What Yds per play offense (Off − Def) is

Yards per play minus yards per play allowed. Efficiency on both sides of the ball, and it survives tempo differences — one of the better quick reads of a team.

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

In 2021 the Bills led at 0.07; the league average was 0.00.

League snapshot — 2021

League leader

BUF · 0.07

League average

0.00

Best to worst

0.15

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	BUF	0.07	17
2	SF	0.06	17
3	TB	0.06	17
4	LAR	0.05	17
5	NE	0.04	17
6	LV	0.03	17
7	DAL	0.03	17
8	CLE	0.03	17
9	GB	0.03	17
10	PHI	0.03	17
11	SEA	0.02	17
12	CIN	0.02	17
13	LAC	0.02	17
14	ARI	0.01	17
15	IND	0.01	17
16	KC	0.01	17
17	MIN	0.00	17
18	DEN	0.00	17
19	NO	-0.01	17
20	TEN	-0.01	17
21	ATL	-0.02	17
22	CAR	-0.03	17
23	CHI	-0.03	17
24	BAL	-0.03	17
25	MIA	-0.03	17
26	JAX	-0.04	17
27	WAS	-0.04	17
28	NYG	-0.04	17
29	PIT	-0.04	17
30	DET	-0.05	17
31	NYJ	-0.06	17
32	HOU	-0.08	17

At a glance — 2021

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

BUF · 0.07

League laggard

HOU · -0.08

League average

0.00

Spread (max − min)

0.15

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	BUF	0.07	0.07	100%
2	SF	0.06	0.06	96.8%
3	TB	0.06	0.06	93.5%
4	LAR	0.05	0.05	90.3%
5	NE	0.04	0.04	87.1%
6	LV	0.03	0.03	83.9%
7	DAL	0.03	0.03	80.6%
8	CLE	0.03	0.03	77.4%
9	GB	0.03	0.03	74.2%
10	PHI	0.03	0.03	71%
11	SEA	0.02	0.02	67.7%
12	CIN	0.02	0.02	64.5%
13	LAC	0.02	0.02	61.3%
14	ARI	0.01	0.01	58.1%
15	IND	0.01	0.01	54.8%
16	KC	0.01	0.01	51.6%
17	MIN	0.00	0.00	48.4%
18	DEN	0.00	0.00	45.2%
19	NO	-0.01	-0.01	41.9%
20	TEN	-0.01	-0.01	38.7%
21	ATL	-0.02	-0.02	35.5%
22	CAR	-0.03	-0.03	32.3%
23	CHI	-0.03	-0.03	29%
24	BAL	-0.03	-0.03	25.8%
25	MIA	-0.03	-0.03	22.6%
26	JAX	-0.04	-0.04	19.4%
27	WAS	-0.04	-0.04	16.1%
28	NYG	-0.04	-0.04	12.9%
29	PIT	-0.04	-0.04	9.7%
30	DET	-0.05	-0.05	6.5%
31	NYJ	-0.06	-0.06	3.2%
32	HOU	-0.08	-0.08	0%

Does Yds per play offense (Off − Def) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 889–689–37 ATS (56.3%) across 2020–2025, #32 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2025 (163–106, 60.6%); its worst 2021 (148–122, 54.8%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	145–109–2	57.1%
2021	272	148–122–2	54.8%
2022	271	145–119–7	54.9%
2023	272	142–116–14	55.0%
2024	272	146–117–9	55.5%
2025	272	163–106–3	60.6%

Yds per play offense (Off − Def) in 2021 vs 2020

Bills lead at 0.07 — they ranked #5 last year. Texans are last at -0.08 — #15 last year.

The league average is 0.00, down 0.00 from 0.00 last year.

Biggest riser: Bengals, #32 → #12. Biggest faller: Ravens, #6 → #24.

