What Fumbles lost is

Fumbles lost: fumbles by the offense that the defense recovered. Noisier than most stats, because who recovers a loose ball is close to a coin flip.

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

In 2021 the Cardinals led at 0.18; the league average was 0.49.

League snapshot — 2021

League leader

ARI · 0.18

League average

0.49

Best to worst

0.59

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	ARI	0.18	17
2	CIN	0.29	17
3	LAR	0.29	17
4	NO	0.29	17
5	GB	0.35	17
6	PHI	0.35	17
7	SEA	0.35	17
8	LAC	0.41	17
9	MIN	0.41	17
10	NYJ	0.41	17
11	BAL	0.47	17
12	BUF	0.47	17
13	CAR	0.47	17
14	DAL	0.47	17
15	DEN	0.47	17
16	HOU	0.47	17
17	PIT	0.47	17
18	TB	0.47	17
19	CHI	0.53	17
20	CLE	0.53	17
21	DET	0.53	17
22	IND	0.53	17
23	NE	0.53	17
24	WAS	0.53	17
25	MIA	0.59	17
26	NYG	0.59	17
27	ATL	0.65	17
28	JAX	0.65	17
29	TEN	0.65	17
30	LV	0.71	17
31	KC	0.76	17
32	SF	0.76	17

At a glance — 2021

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

ARI · 0.18

League laggard

KC · 0.76

League average

0.49

Spread (max − min)

0.59

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	ARI	0.18	-0.31	100%
2	CIN	0.29	-0.19	96.8%
3	LAR	0.29	-0.19	93.5%
4	NO	0.29	-0.19	90.3%
5	GB	0.35	-0.14	87.1%
6	PHI	0.35	-0.14	83.9%
7	SEA	0.35	-0.14	80.6%
8	LAC	0.41	-0.08	77.4%
9	MIN	0.41	-0.08	74.2%
10	NYJ	0.41	-0.08	71%
11	BAL	0.47	-0.02	67.7%
12	BUF	0.47	-0.02	64.5%
13	CAR	0.47	-0.02	61.3%
14	DAL	0.47	-0.02	58.1%
15	DEN	0.47	-0.02	54.8%
16	HOU	0.47	-0.02	51.6%
17	PIT	0.47	-0.02	48.4%
18	TB	0.47	-0.02	45.2%
19	CHI	0.53	0.04	41.9%
20	CLE	0.53	0.04	38.7%
21	DET	0.53	0.04	35.5%
22	IND	0.53	0.04	32.3%
23	NE	0.53	0.04	29%
24	WAS	0.53	0.04	25.8%
25	MIA	0.59	0.10	22.6%
26	NYG	0.59	0.10	19.4%
27	ATL	0.65	0.16	16.1%
28	JAX	0.65	0.16	12.9%
29	TEN	0.65	0.16	9.7%
30	LV	0.71	0.22	6.5%
31	KC	0.76	0.28	3.2%
32	SF	0.76	0.28	0%

Does Fumbles lost matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 812–766–37 ATS (51.5%) across 2020–2025, #208 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2022 (156–108, 59.1%); its worst 2021 (129–141, 47.8%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	131–123–2	51.6%
2021	272	129–141–2	47.8%
2022	271	156–108–7	59.1%
2023	272	128–130–14	49.6%
2024	272	136–127–9	51.7%
2025	272	132–137–3	49.1%

Fumbles lost in 2021 vs 2020

Cardinals lead at 0.18 — they ranked #22 last year. 49ers are last at 0.76 — #29 last year.

The league average is 0.49, down 0.04 from 0.53 last year.

Biggest riser: Bengals, #27 → #2. Biggest faller: Titans, #7 → #29.

