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Offensive: Drive Averages · Time avg

OFF · Drive AveragesP + N
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Showing the 2025 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 2025 the Bills led at 3,352.00; the league average was 2,980.94.

League snapshot — 2025

League leader
BUF · 3,352.00
League average
2,980.94
Best to worst
674.00

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2025

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
BUF · 3,352.00
League laggard
CLE · 2,678.00
League average
2,980.94
Spread (max − min)
674.00

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 2025 vs 2024

Bills lead at 3,352.00 — they ranked #13 last year. Browns are last at 2,678.00 — #29 last year.

The league average is 2,980.94, up 60.63 from 2,920.31 last year.

Biggest riser: Panthers, #31 → #3. Biggest faller: Jets, #9 → #31.

Spread between first and last: 674.00; 23 teams are within 165.03 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2025 vs 2024

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
CAR · +562.00
Biggest faller
NYJ · −345.00
Most consistent
LV · +1.00
League trend 2025 vs 2024
▲ 60.63

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

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), 2024 Chiefs (3,216.00), 2025 Bills (3,352.00).

Packers have led this stat 3 of 8 seasons.

The best season on record is Bills 2025 at 3,352.00; the worst Cardinals 2018 at 2,196.00.

The league average has risen from 2,624.47 in 2018 to 2,980.94 in 2025.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2025.

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.