Spread between first and last: 0.15; 22 teams are within 0.04 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2021 vs 2020

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

CIN · +0.10

Biggest faller

HOU · −0.08

Most consistent

SEA · −0.00

League trend 2021 vs 2020

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Rank	Team	2021	2020	Δ
1	CIN	0.02	-0.08	+0.10
2	PHI	0.03	-0.04	+0.07
3	NE	0.04	-0.03	+0.07
4	DAL	0.03	-0.03	+0.06
5	JAX	-0.04	-0.08	+0.04
6	LV	0.03	0.00	+0.03
7	DEN	0.00	-0.03	+0.03
8	SF	0.06	0.03	+0.03
9	LAC	0.02	-0.01	+0.02
10	ATL	-0.02	-0.05	+0.02
11	BUF	0.07	0.05	+0.02
12	NYJ	-0.06	-0.07	+0.01
13	CLE	0.03	0.02	+0.01
14	MIN	0.00	0.00	+0.00
15	MIA	-0.03	-0.04	+0.00
16	SEA	0.02	0.02	−0.00
17	DET	-0.05	-0.04	−0.01
18	TB	0.06	0.07	−0.01
19	CHI	-0.03	-0.02	−0.01
20	ARI	0.01	0.02	−0.01
21	NYG	-0.04	-0.02	−0.02
22	LAR	0.05	0.06	−0.02
23	CAR	-0.03	0.00	−0.03
24	TEN	-0.01	0.02	−0.03
25	GB	0.03	0.06	−0.03
26	IND	0.01	0.04	−0.03
27	WAS	-0.04	0.00	−0.03
28	KC	0.01	0.04	−0.04
29	PIT	-0.04	0.02	−0.06
30	NO	-0.01	0.05	−0.06
31	BAL	-0.03	0.05	−0.08
32	HOU	-0.08	0.01	−0.08

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

SF · 0.10

Multi-year laggard

NYG · -0.06

Biggest improver

KC · +0.03/yr

Biggest decliner

IND · −0.04/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	SF	0.10	+0.03	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.11	0.06	0.00	0.38
2	KC	0.08	+0.03	0.04	0.01	0.08	0.05	-0.01	0.00	0.39
3	BUF	0.08	+0.02	0.05	0.07	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.24
4	BAL	0.07	+0.03	0.05	-0.03	0.02	0.08	0.10	0.02	0.25
5	SEA	0.06	+0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.08	0.28
6	LAR	0.06	+0.02	0.06	0.05	-0.04	0.01	-0.01	0.07	0.26
7	GB	0.05	+0.02	0.06	0.03	-0.02	0.01	0.06	0.04	0.19
8	NE	0.03	+0.02	-0.03	0.04	0.02	-0.01	-0.04	0.07	0.15
9	ATL	0.02	+0.03	-0.05	-0.02	-0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.16
10	MIN	0.01	+0.01	0.00	0.00	-0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02
11	TB	0.01	−0.02	0.07	0.06	0.00	-0.02	0.04	-0.04	-0.06
12	DET	0.01	+0.02	-0.04	-0.05	-0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05
13	HOU	0.00	+0.02	0.01	-0.08	-0.06	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.09
14	PHI	-0.01	−0.01	-0.04	0.03	0.07	0.00	0.06	0.02	-0.17
15	JAX	-0.01	+0.01	-0.08	-0.04	0.01	-0.02	-0.04	0.02	0.04
16	MIA	-0.01	−0.01	-0.04	-0.03	0.05	0.08	-0.01	-0.02	-0.11
17	CAR	-0.01	+0.01	0.00	-0.03	-0.01	-0.06	-0.05	-0.03	0.08
18	LAC	-0.02	−0.01	-0.01	0.02	-0.03	-0.03	0.01	0.01	-0.08
19	DEN	-0.02	−0.01	-0.03	0.00	0.00	-0.05	0.02	0.05	-0.13
20	PIT	-0.02	−0.00	0.02	-0.04	-0.03	-0.02	-0.02	-0.01	-0.03
21	CLE	-0.02	−0.02	0.02	0.03	-0.01	0.01	-0.07	-0.03	-0.10
22	NYJ	-0.02	+0.01	-0.07	-0.06	0.01	-0.02	0.01	-0.08	0.04
23	NO	-0.02	−0.03	0.05	-0.01	0.04	-0.01	-0.03	0.00	-0.20
24	CIN	-0.02	−0.00	-0.08	0.02	0.01	-0.05	0.02	-0.05	-0.03
25	DAL	-0.02	−0.02	-0.03	0.03	0.02	0.04	-0.05	-0.01	-0.16
26	WAS	-0.03	−0.01	0.00	-0.04	-0.02	-0.06	0.02	-0.03	-0.08
27	LV	-0.04	−0.02	0.00	0.03	-0.01	-0.02	-0.04	-0.04	-0.18
28	TEN	-0.04	−0.03	0.02	-0.01	-0.02	-0.01	-0.02	-0.09	-0.17
29	IND	-0.05	−0.04	0.04	0.01	-0.03	0.00	0.00	0.02	-0.35
30	CHI	-0.05	−0.01	-0.02	-0.03	-0.05	-0.02	-0.08	-0.02	-0.16
31	ARI	-0.05	−0.04	0.02	0.01	-0.05	-0.04	0.02	-0.04	-0.32
32	NYG	-0.06	−0.02	-0.02	-0.04	-0.03	-0.07	-0.06	-0.04	-0.18

