Carolina Panthers — Points/drive, 2026

Value0.66
Rank#2 of 32
League average0.44
Rank in 2025#27 of 32

Carolina Panthers — every stat for 2026, ranked →

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.

Through Week 6 of 2026, the Chiefs lead at 0.67; the league average is 0.44.

League snapshot — 2026

League leader

KC · 0.67

League average

0.44

Best to worst

0.43

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2026

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

KC · 0.67

League laggard

TEN · 0.24

League average

0.44

Spread (max − min)

0.43

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	KC	0.67	0.23	100%
2	CAR	0.66	0.22	96.8%
3	DET	0.62	0.18	93.5%
4	BUF	0.61	0.17	90.3%
5	SF	0.60	0.16	87.1%
6	DAL	0.60	0.16	83.9%
7	CIN	0.52	0.08	80.6%
8	BAL	0.52	0.08	77.4%
9	JAX	0.50	0.06	74.2%
10	IND	0.45	0.01	71%
11	LV	0.45	0.01	67.7%
12	NO	0.45	0.01	64.5%
13	CHI	0.44	0.00	61.3%
14	SEA	0.43	-0.01	58.1%
15	ATL	0.42	-0.02	54.8%
16	LAR	0.42	-0.02	51.6%
17	NE	0.42	-0.02	48.4%
18	NYG	0.41	-0.03	45.2%
19	HOU	0.40	-0.04	41.9%
20	WAS	0.39	-0.05	38.7%
21	PIT	0.39	-0.05	35.5%
22	MIN	0.39	-0.05	32.3%
23	ARI	0.39	-0.05	29%
24	DEN	0.37	-0.07	25.8%
25	GB	0.36	-0.07	22.6%
26	TB	0.36	-0.08	19.4%
27	NYJ	0.35	-0.09	16.1%
28	PHI	0.35	-0.09	12.9%
29	CLE	0.31	-0.13	9.7%
30	MIA	0.30	-0.14	6.5%
31	LAC	0.28	-0.16	3.2%
32	TEN	0.24	-0.20	0%

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.

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	140–114–2	55.1%
2021	272	154–116–2	57.0%
2022	271	156–108–7	59.1%
2023	272	143–115–14	55.4%
2024	272	153–110–9	58.2%
2025	272	149–120–3	55.4%

Points/drive in 2026 vs 2025

Chiefs lead at 0.67 — they ranked #17 last year. Titans are last at 0.24 — #30 last year.

The league average is 0.44, up 0.31 from 0.13 last year.

Biggest riser: Panthers, #27 → #2. Biggest faller: Rams, #1 → #16.

Spread between first and last: 0.43; 22 teams are within 0.11 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2026 vs 2025

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

CAR · +0.55

Biggest faller

TEN · +0.15

Most consistent

TEN · +0.15

League trend 2026 vs 2025

▲ 0.31

Rank	Team	2026	2025	Δ
1	CAR	0.66	0.11	+0.55
2	KC	0.67	0.13	+0.55
3	DET	0.62	0.15	+0.47
4	SF	0.60	0.15	+0.45
5	BUF	0.61	0.16	+0.45
6	DAL	0.60	0.16	+0.44
7	CIN	0.52	0.14	+0.39
8	BAL	0.52	0.14	+0.38
9	LV	0.45	0.08	+0.37
10	JAX	0.50	0.15	+0.35
11	NO	0.45	0.10	+0.34
12	ATL	0.42	0.11	+0.30
13	CHI	0.44	0.14	+0.30
14	IND	0.45	0.16	+0.29
15	NYG	0.41	0.13	+0.28
16	SEA	0.43	0.15	+0.28
17	MIN	0.39	0.11	+0.28
18	HOU	0.40	0.12	+0.28
19	ARI	0.39	0.12	+0.27
20	WAS	0.39	0.13	+0.26
21	PIT	0.39	0.13	+0.26
22	NYJ	0.35	0.10	+0.26
23	NE	0.42	0.16	+0.25
24	LAR	0.42	0.17	+0.25
25	DEN	0.37	0.12	+0.24
26	TB	0.36	0.12	+0.24
27	GB	0.36	0.14	+0.23
28	CLE	0.31	0.08	+0.23
29	PHI	0.35	0.12	+0.22
30	MIA	0.30	0.12	+0.18
31	LAC	0.28	0.12	+0.16
32	TEN	0.24	0.09	+0.15

