What Fumble Rec TD is

Fumble recoveries returned for a touchdown. Rare events, and not repeatable year to year.

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

In 2022 the Cowboys led at 0.18; the league average was 0.05.

League snapshot — 2022

League leader

DAL · 0.18

League average

0.05

Best to worst

0.18

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	DAL	0.18	17
2	MIA	0.18	17
3	ARI	0.12	17
4	CAR	0.12	17
5	CLE	0.12	17
6	JAX	0.12	17
7	LV	0.12	17
8	NE	0.12	17
9	CIN	0.06	16
10	ATL	0.06	17
11	HOU	0.06	17
12	MIN	0.06	17
13	NYG	0.06	17
14	SF	0.06	17
15	TEN	0.06	17
16	WAS	0.06	17
17	BAL	0	17
18	BUF	0	16
19	CHI	0	17
20	DEN	0	17
21	DET	0	17
22	GB	0	17
23	IND	0	17
24	KC	0	17
25	LAC	0	17
26	LAR	0	17
27	NO	0	17
28	NYJ	0	17
29	PHI	0	17
30	PIT	0	17
31	SEA	0	17
32	TB	0	17

At a glance — 2022

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

DAL · 0.18

League laggard

TB · 0

League average

0.05

Spread (max − min)

0.18

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	DAL	0.18	0.13	100%
2	MIA	0.18	0.13	96.8%
3	ARI	0.12	0.07	93.5%
4	CAR	0.12	0.07	90.3%
5	CLE	0.12	0.07	87.1%
6	JAX	0.12	0.07	83.9%
7	LV	0.12	0.07	80.6%
8	NE	0.12	0.07	77.4%
9	CIN	0.06	0.01	74.2%
10	ATL	0.06	0.01	71%
11	HOU	0.06	0.01	67.7%
12	MIN	0.06	0.01	64.5%
13	NYG	0.06	0.01	61.3%
14	SF	0.06	0.01	58.1%
15	TEN	0.06	0.01	54.8%
16	WAS	0.06	0.01	51.6%
17	BAL	0	-0.05	48.4%
18	BUF	0	-0.05	45.2%
19	CHI	0	-0.05	41.9%
20	DEN	0	-0.05	38.7%
21	DET	0	-0.05	35.5%
22	GB	0	-0.05	32.3%
23	IND	0	-0.05	29%
24	KC	0	-0.05	25.8%
25	LAC	0	-0.05	22.6%
26	LAR	0	-0.05	19.4%
27	NO	0	-0.05	16.1%
28	NYJ	0	-0.05	12.9%
29	PHI	0	-0.05	9.7%
30	PIT	0	-0.05	6.5%
31	SEA	0	-0.05	3.2%
32	TB	0	-0.05	0%

Does Fumble Rec TD matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 830–748–37 ATS (52.6%) across 2020–2025, #149 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (140–114, 55.1%); its worst 2021 (135–135, 50.0%).

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	135–135–2	50.0%
2022	271	143–121–7	54.2%
2023	272	134–124–14	51.9%
2024	272	135–128–9	51.3%
2025	272	143–126–3	53.2%

Fumble Rec TD in 2022 vs 2021

Cowboys lead at 0.18 — they ranked #10 last year. Buccaneers are last at 0 — #31 last year.

The league average is 0.05, up 0.01 from 0.03 last year.

Biggest riser: Patriots, #24 → #8. Biggest faller: Eagles, #1 → #29.

