What Special Teams TD is

Touchdowns scored by special teams — kickoff and punt returns, blocked kicks, fakes. Rare, and each one swings a game.

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

In 2018 the Dolphins led at 0.13; the league average was 0.03.

League snapshot — 2018

League leader

MIA · 0.13

League average

0.03

Best to worst

0.13

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

MIA · 0.13

League laggard

WAS · 0

League average

0.03

Spread (max − min)

0.13

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	MIA	0.13	0.09	100%
2	NE	0.13	0.09	96.8%
3	NYJ	0.13	0.09	93.5%
4	ARI	0.06	0.03	90.3%
5	BAL	0.06	0.03	87.1%
6	GB	0.06	0.03	83.9%
7	JAX	0.06	0.03	80.6%
8	KC	0.06	0.03	77.4%
9	LAC	0.06	0.03	74.2%
10	LAR	0.06	0.03	71%
11	LV	0.06	0.03	67.7%
12	SF	0.06	0.03	64.5%
13	TEN	0.06	0.03	61.3%
14	ATL	0	-0.03	58.1%
15	BUF	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	CLE	0	-0.03	41.9%
20	DAL	0	-0.03	38.7%
21	DEN	0	-0.03	35.5%
22	DET	0	-0.03	32.3%
23	HOU	0	-0.03	29%
24	IND	0	-0.03	25.8%
25	MIN	0	-0.03	22.6%
26	NO	0	-0.03	19.4%
27	NYG	0	-0.03	16.1%
28	PHI	0	-0.03	12.9%
29	PIT	0	-0.03	9.7%
30	SEA	0	-0.03	6.5%
31	TB	0	-0.03	3.2%
32	WAS	0	-0.03	0%

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 787–791–37 ATS (49.9%) across 2020–2025, #251 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (142–122, 53.8%); its worst 2023 (115–143, 44.6%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	126–128–2	49.6%
2021	272	138–132–2	51.1%
2022	271	142–122–7	53.8%
2023	272	115–143–14	44.6%
2024	272	122–141–9	46.4%
2025	272	144–125–3	53.5%

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

DAL · 0.08

Multi-year laggard

LV · 0

Biggest improver

NYJ · +0.01/yr

Biggest decliner

IND · −0.02/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	DAL	0.08	−0.01	0.06	0.18	0	0.06	0.18	0.06	0
2	NYJ	0.07	+0.01	0	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.24	0
3	NE	0.06	−0.00	0.13	0	0.06	0.06	0	0.18	0
4	JAX	0.06	−0.01	0.13	0.12	0	0	0.06	0.12	0
5	SEA	0.06	+0.01	0	0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0.24	0
6	MIN	0.05	+0.01	0	0.12	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
7	IND	0.05	−0.02	0.13	0.12	0.06	0.06	0	0	0
8	BUF	0.04	−0.01	0.06	0	0.13	0.06	0	0.06	0
9	CHI	0.03	−0.01	0.06	0.06	0	0	0.12	0	0
10	CIN	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.06	0
11	DET	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0
12	MIA	0.03	−0.01	0.06	0.06	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
13	NYG	0.03	+0.01	0	0	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0
14	BAL	0.03	−0.01	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0
15	DEN	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0
16	PHI	0.03	+0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0	0.12	0
17	TEN	0.03	+0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0	0.12	0
18	HOU	0.03	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0.12	0	0	0
19	LAR	0.03	+0.00	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
20	WAS	0.03	+0.00	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.12	0
21	KC	0.02	−0.01	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	ATL	0.02	−0.00	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
23	CAR	0.02	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0
24	CLE	0.02	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0
25	LAC	0.02	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0
26	NO	0.02	+0.00	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0	0
27	PIT	0.02	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0
28	ARI	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
29	GB	0.01	−0.00	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
30	SF	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
31	TB	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
32	LV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

How the 32 teams cluster for 2018.

About this stat

Stat ID: off_team_scoring_special_teams_tds
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.