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Offensive: Drive Averages · Points/drive

OFF · Drive AveragesP + N
About this stat ↓

Showing the 2022 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 2022 the Bills led at 0.16; the league average was 0.12.

League snapshot — 2022

League leader
BUF · 0.16
League average
0.12
Best to worst
0.08

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
BUF · 0.16
League laggard
DEN · 0.08
League average
0.12
Spread (max − min)
0.08

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 2022 vs 2021

Bills lead at 0.16 — they ranked #7 last year. Broncos are last at 0.08 — #17 last year.

The league average is 0.12, down 0.01 from 0.12 last year.

Biggest riser: Jaguars, #31 → #9. Biggest faller: Buccaneers, #5 → #27.

Spread between first and last: 0.08; 18 teams are within 0.02 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
JAX · +0.05
Biggest faller
IND · −0.06
Most consistent
PIT · +0.00
League trend 2022 vs 2021
▼ -0.01

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

Points/drive since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Chiefs (0.20), 2019 Ravens (0.20), 2020 Packers (0.19), 2021 Chiefs (0.17), 2022 Bills (0.16).

Chiefs have led this stat 2 of 5 seasons.

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

The league average has fallen from 0.13 in 2018 to 0.12 in 2022.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

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.