What Yds per play offense is

Yards per play: total yards divided by offensive plays. Efficiency rather than volume — it survives differences in tempo and in how often a team has the ball, which total yards do not.

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 Chiefs led at 0.43; the league average was 0.35.

League snapshot — 2018

League leader

KC · 0.43

League average

0.35

Best to worst

0.16

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	KC	0.43	16
2	LAR	0.40	16
3	LAC	0.40	16
4	TB	0.40	16
5	ATL	0.39	16
6	PIT	0.39	16
7	NO	0.38	16
8	CAR	0.37	16
9	NE	0.37	16
10	IND	0.37	16
11	SF	0.36	16
12	CLE	0.36	16
13	NYG	0.36	16
14	GB	0.36	16
15	SEA	0.36	16
16	PHI	0.36	16
17	HOU	0.35	16
18	DEN	0.35	16
19	MIN	0.35	16
20	CHI	0.34	16
21	LV	0.34	16
22	DAL	0.34	16
23	BAL	0.34	16
24	TEN	0.34	16
25	MIA	0.33	16
26	CIN	0.33	16
27	DET	0.32	16
28	WAS	0.31	16
29	NYJ	0.31	16
30	JAX	0.30	16
31	BUF	0.30	16
32	ARI	0.27	16

At a glance — 2018

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

KC · 0.43

League laggard

ARI · 0.27

League average

0.35

Spread (max − min)

0.16

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	KC	0.43	0.08	100%
2	LAR	0.40	0.05	96.8%
3	LAC	0.40	0.04	93.5%
4	TB	0.40	0.04	90.3%
5	ATL	0.39	0.03	87.1%
6	PIT	0.39	0.03	83.9%
7	NO	0.38	0.03	80.6%
8	CAR	0.37	0.02	77.4%
9	NE	0.37	0.02	74.2%
10	IND	0.37	0.02	71%
11	SF	0.36	0.01	67.7%
12	CLE	0.36	0.01	64.5%
13	NYG	0.36	0.01	61.3%
14	GB	0.36	0.01	58.1%
15	SEA	0.36	0.00	54.8%
16	PHI	0.36	0.00	51.6%
17	HOU	0.35	0.00	48.4%
18	DEN	0.35	-0.01	45.2%
19	MIN	0.35	-0.01	41.9%
20	CHI	0.34	-0.01	38.7%
21	LV	0.34	-0.01	35.5%
22	DAL	0.34	-0.01	32.3%
23	BAL	0.34	-0.02	29%
24	TEN	0.34	-0.02	25.8%
25	MIA	0.33	-0.02	22.6%
26	CIN	0.33	-0.02	19.4%
27	DET	0.32	-0.03	16.1%
28	WAS	0.31	-0.04	12.9%
29	NYJ	0.31	-0.04	9.7%
30	JAX	0.30	-0.05	6.5%
31	BUF	0.30	-0.06	3.2%
32	ARI	0.27	-0.08	0%

Does Yds per play offense matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 857–721–37 ATS (54.3%) across 2020–2025, #87 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (144–110, 56.7%); its worst 2024 (139–124, 52.9%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	144–110–2	56.7%
2021	272	145–125–2	53.7%
2022	271	146–118–7	55.3%
2023	272	140–118–14	54.3%
2024	272	139–124–9	52.9%
2025	272	143–126–3	53.2%