Spread between first and last: 0.59; 19 teams are within 0.14 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2021 vs 2020

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

TEN · +0.33

Biggest faller

CIN · −0.46

Most consistent

SF · +0.01

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▼ -0.04

Rank	Team	2021	2020	Δ
1	TEN	0.65	0.31	+0.33
2	IND	0.53	0.25	+0.28
3	KC	0.76	0.50	+0.26
4	NE	0.53	0.31	+0.22
5	ATL	0.65	0.44	+0.21
6	TB	0.47	0.31	+0.16
7	MIA	0.59	0.44	+0.15
8	NYJ	0.41	0.31	+0.10
9	PIT	0.47	0.38	+0.10
10	CHI	0.53	0.44	+0.09
11	DET	0.53	0.44	+0.09
12	JAX	0.65	0.56	+0.08
13	GB	0.35	0.31	+0.04
14	SEA	0.35	0.31	+0.04
15	LAC	0.41	0.38	+0.04
16	CAR	0.47	0.44	+0.03
17	CLE	0.53	0.50	+0.03
18	WAS	0.53	0.50	+0.03
19	SF	0.76	0.75	+0.01
20	BAL	0.47	0.50	−0.03
21	HOU	0.47	0.56	−0.09
22	BUF	0.47	0.63	−0.15
23	DEN	0.47	0.63	−0.15
24	NYG	0.59	0.81	−0.22
25	LAR	0.29	0.56	−0.27
26	PHI	0.35	0.63	−0.27
27	NO	0.29	0.63	−0.33
28	MIN	0.41	0.75	−0.34
29	LV	0.71	1.06	−0.36
30	DAL	0.47	0.88	−0.40
31	ARI	0.18	0.63	−0.45
32	CIN	0.29	0.75	−0.46

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

KC · 0.37

Multi-year laggard

CLE · 0.62

Biggest improver

KC · −0.10/yr

Biggest decliner

SEA · +0.11/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	KC	0.37	−0.10	0.50	0.76	0.41	0.53	0.24	0.18	0
2	LAR	0.40	−0.02	0.56	0.29	0.53	0.24	0.35	0.41	0.40
3	DET	0.42	−0.05	0.44	0.53	0.53	0.65	0.18	0.41	0.20
4	ARI	0.43	−0.01	0.63	0.18	0.41	0.41	0.59	0.59	0.20
5	GB	0.43	+0.04	0.31	0.35	0.47	0.35	0.53	0.41	0.60
6	CIN	0.44	−0.02	0.75	0.29	0.31	0.18	0.71	0.41	0.40
7	HOU	0.46	−0.04	0.56	0.47	0.59	0.47	0.47	0.24	0.40
8	PIT	0.46	+0.04	0.38	0.47	0.24	0.35	0.82	0.35	0.60
9	CAR	0.48	−0.01	0.44	0.47	0.41	0.65	0.47	0.65	0.25
10	WAS	0.48	−0.04	0.50	0.53	0.59	0.65	0.29	0.59	0.20
11	PHI	0.49	−0.05	0.63	0.35	0.59	0.76	0.47	0.41	0.20
12	DEN	0.51	−0.04	0.63	0.47	0.53	0.82	0.47	0.24	0.40
13	TB	0.51	+0.04	0.31	0.47	0.65	0.47	0.53	0.35	0.80
14	DAL	0.53	−0.02	0.88	0.47	0.24	0.29	0.82	0.59	0.40
15	SEA	0.53	+0.11	0.31	0.35	0.65	0.18	0.35	0.65	1.20
16	ATL	0.53	−0.01	0.44	0.65	0.59	0.65	0.35	0.65	0.40
17	MIA	0.55	+0.03	0.44	0.59	0.35	0.65	0.59	0.41	0.80
18	BAL	0.55	−0.00	0.50	0.47	0.53	0.88	0.41	0.65	0.40
19	JAX	0.55	−0.09	0.56	0.65	0.76	1	0.53	0.35	0
20	SF	0.56	−0.06	0.75	0.76	0.59	0.41	0.59	0.41	0.40
21	LAC	0.57	+0.05	0.38	0.41	0.65	0.82	0.29	0.41	1
22	NYJ	0.57	+0.04	0.31	0.41	0.53	1.06	0.41	0.65	0.60
23	CHI	0.57	+0.06	0.44	0.53	0.59	0.53	0.47	0.24	1.20
24	LV	0.57	−0.06	1.06	0.71	0.24	0.41	0.76	0.24	0.60
25	MIN	0.58	−0.04	0.75	0.41	0.59	0.88	0.53	0.47	0.40
26	IND	0.58	+0.04	0.25	0.53	0.88	0.53	0.59	0.47	0.80
27	NYG	0.58	−0.01	0.81	0.59	0.53	0.35	0.59	0.41	0.80
28	BUF	0.58	+0.02	0.63	0.47	0.81	0.53	0.18	0.47	1
29	NE	0.59	+0.05	0.31	0.53	0.71	0.53	0.76	0.47	0.80
30	TEN	0.59	+0.07	0.31	0.65	0.53	0.35	0.71	0.76	0.80
31	NO	0.59	+0.07	0.63	0.29	0.65	0.41	0.29	0.65	1.20
32	CLE	0.62	+0.05	0.50	0.53	0.53	0.82	0.53	0.41	1

