Offensive: Passing · NY/A

OFF · PassingP + N
About this stat ↓

What NY/A is

Net yards per attempt: passing yards minus sack yards lost, divided by pass attempts plus sacks. It is yards per attempt with the cost of sacks priced in, which makes it a truer read of passing efficiency — a quarterback who takes sacks instead of throwing the ball away gets charged for them here.

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

In 2020 the Packers led at 7.23; the league average was 6.05.

League snapshot — 2020

League leader
GB · 7.23
League average
6.05
Best to worst
2.70

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2020

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
GB · 7.23
League laggard
PHI · 4.53
League average
6.05
Spread (max − min)
2.70

Does NY/A matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 872–706–37 ATS (55.3%) across 2020–2025, #68 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2025 (158–111, 58.7%); its worst 2022 (143–121, 54.2%).

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

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256140–114–255.1%
2021272147–123–254.4%
2022271143–121–754.2%
2023272141–117–1454.7%
2024272143–120–954.4%
2025272158–111–358.7%

NY/A in 2020 vs 2019

Packers lead at 7.23 — they ranked #17 last year. Eagles are last at 4.53 — #19 last year.

The league average is 6.05, up 0.16 from 5.89 last year.

Biggest riser: Bills, #21 → #3. Biggest faller: Cowboys, #1 → #23.

Spread between first and last: 2.70; 18 teams are within 0.74 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2020 vs 2019

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
BUF · +1.67
Biggest faller
DAL · −1.66
Most consistent
CIN · −0.02
League trend 2020 vs 2019
▲ 0.16

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
SF · 7.07
Multi-year laggard
NYJ · 4.77
Biggest improver
BAL · +0.26/yr
Biggest decliner
TEN · −0.32/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
GB7.236.535.776.167.226.596.58
KC7.136.547.176.065.535.347.09
BUF7.106.016.446.587.066.317.40
HOU6.985.205.076.045.205.716.12
LV6.946.425.975.295.144.426.37
TB6.886.725.735.856.515.474.69
IND6.805.714.725.555.806.344.97
TEN6.795.435.254.925.214.144.65
MIN6.666.355.826.006.254.664.88
NO6.475.476.265.885.555.405.18
CLE6.395.355.475.164.384.244.77
LAR6.266.914.796.196.207.086.57
CAR6.234.595.653.825.135.186.58
LAC6.206.455.805.506.045.244.62
SF6.197.256.727.846.996.577.93
ARI6.176.364.754.876.035.144.68
DET6.135.366.726.547.246.526.56
ATL6.125.675.505.756.515.876.21
SEA5.965.835.905.985.717.226.57
MIA5.915.236.887.175.485.504.83
BAL5.825.415.386.307.665.817.18
PIT5.815.075.255.455.455.605.20
DAL5.716.696.116.315.396.576.54
NE5.616.505.654.694.707.116.81
DEN5.525.765.155.265.835.735.19
CHI5.314.844.465.034.336.115.65
JAX5.205.116.025.845.645.846.73
CIN5.096.596.035.446.195.596.28
WAS4.925.385.284.855.835.725.10
NYG4.874.765.074.184.665.565.16
NYJ4.764.965.243.995.363.855.25
PHI4.536.086.575.975.935.804.71

NY/A since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Chiefs (7.79), 2019 Cowboys (7.37), 2020 Packers (7.23).

The best season on record is Chiefs 2018 at 7.79; the worst Cardinals 2018 at 4.20.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2020.

About this stat
Stat ID
off_passing_pass_net_yds_per_att
Side
offensive
Family
Passing
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.