Offensive: Drive Averages · Start avg

Average starting field position. Mostly special teams and defence rather than the offence itself.

OFF · Drive AveragesP + N
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League snapshot — 2023

  • League leaderCLE 963.39
  • League average899.70
  • Best to worst111.64

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2023

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
CLE · 963.39
League laggard
DEN · 851.75
League average
899.70
Spread (max − min)
111.64

Year-over-year — 2023 vs 2022

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
CLE · +80.39
Biggest faller
WAS · −104.57
Most consistent
GB · −0.10
League trend 2023 vs 2022
▼ -0.11

Multi-year context

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader
DEN · 896.03
Multi-year laggard
DET · 850.39
Biggest improver
SEA · +20.98/yr
Biggest decliner
DAL · −1.52/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.

Team2019202020212022202320242025
CLE829.17821.50895.97883.00963.39918.47920.41
NE864.11801.05876.43885.73954.29872.40907.19
PIT855.72851.91890.76931.64947.85889.77865.60
HOU843.01806.83852.21904.53942.68895.07933.35
LAC852.70830.69835.64875.99942.43953.14897.44
KC861.27847.44870.42885.96938.09906.49909.88
CAR810.07793.73909.59940.85927.60815.07868.77
MIN858.52802.16889.77865.17927.43931.82902.06
TB818.55823.51896.10959.22914.72895.58884.04
BUF928.25829.58906.42871.25912.84854.19919.44
LAR856.88904.23908.70895.77904.36876.73918.32
BAL836.23841.08939.15917.49901.18939.11853.76
ATL813.48848.66833.60851.61900.52866.56888.19
SF851.25839.96943.87911.80895.32881.29891.49
JAX880.24790.75872.70874.60893.28890.54890.67
ARI820.93849.22896.61885.20890.88906.80814.96
NYG835.01810.65907.12895.77890.86873.47860.12
CIN833.70818.79888.17842.05890.05856.49866.71
NO823.35814.29899.09930.73889.82856.50881.62
DAL898.00815.21879.89914.60889.45875.91840.14
NYJ875.48817.55837.31947.46887.32889.04845.25
MIA785.31858.11893.42910.67884.87910.83892.23
CHI883.54800.29859.44844.98884.11894.25865.24
TEN880.48791.63872.88935.92882.61896.83842.07
LV831.06759.23875.87896.71878.60876.16902.85
SEA810.97807.37912.82878.43873.32929.56938.52
DET830.91770.16833.01859.55869.67915.14874.30
PHI872.89840.86869.42940.03868.45907.75935.26
IND828.09807.79867.17884.44866.10908.72868.35
GB868.31826.06894.00864.37864.27906.56912.47
WAS823.67863.77886.51966.72862.15861.00835.99
DEN878.52819.42916.14941.51851.75914.76950.13

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2023.

About this stat
Stat ID
off_drives_start_avg
Side
offensive
Family
Drive Averages
Data source
P + N
Polarity
higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain
rate
Algorithm eligibility
Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.