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
BUF	0.05	0.07	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.24
SF	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.11	0.06	0.00	0.38
TB	0.07	0.06	0.00	-0.02	0.04	-0.04	-0.06
LAR	0.06	0.05	-0.04	0.01	-0.01	0.07	0.26
NE	-0.03	0.04	0.02	-0.01	-0.04	0.07	0.15
LV	0.00	0.03	-0.01	-0.02	-0.04	-0.04	-0.18
DAL	-0.03	0.03	0.02	0.04	-0.05	-0.01	-0.16
CLE	0.02	0.03	-0.01	0.01	-0.07	-0.03	-0.10
GB	0.06	0.03	-0.02	0.01	0.06	0.04	0.19
PHI	-0.04	0.03	0.07	0.00	0.06	0.02	-0.17
SEA	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.08	0.28
CIN	-0.08	0.02	0.01	-0.05	0.02	-0.05	-0.03
LAC	-0.01	0.02	-0.03	-0.03	0.01	0.01	-0.08
ARI	0.02	0.01	-0.05	-0.04	0.02	-0.04	-0.32
IND	0.04	0.01	-0.03	0.00	0.00	0.02	-0.35
KC	0.04	0.01	0.08	0.05	-0.01	0.00	0.39
MIN	0.00	0.00	-0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02
DEN	-0.03	0.00	0.00	-0.05	0.02	0.05	-0.13
NO	0.05	-0.01	0.04	-0.01	-0.03	0.00	-0.20
TEN	0.02	-0.01	-0.02	-0.01	-0.02	-0.09	-0.17
ATL	-0.05	-0.02	-0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.16
CAR	0.00	-0.03	-0.01	-0.06	-0.05	-0.03	0.08
CHI	-0.02	-0.03	-0.05	-0.02	-0.08	-0.02	-0.16
BAL	0.05	-0.03	0.02	0.08	0.10	0.02	0.25
MIA	-0.04	-0.03	0.05	0.08	-0.01	-0.02	-0.11
JAX	-0.08	-0.04	0.01	-0.02	-0.04	0.02	0.04
WAS	0.00	-0.04	-0.02	-0.06	0.02	-0.03	-0.08
NYG	-0.02	-0.04	-0.03	-0.07	-0.06	-0.04	-0.18
PIT	0.02	-0.04	-0.03	-0.02	-0.02	-0.01	-0.03
DET	-0.04	-0.05	-0.02	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05
NYJ	-0.07	-0.06	0.01	-0.02	0.01	-0.08	0.04
HOU	0.01	-0.08	-0.06	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.09

Yds per play offense (Off − Def) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Chiefs (0.07), 2019 49ers (0.09), 2020 Buccaneers (0.07), 2021 Bills (0.07).

The best season on record is 49ers 2019 at 0.09; the worst Bengals 2019 at -0.08.

The league average has risen from 0.00 in 2018 to 0.00 in 2021.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.

About this stat

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