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Offensive: Drive Averages · Time avg

OFF · Drive AveragesP + N
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Showing the 2023 season. The most recent season with data for this stat is 2026.

What Time avg is

Average time of possession per drive, in seconds. Tempo and control, not quality — a long, slow drive can still end in a punt.

Higher is better. It is a rate, so a team's number does not grow with games played. Source: P + N.

In 2023 the Cowboys led at 3,255.00; the league average was 2,833.03.

League snapshot — 2023

League leader
DAL · 3,255.00
League average
2,833.03
Best to worst
842.00

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2023

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
DAL · 3,255.00
League laggard
NYJ · 2,413.00
League average
2,833.03
Spread (max − min)
842.00

Does Time avg matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 827–751–37 ATS (52.4%) across 2020–2025, #156 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (144–110, 56.7%); its worst 2023 (127–131, 49.2%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256144–110–256.7%
2021272139–131–251.5%
2022271144–120–754.5%
2023272127–131–1449.2%
2024272137–126–952.1%
2025272136–133–350.6%

Time avg in 2023 vs 2022

Cowboys lead at 3,255.00 — they ranked #24 last year. Jets are last at 2,413.00 — #31 last year.

The league average is 2,833.03, down 19.66 from 2,852.69 last year.

Biggest riser: Cowboys, #24 → #1. Biggest faller: Falcons, #3 → #28.

Spread between first and last: 842.00; 21 teams are within 196.61 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2023 vs 2022

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
DAL · +580.00
Biggest faller
ATL · −489.00
Most consistent
LAR · −12.00
League trend 2023 vs 2022
▼ -19.66

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
GB · 2,774.00
Multi-year laggard
NYJ · 2,368.29
Biggest improver
TB · −131.68/yr
Biggest decliner
CLE · −280.21/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
DAL2,441.002,777.002,675.003,255.002,685.003,059.00906.00
BUF2,848.002,997.002,705.003,120.003,017.003,352.00808.00
PHI2,407.003,066.002,882.003,100.003,135.003,042.00825.00
CHI2,658.003,011.002,860.003,081.002,932.002,927.001,021.00
SF2,660.002,990.003,024.003,070.003,027.003,159.00870.00
GB3,117.003,278.003,149.003,047.002,974.003,124.00729.00
CAR2,944.002,754.002,618.003,015.002,640.003,202.00630.00
KC2,880.003,215.002,951.002,989.003,216.003,137.00654.00
ARI2,530.003,030.002,865.002,955.003,121.003,017.00857.00
LAR2,726.002,806.002,958.002,946.003,048.002,961.00872.00
TEN2,645.003,157.002,669.002,931.002,833.002,828.00755.00
CIN2,757.002,942.002,842.002,928.003,030.002,952.00973.00
DET2,538.002,913.002,972.002,895.003,174.002,935.00867.00
MIN2,680.002,619.002,665.002,868.002,771.002,773.00919.00
MIA2,710.002,843.002,918.002,840.003,144.002,885.00902.00
JAX2,502.002,726.002,879.002,838.002,715.002,990.00977.00
LV2,906.002,866.003,125.002,833.002,702.002,703.00774.00
DEN2,399.003,227.002,642.002,806.002,833.003,005.00834.00
NO2,849.002,766.002,792.002,806.002,719.002,845.00830.00
TB2,511.002,737.002,654.002,801.003,124.003,084.00894.00
BAL2,911.003,002.003,051.002,780.003,003.002,897.00872.00
HOU2,593.002,575.002,539.002,730.002,824.002,933.00835.00
PIT2,557.002,591.003,105.002,705.002,826.002,828.00800.00
LAC2,886.002,961.002,818.002,677.002,996.003,296.00741.00
IND2,830.003,119.002,753.002,656.002,505.003,039.00866.00
SEA2,585.002,386.002,734.002,653.002,720.002,844.00753.00
NYG2,644.002,638.003,031.002,637.002,906.003,169.001,025.00
ATL2,780.002,770.003,117.002,628.003,021.002,871.00863.00
WAS2,591.003,021.002,986.002,618.003,176.003,028.00810.00
CLE2,978.003,021.003,074.002,592.002,700.002,678.00716.00
NE2,814.003,095.002,662.002,444.002,902.003,141.00902.00
NYJ2,420.002,594.002,571.002,413.003,031.002,686.00863.00

Time avg since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Ravens (2,923.00), 2019 Ravens (3,242.00), 2020 Packers (3,117.00), 2021 Packers (3,278.00), 2022 Packers (3,149.00), 2023 Cowboys (3,255.00).

Packers have led this stat 3 of 6 seasons.

The best season on record is Packers 2021 at 3,278.00; the worst Cardinals 2018 at 2,196.00.

The league average has risen from 2,624.47 in 2018 to 2,833.03 in 2023.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2023.

About this stat
Stat ID
off_drives_time_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.