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

KC · 0.53

Multi-year laggard

NYJ · 0.39

Biggest improver

KC · +0.13/yr

Biggest decliner

TEN · +0.05/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	KC	0.53	+0.13	0.40	0.36	0.38	0.33	0.31	0.31	1.65
2	BUF	0.50	+0.10	0.39	0.34	0.39	0.34	0.36	0.35	1.35
3	SF	0.50	+0.10	0.36	0.36	0.35	0.40	0.37	0.33	1.32
4	BAL	0.49	+0.10	0.37	0.32	0.33	0.35	0.41	0.35	1.30
5	CAR	0.47	+0.13	0.36	0.27	0.32	0.24	0.30	0.30	1.53
6	DET	0.47	+0.09	0.36	0.31	0.35	0.35	0.37	0.36	1.19
7	GB	0.46	+0.08	0.40	0.35	0.33	0.33	0.36	0.33	1.14
8	LAR	0.46	+0.10	0.35	0.36	0.28	0.33	0.32	0.37	1.22
9	SEA	0.45	+0.08	0.37	0.34	0.34	0.33	0.33	0.35	1.12
10	DAL	0.45	+0.09	0.33	0.36	0.32	0.34	0.30	0.36	1.14
11	ATL	0.45	+0.09	0.34	0.30	0.32	0.31	0.34	0.32	1.18
12	NE	0.45	+0.09	0.34	0.34	0.32	0.27	0.29	0.37	1.19
13	CIN	0.44	+0.08	0.31	0.35	0.35	0.31	0.34	0.31	1.11
14	JAX	0.44	+0.09	0.33	0.30	0.34	0.31	0.31	0.31	1.16
15	TB	0.43	+0.07	0.39	0.36	0.30	0.30	0.37	0.30	1.02
16	MIA	0.43	+0.07	0.34	0.28	0.37	0.39	0.30	0.32	1.02
17	HOU	0.43	+0.08	0.40	0.28	0.28	0.32	0.31	0.30	1.10
18	MIN	0.42	+0.06	0.38	0.34	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.29	0.95
19	LV	0.42	+0.07	0.37	0.34	0.34	0.29	0.29	0.26	1.06
20	CHI	0.42	+0.08	0.32	0.29	0.31	0.30	0.27	0.34	1.09
21	PIT	0.41	+0.08	0.33	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30	0.31	1.07
22	LAC	0.41	+0.06	0.34	0.35	0.32	0.30	0.32	0.31	0.95
23	WAS	0.41	+0.08	0.30	0.30	0.29	0.30	0.34	0.33	1.03
24	PHI	0.41	+0.06	0.31	0.34	0.35	0.32	0.34	0.31	0.91
25	IND	0.41	+0.06	0.37	0.33	0.28	0.31	0.32	0.34	0.92
26	NO	0.41	+0.06	0.37	0.29	0.33	0.31	0.31	0.29	0.96
27	ARI	0.41	+0.06	0.36	0.34	0.28	0.30	0.35	0.30	0.92
28	DEN	0.40	+0.07	0.33	0.32	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.32	0.94
29	CLE	0.40	+0.06	0.37	0.33	0.32	0.28	0.27	0.25	0.95
30	TEN	0.39	+0.05	0.39	0.31	0.30	0.29	0.30	0.26	0.90
31	NYG	0.39	+0.07	0.32	0.28	0.31	0.27	0.28	0.31	0.95
32	NYJ	0.39	+0.07	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.26	0.31	0.26	0.98

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
KC	0.40	0.36	0.38	0.33	0.31	0.31	1.65
CAR	0.36	0.27	0.32	0.24	0.30	0.30	1.53
BUF	0.39	0.34	0.39	0.34	0.36	0.35	1.35
SF	0.36	0.36	0.35	0.40	0.37	0.33	1.32
BAL	0.37	0.32	0.33	0.35	0.41	0.35	1.30
LAR	0.35	0.36	0.28	0.33	0.32	0.37	1.22
DET	0.36	0.31	0.35	0.35	0.37	0.36	1.19
NE	0.34	0.34	0.32	0.27	0.29	0.37	1.19
ATL	0.34	0.30	0.32	0.31	0.34	0.32	1.18
JAX	0.33	0.30	0.34	0.31	0.31	0.31	1.16
DAL	0.33	0.36	0.32	0.34	0.30	0.36	1.14
GB	0.40	0.35	0.33	0.33	0.36	0.33	1.14
SEA	0.37	0.34	0.34	0.33	0.33	0.35	1.12
CIN	0.31	0.35	0.35	0.31	0.34	0.31	1.11
HOU	0.40	0.28	0.28	0.32	0.31	0.30	1.10
CHI	0.32	0.29	0.31	0.30	0.27	0.34	1.09
PIT	0.33	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30	0.31	1.07
LV	0.37	0.34	0.34	0.29	0.29	0.26	1.06
WAS	0.30	0.30	0.29	0.30	0.34	0.33	1.03
MIA	0.34	0.28	0.37	0.39	0.30	0.32	1.02
TB	0.39	0.36	0.30	0.30	0.37	0.30	1.02
NYJ	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.26	0.31	0.26	0.98
NO	0.37	0.29	0.33	0.31	0.31	0.29	0.96
NYG	0.32	0.28	0.31	0.27	0.28	0.31	0.95
LAC	0.34	0.35	0.32	0.30	0.32	0.31	0.95
MIN	0.38	0.34	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.29	0.95
CLE	0.37	0.33	0.32	0.28	0.27	0.25	0.95
DEN	0.33	0.32	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.32	0.94
IND	0.37	0.33	0.28	0.31	0.32	0.34	0.92
ARI	0.36	0.34	0.28	0.30	0.35	0.30	0.92
PHI	0.31	0.34	0.35	0.32	0.34	0.31	0.91
TEN	0.39	0.31	0.30	0.29	0.30	0.26	0.90

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2018.

About this stat

Stat ID: off_team_stats_yds_per_play_offense
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.