	0
DAL	-0.19	0	0	0.06	0	0	0

Safety md (Off − Def) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Jaguars (0.13), 2019 Panthers (0.13), 2020 Seahawks (0.19).

The best season on record is Seahawks 2020 at 0.19; the worst Steelers 2019 at -0.19.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2020.

About this stat

Stat ID: net_safety_md
Side: net
Family: NET (Off − Def)
Data source: P only
Polarity: higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Stat-page only: this stat is not available in the Algorithm Builder.