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

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	BUF	0.23	+0.05	0.18	0.15	0.16	0.15	0.18	0.16	0.61
2	KC	0.22	+0.05	0.18	0.17	0.16	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.67
3	DET	0.21	+0.06	0.14	0.11	0.15	0.14	0.18	0.15	0.62
4	DAL	0.21	+0.05	0.14	0.16	0.14	0.17	0.11	0.16	0.60
5	SF	0.21	+0.05	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.16	0.13	0.15	0.60
6	BAL	0.20	+0.04	0.17	0.12	0.11	0.14	0.17	0.14	0.52
7	CIN	0.19	+0.04	0.11	0.14	0.15	0.11	0.15	0.14	0.52
8	CAR	0.18	+0.06	0.13	0.09	0.11	0.08	0.11	0.11	0.66
9	GB	0.18	+0.02	0.19	0.15	0.12	0.13	0.15	0.14	0.36
10	IND	0.18	+0.03	0.16	0.15	0.09	0.12	0.11	0.16	0.45
11	SEA	0.18	+0.03	0.16	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.15	0.43
12	LAR	0.17	+0.03	0.13	0.15	0.10	0.13	0.13	0.17	0.42
13	JAX	0.17	+0.05	0.11	0.08	0.13	0.11	0.11	0.15	0.50
14	TB	0.17	+0.02	0.17	0.15	0.09	0.11	0.16	0.12	0.36
15	PHI	0.17	+0.02	0.11	0.15	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.12	0.35
16	NO	0.17	+0.03	0.17	0.11	0.10	0.12	0.11	0.10	0.45
17	ARI	0.16	+0.03	0.14	0.15	0.11	0.11	0.14	0.12	0.39
18	MIN	0.16	+0.02	0.15	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.13	0.11	0.39
19	NE	0.16	+0.03	0.13	0.16	0.11	0.07	0.09	0.16	0.42
20	LV	0.16	+0.03	0.16	0.12	0.13	0.11	0.10	0.08	0.45
21	CHI	0.16	+0.04	0.13	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.14	0.44
22	ATL	0.16	+0.03	0.14	0.10	0.13	0.10	0.13	0.11	0.42
23	WAS	0.16	+0.03	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.16	0.13	0.39
24	HOU	0.15	+0.03	0.15	0.09	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.40
25	PIT	0.15	+0.03	0.14	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.12	0.13	0.39
26	MIA	0.15	+0.02	0.14	0.11	0.13	0.16	0.11	0.12	0.30
27	LAC	0.15	+0.01	0.14	0.16	0.12	0.11	0.13	0.12	0.28
28	DEN	0.15	+0.03	0.11	0.12	0.08	0.11	0.13	0.12	0.37
29	NYG	0.14	+0.04	0.10	0.08	0.12	0.08	0.09	0.13	0.41
30	CLE	0.14	+0.01	0.15	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.08	0.08	0.31
31	TEN	0.13	+0.00	0.18	0.13	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.24
32	NYJ	0.13	+0.03	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.08	0.11	0.10	0.35

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
KC	0.18	0.17	0.16	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.67
CAR	0.13	0.09	0.11	0.08	0.11	0.11	0.66
DET	0.14	0.11	0.15	0.14	0.18	0.15	0.62
BUF	0.18	0.15	0.16	0.15	0.18	0.16	0.61
SF	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.16	0.13	0.15	0.60
DAL	0.14	0.16	0.14	0.17	0.11	0.16	0.60
CIN	0.11	0.14	0.15	0.11	0.15	0.14	0.52
BAL	0.17	0.12	0.11	0.14	0.17	0.14	0.52
JAX	0.11	0.08	0.13	0.11	0.11	0.15	0.50
IND	0.16	0.15	0.09	0.12	0.11	0.16	0.45
LV	0.16	0.12	0.13	0.11	0.10	0.08	0.45
NO	0.17	0.11	0.10	0.12	0.11	0.10	0.45
CHI	0.13	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.14	0.44
SEA	0.16	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.15	0.43
ATL	0.14	0.10	0.13	0.10	0.13	0.11	0.42
LAR	0.13	0.15	0.10	0.13	0.13	0.17	0.42
NE	0.13	0.16	0.11	0.07	0.09	0.16	0.42
NYG	0.10	0.08	0.12	0.08	0.09	0.13	0.41
HOU	0.15	0.09	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.40
WAS	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.16	0.13	0.39
PIT	0.14	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.12	0.13	0.39
MIN	0.15	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.13	0.11	0.39
ARI	0.14	0.15	0.11	0.11	0.14	0.12	0.39
DEN	0.11	0.12	0.08	0.11	0.13	0.12	0.37
GB	0.19	0.15	0.12	0.13	0.15	0.14	0.36
TB	0.17	0.15	0.09	0.11	0.16	0.12	0.36
NYJ	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.08	0.11	0.10	0.35
PHI	0.11	0.15	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.12	0.35
CLE	0.15	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.08	0.08	0.31
MIA	0.14	0.11	0.13	0.16	0.11	0.12	0.30
LAC	0.14	0.16	0.12	0.11	0.13	0.12	0.28
TEN	0.18	0.13	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.24

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), 2023 Cowboys (0.17), 2024 Lions (0.18), 2025 Rams (0.17), 2026 Chiefs (0.67).

Chiefs have led this stat 3 of 9 seasons.

The best season on record is Chiefs 2026 at 0.67; the worst Patriots 2023 at 0.07.

The league average has risen from 0.13 in 2018 to 0.44 in 2026.

Week to week — Week 4 to Week 5

Since Week 4: Patriots up 12 (#29 → #17), Rams up 8 (#23 → #15), Steelers up 7 (#28 → #21); Jets down 7 (#20 → #27), Cardinals down 6 (#17 → #23), Bears down 6 (#7 → #13).

17 teams moved by two places or fewer.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2026.

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.