What Frtd is

Fumble recoveries returned for a touchdown. Rare, and mostly chance — the bounce of the ball decides who gets it.

Higher is better. It is shown per game, so a team's number does not depend on games played. Source: P + N.

In 2024 the Broncos led at 0.12; the league average was 0.03.

League snapshot — 2024

League leader

DEN · 0.12

League average

0.03

Best to worst

0.12

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2024

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

DEN · 0.12

League laggard

WAS · 0

League average

0.03

Spread (max − min)

0.12

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	DEN	0.12	0.09	100%
2	HOU	0.12	0.09	96.8%
3	SEA	0.12	0.09	93.5%
4	BUF	0.06	0.03	90.3%
5	CLE	0.06	0.03	87.1%
6	IND	0.06	0.03	83.9%
7	JAX	0.06	0.03	80.6%
8	KC	0.06	0.03	77.4%
9	MIN	0.06	0.03	74.2%
10	NE	0.06	0.03	71%
11	PIT	0.06	0.03	67.7%
12	TB	0.06	0.03	64.5%
13	ARI	0	-0.03	61.3%
14	ATL	0	-0.03	58.1%
15	BAL	0	-0.03	54.8%
16	CAR	0	-0.03	51.6%
17	CHI	0	-0.03	48.4%
18	CIN	0	-0.03	45.2%
19	DAL	0	-0.03	41.9%
20	DET	0	-0.03	38.7%
21	GB	0	-0.03	35.5%
22	LAC	0	-0.03	32.3%
23	LAR	0	-0.03	29%
24	LV	0	-0.03	25.8%
25	MIA	0	-0.03	22.6%
26	NO	0	-0.03	19.4%
27	NYG	0	-0.03	16.1%
28	NYJ	0	-0.03	12.9%
29	PHI	0	-0.03	9.7%
30	SF	0	-0.03	6.5%
31	TEN	0	-0.03	3.2%
32	WAS	0	-0.03	0%

Does Frtd 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, #157 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (140–114, 55.1%); its worst 2024 (129–134, 49.0%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	140–114–2	55.1%
2021	272	136–134–2	50.4%
2022	271	145–119–7	54.9%
2023	272	136–122–14	52.7%
2024	272	129–134–9	49.0%
2025	272	141–128–3	52.4%

Frtd in 2024 vs 2023

Broncos lead at 0.12 — they ranked #7 last year. Commanders are last at 0 — #32 last year.

The league average is 0.03, down 0.00 from 0.03 last year.

Biggest riser: Seahawks, #28 → #3. Biggest faller: Raiders, #2 → #24.

Spread between first and last: 0.12; 29 teams are within 0.04 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2024 vs 2023

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

SEA · +0.12

Biggest faller

LV · −0.12

Most consistent

ATL · 0

League trend 2024 vs 2023

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Rank	Team	2024	2023	Δ
1	SEA	0.12	0	+0.12
2	BUF	0.06	0	+0.06
3	DEN	0.12	0.06	+0.06
4	HOU	0.12	0.06	+0.06
5	JAX	0.06	0	+0.06
6	NE	0.06	0	+0.06
7	TB	0.06	0	+0.06
8	ATL	0	0	0
9	BAL	0	0	0
10	CAR	0	0	0
11	CHI	0	0	0
12	CIN	0	0	0
13	CLE	0.06	0.06	0
14	DET	0	0	0
15	IND	0.06	0.06	0
16	LAC	0	0	0
17	LAR	0	0	0
18	MIA	0	0	0
19	NYG	0	0	0
20	PIT	0.06	0.06	0
21	SF	0	0	0
22	TEN	0	0	0
23	WAS	0	0	0
24	ARI	0	0.06	−0.06
25	DAL	0	0.06	−0.06
26	GB	0	0.06	−0.06
27	KC	0.06	0.12	−0.06
28	MIN	0.06	0.12	−0.06
29	NO	0	0.06	−0.06
30	NYJ	0	0.06	−0.06
31	PHI	0	0.06	−0.06
32	LV	0	0.12	−0.12

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

NE · 0.07

Multi-year laggard

LAR · 0

Biggest improver

NO · +0.03/yr

Biggest decliner

MIA · −0.03/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	NE	0.07	+0.02	0.06	0	0.12	0	0.06	0.06	0.20
2	DAL	0.06	−0.02	0.13	0.06	0.18	0.06	0	0	0
3	NO	0.05	+0.03	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.12	0.20
4	MIA	0.05	−0.03	0.13	0.12	0.12	0	0	0	0
5	CLE	0.05	−0.00	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.06	0.06	0
6	ARI	0.05	+0.00	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0	0.12	0
7	HOU	0.05	+0.02	0	0	0	0.06	0.12	0.18	0
8	CIN	0.05	+0.01	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
9	PHI	0.04	−0.02	0.06	0.18	0	0.06	0	0	0
10	KC	0.04	−0.01	0	0.12	0	0.12	0.06	0	0
11	MIN	0.04	+0.00	0	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.06	0
12	SF	0.04	+0.02	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
13	BAL	0.04	−0.02	0.19	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
14	LV	0.03	−0.00	0	0	0.12	0.12	0	0	0
15	PIT	0.03	+0.01	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.12	0
16	SEA	0.03	+0.01	0	0	0	0	0.12	0.12	0
17	ATL	0.03	+0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.20
18	CAR	0.03	−0.02	0.13	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
19	BUF	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
20	NYG	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
21	DEN	0.03	+0.00	0	0	0	0.06	0.12	0	0
22	IND	0.03	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0
23	JAX	0.03	−0.00	0	0	0.12	0	0.06	0	0
24	GB	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
25	TEN	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
26	WAS	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
27	CHI	0.01	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	LAC	0.01	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
29	NYJ	0.01	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
30	TB	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
31	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	LAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Multi-year heatmap

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

Team	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
DEN	0	0	0	0.06	0.12	0	0
HOU	0	0	0	0.06	0.12	0.18	0
SEA	0	0	0	0	0.12	0.12	0
BUF	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
CLE	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.06	0.06	0
IND	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0
JAX	0	0	0.12	0	0.06	0	0
KC	0	0.12	0	0.12	0.06	0	0
MIN	0	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.06	0
NE	0.06	0	0.12	0	0.06	0.06	0.20
PIT	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.12	0
TB	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
ARI	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0	0.12	0
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.20
BAL	0.19	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
CAR	0.13	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
CHI	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
DAL	0.13	0.06	0.18	0.06	0	0	0
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GB	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
LV	0	0	0.12	0.12	0	0	0
LAC	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
LAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIA	0.13	0.12	0.12	0	0	0	0
NO	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.12	0.20
NYG	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
NYJ	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
PHI	0.06	0.18	0	0.06	0	0	0
SF	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
TEN	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
WAS	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0

Frtd since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Ravens (0.19), 2019 Ravens (0.25), 2020 Ravens (0.19), 2021 Eagles (0.18), 2022 Cowboys (0.18), 2023 Chiefs (0.12), 2024 Broncos (0.12).

Ravens have led this stat 3 of 7 seasons.

The best season on record is Ravens 2019 at 0.25; the worst Titans 2018 at 0.

The league average has fallen from 0.04 in 2018 to 0.03 in 2024.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2024.

About this stat

Stat ID: off_team_scoring_frtd
Side: offensive
Family: Scoring
Data source: P + N
Polarity: higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Stat-page only: this stat is not available in the Algorithm Builder.