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 2020 the Texans led at 0.40; the league average was 0.35.

League snapshot — 2020

League leader

HOU · 0.40

League average

0.35

Best to worst

0.10

All 32 teams, higher is better.

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

At a glance — 2020

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

HOU · 0.40

League laggard

NYJ · 0.30

League average

0.35

Spread (max − min)

0.10

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

Yds per play offense in 2020 vs 2019

Texans lead at 0.40 — they ranked #12 last year. Jets are last at 0.30 — #32 last year.

The league average is 0.35, up 0.01 from 0.35 last year.

Biggest riser: Bills, #21 → #4. Biggest faller: Cowboys, #1 → #23.

Spread between first and last: 0.10; 19 teams are within 0.03 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2020 vs 2019

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

BUF · +0.06

Biggest faller

DAL · −0.07

Most consistent

CIN · −0.00

League trend 2020 vs 2019

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Rank	Team	2020	2019	Δ
1	BUF	0.39	0.33	+0.06
2	GB	0.40	0.35	+0.06
3	IND	0.37	0.33	+0.05
4	HOU	0.40	0.36	+0.04
5	CAR	0.36	0.32	+0.04
6	MIA	0.34	0.31	+0.03
7	CHI	0.32	0.29	+0.03
8	PIT	0.33	0.30	+0.03
9	TB	0.39	0.37	+0.02
10	CLE	0.37	0.35	+0.02
11	MIN	0.38	0.37	+0.02
12	ARI	0.36	0.35	+0.01
13	DET	0.36	0.34	+0.01
14	DEN	0.33	0.32	+0.01
15	NE	0.34	0.33	+0.01
16	NYJ	0.30	0.29	+0.01
17	KC	0.40	0.39	+0.00
18	SEA	0.37	0.36	+0.00
19	LV	0.37	0.37	+0.00
20	CIN	0.31	0.31	−0.00
21	ATL	0.34	0.35	−0.00
22	TEN	0.39	0.39	−0.00
23	LAR	0.35	0.36	−0.01
24	WAS	0.30	0.31	−0.01
25	JAX	0.33	0.34	−0.01
26	NO	0.37	0.38	−0.01
27	PHI	0.31	0.33	−0.02
28	NYG	0.32	0.33	−0.02
29	BAL	0.37	0.39	−0.02
30	SF	0.36	0.38	−0.03
31	LAC	0.34	0.37	−0.03
32	DAL	0.33	0.41	−0.07

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

Yds per play offense since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Chiefs (0.43), 2019 Cowboys (0.41), 2020 Texans (0.40).

The best season on record is Chiefs 2018 at 0.43; the worst Cardinals 2018 at 0.27.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2020.

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.