Spread between first and last: 0.18; 24 teams are within 0.06 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2022 vs 2021

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

DAL · +0.12

Biggest faller

PHI · −0.18

Most consistent

BUF · 0

League trend 2022 vs 2021

▲ 0.01

Rank	Team	2022	2021	Δ
1	DAL	0.18	0.06	+0.12
2	CAR	0.12	0	+0.12
3	LV	0.12	0	+0.12
4	NE	0.12	0	+0.12
5	MIA	0.18	0.12	+0.06
6	ARI	0.12	0.06	+0.06
7	ATL	0.06	0	+0.06
8	CLE	0.12	0.06	+0.06
9	HOU	0.06	0	+0.06
10	JAX	0.12	0.06	+0.06
11	MIN	0.06	0	+0.06
12	NYG	0.06	0	+0.06
13	SF	0.06	0	+0.06
14	WAS	0.06	0	+0.06
15	CIN	0.06	0.06	+0.00
16	BUF	0	0	0
17	DEN	0	0	0
18	DET	0	0	0
19	GB	0	0	0
20	LAR	0	0	0
21	NO	0	0	0
22	NYJ	0	0	0
23	PIT	0	0	0
24	SEA	0	0	0
25	TB	0	0	0
26	BAL	0	0.06	−0.06
27	CHI	0	0.06	−0.06
28	IND	0	0.06	−0.06
29	LAC	0	0.06	−0.06
30	TEN	0.06	0.12	−0.06
31	KC	0	0.12	−0.12
32	PHI	0	0.18	−0.18

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

NE · 0.08

Multi-year laggard

DET · 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	0.08	+0.02	0.06	0	0.12	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.20
2	ARI	0.07	+0.00	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.12	0.12	0
3	HOU	0.07	+0.02	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.12	0.24	0
4	DAL	0.06	−0.02	0.13	0.06	0.18	0.06	0	0	0
5	MIA	0.06	−0.03	0.13	0.12	0.18	0	0	0	0
6	NO	0.05	+0.03	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.12	0.20
7	BAL	0.05	−0.02	0.19	0.06	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
8	PHI	0.05	−0.03	0.13	0.18	0	0.06	0	0	0
9	TEN	0.05	−0.02	0.13	0.12	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
10	CLE	0.05	−0.00	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.06	0.06	0
11	CIN	0.05	+0.01	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
12	ATL	0.05	+0.02	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.20
13	CAR	0.04	−0.02	0.19	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
14	KC	0.04	−0.01	0	0.12	0	0.12	0.06	0	0
15	MIN	0.04	+0.00	0	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.06	0
16	SF	0.04	+0.02	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
17	JAX	0.03	−0.01	0	0.06	0.12	0	0.06	0	0
18	LV	0.03	−0.00	0	0	0.12	0.12	0	0	0
19	PIT	0.03	+0.01	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.12	0
20	SEA	0.03	+0.01	0	0	0	0	0.12	0.12	0
21	BUF	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
22	NYG	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
23	WAS	0.03	−0.01	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0
24	DEN	0.03	+0.00	0	0	0	0.06	0.12	0	0
25	IND	0.03	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0
26	CHI	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
27	GB	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
28	LAR	0.02	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
29	LAC	0.01	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
30	NYJ	0.01	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
31	TB	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
32	DET	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
DAL	0.13	0.06	0.18	0.06	0	0	0
MIA	0.13	0.12	0.18	0	0	0	0
ARI	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.12	0.12	0
CAR	0.19	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
CLE	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.06	0.06	0
JAX	0	0.06	0.12	0	0.06	0	0
LV	0	0	0.12	0.12	0	0	0
NE	0.06	0	0.12	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.20
CIN	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
ATL	0	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.20
HOU	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.12	0.24	0
MIN	0	0	0.06	0.12	0.06	0.06	0
NYG	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
SF	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
TEN	0.13	0.12	0.06	0	0	0.06	0
WAS	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0
BAL	0.19	0.06	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
BUF	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
CHI	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
DEN	0	0	0	0.06	0.12	0	0
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GB	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
IND	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0
KC	0	0.12	0	0.12	0.06	0	0
LAC	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
LAR	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
NO	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.12	0.20
NYJ	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
PHI	0.13	0.18	0	0.06	0	0	0
PIT	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.12	0
SEA	0	0	0	0	0.12	0.12	0
TB	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0

Fumble Rec TD 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).

Ravens have led this stat 3 of 5 seasons.

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

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2022.

About this stat

Stat ID: off_team_stats_fum_rec_tds
Side: offensive
Family: Team Stats
Data source: P + N
Polarity: higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.