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 (4211), Defensive Holding (3052), Roughing the Passer (1688), and Illegal Contact (1013)

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 43.12 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	9789	3.13	0.95	1.25	0.38	0.55	34.29
Minnesota	10315	2.56	0.73	1.07	0.33	0.44	31.27
Cleveland	9601	3.25	0.96	1.43	0.34	0.52	39.40
Dallas	10055	3.25	1.17	1.23	0.32	0.53	33.43
Carolina	9802	2.67	0.75	1.28	0.18	0.46	31.38
Cincinnati	10326	2.63	0.74	1.19	0.30	0.41	28.68
Arizona	10031	3.24	0.89	1.34	0.39	0.63	34.85
Tennessee	10379	2.85	0.68	1.31	0.37	0.49	33.68
San Francisco	10484	3.04	0.89	1.33	0.33	0.50	34.84
LA Chargers	9571	3.06	0.88	1.32	0.32	0.54	32.57
Baltimore	10886	3.41	0.82	1.52	0.39	0.68	38.83
Pittsburgh	10286	2.77	0.82	1.23	0.21	0.51	32.75
Washington	9750	2.74	0.73	1.19	0.27	0.55	32.69
Atlanta	9988	2.82	0.99	1.20	0.20	0.43	31.77
N.Y. Giants	10136	2.84	0.90	1.13	0.28	0.53	34.72
Las Vegas	9509	3.88	1.28	1.66	0.36	0.58	43.12
Indianapolis	10088	2.85	0.94	1.23	0.25	0.44	30.07
Chicago	9591	2.59	0.58	1.17	0.31	0.52	33.24
Denver	10302	3.34	1.13	1.36	0.34	0.51	36.13
LA Rams	10219	2.77	0.83	1.10	0.30	0.54	30.58
Green Bay	10480	2.60	0.95	0.96	0.31	0.38	27.07
Philadelphia	10769	3.03	0.81	1.28	0.41	0.53	32.59
Houston	10037	3.50	1.14	1.34	0.41	0.62	41.71
Kansas City	10896	3.20	1.06	1.47	0.23	0.44	34.72
Seattle	10622	3.02	0.93	1.27	0.33	0.49	34.31
Detroit	9978	3.58	1.13	1.57	0.34	0.53	38.27
New England	10871	2.96	1.04	1.26	0.25	0.41	34.99
Tampa Bay	10366	2.89	0.95	1.16	0.21	0.58	29.86
New Orleans	10358	3.68	1.25	1.64	0.19	0.60	42.81
Buffalo	9900	3.32	1.07	1.36	0.42	0.46	34.30
N.Y. Jets	9780	3.78	1.22	1.41	0.46	0.70	42.91
Jacksonville	9668	2.94	0.88	1.24	0.26	0.56	34.44