Offensive: Drive Averages · Start avg

Average starting field position. Mostly special teams and defense rather than the offense itself.

OFF · Drive AveragesP + N
About this stat ↓

League snapshot — 2023

  • League leaderDEN 851.75
  • League average899.70
  • Best to worst111.64

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2023

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
DEN · 851.75
League laggard
CLE · 963.39
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
DET · 850.39
Multi-year laggard
DEN · 896.03
Biggest improver
DAL · −1.52/yr
Biggest decliner
SEA · +20.98/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
DEN878.52819.42916.14941.51851.75914.76950.13
WAS823.67863.77886.51966.72862.15861.00835.99
GB868.31826.06894.00864.37864.27906.56912.47
IND828.09807.79867.17884.44866.10908.72868.35
PHI872.89840.86869.42940.03868.45907.75935.26
DET830.91770.16833.01859.55869.67915.14874.30
SEA810.97807.37912.82878.43873.32929.56938.52
LV831.06759.23875.87896.71878.60876.16902.85
TEN880.48791.63872.88935.92882.61896.83842.07
CHI883.54800.29859.44844.98884.11894.25865.24
MIA785.31858.11893.42910.67884.87910.83892.23
NYJ875.48817.55837.31947.46887.32889.04845.25
DAL898.00815.21879.89914.60889.45875.91840.14
NO823.35814.29899.09930.73889.82856.50881.62
CIN833.70818.79888.17842.05890.05856.49866.71
NYG835.01810.65907.12895.77890.86873.47860.12
ARI820.93849.22896.61885.20890.88906.80814.96
JAX880.24790.75872.70874.60893.28890.54890.67
SF851.25839.96943.87911.80895.32881.29891.49
ATL813.48848.66833.60851.61900.52866.56888.19
BAL836.23841.08939.15917.49901.18939.11853.76
LAR856.88904.23908.70895.77904.36876.73918.32
BUF928.25829.58906.42871.25912.84854.19919.44
TB818.55823.51896.10959.22914.72895.58884.04
MIN858.52802.16889.77865.17927.43931.82902.06
CAR810.07793.73909.59940.85927.60815.07868.77
KC861.27847.44870.42885.96938.09906.49909.88
LAC852.70830.69835.64875.99942.43953.14897.44
HOU843.01806.83852.21904.53942.68895.07933.35
PIT855.72851.91890.76931.64947.85889.77865.60
NE864.11801.05876.43885.73954.29872.40907.19
CLE829.17821.50895.97883.00963.39918.47920.41

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
lower is better
Display grain
rate
Algorithm eligibility
Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.