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
ARI	0.63	0.18	0.41	0.41	0.59	0.59	0.20
CIN	0.75	0.29	0.31	0.18	0.71	0.41	0.40
LAR	0.56	0.29	0.53	0.24	0.35	0.41	0.40
NO	0.63	0.29	0.65	0.41	0.29	0.65	1.20
GB	0.31	0.35	0.47	0.35	0.53	0.41	0.60
PHI	0.63	0.35	0.59	0.76	0.47	0.41	0.20
SEA	0.31	0.35	0.65	0.18	0.35	0.65	1.20
LAC	0.38	0.41	0.65	0.82	0.29	0.41	1
MIN	0.75	0.41	0.59	0.88	0.53	0.47	0.40
NYJ	0.31	0.41	0.53	1.06	0.41	0.65	0.60
BAL	0.50	0.47	0.53	0.88	0.41	0.65	0.40
BUF	0.63	0.47	0.81	0.53	0.18	0.47	1
CAR	0.44	0.47	0.41	0.65	0.47	0.65	0.25
DAL	0.88	0.47	0.24	0.29	0.82	0.59	0.40
DEN	0.63	0.47	0.53	0.82	0.47	0.24	0.40
HOU	0.56	0.47	0.59	0.47	0.47	0.24	0.40
PIT	0.38	0.47	0.24	0.35	0.82	0.35	0.60
TB	0.31	0.47	0.65	0.47	0.53	0.35	0.80
CHI	0.44	0.53	0.59	0.53	0.47	0.24	1.20
CLE	0.50	0.53	0.53	0.82	0.53	0.41	1
DET	0.44	0.53	0.53	0.65	0.18	0.41	0.20
IND	0.25	0.53	0.88	0.53	0.59	0.47	0.80
NE	0.31	0.53	0.71	0.53	0.76	0.47	0.80
WAS	0.50	0.53	0.59	0.65	0.29	0.59	0.20
MIA	0.44	0.59	0.35	0.65	0.59	0.41	0.80
NYG	0.81	0.59	0.53	0.35	0.59	0.41	0.80
ATL	0.44	0.65	0.59	0.65	0.35	0.65	0.40
JAX	0.56	0.65	0.76	1	0.53	0.35	0
TEN	0.31	0.65	0.53	0.35	0.71	0.76	0.80
LV	1.06	0.71	0.24	0.41	0.76	0.24	0.60
KC	0.50	0.76	0.41	0.53	0.24	0.18	0
SF	0.75	0.76	0.59	0.41	0.59	0.41	0.40

Fumbles lost since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Bengals (0.19), 2019 Saints (0.13), 2020 Colts (0.25), 2021 Cardinals (0.18).

The best season on record is Saints 2019 at 0.13; the worst Jaguars 2018 at 1.06.

The league average has fallen from 0.54 in 2018 to 0.49 in 2021.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.

About this stat

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