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 2024 the Cardinals led at 0.12; the league average was 0.00.

League snapshot — 2024

League leader

ARI · 0.12

League average

0.00

Best to worst

0.24

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2024

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

ARI · 0.12

League laggard

MIA · -0.12

League average

0.00

Spread (max − min)

0.24

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	ARI	0.12	0.12	100%
2	DEN	0.12	0.12	96.8%
3	TEN	0.12	0.12	93.5%
4	BUF	0.06	0.06	90.3%
5	CIN	0.06	0.06	87.1%
6	CLE	0.06	0.06	83.9%
7	LAR	0.06	0.06	80.6%
8	NO	0.06	0.06	77.4%
9	TB	0.06	0.06	74.2%
10	ATL	0	0.00	71%
11	CAR	0	0.00	67.7%
12	DAL	0	0.00	64.5%
13	GB	0	0.00	61.3%
14	HOU	0	0.00	58.1%
15	IND	0	0.00	54.8%
16	KC	0	0.00	51.6%
17	NE	0	0.00	48.4%
18	NYG	0	0.00	45.2%
19	PHI	0	0.00	41.9%
20	PIT	0	0.00	38.7%
21	SF	0	0.00	35.5%
22	WAS	0	0.00	32.3%
23	CHI	-0.06	-0.06	29%
24	DET	-0.06	-0.06	25.8%
25	JAX	-0.06	-0.06	22.6%
26	LV	-0.06	-0.06	19.4%
27	LAC	-0.06	-0.06	16.1%
28	MIN	-0.06	-0.06	12.9%
29	NYJ	-0.06	-0.06	9.7%
30	SEA	-0.06	-0.06	6.5%
31	BAL	-0.12	-0.12	3.2%
32	MIA	-0.12	-0.12	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 2024 vs 2023

Cardinals lead at 0.12 — they ranked #9 last year. Dolphins are last at -0.12 — #18 last year.

The league average is 0.00, the same as last year.

Biggest riser: Browns, #32 → #6. Biggest faller: Jets, #1 → #29.

Spread between first and last: 0.24; 27 teams are within 0.06 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2024 vs 2023

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

CLE · +0.18

Biggest faller

NYJ · −0.18

Most consistent

BAL · 0

League trend 2024 vs 2023

▼ 0.00

Rank	Team	2024	2023	Δ
1	CLE	0.06	-0.12	+0.18
2	ARI	0.12	0	+0.12
3	DEN	0.12	0	+0.12
4	TEN	0.12	0	+0.12
5	ATL	0	-0.06	+0.06
6	BUF	0.06	0	+0.06
7	CIN	0.06	0	+0.06
8	HOU	0	-0.06	+0.06
9	KC	0	-0.06	+0.06
10	NO	0.06	0	+0.06
11	TB	0.06	0	+0.06
12	BAL	-0.12	-0.12	0
13	CAR	0	0	0
14	CHI	-0.06	-0.06	0
15	GB	0	0	0
16	IND	0	0	0
17	LAR	0.06	0.06	0
18	MIN	-0.06	-0.06	0
19	NE	0	0	0
20	NYG	0	0	0
21	WAS	0	0	0
22	DAL	0	0.06	−0.06
23	JAX	-0.06	0	−0.06
24	LAC	-0.06	0	−0.06
25	PHI	0	0.06	−0.06
26	PIT	0	0.06	−0.06
27	SF	0	0.06	−0.06
28	SEA	-0.06	0	−0.06
29	DET	-0.06	0.06	−0.12
30	LV	-0.06	0.06	−0.12
31	MIA	-0.12	0	−0.12
32	NYJ	-0.06	0.12	−0.18

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

Safety md (Off − Def) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Jaguars (0.13), 2019 Panthers (0.13), 2020 Seahawks (0.19), 2021 Falcons (0.06), 2022 Bills (0.06), 2023 Jets (0.12), 2024 Cardinals (0.12).

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 2024.

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.