Pittsburgh Steelers — Yds per play offense, 2026

Value1.07
Rank#17 of 32
League average1.10
Rank in 2025#18 of 32

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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.

Through Week 6 of 2026, the Chiefs lead at 1.65; the league average is 1.10.

League snapshot — 2026

League leader

KC · 1.65

League average

1.10

Best to worst

0.76

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2026

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

KC · 1.65

League laggard

TEN · 0.90

League average

1.10

Spread (max − min)

0.76

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	KC	1.65	0.55	100%
2	CAR	1.53	0.43	96.8%
3	BUF	1.35	0.25	93.5%
4	SF	1.32	0.21	90.3%
5	BAL	1.30	0.19	87.1%
6	LAR	1.22	0.12	83.9%
7	DET	1.19	0.09	80.6%
8	NE	1.19	0.09	77.4%
9	ATL	1.18	0.07	74.2%
10	JAX	1.16	0.06	71%
11	DAL	1.14	0.04	67.7%
12	GB	1.14	0.04	64.5%
13	SEA	1.12	0.01	61.3%
14	CIN	1.11	0.01	58.1%
15	HOU	1.10	-0.01	54.8%
16	CHI	1.09	-0.01	51.6%
17	PIT	1.07	-0.03	48.4%
18	LV	1.06	-0.05	45.2%
19	WAS	1.03	-0.08	41.9%
20	MIA	1.02	-0.08	38.7%
21	TB	1.02	-0.09	35.5%
22	NYJ	0.98	-0.12	32.3%
23	NO	0.96	-0.14	29%
24	NYG	0.95	-0.15	25.8%
25	LAC	0.95	-0.15	22.6%
26	MIN	0.95	-0.15	19.4%
27	CLE	0.95	-0.16	16.1%
28	DEN	0.94	-0.16	12.9%
29	IND	0.92	-0.19	9.7%
30	ARI	0.92	-0.19	6.5%
31	PHI	0.91	-0.19	3.2%
32	TEN	0.90	-0.20	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 2026 vs 2025

Chiefs lead at 1.65 — they ranked #22 last year. Titans are last at 0.90 — #30 last year.

The league average is 1.10, up 0.79 from 0.32 last year.

Biggest riser: Panthers, #26 → #2. Biggest faller: Colts, #8 → #29.

Spread between first and last: 0.76; 23 teams are within 0.18 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2026 vs 2025

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

KC · +1.35

Biggest faller

IND · +0.58

Most consistent

IND · +0.58

League trend 2026 vs 2025

▲ 0.79

Rank	Team	2026	2025	Δ
1	KC	1.65	0.31	+1.35
2	CAR	1.53	0.30	+1.23
3	BUF	1.35	0.35	+1.00
4	SF	1.32	0.33	+0.99
5	BAL	1.30	0.35	+0.95
6	ATL	1.18	0.32	+0.86
7	LAR	1.22	0.37	+0.85
8	JAX	1.16	0.31	+0.85
9	DET	1.19	0.36	+0.84
10	NE	1.19	0.37	+0.82
11	GB	1.14	0.33	+0.81
12	CIN	1.11	0.31	+0.80
13	LV	1.06	0.26	+0.80
14	HOU	1.10	0.30	+0.79
15	DAL	1.14	0.36	+0.79
16	SEA	1.12	0.35	+0.76
17	PIT	1.07	0.31	+0.76
18	CHI	1.09	0.34	+0.75
19	NYJ	0.98	0.26	+0.72
20	TB	1.02	0.30	+0.72
21	MIA	1.02	0.32	+0.70
22	WAS	1.03	0.33	+0.70
23	CLE	0.95	0.25	+0.69
24	NO	0.96	0.29	+0.67
25	MIN	0.95	0.29	+0.66
26	NYG	0.95	0.31	+0.65
27	LAC	0.95	0.31	+0.64
28	TEN	0.90	0.26	+0.64
29	DEN	0.94	0.32	+0.62
30	ARI	0.92	0.30	+0.61
31	PHI	0.91	0.31	+0.60
32	IND	0.92	0.34	+0.58

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

Yds per play offense since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Chiefs (0.43), 2019 Cowboys (0.41), 2020 Texans (0.40), 2021 49ers (0.36), 2022 Bills (0.39), 2023 49ers (0.40), 2024 Ravens (0.41), 2025 Rams (0.37), 2026 Chiefs (1.65).

Chiefs have led this stat 2 of 9 seasons.

The best season on record is Chiefs 2026 at 1.65; the worst Panthers 2023 at 0.24.

The league average has risen from 0.35 in 2018 to 1.10 in 2026.

Week to week — Week 4 to Week 5

Since Week 4: Buccaneers up 8 (#29 → #21), Patriots up 7 (#15 → #8), Commanders up 6 (#25 → #19); Browns down 9 (#18 → #27), Bears down 7 (#9 → #16), Titans down 6 (#26 → #32).

17 teams moved by two places or fewer.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2026.

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.