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Offensive: Drive Averages · Points/drive

OFF · Drive AveragesP + N
About this stat ↓

Showing the 2021 season. The most recent season with data for this stat is 2026.

What Points/drive is

Points per drive: points scored divided by offensive drives. As clean a measure of an offense as there is, because it rewards neither playing fast nor playing slow — only what each possession produced.

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 Chiefs led at 0.17; the league average was 0.12.

League snapshot — 2021

League leader
KC · 0.17
League average
0.12
Best to worst
0.09

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2021

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
KC · 0.17
League laggard
NYG · 0.08
League average
0.12
Spread (max − min)
0.09

Does Points/drive matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 895–683–37 ATS (56.7%) across 2020–2025, #26 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (156–108, 59.1%); its worst 2020 (140–114, 55.1%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256140–114–255.1%
2021272154–116–257.0%
2022271156–108–759.1%
2023272143–115–1455.4%
2024272153–110–958.2%
2025272149–120–355.4%

Points/drive in 2021 vs 2020

Chiefs lead at 0.17 — they ranked #4 last year. Giants are last at 0.08 — #31 last year.

The league average is 0.12, down 0.02 from 0.14 last year.

Biggest riser: Eagles, #28 → #8. Biggest faller: Texans, #13 → #30.

Spread between first and last: 0.09; 20 teams are within 0.03 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2021 vs 2020

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
PHI · +0.04
Biggest faller
HOU · −0.06
Most consistent
ARI · +0.00
League trend 2021 vs 2020
▼ -0.02

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
BUF · 0.23
Multi-year laggard
NYJ · 0.13
Biggest improver
CAR · +0.06/yr
Biggest decliner
TEN · +0.00/yr

Multi-year heatmap

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

Team2020202120222023202420252026
KC0.180.170.160.120.130.130.67
DAL0.140.160.140.170.110.160.60
LAC0.140.160.120.110.130.120.28
NE0.130.160.110.070.090.160.42
TB0.170.150.090.110.160.120.36
GB0.190.150.120.130.150.140.36
BUF0.180.150.160.150.180.160.61
PHI0.110.150.150.140.150.120.35
IND0.160.150.090.120.110.160.45
LAR0.130.150.100.130.130.170.42
ARI0.140.150.110.110.140.120.39
CIN0.110.140.150.110.150.140.52
SF0.130.130.140.160.130.150.60
TEN0.180.130.090.100.090.090.24
MIN0.150.130.120.110.130.110.39
SEA0.160.120.130.120.120.150.43
DEN0.110.120.080.110.130.120.37
BAL0.170.120.110.140.170.140.52
LV0.160.120.130.110.100.080.45
CLE0.150.110.120.100.080.080.31
WAS0.110.110.100.100.160.130.39
NO0.170.110.100.120.110.100.45
DET0.140.110.150.140.180.150.62
MIA0.140.110.130.160.110.120.30
ATL0.140.100.130.100.130.110.42
CHI0.130.100.110.110.100.140.44
PIT0.140.100.100.090.120.130.39
NYJ0.090.100.090.080.110.100.35
CAR0.130.090.110.080.110.110.66
HOU0.150.090.090.110.110.120.40
JAX0.110.080.130.110.110.150.50
NYG0.100.080.120.080.090.130.41

Points/drive since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Chiefs (0.20), 2019 Ravens (0.20), 2020 Packers (0.19), 2021 Chiefs (0.17).

Chiefs have led this stat 2 of 4 seasons.

The best season on record is Chiefs 2018 at 0.20; the worst Cardinals 2018 at 0.07.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.

About this stat
Stat ID
off_drives_pts_drive
Side
offensive
Family
Drive Averages
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.