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 (4279), Defensive Holding (3094), Roughing the Passer (1708), and Illegal Contact (1036)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Las Vegas Raiders defend 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.87 penalties for 42.89 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	9908	3.15	0.96	1.25	0.38	0.56	34.72
Minnesota	10438	2.56	0.72	1.06	0.33	0.45	31.33
Cleveland	9675	3.27	0.97	1.43	0.35	0.52	39.31
Dallas	10154	3.27	1.17	1.25	0.32	0.52	33.82
Carolina	9932	2.65	0.76	1.26	0.18	0.45	31.02
Cincinnati	10430	2.64	0.74	1.18	0.32	0.40	28.52
Arizona	10116	3.24	0.89	1.33	0.39	0.63	34.73
Tennessee	10475	2.83	0.68	1.30	0.36	0.49	33.37
San Francisco	10633	3.05	0.89	1.32	0.35	0.49	34.68
LA Chargers	9698	3.04	0.88	1.30	0.33	0.54	32.24
Baltimore	11005	3.42	0.81	1.54	0.39	0.67	39.03
Pittsburgh	10462	2.77	0.80	1.26	0.21	0.50	32.70
Washington	9906	2.76	0.72	1.21	0.27	0.56	33.31
Atlanta	10135	2.82	1.00	1.20	0.20	0.42	31.67
N.Y. Giants	10274	2.87	0.91	1.15	0.29	0.53	34.81
Las Vegas	9607	3.87	1.28	1.64	0.36	0.58	42.89
Indianapolis	10254	2.86	0.94	1.24	0.25	0.43	30.28
Chicago	9763	2.64	0.59	1.18	0.32	0.55	33.75
Denver	10449	3.39	1.14	1.39	0.33	0.53	36.52
LA Rams	10337	2.77	0.83	1.09	0.30	0.54	30.54
Green Bay	10606	2.67	0.97	1.00	0.31	0.39	27.50
Philadelphia	10878	3.02	0.80	1.29	0.40	0.52	32.59
Houston	10166	3.50	1.12	1.36	0.41	0.61	41.52
Kansas City	10974	3.20	1.06	1.47	0.24	0.44	34.56
Seattle	10748	3.04	0.96	1.27	0.33	0.48	34.16
Detroit	10084	3.60	1.14	1.58	0.35	0.54	38.35
New England	11026	2.95	1.03	1.26	0.24	0.41	34.84
Tampa Bay	10483	2.90	0.94	1.15	0.23	0.57	29.74
New Orleans	10471	3.69	1.25	1.63	0.19	0.61	42.76
Buffalo	10019	3.32	1.08	1.37	0.42	0.46	34.14
N.Y. Jets	9887	3.79	1.23	1.42	0.46	0.69	42.97
Jacksonville	9787	3.01	0.88	1.29	0.27	0.58	35.50