Passing Penalties - 2009 to Present

This page shows all passing penalties, based on the type of penalty.

Beneficiary means the team benefitted from the penalty. Declined and Offsetting penalties are not shown in this table.

The table below contains the following penalties: Defensive Pass Interference (4178), Defensive Holding (3036), Roughing the Passer (1676), and Illegal Contact (1000)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Las Vegas Raiders defend 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.88 penalties for 43.17 yards against them.

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Team	Defensive Passing Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Miami	9718	3.11	0.93	1.25	0.38	0.56	34.29
Minnesota	10280	2.57	0.73	1.07	0.33	0.44	31.38
Cleveland	9533	3.25	0.97	1.43	0.34	0.52	39.50
Dallas	9979	3.24	1.17	1.23	0.32	0.51	33.21
Carolina	9729	2.67	0.76	1.27	0.19	0.45	31.34
Cincinnati	10272	2.63	0.72	1.20	0.30	0.41	28.79
Arizona	9961	3.24	0.89	1.34	0.38	0.63	35.05
Tennessee	10321	2.84	0.68	1.32	0.35	0.49	33.73
San Francisco	10412	3.03	0.86	1.33	0.34	0.49	34.93
LA Chargers	9512	3.06	0.88	1.31	0.33	0.54	32.54
Baltimore	10825	3.40	0.81	1.52	0.39	0.68	38.64
Pittsburgh	10228	2.78	0.82	1.23	0.22	0.51	32.92
Washington	9713	2.75	0.73	1.19	0.27	0.56	32.81
Atlanta	9988	2.82	0.99	1.20	0.20	0.43	31.77
N.Y. Giants	10070	2.82	0.90	1.10	0.28	0.54	34.10
Las Vegas	9435	3.88	1.29	1.64	0.36	0.58	43.17
Indianapolis	10005	2.87	0.95	1.23	0.25	0.44	30.25
Chicago	9591	2.59	0.58	1.17	0.31	0.52	33.24
Denver	10232	3.33	1.13	1.34	0.34	0.52	35.86
LA Rams	10132	2.77	0.84	1.10	0.31	0.53	30.64
Green Bay	10434	2.60	0.96	0.96	0.30	0.38	27.04
Philadelphia	10701	3.02	0.80	1.28	0.40	0.53	32.55
Houston	10019	3.49	1.14	1.34	0.40	0.62	41.73
Kansas City	10839	3.18	1.06	1.46	0.22	0.44	34.57
Seattle	10539	3.03	0.94	1.28	0.33	0.47	34.28
Detroit	9906	3.55	1.13	1.55	0.34	0.52	38.15
New England	10812	2.93	1.04	1.26	0.23	0.41	34.73
Tampa Bay	10290	2.89	0.95	1.16	0.20	0.57	29.77
New Orleans	10292	3.66	1.24	1.63	0.19	0.59	42.65
Buffalo	9866	3.31	1.07	1.36	0.42	0.47	34.26
N.Y. Jets	9719	3.80	1.22	1.42	0.45	0.70	43.13
Jacksonville	9600	2.96	0.89	1.25	0.26	0.56	34.69